INTA 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Arab Spring, Walt Whitman Rostow
23 Sep 2017
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Politics- way of determining who gets what, when and how; personal. Institutions stable social structures or patterns that organize human: formal (government; framework of rules) and informal (church rules) Government system of governing / authority over body of people; political formal institution. Citizenship social contract between government and individuals; we have obligations and rights that government must respect. Liberal traditions: free, fair elections, rule of law, separation of powers, protection of liberties and rights. What was citizenship in 1789: landowning, white males, not females, paying taxes. Institutions (north, huntington: developed vs undeveloped societies institutions needed to help interests become permanent (legislation) Strong and active civil society that has social trust: measure of strong ties within society based on trust, civic ties matter since they maintain social norms (informal institutions); facilitate coordination and communication in order to solve social problems. Social media we are becoming less trustful and more individualistic (lower union) in us: design, lijphart, recommends in divided societies:
