POLI SCI 351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: James L. Gelvin

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Reflection: revolutionary republics (single or ruling party regimes; presidential systems) Claimed for social justice to the small guy who had been left out; poor, marginalized. Elites: new social profile - individuals who became presidents- earlier, a landed aristocracies; now people fro modset backgrounds are hte elites. Era of optimism in state-led development; hope that state would bring prosperity, employment. Era of nationalization - seizing banks, companies, assets and claiming they are now the state"s resources. Era of industrialization - steel, strong factories, mechanization, Land reform ** a key one - governmetn is seizing and nationalizing land from the small percentages that own them to give to landless peasants who didn"t have land themselves. Ex: in wegypt, before land reform is adopted by nasser government, 72% of egypt"s land is held by 1% of the population. Land is concentrated in the elite coming into independent era. Irq, 55% of land held by the 1%.

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