existent‚ but not after one enters the premises of the torched out sub continental country‚ namely‚ Pakistan. The country’s expedition towards the Democratization process has been always through thick and thin. The situation of the democratic norms at hand is in a pathetic condition that if left unheeded would beget epidemics of destruction. The Democratization process is the horrific test of time the country Pakistan is facing at this celestial hour. Paying a glance at the track record that our no
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Lipset in his 1959 classic Some Social Requisites of Democracy. The thesis popularly attributed to Lipset has been that economic prosperity produces a middle class. This emerging middle class creates‚ however haltingly‚ an effective demand for democratization of politics: the new bourgeoisie‚ with wallets a little fatter‚ seeks a political voice‚ not just one in the marketplace. So‚ as with the thesis successfully linking globalization with reduced poverty‚ we
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April 2014 Third Wave of Democracy Third World democracies are declining and an influential authoritarian state like North Korea shows no sign of democratization. Therefore‚ Liberal and democratic stagnation could signal the end of the third wave of democracy‚ unless reserve wave prevention policies are implemented. A wave of democratization is a period of time where countries move from nondemocratic values to a democratic regime (Diamond‚ 1996: 20). In the modern world there have been three
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These factors are democratization of technology‚ democratization of finance and democratization of information. Democratization of technology can be defined as a worldwide integration system that can weave not only individuals but global information and markets (Price‚ 2011). This world is an interwoven place encompassed by
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political systems was clearly one of the defining aspects of the second half of the 20th Century. The establishment of the Soviet Union as the standard bearer of communism was largely a reaction to the lack of modernization‚ in a political sense “democratization”‚ that had taken place in that country leading up to overthrow of the Romanoff Monarchy. While the October Revolution of 1917 is usually seen as the key event in the chain of events which led to the profound social change that occurred‚ its precursor
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10 General History of Arab 10 Conquests and Expansion of Arabs: 11 Union of Arab Countries – The Arab League: 11 The Arab Common Market: 12 Rising Disputes: 12 Arab Cold War: 13 Various Conflicts: 13 Arab-Israeli conflict: 13 Iran-Iraq war: 13 Lebanese Civil War: 14 Western Sahara War: 14 Yemen Civil War: 15 Somali Civil War and Ethiopian-Somali War: 15 History of Democracy in Arab World: 16 Presidential republics: 18 Absolute monarchy (kingship): 18 Constitutional
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started to distance themselves from secessionist tendencies. However‚ the policy of pacification was short-lived. The central government‚ instead of addressing political conflicts with consensus‚ resorted to undemocratic means. The process of democratization in Balochistan was disrupted and the provincial government was dissolved. The autonomists were sidelined and were dubbed as ‘anti-state elements’. The extremists‚ within the autonomists’ fold‚ were infuriated and started the armed insurgency
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became the President of Kyrgyzstan and his government soon introduced new economic and political systems to Kyrgyzstan. Akayev’s government believed that their new approaches would lead Kyrgyzstan to democratization in the few coming years. This was the initial step of the transition towards democratization. However‚ during the period of 1991-1994 these changes did not have much impact on their goal to become a democratic country. That was mainly because Kyrgyzstan was not ready for democracy
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Mass Nationalism in 1848-1914 The concept of nationalism is crucial for the understanding of country’s history and its quest for identity‚ and this essay I will be answering the following question: To what extent was mass nationalism a creation of the (German) state government? However‚ before answering this particular question‚ it is important to give a solid definition for a nation and what nationalism is principally. The Nation and the Nationalism It is hard to define the concept of the nation
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authoritarianism)? Compare two different post-communist states (democracy vs. competitive authoritarianism) in support of your argument. University: American University of Central Asia One of the reasons of the soviet countries that joined to the democratization wave is the failure of communism. In this wave some of the countries could successfully have transition to democracy‚ but some of them could not. Each of the communist countries had their specific procedures in terms of
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