POLI 283 Lecture Notes - Mao Zedong, Syphilis, Glasnost
2 Mar 2014
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A realist perspective is the view of power politics. A liberal perspective tends to look towards and care more about the international community. The ottoman empire ran the arab world until they were dismantled during world war i. It is a revolutionary uprising by civilian populations in numerous arab countries. It originally began in tunisia in december of 2010. To date the governments have been overthrown in. The major social upheaval had been in syria and bahrain. There have been sporadic protests in algeria, iraq, iran, saudi arabia, jordan, morocco, The arab spring is taking place through the entire arab world, not just the middle east. The arab spring in tunisia originally began when a man was trying to provide for his family and took some fruits and vegetables to try and sell at the market. The police tried to ticket and blackmail him and when he could not pay they smashed his cart and produce.
