POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Majoritarianism, Liberal Democracy, Resource Curse
21 Nov 2017
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One of the most basic questions in political science: what is the form of government (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy) and why does a system move from one form to another. Relatively recent idea: until french revolution it was widely held in europe that benign dictators, monarchies, or particular classes knew best how to govern a country. Right to free press, association, you need democracy. If you are extremely poor, you don"t have money to subscript newspaper, internet access, will you participate in democracy. Liberal democracy : some people couldn"t vote in greece. History of democratization :samuel huntington"s the three waves. Frist wave early 19th century to 1922: extension of suffrage to propertied males, all males and in some countries women. Sheri berman offers a critique of the neo-tocquevillian argument. Early successful democracies were england , france, the us. Democracy on human rights built on war . In most country , you"ve got one right party , one left party.
