PSC 203 Lecture 13: Forms of Political Violence
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Forms of political violence: there are many different forms of political violence, revolution, civil war, coup d" tat, war, terrorism, human right abuses / war crimes. Institutional approach failure of institutions adapt to changing times: ex: france"s institutions didn"t allow middle class to have access to government. Ideological spread of new ideas and technology create a demand for more from the government: ex: enlightenment caused more democratic thinking. Institutional causes of the arab springs: when arab countries gained independence from france and england in the 1950s and. Lead to protests because of lack of access to power to change leaders and have an influence on how those expectations would be met: relative depravation: growing inequalities. Ideational: exposure to new ideas: the arab spring has also become known as the facebook revolution. In the 2000s, political activists gained access to cell phones, internet access, and computers, and this enabled them to spread pro-democratic rhetoric outside of the control of autocrats.
