CPO-2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Ex-Ante, Repeatability, Irreversible Process
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Our understanding of democracy and dictatorship has changed over time. But, we are interested in how the world works, not philosophical debates. To answer these, we need to classify countries as democracies/dictatorships. Substantive view classify political regimes in terms of the outcomes that they produce. Procedural/minimalist view classify political regimes in terms of their institutions or procedures. Dahl argued that we should use a procedural/minimalist view of democracy. He did not believe that any large country in the world was ever fully democratized. Contestation extent to which citizens have organized themselves into competing blocs (democratic competition) Dahl"s i(cid:374)sights i(cid:374)(cid:272)orporated i(cid:374)to (cid:373)a(cid:374)y (cid:373)easures of de(cid:373)o(cid:272)ra(cid:272)y. (cid:894) ee di(cid:373)e(cid:374)sio(cid:374)s" graph, slide 18(cid:895) Builds on dahl"s (cid:374)otio(cid:374) of (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:374)testatio(cid:374),(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:272)hu(cid:373)peter"s (cid:374)otio(cid:374) of competition. De(cid:373)o(cid:272)ra(cid:272)y is a regi(cid:373)e (cid:862)i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h those (cid:449)ho go(cid:448)er(cid:374) are sele(cid:272)ted through (cid:272)o(cid:374)tested ele(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s. (cid:863) Empirical scope is 199 countries from 1946 (or independence) to 2000.
