Democratization and Revolution

Introduction

Democratization and revolution are the two terms that are inter related to each other and these terms are very significantly identified and discussed in the article that has been selected for analysis in this paper. The article that has been selected for analysis is “Political Challenge in Latin America: Rebellion and Collective Protest in an Era of Democratization” that is written by Christina Schatzman. The core focus of this paper is to analyze the relationship between democratization and revolution according to the concepts that have been presented by Christina Schatzman in the selected article.

Discussion

The definitions of democracy and revolution have been identified in this article on the basis of which the relationship between democracy and revolution has been developed by the author of this article. Democracy is referred to a form of government in which all the registered citizens of a country or a region participate equally wither through elected representatives or directly in the state activities involving the proposal, creation and development of the laws. On the other hand, revolution is referred to an overthrow of a social order or a government in favor of a new system. It is very obvious by the basic definitions of democracy and revolution presented by the author that both these terms are interrelated to a certain extent.

On the other hand, it is very obvious that democratization is expected to bring some violent changes in the political system while aiming to open channels and medium fro a non violent opposition. The opportunities for revolutionary groups are offered by democratization for the promotion of the interests and implementing the changes without posing any violent activities. In addition to this, the democracies are also expected to stifle opposition that is violent with inclusion. The revolutionary groups have continued to threaten the government which is evident from various instances in the history, especially in the time period of the 1980s and 1990s, which is regarded as a time period marked by extensive democratic opening. On the other hand, democracy was related to the mobilization of the civil society, increase in instability, and opening channels for the non violent challenges to the government most importantly in the short term period. It has been studied that a sample of 18 Latin American countries for the time period of 1980-1993 was analyzed with the help of a negative binomial event-count model. The purpose of this analysis ...