POLI 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Backsliding, Authoritarianism, Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority
29 Nov 2017
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*3 waves of democratization: 1st early 19th early 20th century, backsliding, not overnight progress, struggle to advance. How democracy was introduced one way to see how stable democracy. Nothing is smooth: dictated 2nd best way, kinda rare, spanish transition to democracy 1970s, juan carlos - formal power (legitimately powered by franko), authorized by. Imposed: can we impose democracy on afghanistan, syria, very successful in germany, japan a/f wwii imposed by. We should be skeptical about afghan, iran . It"s true for poor poor country to become democratic. If gov. can"t provide service, country loses wealth ppl depressed, look for authoritarian leader: being rich doesn"t necessarily mean democracy, wealth could even lead to authoritarian society even more stable saudi. *wealth education + capitalist middle class: psychological factors, diversity ethnic, religious, one of the groups control the gov, the other feel insecure, not cooperate turn to violence, officially incorporate their diversity into their structure canada,
