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HUNTINGTON’S WAVES OF DEMOCRATISATION

HUNTINGTON, SP. THE THIRD WAVE: DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY: UNIV OF OKLAHOMA PR, 1993.

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HUNTINGTON’S WAVES OF DEMOCRATISATION

HUNTINGTON’S WAVES ARE ONE OF THE MOST

FREQUENTLY CITED THEORIES IN DEMOCRACY STUDIES

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A WAVE OF DEMOCRATISATION IS A

NUMBER OF TRANSITIONS TO DEMOCRACY MUCH GREATER IN NUMBER

THAN MOVEMENTS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

THE WAVES TENDED TO BE FOLLOWED

BY REVERSE WAVES

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HUNTINGTON’S WAVES OF DEMOCRATISATION

First Wave (1828-1926) 2nd Wave (1943-62) 3rd Wave(1974 - 1990)0

17,5

35

52,5

70

1

33

11

ROOTS IN FRENCH & AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS

US 1828

SWITZERLAND, FRANCE, BRITAIN, ITALY ARGENTINA,

SPAIN, CHILE

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FIRST WAVE

CO

UN

TRIE

S

TIME (PERIODS)

First Wave (1828-1926) 2nd Wave (1943-62) 3rd Wave(1974 - 1990)0

17,5

35

52,5

70

1

33

11

MILITARY COUPS IN NE EUROPE, PORTUGAL AND LATIN AMERICA, WWII, SPANISH CIVIL

WAR, MILITARY COUPS

1922 MUSSOLINI MARCHES ON

ROME

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FIRST WAVE

First Wave (1828-1926) 2nd Wave (1943-62) 3rd Wave(1974 - 1990)0

17,5

35

52,5

70

1

33

11

52

ALLIED OCCUPATION,

DECOLONISATION,

1945 END OF WWII

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SECOND WAVE

First Wave (1828-1926) 2nd Wave (1943-62) 3rd Wave(1974 - 1990)0

17,5

35

52,5

70

1

33

11

52

30 COUPS, AUTHORITARIANISM

ACCROSS LATIN AMERICA, SOUTH

ASIA AND EAST ASIA, GREECE

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SECOND WAVE

First Wave (1828-1926) 2nd Wave (1943-62) 3rd Wave(1974 - 1990)0

17,5

35

52,5

70

1

33

11

52

30

65

61

SOUTH AMERICA, FORMER USSR,

SOUTHERN EUROPE, AFRICA

PORTUGAL MILITARY ENDS DICTATORSHIP

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HAITI, SUDAN, SURINAM...

THIRD WAVE

Huntington, SP. The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1993.

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