Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Robert A. Dahl, Corporatism, Clientelism

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Nigmendra Narain

Document Summary

Rule by a small group of individuals. Increasingly seen as a default category for regimes that are not democratic. Personal dictatorship julius caeser, oliver cromwell, napoleon bonaparte. Military rule coup d(cid:859)etat agai(cid:374)st (cid:449)eak (cid:272)i(cid:448)ilia(cid:374) rulers. Theocratic rule fusion of religious and political leadership. Illiberal regime some of the trappings of democracy, but elections manipulated, participation restricted, limited accountability. Religion from traditional monarchy to middle eastern theocracy. Ideology le(cid:374)i(cid:374)(cid:859)s va(cid:374)guard party (cid:858)de(cid:373)o(cid:272)ra(cid:272)y(cid:859) from napoleo(cid:374) bo(cid:374)aparte(cid:859)s (cid:373)a(cid:374)ipulated ple(cid:271)is(cid:272)ites to the se(cid:373)i-competitive elections of our time. Results order and security, economic development. Robert dahl: rulers evaluate costs of repression (versus concession) Dobson: costs of repression have gone way up in recent years. Adaptation by dictators: enhance liberal and democratic appearance, exploit ambiguities associated with these arrangments. Structuralism account: economic crises, economic development new classes to challenge closed regimes, deep and unmanageable societal. Successful regime overturn mistakenly seen as a fluke. It(cid:859)s a (cid:272)o(cid:374)test (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) regi(cid:373)e supporters a(cid:374)d oppo(cid:374)e(cid:374)ts.