HISTORY 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Paul Bremer, Adam Przeworski, Marsh Arabs
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When the bush administration found no weapons of mass destruction in iraq, it began justifying the iraq war on grounds of democratization. Adam przeworski successful democratic transition common with a per capita income of. Failure rate is 50% in countries with a per capita income of . Countries with less than that often fail in bids to democratize. Iraq"s per capita income is skewed by petroleum wealth, which is not shared equally, but its per capita income in realistic terms is less than per year. If a country is poor it has a lower chance of democratic transition, but it"s not impossible. Smallness and lack of independence of the bourgeoisie. Legacy of state-owned industries (now mostly dysfunctional) Continued dependence of merchants now on state and party patronage. Middle classes also hit hard by these factors. Unions had been coopted by baath party. Bush did not agree with this, which is why paul bremer dissolved the unions.
