4) Non-democratic regimes and democratization Flashcards
What are the elements of personal rule?
Ruling monarchies.
Presidential monarchies.
Populist presidential monarchies.
What is a ruling monarchy?
A monarchy which exercise the same degree of power as a dictatorship.
What is a presidential monarchy?
Personal rule through the monarchial post and extensive powers of a president of the republic.
What is a populist presidential monarchy?
Personal rule through an elected president’s personal misappropriation of power.
What are the main differences between a monarch and a dictator?
Ceremonies and traditions.
Rules of succession (monarch –> dictator).
Organizational backing.
What are the elements of organizational rule?
Military rule (open or disguised). One-party rule.
What is a open military rule?
Military council as de facto government.
What is a disguished military rule?
Military controls civilian government.
What is a one-party rule?
Only one party commitee rules.
How is non-democracy legitimized?
Religion. Ideology. Weak democratic institutions. Totalitarianism. Authoritarianism.
What is totalitarianism?
The government controls everything.
What is authorianism?
More than a monarchy, but less extreme than totalitarianism.
What does the extinction hypothesis say about the survival of non-democratic regimes?
Authoritarian regimes are political dinasours in a world whose political climate clearly favours democracy.
Transformation to democracy sooner or later.
What does the evolution hypothesis say about the survival of non-democratic regimes?
Emphatize the proven ability of authoritarian regimes to adapt to change in their political environment.
Systems adapt as the environment changes.
What is active promotion of democracy, and which elements does it inclued?
A country actively promotes democracy throug either direct or indirect promotion.
What is direct promotion of democracy?
Support: etablishing democracy through regimes change or sanctions.
What is indirect promotion of democracy?
Assistance: etablishing preconditions of democracy.
What is passive promotion of democracy?
Side-effects of other events promotes democratizaton.
Why the limited succes of the Arab Spring?
Inchoate societies.
Cognitive shortcuts.
Lacking organizational leadership.
Miscalculation of succes.
What is diffusion?
A proces where X affects processes in Y.
Cases are not independent.
What are the mechanisms in diffusion?
Learning.
Emulation.
Competition.
Coercion.
