PSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab Spring, Military Dictatorship
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Limited to no political pluralism (no parties) Leaders are not responsible to the public. No social or political pluralism (no civil society) Totalizing, utopian ideology to take over everyone. Mobilization (no passive obedience: parades, etc. Ex: soviet union under stalin, germany under hitler, north korea today. Personalistic regimes (very neopatrimonialistic, one person, uninstitutionalized: ex: mobutu, ruler of zaire (1966 - 1997) Military rule: ex: myanmar: military junta. One-party rule -- people can participate: ex: russia and china today. Theocracy -- ruled by religious figures: ex: iran"s ayatollah khamen. Monarchy: ex: king abullah ii in jordan, constitutional monarchy. Formal elements of a democracy (like elections) Violates democracy often -- cheating in elections, unleveled playing fields, etc. Freedom house spectrum: between not free and partly free. Today: many countries are free except cuba: many are partly free: mexico, dominican republic. 1991: wave of transitions (fall of communism) Authoritarian regimes: ex: the stans, russia, belarus.
