The Methods Of Legalitarianization In Russia And The Legalization Of Russia

As stated earlier, Russia’s economy is largely based on oil. Further, throughout Russia’s existence, its political institutions have strongly remained stable do to their performance legitimacy. Therefore, the rise of oil and therefore competitive authoritarianism are not mutually exclusive. Since Putin’s election, economic growth has averaged 6.7%, however, much of this growth is directly due to rising oil prices since 1998 that have topped over 100 dollars a barrel. Rising oil prices has allowed Russia to eradicate foreign debt, establish massive reserves of hard currency, and create budget surpluses. This has in turn allowed Putin to accumulate massive amounts of wealth as well as improving his performance legitimacy. Arguably, this is a false performance legitimacy. To many in Russia, this is the best the economy has ever been, and it has allowed for Putin to easily consolidate power. Yet, with oil on the decline, Russia has effectively created an economy that can not last into the near future, and only time will tell how far they will end up

As I said before, many critics agreed that Hugo Chavez has been able to diminished Venezuelan democracy to convert it to a competitive authoritarian regime. Chavez has controlled the country and stills does, in a way in that using populism and his policy of clientism he gets the masses and specially the poor to support him and agreed with him in many of his reforms and actions. Allying himself with leftist countries like Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and especially Cuba, Chavez has implemented what he calls a “Bolivarian Revolution”, revolution that allows him to have a complete control of the country. Furthermore, Chavez has been using the oil revenues not only as a method of getting international support for his ideas and type of regime but also, for his own personal enrichment

Venezuela is a country located on the northern coast of South America. It borders Guyana to the east, Brazil to the south and Colombia to the west (“Basic Facts on Venezuela”). It is interesting to see how a country that was once rich and had a strong government can end up caught in an economic crisis. Then, this may result in violence and chaos in the country. The worst part is that a crisis in one country can produce shocks all over the world.

Venezuela is a country located in the northern area of South America that’s national language is Spanish. It is a very complex and interesting country with many important events in the past as well as some current events that have made headlines. Venezuela has been struggling with development for a long time and it has a landscape that can sometimes make it quite hard to build roads and tracks, thus hindering the forward progress of the nation. Venezuela is a democratic country with a democratically elected president, but that doesn’t mean that everything is going along fine. Even though the people of Venezuela elected Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro in the election of 2012, there have been a lot of recent protests against

The article, "Thousands of Protestors In Venezuela, Demand End of Dictatorship," is about the clash between the citizens of Venezuela and the government. Since April 2013, when Nicolas Maduro became president of Venezuela, the country has faced catastrophic economic/social disasters. Although there has been building political unrest in the country for months now, tensions finally peaked when allies of Maduro blocked any chance of a re-election, forcing Venezuelans to remain under his regime. The opposition party voted to put Maduro on trial, but electoral authorities prevented it. This is a political issue as it deals with the distribution and implementation of power. Under Maduro's presidency, inflation has skyrocketed into the triple digits, while poverty and healthcare have drastically decreased. Many people lack proper sanitation and electricity. The people of Venezuela are deeply dissatisfied with the state of their government, as it is clear that they government does not have their social/economic well being in mind. One protestor said, "I'm going hungry! If you're going to shoot me because I'm hungry, shoot me" (Goodman). Unfortunately, the way in which

Rules and order are vital to our safety, governmental systems, and economy. According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of a rule is a statement that tells you what is allowed or what will happen within a particular system. According to the same source, the definition of order is the state of peace, freedom from confused or unruly behavior, and respect for law or proper authority.

Legitimacy is Elections are universally accepted as a fair and free method of selecting political leaders. A widely held belief that a given democratic government was elected freely and fairly.

The Second World War left Europe utterly devastated once again, by the modern armies of Europe. The Russian Red Army liberated Berlin from Nazi dominance and control in 1945, installing their own governmental ideologies, social, economic, and political terms. Contracting postwar governments, in the post war period immediately after the war known as "Zero Hour". Once the Russians liberated Germany any type of governmental stability and law/order just deteriorated. In its wake building East Germany to become known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR) under the control of the Soviet Union. Life and society in general, was controlled by government, not just political institutions but also social institutions as well. The people were always watched and suspected by the elites in the communist party using their network of secrete spies and police. Only later to be overthrown in a domino effect of Revolutions all throughout Eastern Europe towards the final years of the Soviet Union.

Corruption in Venezuela has prevalent since the nation gained independence in 1821. But, corruption rose to unforeseen levels during Hugo Chavez’s presidential era. Hugo Chavez was president of Venezuela for 11 years. “There is no exaggerating the extent of Venezuela 's decline and fall. The wealthiest country per capita in Latin America is sinking deeper and deeper into what must inevitably be bankruptcy, as everything fiscal goes wrong.” (Thomson, 2010) He came into power with the intentions of making Venezuela a socialist nation. His impact on the nation of Venezuela has touched every aspect of the society from economics to the quality of living. His extreme, radical ideology mirrored those of the Cuban socialist revolution. Nationalization of assets and equal distribution of wealth among the nation sounds like an ideal plan, but what went wrong? Was it the decrease in oil production, investors or private businesses? Or, did the inflation and decreasing value of the currency finally catch up to the nation? It is important to note that Chavez pulled his support from the lower and middle class. His neglect of the rich made it easier for his socialist ideals to merge into Venezuelan society. During Hugo Chavez’s 11-year reign, how did his radical changes affect Venezuela’s economy nationally and globally?

As stated by the article “A Political Theory of Populism”, populism is “a democratic discourse that relies on the idea of a popular will and struggle between ´the people´ and ´the elite´— then Chavismo is clearly a populist phenomenon” (Acemoglu 1). Populism is the shortcut that the government uses to play with the passions, illusions, and ideals of its citizens with the purpose of promoting what is impossible and taking advantage of people’s misery. Populist governments avoid using reason and logic when making decisions and they play with the basic necessities of people to simply impose a dictatorship. The effects of populism in a country are devastating and you can observe the deterioration of Venezuela throughout the seventeen years of Chavism. Gloria Alvarez in her interview states that “the immediate effects of

supported Carlos Andres Perez but the Venezuelan people feared him because he had the military kill of anyone that would go against him. Also under the reign of Perez, the "Caracazo" happened. “The wave of protests, riots, looting and ensuing massacres happened due to gas prices going up and bus riders having to increase the price of transportation” (Metoyer). Eventually in the year 1992 Junior officers like Chaves rallied together to try and overthrow Perez but their attempt failed. Chavez ended up being incarcerated for two years. Then a year later, President Carlos Andres Perez was summoned to court because of money robbery from the government. Finally in 1998, Chavez was elected president of Venezuela and to most Venezuelans he was the solution for prosperity and the end of chaos. “Chavez had won with a 56% of the votes as the candidate of the MVR” (Metoyer). During his fist year as president, he promised the people of Venezuela reforms that would raise the living standards of the poor, enhance democracy, and share oil wealth amongst the masses. Unfortunately, the United States did not support Chavez and by 2002, “the United States was more concerned with Chavez and how he's not running a democratic

In the late 17th century, during the period of the Roman Empire, Peter the Great along with his brother Ivan V co-ruled Russia until his brother’s death in 1696. When he took power of all of Russia, he began harsh reforms and introduced a new autocratic government, in order, to reestablish Russia to a great nation, but many of Russia’s citizens were repressed during this time. He reorganized the military, strengthened the navy, took more control over the Orthodox Church, and brought about new administrative and territorial divisions of the country. He abolished Russia’s past form of government and appointed a Senate, this allowed them to control all branches

In this paper, it is my intention to discuss the issue of legitimacy as it relates to government. I will explore what a legitimate government necessarily consists of; that is, I will attempt to formulate a number of conditions a government must meet in order to be considered legitimate.

In this TMA I will examine and assess how political order is made mainly through the state. In order to create, maintain and repair political order, the state needs authority from its citizens to do so and this authority needs to be legitimate. ‘Legitimacy refers to a belief in the states rightness, its right to rule or the idea that its authority is proper.’ I will then explain how today, legitimacy is closely linked to democracy and it is through free and fair elections that the state receives legitimacy. The degree to which individuals legitimise the state is varied and individuals or groups of people can also engage critically with the state.

Venezuela began getting rid of its democratic government during the presidency of Hugo Chavez in the early 2000’s and continued into the presidency of Nicolás Maduro in 2013. Both men put overwhelming power on the executive branch while also taking away many rights from their citizens. As the government became more and more oppressive, this prompted civilians to protest against