Democratization

In this paper, I first explain Lipset’s arguments pertaining to democratization. Then, I describe and argue in regards to the flaws in certain aspects of Lipset’s argument. Lipset claims that education essentially leads to democracy as it is one of the strongest indicators of it. I argue that this is not always correct because there are countries where people are well-educated but not taxed. This leads to no representation and therefore no democracy. I also show why Lipset’s prediction that many

The study of democratization has been a key cornerstone within the field of comparative politics for the last several decades. Yet, the key mechanisms that lead countries to transition from autocracies to democracies are subject of debate that is ongoing. Building from Lipset corner stone article “Social Requisites of Democracy: Economic Development and Political Legitimacy”, scholars have focused on the influence of modernization theory, specifically economic development, on the process of regime

Question 1: The only way that peace can be maintained between the United States and a rising China is the democratization of the latter.” Do you agree or disagree with this assertion? Explain. Introduction I agree that the only way that peace can be maintained between the United States and the United States and a rising China is the democratization of the latter. In this essay, I would provide the two underlying explanations of democracy peace theory along with the statistical regression analysis

support their emergence of democracy. The idea that economic development will lead to democratization and democratic consolidation generally holds for most cases. More often than not, increasing economic development increases the probability that any given society will have democratic politics. Although this theory is widely spread it does not seem to account for all cases, such as India. Due to the large population of India, the defying factors against modernization theory are not easily overlooked

VENEZUELAN DEMOCRACY 'S STEP BACKWARDS The current political landscape in Venezuela is an alarming step backward for Democracy in Latin America. While Venezuela has the richest proven oil reserves in the world, the country 's citizens are literally starving to death due to food shortages. While in a traditional democracy this would lead to the political leaders being ousted from power, Venezuela 's President has seized more and more control, shifting the country towards an authoritarian regime. Venezuela

The main question for my research paper is whether citizens of poor countries, as they experience rapid development, are willing to concede certain of their democratic liberties in exchange for development. Once they have attained a certain level of development, do they demand for more of those democratic rights? This research question fits into the wider field of political economy. The scholarship available on the broad topic of development and its relationships to democracy is numerous, however

Democracy has in the 20th and 21st century grown in popularity, which has been credited due to the ‘waves of democracy’, which has been caused by a variety of reasons all over the world. However because of the growth of democracy, it has led to debate between academics as to whether or not presidentialism has had a positive or negative effect on new and developing democracies. In this essay it will discuss the effect presidentialism has had on democracy as a system of government. A brief background

Among those participants, Mexico and Nigeria has been spotlighted for the completely contrastive endings at the end of their long-adventures towards democratization since their independence; Mexico, from its independence, has maintained the political stability despite the authoritarian single-party regime and even accomplished the solid democratization at the time of the 2000 election whereas Nigerian regime has been deteriorated by a series of military cues d’états and

population . Many scholars explained the significant of middle-class as the supporter of democratization and democratic as Barrington Moore’s famous quote “no middle class, no democracy” However, the structure of Chinese society is very complex since China has its own characteristics which differ from other. The idea of China’s expanding middle-class will be a major driving force for political change and democratization may not be worked. I disagree with this statement due to the following reason; Many

have also explained democratization, as well as, international factors. It becomes deductive to attribute democratization to any one single theory as modernization works with social and cultural factors that are also impacted by international factors. It appears as if they all contribute in one way or another. Wezel and Inglehart (2008) examine the effects of crucial social and cultural elements like self-expression that work with modernization in tandem to aid in democratization. Ross (2001) further