POLSCI 2XX3 Lecture Notes - Paul Samuelson, Liberal Democracy, The Communist Manifesto
19 Nov 2013
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Third world countries do not gain from trade9. Modernization theories: lack of development / failure of these countries to develop economically, socially, culturally, as a result of individual personalities. It is the way they are that explains why these countries cannot have democratic regimes": bloody personalities that explains why these are always at war with each other, modernization theory tries to point at some deficit. Dependency theory: explains the counterargument against modernization theory, behavior determined by the structures. Both theories: different understanding of human nature. Modernization" theory assume that people in different parts of the world behave differently because they tend to be different from each other: conditions vs. Politics is the means by which good citizens can also become good men moralistic, than realistic. Through history we begin to realize how politics is the study of people making the same mistake again and again, never learning from history. Lecture notes september 9th september 24th, 2013: analysis, arguments, conclusions.
