POLS 241 Lecture Notes - Statism

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Political Studies
• Course: POLS 241
• Professor: Dru Lauzon

Document Summary

Juan peron (argentina), albertofugimori (peru), hugo chavez were elected democratically: whats special is that they stayed in power for a long time, used force and authority, have an impressive rise to power and end up discredited, isolated . How do we explain how different these leaders were from others? (don"t know if this is right: 1) charisma. Plays important role in democratic life in latin america. Have the persona of champions, capable of leading an entire society. (tendency to elect charismatic leaders not bureaucrats- tied to last class) These leaders are expected to do something special on this earth. These strong leaders have restrictions: have to fulfill expectations. 3) fulfill notion of divine intent of natural law (have to be good, competent, etc: people realize they can"t fulfill these expectations thus it explains why leaders were initially elected then reviled, thus, very high requirements=