POL101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Wave Of Democracy, Carnation Revolution, Longwave
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Carnation revolution took place in portugal when left wing movimento das. Forcas armadas overthrew the 48 year old tradition of dictatorship lead by the estado novo. Democracy in portugal began a boom for democracy around the world. First long wave of democracy = 1882 in the usa, but then the first reverse wave in 1920s with the dictatorship of mussolini. Second shorter wave came after ww11 with the allied victory, newly independent colonies transitioned to democracy. Second reverse wave i 1962 with military and one party rule leaving only 2 states in south america democratic. During the third wave many asian states also turned to democracy triggered by the revolution in the philippines. The second burst of the third wave came in the 90s when communist. Hungary opened its boarders to austria uniting east and west germany. The trend continued in other european communist states.
