POL SCI 51A Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Arab Spring, Arab Nationalism, Alaouite Dynasty
17 May 2017
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Political violence: violence carried out for political ends, ex. Terrorism and revolution: state sponsored violence: civil wars, pre-emptive wars. Why engage in political violence: grievances, lack of political institutions so people cannot voice their concerns, the flow of ideas can spark political violence like revolution (example democracy: arab. Individual personalities engage in political violence, (like asahara shoko, the mastermind behind the deadly biological weapons attack on the tokyo subway) [general argument] the authors argue that inequality, democracy, and citizenship should be studied together. Global south: by 2020, rural population will be shrinking n both the global north and south and even urban populations in the glob. According to author, 2 elements: military rule is tied to regime stability, in most authoritarian states, the military is loyal to authoritarian, leader, the middle east auth. In sum: these two articles are important in highlighting that political sentiments are complex, politics in real life are different from politics in theory.
