ins 3003: Democracy Exam
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democracy - CORRECT ANSWER-government by the people; supreme power is
vesting in the people and supervised directly by them or by their elected agents
origins of democracy - CORRECT ANSWER-"demos" = people and "kratia" =
power
connection between the nation-state system and democracy - CORRECT
ANSWER-the UN: the make-up of the organization is democratic (states have
seats/votes) + promotes democracy
post-cold war predictions: john mearsheimer (realism) - CORRECT ANSWER--
the cold war provided bipolar stability
- after, the world powers would gang up on the US; pessimistic
- bipolarity = power transition; multipolarity = too many factors
post-cold war predictions samuel huntington - CORRECT ANSWER-- "clash of
civilizations"
- not coming from realism
, - saw the coming world as problematic
post-cold war predictions: fukuyama (liberal) - CORRECT ANSWER-- optimistic
about a more peaceful world post-cold war
- increase in cooperation, interconnectedness, and communication
- democracy will serve as the peacemaker
francis fukuyama - CORRECT ANSWER-thought the collapse of communism
signaled the "end of history" and would usher in a new age of democratization
(that would come in waves)
fukuyama's waves of democracy - CORRECT ANSWER-started by the american
revolution, a new age of democratization; three waves
fukuyama's first wave - CORRECT ANSWER-- in europe in the 1900s
- slumped as authoritarianism rose after wwi
fukuyama's second wave - CORRECT ANSWER-- in latin america and africa after
wwi
- slumped in the 60s with democratic backslide in latin america + civil wars in
africa
fukuyama's third wave - CORRECT ANSWER-- after the cold war ends
- 30 democracies in 1970; 108 systems this year
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Questions and Answers 100%
Pass
democracy - CORRECT ANSWER-government by the people; supreme power is
vesting in the people and supervised directly by them or by their elected agents
origins of democracy - CORRECT ANSWER-"demos" = people and "kratia" =
power
connection between the nation-state system and democracy - CORRECT
ANSWER-the UN: the make-up of the organization is democratic (states have
seats/votes) + promotes democracy
post-cold war predictions: john mearsheimer (realism) - CORRECT ANSWER--
the cold war provided bipolar stability
- after, the world powers would gang up on the US; pessimistic
- bipolarity = power transition; multipolarity = too many factors
post-cold war predictions samuel huntington - CORRECT ANSWER-- "clash of
civilizations"
- not coming from realism
, - saw the coming world as problematic
post-cold war predictions: fukuyama (liberal) - CORRECT ANSWER-- optimistic
about a more peaceful world post-cold war
- increase in cooperation, interconnectedness, and communication
- democracy will serve as the peacemaker
francis fukuyama - CORRECT ANSWER-thought the collapse of communism
signaled the "end of history" and would usher in a new age of democratization
(that would come in waves)
fukuyama's waves of democracy - CORRECT ANSWER-started by the american
revolution, a new age of democratization; three waves
fukuyama's first wave - CORRECT ANSWER-- in europe in the 1900s
- slumped as authoritarianism rose after wwi
fukuyama's second wave - CORRECT ANSWER-- in latin america and africa after
wwi
- slumped in the 60s with democratic backslide in latin america + civil wars in
africa
fukuyama's third wave - CORRECT ANSWER-- after the cold war ends
- 30 democracies in 1970; 108 systems this year
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