Political Systems - Comparative Politics PDF
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This document presents lecture notes covering political systems, examining authoritarian regimes, democracies, and hybrid regimes. A comparative approach is used to understand the various forms of government.
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Political Systems Comparative Politics Authoritarian Regimes Rule of one person Absolutist monarchies (e.g., Saudi Arabia) Classic dictators (e.g., DPR Korea) “Populist” presidents (e.g., Venezuela) Rule of an organisation Military junta (e.g., Myanmar) One-party state (...
Political Systems Comparative Politics Authoritarian Regimes Rule of one person Absolutist monarchies (e.g., Saudi Arabia) Classic dictators (e.g., DPR Korea) “Populist” presidents (e.g., Venezuela) Rule of an organisation Military junta (e.g., Myanmar) One-party state (e.g., Cuba) Authoritarian Regimes Ideology Religion Emphasising democracy Totalitarian and authoritarian systems Democracies Lijphart (1999) Majoritarian and consensus democracies What is democracy? See the previous lecture Evolution of democracy Introduction of universal suffrage Introduction of PR Socialist participation in the government Democracies Structure of the society Lijphart, 1968 Homogeneous Plural Behaviour of the elite Depoliticized Consociational Coalescent democracy democracy Centripetal Centrifugal democracy democracy Competitive Hybrid Regimes No universal definition or approach Not really democratic (already or yet) Not really a dictatorship (already or yet) Problems: No universal definition of democracy Hard to measure / quantify Political motivations…
