GEOG 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Minority Rights, Due Process, Global Recession
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A process in which individuals and groups try to create political structures and institutions that will enhance their ability to control their own lives and destinies . Public policies and officials are directly chosen by popular vote. Not the same process in all places. I. e. few countries have the electoral college like us. Often interconnected with social, environmental, economic processes that undermine/reinforce boundaries of the nation-state. Rather violent - people died on both sides. Rebuilding europe, some former british colonies, latin america. 1950s: reverse phase - military, one-party rule in latin america. Un says that 140 countries hold multiparty elections and around 82 can be. Hard to survive persistent trade deficits: upsets people; want change. Dictators devolve power back to civil democrats (popular in latin america) In most instances since 1974, democracy has been a peaceful transfer of political power from dictators to civilian democrats. Sanctions, cutoffs in military or economic aid, responses to human rights violations.
