POL 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Classa, Neoliberalism, Keynesian Economics
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Young people desperate for jobs and education opportunities demand for democratic governments. Ethical, racial, and national tension enflamed, straining national unity. Democratic surge pro-democratic movements in egypt and tunisia inspired other countries of middle east and north africa. Rulers unleashed violence against peaceful and unarmed protestors a united. Nations-authorized military intervention in libya u. s played important role but didn"t assert leadership. March 2011, japan first had a ranked 9 earthquake, then a gigantic tsunami unleashed by an earthquake, which damaged the six nuclear reactors at the. Osama bin laden killed in spring of 2011 by american special forces near a military academy in pakistan. Critical juncture=an important historical moment when political actors make critical choices, which shape future outcomes. ***by analyzing and comparing similarities and differences in countries with reference to the world of states, governing the economy, the democratic idea, the politics of. Collective identities, we understand long-term causes of political changes and continuities within nations.