IRG 320F Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Democratic Consolidation, Social Capital, Emerging Markets
10 May 2016
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When this doesn"t occur, we have hybrid regimes , civil liberties aren"t increasing. Ex: russia"s political elites bought former soviet factories being sold to the free market to prevent the further spread of democracy out of fear of losing their favorable status within the government, or china"s control over the internet. Furthermore, u. s. congressional deadlock that leads to shutdowns, or debates that slow down the process, reluctance of the. President abroad may signal a retreat of western democracy. What affects the emergence of democracy: economic well-being, economic crisis, civil societies. Focus on the greater good: foreign intervention, diffusion. Snowball effect, one democracy will influence its neighbors: history w/ democracy, education, status of women in society (religion) Equality, healthcare access: ethnic division, civil society (berman, open, voluntary, self-generating, partially self-supporting, autonomous from the state, bound by a set of shared rules. Civil society and democracy: participation in groups increases social capital, social capital makes democracy work better.
