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GV100 Examples
Week 6: Electoral/Delegative Democracies
Turkey (Erdogan and the AKP)
Media was controlled
Media was curtailed; journalists could be prosecuted for discussing an subject deemed controversial
More than 80 journalists were fired during the Gezi Park protests in 2013
Websites were blocked, TV coverage was limited, Internet users could be identified
Control over the legislature and judiciary
More than 500 laws passed during his first two years in office and Erdogan passed 2-dozen constitutional changes via the national referendum
○ President has power to name 14 out of 17 Constitutional Court Judges, removed 3000 sitting judges
○ The AKP controlled legislature that decides what parties are legal for elections
The National Intelligence Organization has the power to collect 'all information, documents or data from any entity in Turkey' without seeking judicial permission or submit to judicial review
Tunisia (President Kais Saied)
Under the office of President Kais Saied
Relieved the prime minister of his duties, to assume the executive authority
Suspended Parliament, and closed the offices of some foreign news agencies
These suspensions disregarded Article 80, that restricted the President's emergency powers to be within consultation by the Prime Minister and Parliament
5 years in prison if the media spreads false information
Week 7(?) Declining Democraices
Major Examples
Russia
- control of the media and cracking down of civil liberties, as well as Putin waging war every time Russia undergoes an economic/trade crisis and/or when they mistrust western countries
Poland
- elder demographic tend to be ultra-conservative and xenophobic, rift is worsened by liberal groups, as well as potential pro-Russian officials being investigated and persecuted
Belarus
- Alexander Lukashenko (1994-), current president of Belarus, controls 70% of the economy and faces issues of grand corruption and connection between organized crime and the state
Other Examples
Argentina - high inflation and economic crisis, demolition of several ministries lead to shrinking state may (or may not) lead to authoritarianism
Azerbaijan - crackdown on dissent and humans rights abuses
Bangladesh - Hasina's systematic marginalizing the opposition, creatively eroding civil society
Chile - communist/nationalistic nostalgia, voter apathy
Egypt - opposition is marginalized and mass trailed
Hungary - worsened to the point of no return by elitist, corrupt politicians
Thailand - military coup, constitution abolished, freedom of speech and assembly is restricted
Turkey - Erdogan's curtailing media and TV programs, systematic marginalizing the opposition, creatively eroding civil society
Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez's talk shows