SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Autocracy
Document Summary
Hypothesis regarding the democratic uprising in the arab world (rise of democratic movements) Large, persistent, wealth-based inequalities in political influence & political participation. A little left of centre (average canadian vs. average american chart) Tendencies for certain classes, religions, & regions to favour certain parties that favour the interests of those populations. Most important that determines the percentage of voting in particular classes depends on how powerful they are (not just economic categories, organize themselves politically by varying degrees) A war is a violent, armed conflict between politically distinct groups who fight to protect or increase their control of territory. special type: colonial war, which involved a colony engaging in armed conflict with an imperial power to gain independence. Types of government: democracy = rule by the citizenry; autocracy = absolute rule by a single person or party; intermediate = some elements of democracy (e. g. , regular elections) & some of autocracy (e. g. , no institutional checks on presidential power.
