PSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Parliamentary System, Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship, Military Intelligence
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A. a deviant case, considered within a context which marshals the evidence on all relevant cases, often may actually strengthen the basic hypothesis if an intensive study of it reveals the special conditions which prevented the usual relationship from appearing. B. democracy- political system which supplies regular constitutional opportunities for changing the governing officials . C. high correlations btwn democracy and other institutional characteristics of societies. 1. but unique events may account for either the persistence or failure of. 2. weber:, differences in national patterns often reflect key historical events which. An event predisposing a country toward democracy sets a process in motion which increases the likelihood that at the next critical point in the country"s history democracy will win out again support from social institutions. Ii. classifying countries difficult than splitting the countries into two classes, more or less democratic (mexico excluded) 1. weber; modern democracy in its clearest forms can only occur under the.