Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Azar Gat, Francis Fukuyama, Amartya Sen
21 Apr 2019
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Both countries possess a capitalist form of market as opposed to command markets as they had in the past, while still operating with an authoritarian government. It makes sense to group russia and china under this label, both countries operate in the same way: francis fukuyama, if you recall, wrote that the end of history would feature capitalism paired with liberal democracy. Gat, however, argues that there is nothing inevitable about liberal democracy"s ultimate victory or future dominance (p. 60). I believe this is true, democracy and government has been changing forever and there is nothing to say that this will stop. Political leaders will be far more inclined to align themselves with those who share similar political ideals and values. The type of political regime has a significant impact on foreign policy decisions: on page 61, gat challenges our sense of democracy as a universal value (as offered up by stoker and.
