PSC 436 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Civil Society, Confounding, Authoritarianism
5 Nov 2017
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Democratization and participation: comparing spain, brazil, and korea. Democratic institutions exist, but participation is stagnant--in some participatory respects (voluntary participation in associations and groups) korea and other less democratic countries are doing better. Differences not explained easily by legal, economic, or institutional factors. Civil anemia appears to be endemic in spain . Spain: euphoria-deflation cycle? past heyday of democratization that brazil and. Korea are still in? but participation flat from beginning, so no worries about polarization leading to new tensions. Most likely explanation: memories of civil war in spain prevent high participation due to. All three have large christian populations, but spanish church didn"t advocate for to brazil and korea political participation and anti-authoritarianism like other two did. Mass political behavior meant to influence public policy: spain scores poorly. Civil society: korea very high, brazil middling, spain fairly low, more men than women in all three countries.
