Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Francis Fukuyama, Robert A. Dahl, Liberal Democracy
4 Oct 2016
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Lecture 10 - political regimes in the past and present. Q: a transition from dictatorship to democracy is an example of a change of a: regime. Shifting understanding of the west (begins with greek&romans, shifts to us) Western economic and political advancement relative to the east . 20th century - the west against: totalitarianism: nazism and communism, communism alone during the cold war (power struggle between west centred around usa & east entered around soviet union) First world: democratic, capitalist, developed, industrialized (tech revolution) Second world: one-party dictatorship (dictatorship with ambition, used state to change country), command economy (state controlled), state-led industrialization (2nd best) Third world: default category (forced to follow which world it was under control), Subordinated to cold war logic, generally traditional dictatorships, varied & shifting. Global competition for sphere of interest & control (divide between supporters) Ideological war (capitalism & democracy vs. communism)
