Democracy and Democratization UNFIN

Question 1

democracy

Answer 1

• political system in which rulers are accountable to the ruled
• components: accountability, participation, contestation

Question 2

democratization

Answer 2

-fraught with movements and counter-movements

Question 3

civic culture

Answer 3

-civic engagement, high social capital
-causality?
tolerance, readiness to engage and participate
factors conducive to democracy
desire for autonomy
chicken and egg

Question 4

modernization

Answer 4

• adaption of values
• economic change -> change in culture and society -> new political forms
• Inglehart:
• –agrarian: traditional values, obedience, religiosity
• –industrial: rationality, material concerns
• –post-industrial: self expression, autonomy, individualism
• growth stabilizes regimes
• progressives in early 20th USA