POLI 227 Study Guide - Final Guide: Conscience Vote, Arab Spring, Mass Media
19 Sep 2017
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Competitive multi-party: there is competition among parties to win. Democracy: regular elections with free vote (not forced in any way, only democratic mechanisms, e. g. Turkey (elections, but not substantive: need democratic mechanisms and democratic context in terms of equality, pluralism, tolerance etc. Democratization greater degrees of political participation usually through elections. Freedom: can have high liberalization without democracy e. g. jordan (can talk about anything but king) Post wwii colonial phase: former fascist dictatorships, former colonies, latin america, eastern europe collapse of communist rule and ussr, some in asia and africa, more reverses of democracy than gains 2006-2011, e. g. Arab spring (2011: more failed than successful transitions (regime transitions in yemen and tunisia, most transitions lead to civil wars, eventual failures e. g. syria, libya (pre)conditions for democracy (handleman) Economic wealth (lots of outliers e. g. india: more economic wealth more education and literacy, more resources to meet basic needs, socio-economic change leads to break up of old social order.
