GOV 312L Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Brazilian General Election, 2018, Jair Bolsonaro, Sociocultural Evolution
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Weekly update #6 (tuesday, 10/9/18): crisis in democracy, brazilian election, Compare the growth of democracies around the world in the late 1980s/early 1990s to the early 2000s. End of history thesis = a political and philosophical concept that supposes that a particular political, economic, or social system may develop that would constitute the end-point of humanity"s sociocultural evolution and the final form of human government. No more fascist or communists to fight, now we face new face new threats like global terrorism, cyberthreats. There was a rise of democracies in eastern europe, east asia, and latin america during the 80s and 90s. Authoritarian politics in russia in 2000s + continued authoritarianism of the chinese government. Lack of free elections while claiming to be democracies. Ex: russia, elected officials have been suspected of eliminating competition in order to secure a win in elections. Corruption: democracy doesn"t work the way it is supposed to work.
