Unit 6 Flashcards
(9 cards)
Which examples support the argument that national revolutions can be caused by changes in the international system?
the withdrawal of support to allies weakening an authoritarian regime (as with Nicaragua in 1979); the impact of war (as in Russia in 1917); the impact of economic crisis (as in the Arab Spring of 2011)
Which regimes are more prone to revolutions?
Regimes that are struggling to cope with internal and external change, and face opposition groups that are coherent and cohesive enough to present an alternative response to economic and political crises
Did revolutions create new patterns of unevenness?
Before 1989: Creation of different forms of society (communist, Islamic, and specifically in opposition to the Western, capitalist and liberal world) created new patterns of unevenness within the political, economic and social sectors of the international system
What did some thinkers predict about revolutions in international politics after 1989?
That the era of revolutions in international politics is over. Mark Fisher claimed that capitalism is the only viable political and economic system now.
What did Jürgen Habermas argue about the characteristics of 1989?
‘its total lack of ideas that are either innovative or oriented towards the future’ [compared to the French revolution in 1789, one could say]
What do some claim has changed in 1989?
In some ways relaunched ‘civil society’ as a politically crucial sphere in society.
What is according to Lawson a ‘negotiated revolution’?
‘a new model of revolution which went from social self-organisation, through the organisation of mass peaceful civil disobedience of every inventive kind, to a neat negotiation with the power-holders, a negotiation of a peaceful transfer of power based on compromise’ (Garton Ash)
Who explained what the ‘global civil society is’, and what would be the explanation?
Mary Kaldor.
Explanation: With growing interconnectedness, challenges to the territorial integrity of states, the break-up of the Cold War blocs of states and the growth in globalised information and communications technologies (ICTs), civil societies became effectively loosened from their national frameworks
How might the networked form of protest suggest change in the international system?
1: Networked protest has international political consequences – changing regimes or alliances, or challenging international organisations.
2: Networks may signal a change in the underlying structure of the international system itself.
