POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Islamic Democracy, Backsliding, Human Rights Foundation
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Outline of lecture: democratic decline, western democracy"s recent struggles, united states" retreat from global leadership, authoritarian resurgence, the big picture, democracy and tyranny in plato"s republic. Decline of democracy in our world: all world leaders are inclined to believe in the moral goodness of democracy. For example, iran, islamic democracy, the republic of iran. Created by freedom house: non-free countries could include, russia, japan, western asia. Freedom house: decline in freedom: 10 years of decline, or 10 years of growing, consider the faulting of diplomatic . , retreat of united states from head leadership . , assurgency of authoritarian regimes. Freedom house, freedom in the balance : backsliding in the past 10 years. Great britain"s vote to leave the european union. Grexit, leaving cause of the hard polices enacted after the great recession - didn"t happen: migration, far-right politics. Appearance of communism in europe, using the russian and china model as points of inspiration.
