POLSCI 140 Lecture 12: Study Notes at UMich
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Totalitarianism is the most extreme form of authoritarianism. I met vaclav havel in the back room of his favored basement pub. I said: in poland it took ten years, in hungary ten months, in east germany ten weeks: perhaps in. Czechoslovakia it will take ten days! grasping my hands, and fixing me with his winning smile, he immediately summoned over a video-camera team who just happened to be waiting in the corner. I was politely compelled to repeat my quip to the camera, over a glass of beer, and then havel gave his reaction: it would be fabulous if it could be so . The revolution of the magic lantern january 18, 1990 vaclav havel, 1936-2011, Czech intellectual, dissident, and eventually president of the czech republic. A successful case: poland, hungary, east germany, and etc. Back to the cases: explaining moments of democratization. 1978 reform and opening liberalization begins. 1979-80 democracy wall protests; protestors demand a 5th modernization - democracy.
