CPO 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Mercosur, Crisis Management, General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade
13 Apr 2016
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What is an advanced democracy : stable political institutions, diverse, wealthy economy. Common characteristics of advanced democracies: economic development. Freedom and equality: economic development in advanced democracies: small agricultural sectors, industrial sectors shrinking, service sectors growing, defining advanced democracies: For example: personal liberties: abortion permitted in canada, restricted in korea. Exression freer in the united states than germany: economic freedoms: prostitution permitted in new zealand, illegal in the united. Some drugs permitted in the netherlands: political participation: voting is compulsory in australia and brazil. Far fewer than 100 percent vote elsewhere; 57 percent in the united states. International integration: movement of state functions to international level, reduction in independent state capacity, wto, nafta, eu, mercosur, asean etc. Devolution: movement of state functions to local/regional level, reduction in independent state capacity independent or semi autonomous regions in spain, uk, etc. European union: a group of european countries, originally 6 western european states, now 28, economic and social cooperation.
