Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Robert A. Dahl, Liberal Democracy, Totalitarianism
29 Feb 2016
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Transition from dictatorship to democracy is an example of a change of; Western economic and political advancement relative to the east . 20th century the west against: totalitarianism: nazism and communism, communism alone during cold war. Second world: one-party dictatorship, command economy, state-led industrialization second best. Third world: subordinated to cold war logic, generally traditional dictatorships, varied and shifting economic systems. Political: third wave of democratic, since 1974, 4th wave as of 1989-1991. Strategic: collapse of ussr end of second world, partial integration of china now new second world. A new framework: western polyarchies, robert dahl, first competition, tolerance of opposition ii. Increasing participation: liberal individualism, new democracies complex and often incomplete transitions, weak state ethnic tensions, external and internal economic challenges, democracy under pressure, east asian regimes common acceptance of, state-led development, social cohesion over liberal individualism. But china an outlier: ruling communist party, market stalinism , still more agrarian.
