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Fareed Zakaria
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Jacket painting:
Eugene Delacroix, 1830
Liberty Leading the People
The Louve
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Zakaria was born in India, has a B.A. from
Yale (in history) and a Ph.D. from Harvard
(in international relations). In 1992, at the
age of 28, Zakaria became managing editor
of Foreign Affairs, the leading journal of
international politics and economics—a
position he held through 2000.
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Describing him as "the most influential
foreign policy adviser of his
generation," Esquire named him "one
of the 21 most important people of the
21st Century."
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Chapter 1
The Democratic Age
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Explain the concept
Illiberal Democracy
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Explain the theme
Illiberal Democracy
At Home
and Abroad
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The rise of democracy
In 1900 not a single nation
had a democracy?
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Today 119 nations are
Democracies
= 62% of world’s nations
Every adult citizen may vote
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Monarchy
Fascism
Communism
Socialism
Theocracy
Democracy
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Democracy
Republic
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Democracy
Capitalism
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Mass Phenomenon
Consumption
Savings
Investing
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Culture
High Culture
Pop Culture
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1920’s Information
Radio, TV, News, Films
Today
The Internet
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9.11.01
Tension:
Democracy v. State authority
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Democracy
Classical Liberalism
Freedoms
Checks on Government
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Democracy
Illiberal Democracy
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Illiberal Democracy
Peru
Palestine
Venezuela
Middle East?
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Saudi Arabia
What IF - Democracy?
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U.S.
Democratic
Or
Undemocratic?
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U. S. Supreme Court
9 judges appointed for life
U.S. Senate - 100 Senators
CA-30 million - 2 Senators
AZ - 3 million - 2 Senators
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A Brief History of
Human Liberty
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A.D. 324
Constantinople
Istanbul
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Theme:
The Church - 1st source of liberty
From liberty derived democracy
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Athens fourth century B.C.
Socrates
Execution was democratic
But not liberal
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Rome
Limited government
Rule of Law
senate, republic, constitution
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The Church
Successor to Rome
Dogma, intolerance
Institutional Challenge to the State
The papacy had power, legitimacy,
money, and armies.
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The Reformation
Luther 10.31.1517 95 theses
Printing presses
150 years 1/2 Europe Protestant
Henry VIII England
1648 Peace of Westphalia - Princes might
choose their own state religions
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The Enlightened State
Liberty depended on the ruler
1688 England Glorious Revolution
King, Commons, Lords
1789 French Revolution
The extension of central powers
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Montesquieu
The “oracle” of liberty
1776 The American Revolution
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Capitalism
Economics based on market
competition- means of production,
distribution, and exchange are
privately owned and directed by
individuals or corporations
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Capitalism
Rise in Western Europe
Spread to England
Demanded
Free trade, free markets,
individual rights,
and freedom of religion
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The American Revolution
A new England w/o the King
An explosion of capitalism
A Middle Class
1870 Black vote
1920 Women vote
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Illiberal Democracy
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8.19.91
Yeltsin
The popular autocrat
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Elections &
Authoritarianism
=
Illiberal Democracy
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Stable Democracies
=
Popular consent
Rule of Law
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The Question
Of
Iraq
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Gorbachev
Glasnost
political openness
Perestroika
economic restructuring
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China
It does not matter if the cat is
black or white
as long as it catches the mouse
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Clinton Rossiter
Democracy and Politics
Politics and Parties
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