IAFF 1005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Good Governance, Authoritarianism, Dunne D.1
13 Jun 2018
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Thursday Lecture: Global Governance and The Middle East
I. Governance challenges today
A. Strong governance vs. weak states
B. Good governance vs corruption
B.1. Corruption is a global problem → 114 states have “serious corruption problems”
and no state is corruption free
B.2. Corruption is growing due to globalization with more money and the financial
system becoming more complex
B.3. Corruption is a transnational problem due to the rise of transnational
organizations becoming more criminal in weapons, drugs, and humans
B.4. Corruption is a major threat to the rule of law and functioning of states
C. Democratic governance vs authoritarianism
C.1. “Democracy is the worst for of government - except for all the alternatives”
-Churchill
C.2. How democracy promotes stability
C.2.a) Mechanisms for participation in governance → having say in their lives
so they have more trust in the government
C.2.b) Mechanisms for peace conflict conflict resolution
C.2.c) More transparency
C.2.d) Feedback via elections → better policies
C.2.e) Mechanisms to change leaders / policymakers peacefully
C.3. Democracy had been on a winning streak from the 70s to the 2000s
C.4. Faces challenges
C.4.a) Have been setbacks every year since 2005
(C.4.a.1) 113 countries have become less free
(C.4.a.2) 62 ountries less democratic
(C.4.a.3) Democratic recession and deconsolidation
C.4.b) Rising wthnic nationalism in many countries
C.5.
II. The Middle East
A. Historical context
A.1. The Ottoman Empire 1914 with influence over most of the arabian peninsula
A.1.a) Provinces/administrative units in Arabia
A.1.b) The end of the empirical rule era
A.2. British protectorates
A.3. Resurgence of anti-semitism in Europe
A.4. WWI contradictory war-time commitments
A.5. The interwar period
A.5.a) The creation of many of the new states we have today and leading to
more and more tensions
A.5.b) British and french mandates with quasi-imperial control vs. new states
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Document Summary
Thursday lecture: global governance and the middle east. Governance challenges today: strong governance vs. weak states, good governance vs corruption. Corruption is a global problem 114 states have serious corruption problems and no state is corruption free. Corruption is growing due to globalization with more money and the financial system becoming more complex. Corruption is a transnational problem due to the rise of transnational organizations becoming more criminal in weapons, drugs, and humans. Corruption is a major threat to the rule of law and functioning of states: democratic governance vs authoritarianism. Democracy is the worst for of government - except for all the alternatives . Mechanisms for participation in governance having say in their lives so they have more trust in the government. Democracy had been on a winning streak from the 70s to the 2000s. Have been setbacks every year since 2005 (c. 4. a. 1) (c. 4. a. 2) (c. 4. a. 3) democratic recession and deconsolidation.
