POLI 211 Lecture Notes - Iranian Revolution, Totalitarianism, Postcolonialism
23 Apr 2013
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Excluded: european union and nigeria and africa works, disorder as political instruments. Final exam revolution and what came after, and topic #3 and 4 (exploitation, colonialism and post-colonialism, broad issues from the previous section. Page 455 quick overview of the principle phases and events and periods in iran"s political development. Misunderstanding of the country in the popular media. Responsibility of understanding why some political systems emerge, and under what conditions do revolutions take place, and with what consequences. Look at political institutions, and regimes as stationary bandits. The critical difference is in the way that institutions that stationary bandits are set up, hence liberal regimes, as supposed to some other regimes. Deep down, there is always some form of coercion. Any kind of political association, necessarily implies some kind of political inequality. A totalitarian system is concerned with the totality of one"s existence, an authoritarian regime (shah"s regime) Islamic republic of 1979 sought to remodel society.
