POL208Y1 Lecture : The notes for the february 1 - the week of jan 31
Document Summary
2 mil ppl protesting in cairo matter of rejoicing. As always when there is sometimes like revolution, there are deep root causes and some more immediate causes. Root causes: autocratic regimes managed to alienate 90% o pop. Tunisia- this coupled with kleptocracy, the royal family hijacking a huge portion of the economy. Economic crisis brewing in this region level of corruption + general awareness of pop that no the same elsewhere. The point is that it succeed the ppl didn"t ask the ruler to leave the country, it"s the military did that, it succeeded. Asked for one thing, departure of mubarak - he tried to save regime by putting new cabinet+ vice pres. Is the army ready to save the regime, to shoot its own citizens. Early demonstrations army refused to use force crucial factor. Why were these regimes accepted by big powers and received a label of legitimace for so long:
