POL101Y1 Lecture : Chapter 13NOTE.docx
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Democracy in a formal sense but people were still not politically free. Countries wanted to withhold openness because they were seeing how regimes in power were losing their positions once democratic rule was enforced in the 3rd wave. Prospects for democracy countries surrounded by democratic neighbors, pseudomocracies, crisis ridden regions, soon death of a dictator, and countries pressured by aid-donors. Prospects depend on gradual 1) economic development 2) integration into global economy 3) taking deeper root where it has already started. At risk countries pops with 1 million + in latin america, 6/10 asian democracies, all of non eu post soviet democracies, all democracies in africa. Because they are still in the predatory state with false factors that make it look like a democracy (shallow) Predatory state is the opposite of the civic community. Often regions think because they have certain democratic features its fine, but they are only paper institutions (do not actually function)
