INR 3003 Test 2 Aug 30 Democracy Closely related to the nation state as we extend the nationstate system we see the spread of democracy I Post Cold War Predictions as the war was ending a lot of scholars were trying to figure out what was going to happen The liberals were looking as increased cooperation and continued cooperation thorugh international relations a Mearshimer b Huntington Gives us the clash of revalations c Fukuyama optimistic Proclaimed that the collapse of communism ushered in the end of history He believed it would lead us into another generation of democratization and prosperity It sounds kinda bad What does it mean It has been miss interpreted as something negative He was responding as what he saw as the 3rd wave of democratizations expansion of democracy 1st one was the initial wave coming to America and to Europe By product of the enlightenment WW1 ends the first wave End of WWII is the start of the second Major rise in number democracies for him the end of history is the end point of man ideological evolution and the universalization of western liberal democracy as the final form of human government he sees it as a progression of mankind through idealism It s the equality that makes it better and seeing people as equals We don t need to seek another form of govet bcuase we are now recognized as equals II Waves of Democracy look above III Fukuyamas s end of history look above Hegel his interpretation is a non materialistic not military evolution He s writing just before karl marx He argued that people have 3 basic components to their make up 1 innate desire for survival food water shelter 2 Man has the ability to reason 3 most important Man has innate spiritedness and what man desires is recognition Desire to be recognition drives us into completion with each other Constructivism identity power would be a means to get to recognition aiming for prestige Realists see it as using prestige to get power Democracy provides that recognition because of equality and it removes the competition because democracy fulfills them If we see a spread of democracy we reduce the risk of conflict because no completion anymore Fukyumaas updates Hegels ideas People using ideas to find a best form of government Preeminence of Ideas ideas are a key component of ideas Ideas can lead us into ideological wars Teleological History form Fukuyamas view point is a TH Its not random when they trace human development it s a naturally lead progression That finally reaches its fulfillment in liberal democracy If its teleological history there is a beginning middle and end The beginning would be acient times huntergatheres Small communities 2nd a lot of different developments empires built feudalism Last would be a bunch of new ideas and most important would be liberal democracy Liberal Democracy is the best and the most important under fukuyama Under this is where we truly see equality We have to have a deomocratic style of govt there is no justification for any form of govt that dominates and doesn t recognize the people or not allow people to vote Govt has to have limitations the rules should benefit the people but not domnate We limit the power of govt s in democracy we refuse to give up 1 No compromise on individual freedoms 2 Our right to own private property These rights must be garentteed 3 We have to have capitalism provides opportunity for all people Need all 3 to have a true liberal democracy Two main contenders against liberal democracy End of WWII we see an end to fascism Also communism had a little more staying around power after WWII it eventually fell out With that end of the story We have found the ideal form of govt that fits all Fukuyama doesn t say it s the end of war But we will see war as states coming into conformity with democracy There are still are a lot of non democracies in the world and not everyone wants democracy It formed organically in the west it s a western constructs When Fukuyama says we found the best form of govt it works for us not everyone IV Another explanation for Democracy modernization Theory sees democracy as a by product of our modernization We can argue that modernization and development ensured its continued success We have the devoplent of classes during the industrialization Before there were only the nobles and the peaseants Industrialization Societies Transformed o Emergence of Bourgeoisie they owned the means of production business men The really benefited from the industrial revolution Their problem would be regulation They are not of noble birth those rights and priviages that the nobles have The Bourgeosies would put pressure on the right to buy private property They don t want to tear the system down they just want to benefit from it Proletariat Urbanization the workers industrial workers They are the dirving force of the industrial revolution This class was exploited for their man power They created unions to put pressure on their rights very important They served to congregate the people They began to congregate in the cities and near politics headquarters They begin to work together and become powerful There is a greater emphasis on it now Civil Society where we have a strong middle class creates a govt that another by product of this modernized society Education o Democracy Prevails the most democratic countries are the wealthiest o Critiques of Modernization Theory Poor democratic countries China large economy democracy no industrialization begun in the west Democracy developed in the west Is the western model a Universal model No it is not what works here doesn t always work elsewhere With out t V Democratic Stability Theory wealth supports stability There is more incentive in democracy How does wealth support stability There is a higher cost of transition Every incenstive to see it stay the same The high cost of transiton means we have everything to lose by moving away Oct 2nd went over test Democratic Peace I Democratic Peace democracies are inherently more peaceful than other types of govt if we want to bring about global peace we have to promote the spread of peace Democracy sees us all as equals it deletes the problem of war competition Not competition no war 94 state of union address bill Clinton the best strategy to ensure partners in diplomacy 3 main points o 1 Democracies don t attack each other No not yet Our strongest democracies have not fought each other Democracies are less likely to go to war in general
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