POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Hundred Flowers Campaign, Liberal Democracy, Polyarchy
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1880-1890"s way of thinking follows fukuyama"s thinking despite the appeal of other forms of gov"t (fascism, communism), the success of liberal democracy means the end of history. *one defiant example of end of history thesis is china: massive demonstrations in tiananmen square, democracy was soon to arrive due to national politicization movement. attractive alternative model to fascism and communism is chinese. The people"s wishes for/needs for democracy and freedom are irresistible . Chinese premier on cnn also echoed by chinese president in international press. *knowing this can help us compare it as an opposition to democracy. Chinese example is another challenge to liberal democracy"s resiliency (other examples stated before, should help with points for essay writing) China in the modern era must appreciate the fact that liberal democracy is not foreign to china over the past few hundred years, there have been many attempts at democracy. 1842 = china fought a war against england ( oppium war )
