POL 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Religious Pluralism, Washington Consensus

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 202
• Professor: Davidson- Schmich Louise

Document Summary

Political cultural factors include beliefs, values, & norms present that in turn shape political life. Thought there would be end of history/end of ideology when states modernized, along with theory & religion. Thought more modern state more secular (non-religious) state. Tur(cid:374)ed out they did(cid:374)"t e(cid:374)d/di(cid:373)i(cid:374)ish, still very i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t & so(cid:373)eti(cid:373)es (cid:373)ore so. Individuals should be citizens of a democratic state. Democracy should be representative & protect individual rights. Free markets are the best way to organize the economy (liberal economic policies) Democracy/individual rights not a priority, can be detrimental to nation. Authoritarian government should protect the interest of the whole country. State should intervene in the economy to ensure security (nationalist economic policy) Working class interests more important than individual or national interests. Revolution needed to overthrow capitalist states & implement marxist economic policies; then. Freedom in a capitalist democracy is an illusion; states there serve the capitalist class the state will wither away (communism)