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- Introduction
- Frequency of democracy
- Groups must agree to accept the democratic bargain
- "authoritarian democracies"
- The Coming and Going of Democracy
- The "Third Wave" of democracy
- Reversible?
- Possible Explanations (for push for democracy)
- Fatigue of some authoritarian regimes
- International pressures
- People's desire for security against arbitrary abuse
- People's desire for economic development
- What Did We Learn from the Third Wave?
- The importance of "pacts"
- Sudden changes
- Crisis or Non-crisis transitions
- Why Are Prosperous Countries Likely to be Democracies?
- States become democracies for a wide range of reasons
- Prosperity has much to do with whether a state will remain a democracy
- Democracy and Freedom
- Democracy requires at least a minimal level of freedom of speech and association
- Other freedoms, (such as religion, free markets, etc) aren't necessarily companions of democracy, though they often go together
- Zakaria's argument that a less fully developed democracy may be more conducive to freedom than "all out democracy"
- Democracy and Capitalism
- Most democracies of the world have market-based economies
- No automatic connection between democracy and capitalism since some non-democratic states use market mechanisms for their economy
- Autocracy
- Examples of autocratic governments
- The above examples are roughly representative of autocratic systems
- Military Government
- The most dramatic alternative to democratic government is military government
- Why are military governments not more common?
- Box: Are military coups contagious?
- Military governments vary greatly
- Why aren’t there more military governments?
- Inhibitions against political intervention
- Lack of legitimacy
- Leaders may lack political skills
- Military governments built from shaky alliances
- One Party States
- Distinguished from other types of autocratic systems
- A national party is likely to embrace at least a reasonable range of the social groups in the states
- Most common form of autocratic government
- More stable than military governments
- Monarchies and Theocracies
- Democracy vs. Autocracy: Material Considerations
- "Power and Choice" Again
- Examples
- Democratization in Spain
- Fragile Democracy in Peru
- Theocracy in Iran
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