PSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Colour Revolution, Election 2, Authoritarianism
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Fukuyama (huntington article - democracy"s third wave : at the theoretical level, the argument over the best form of government is over. Regime transitions: the continuum of regime types, authoritarian semi-authoritarian semi-democratic democratic, liberalization, democratization, democratic breakdown. 60s-70s: third wave s europe, la, post-communist democratizations 70s-2000, possible third wave mexico color revolution, middle east 2000- present, possible reverse wave to the rise of the far/alt right 2010-present. Gorbachev, or john paul ii? (1) reagan pushing for the collapse of the su with arms races: triggering events, death of a leader, economic crisis, protests. Example: the transition of venezuela: military junta that had a coup in 1948 against jimenez, overthrown in 1958, punto fijo pact excluded the communists (elite choice) keeping the most radical extremists outside, discovery of oil facilitated transition. Greece: if you keep ignoring the people, democracy will collapse, bismarck military leader in the mid to late 1800s in germany, establishing nationalism and created the first welfare state in.
