SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Totalitarianism, Post-Materialism, Social Inequality
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Two cheers for russian democracy: seminars held in moscow to acquaint some leading sociologists in the soviet union with. In russia, voting levels are low, minority grps treated cruelly, different thn western democracies. 1 st wave: began when more than half the white adult males in u. s. became eligible to vote. 33 countries enjoyed at least minimally democratic institutions: a democratic reversal occurred b/w 1922 and 1942, during that period, fascist, communist, and militaristic movements caused 2/3rds of the world"s democracies to fall under authoritarian or totalitarian rule. 2 nd wave: b/w 1943 and 1962: t he allied victory in wwii returned democracy to many of the defeated powers, including west germany and japan, military dictatorship replaced many democracies. 1/3rd of democracies were authoritarian regimes by 1970s. Postmaterialism: blv that economic or material issues are becoming less imp to canadian politics. Argue: liberal demo are less stratified than non-liberal , non-demo.
