POLI 227 Study Guide - Final Guide: Islamic Courts Union, Consociationalism, Siad Barre
19 Sep 2017
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Instability of most post-colonial regimes: multiple coups attempts, insurgency, political disorder, civil conflict. Irregular transfers of political power outnumbered regular transfers of political power. *stability isn"t always desirable! (stable authoritarian government, stable economic stagnation etc. e. g. nazi regime) 2 major tasks (for countries emerging from colonial rule) Autonomy from social groups (does state somewhat stand just above society, and is autonomous in making decisions try to integrate variety of different demands: state penetration. In democracy: satisfying a larger group of people in population to gain their votes in next elections competitive process to appeal to large group (coalition) Geographically and socially i. penetrating low income groups and minority groups. Taxation power (income, business, trade taxes) requires sophisticated state to have that. State legitimacy (to what extent is the state accepted?) Ideas (ie: make america great again: resources, political freedom, 1970s increase in free democratic countries.
