Author Question: Describe the three waves of democratization which were followed by reverse waves of regime changes. ... (Read 80 times)

Tazate · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Describe the three waves of democratization which were followed by reverse waves of regime changes.

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Question 2

The terms French Canadian and Qubcois mean the same thing.

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

asdfghjkl; · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The First Wave began in the early 1800s with the emergence of democracy in
several countries in North America and Western Europe, including the United States and the UK. In the late 1920s, the first reverse wave began, as several of these countriesmost notably Germanycollapsed into dictatorship. In 1945, the defeats of Hitler's Nazi regime and the Japanese and Italian dictatorships brought about the second wave of democratization. The Allied victors of World War II imposed democracy in Germany, Japan, and Italy and restored it to a few other European countries. A second reverse wave began in during the Cold War era, when several newer democraciessuch as those in Latin America collapsed. However, the Third Wave of democratization began in the mid-1970s with the collapse of a longstanding dictatorship in Portugal. A few countries in Africa and Asia also began to shift toward democracy, but large swaths of the world remain dominated by not free non-democratic regimes.

Answer to Question 2

False