POL112H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Revolutionary Wave, National Transitional Council, Syrian Civil War
19 Apr 2015
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The central principle of authoritarianism: centralization of power, this is increasingly becoming more dif cult to maintain, hierarchies are falling, institutions are attening, individuals are empowered, unfettered information and open borders make centralization of power more dif cult. Arab spring: until 2011, north africa and the middle east was the only region lacking democracy (except. Israel: revolutions in tunisia, egypt, yemen, and libya, while protests were put down in bahrain. Mistakes by political opposition leaders (chapter 4: not innovating and sticking stubbornly to the same strategies, petty power struggles within the opposition, being reactive and critical, without proposing new ideas, becoming outgrowths of the regime itself. Theories on why democracy exists: modernization theory sustain democracy. Powerful correlation between democracy and economic development. High levels of education and personal income and a middle class are necessary to. Supported the pessimistic view that democracy would not spread. Democracy spread in the west due to judeo-christian and enlightenment cultural.
