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Items:
- Create a post-behavioral conclusion with regards to multi-party political experience of Tunisia and Syria.
- Create a behavioralist conclusion incorporating Wakili’s (2009) ideas on Islamic Thought in Nigerian politics.
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ReplyDelete1. Post- behavioralism is an attempt to fix the flaws that behavioralism has, in a way to be systematic in explaining in the empirical aspects of political life by using several different approaches of Political Science. When President Ben Ali of Tunisia changed the Socialist Destour to Rally for Constitutional Democracy, this marked the beginning of single dominant party in Tunisia. Prior to that some state owned land where sold to some businessmen, and because of this, these people have been meddling with the affairs in politics since then. Opposition tried to balance the power with them, or even create a multiparty system, this party, the UGTT does this by having an alliance with Al- Nahda, but then again failed because of the divide and rule tactics by the government. Whereas for Syria, the Ba'ath Party, continue to dominate the country ever since the Assad Regime started, even though they held elections, or they make the people see that they are not hoarding the power, it is still clear that they have been avoiding or rather eliminating prospective opponents, another thing is that they have allotted 167 out of 250 seats just for the members of the Ba'ath part and the rest is disseminated to other independent candidates. As for the Opposition party in Syria, which are the Islamist group were brutally oppressed by the government themselves. It has been a constant trial of these Opposition groups to at least level the playing field, but since the ones who holds most power have the capacity to restrain and kill them, these trials have always end the same way, they -- the oppositions -- getting oppressed, cheated, and never getting the upper hand in their battle for democracy.
2. In Wakili's Article, The Ulama's have never been, at first, interested in politics, but because of the several instances that portrays that the Muslim group in Nigeria have always been marginalized and unheard, they were prompted to act. Because of their growing influence in Politics, they were able to voice out the needs and cries of their people, they have been able to protect them and have their complaints and desired be heard. Aside from their great advocacy for their muslim people they have used also their involvement in Politics as they struggle to get Sharia implemented, which is a dialogue for and between Islam and Democracy. Moreover, as more countries tried to separate church from state, Nigeria's Ulamas have different point of view, they wanted to allow religion and religious actors in the democratic Nigeria they are trying to build. But what is inevitable is that they are not the only religious group that have great mass in the nation, there are the Christians that also want their spot in politics. All in All the Ulamas in Nigeria where not only able to be one of the major actors when it comes to politics in their country, they were also able to reach several millions of people in Africa with their advocacy for democracy. What started as a just a minority group turned out to be one of the most aggressive one in Nigeria.
Wakili, H. (2009). Islam and the political arena in nigeria:the ulama and the 2007 elections. Institute for the study of Islamic thought (ISTA) Working Paper series,
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Easton, D. (1969). The new revolution in political science. The American Political Science Review, 63(4),
Dahl, R. (1961). The Behavioral Approach in Politcal Science: Epitaph for A Monument To A Successful Protest. In American Political Science Review. 55, pp. 763-772
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1. The ruling parties in Tunisia, starting from Ben Ali and RCD up to al-Nahda, experimented on using multiparty democracy in the country. Their efforts to democratize the country became futile as other political parties tend to use the multiparty system as an advantage to create another authoritarian regime. Political apathy and cynicism dominates voter's behavior as they have become traumatized in the complex changes of form of government. Syria on the other hand, has a very slow progress of transformation in development in multiparty. It is due to the separation of class and sectarian groups that enabled the people to easily resolve their political issues. Therefore, they do not need the existence of multiparty system as their old political system is quite enough. Moreover, no oppositional parties are strong enough to go against the current authoritarian regime.
2. The ulama's participation through political activism in Nigerian politics sought to increase as they do believe that Nigeria's electoral process needs to elect credible, honest and God-fearing people. This aspiration of the ulamas to increase their participation and not just limit their participation through giving opinions heightened from the results of the April 2007 elections. This election was considered as the worst elections ever in the country's history. It was characterized by large scale rigging, result falsification, intimidation and violence across the country. This occurrence made an uproar for the people especially the ulamas. Thus, the ulamas believed that their complete intervention in Nigerian politics and letting them to joined as a candidate in election would lessen the falsification of the electoral process of Nigeria.
Ramos, Renz Paolo B.
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1. Syria and Tunisia are 2 countries that are facing social problems specially on the evident division of the elites and the working class. In Syria, multiparty system is just used to conceal the authoritarian rule of the Baath Party and the political elites who aim to sustain political hegemony in Syria. In Tunisia, the great divide in the society made their people politically apathetic since the dominance of the ruling party backed by the political elites seemed to perpetuate themselves to power. These regimes attempt to revitalize state multi-party systems are just there to show that democracy is present in their country when i fact authoritarian rule still dominates. The irregularities in these countries concerning the people are evident in terms of the distribution of wealth, political and humanitarian right in which the people are suppressed of their capability to do relevant actions against these political problems.
2. It is important to state that Nigeria is a democratic federal republic. In a democracy people are free of professing different faith, thus any religion can exist in a democratic state. In reference to Waliki's essay, I conclude that In Nigeria, religious and political actions are inseparable in a way that the Muslim people of Nigeria believes that governing their country is also a part of religious commitment. It also a factor that the implementation Sharia, or the Islamic Law is persisted by the Muslim majority of Nigeria which means that they should not only be ruled by the constitution of the government but also by the rule of Islam. The Ulama's who are educated by the Islamic education are the front runners to represent the Muslim majority in pursuing Islamic religious and political activities. The dominance of the Islamic thought in Nigeria in effect articulates Muslims concerns and aspirations that they wish to be realized in their state.
Soliman, Ylliza Nicole J.
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1. As what we discussed last semester on Comparative Politics, predominantly political parties make a huge impact in every state, They influence the people about their political ad individual's right in concern with the government. In relating to our discussion in Authoritarian Regimes, economic elite has played an important part especially in the countries Tunisia and Syria. But in the case of Tunisia, the central political party was not as active as of the political party in Syria. But they are mostly in favor of the populism in the country. They mainly prefer the party which is appealing to the masses than of the elites. On the other hand, Syria's Baath Party is totally controlling the parliamentary government of Syria because their legislative department controls the laws of their land.
2. The Islamic Thought played a significant role in shaping NIgeria. Before they mainly rely on their instincts an impulses but not on the knowledge of the intellengencias. Also before, they are more dependent on their religion focusing only their beliefs on Allah and other Islamic figures. But during the time of Kano, politics has become predominant. It centered the political involvement of the people in the country. they also incorporated the use of religious preaching in their political agendas.
Soliman, Ylliza Nicole J.
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I apologize for the typo on the title.
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