POL112H5 Lecture Notes - Authoritarianism, Critical Role, Civil Society
11 Mar 2013
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Began with the expansion of democratic suffrage in the us. Reverse wave began in the 1920"s when mussolini took over italy. Shorter wave began with allied victory in ww2. Included latin american states and former british colonies. Reverse wave began in 1962, bringing widespread military juntas and one-party rule, leaving only two democracies in south america. Many nonviolent people power movements: phillippines (1986), south. End of communism produced many new democracies. Last spurt of democracies: serbia (2000), georgia (2003), ukraine (2004) 63 of 110 nondemocratic states (from 1974) became democracies. 21 of 27 newly independent states become democracies. Early transitions were triggered by internal grievances and events. Emotional visit from pope (poland) later transitions were stimulated by earlier ones (snowballing) Poland and east germany influenced other eastern european movements. Philippines influenced south korea and tiananmen square protests. Negotiated character of most of the transitions. Compromises between right wing regimes and leftist opposition. Protests, strikes, demonstrations and other acts of resistance.
