POLI 212 Lecture Notes - Pushback, Security Dilemma, Authoritarianism
2 Oct 2014
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April 16, 2012: short essay readings from course pack norris, keohane, 6-8 questions, 25, 1 short essay. 30% - essay section: 4 questions, up until the midterm, 1 question. 45% - essay question: material from midterm on, 4-5 questions, choose 1. Politicization of civil society empowers associations in civil society which makes it difficult to control the process of reform as a consequence. Reforming elite now has a stake in change and will give up a great deal. Eventually reform faction loses ability to credibly threaten domestic opposition organized in civil society. There are forms of regimes not strictly authoritarian/democratic. We don"t fully understand how they work or are stable. One other type find in the reading: transition paradigm being criticized. Any move away from dictatorial rule is a shift to democracy. Once you move away from authoritarian rule there is a path with a set: opening, breakthrough to democracy, democratic consolidation.
