The fall of the Soviet Union, which led to the democratization of Russia, shows that the world is moving towards democratic liberalism as described by Francis Fukuyama in his article “The End of History?”. Russia is one of the key countries to examine when looking at the theory because they have been one of the most resistant to change. The article “What is Civil? ‘New Russia’ and the Democratic Predicament” by William Rosenberg describes how Russia has changed since they have embraced democratic liberalism. Russia was one of the biggest challengers to the theory of “The End of History”; however, by examining these two articles the truth behind the theory that the world will all move towards democratic liberalism can be seen. By considering …show more content…
The country has started to develop a free market system. Rosenberg stated: “democratization as a means to material abundance became linked to free and unregulated markets in Russia” (Rosenberg), this means that as the free market has developed, material things have become important. Rosenberg argues that the key to the reform that occurred was the link between politics and the economy. The market not being tied to the government led to products being more abundant, and therefore the prices went down to a reasonable price. His article said that Yeltsin had accepted the ideas of privatization and market reform as key to a successful country. He argued that self-interest in “The End of History” therefore it was necessary to allow the market process to be controlled by private citizens and businesses. He believed that in order for liberal democracy to work, citizens had to want the best for …show more content…
According to Rosenberg, a process similar to shock therapy was used in the transition. The prices that occurred during the liberalization created many shocks to the citizens. While the prices for certain products were still regulated, prices on other products increased dramatically. As a consequence in the beginning of the Russian free market, there was a tremendous amount of fraud, although the economy eventually recovered to a more normal level of success (Rosenberg). Fukuyama predicted that Russia would eventually join the rest of the world in liberal democracy because of their need to be superior. If they did not adapt to what most of the world considered fair practices, other countries would not want to conduct business deals with them. If other countries had refused to work with them, their country would not be able to remain an important economic global
With the policy of collectivization Ukrainians were virtually forced to give up essential necessities for the Empowerment of the Soviet Union resulting in Starvation of millions of Ukrainians. Stalin’s even used propaganda to falsify Ukrainians as happy servants to the Soviet Union but in reality their right and freedom were sacrificed and with the shortage of food coming into Ukraine it lead to starvation. Soviet Union rise in self-determination allowing them to become economic viable at the expenses of millions of
From 1928, when the plan started, to 1932 to its end, many factories, dams, power stations and even cities were being built. Despite there being harsh penalties implemented to workers for failure to meet their targets, there was still a significant increase in Russia’s industrial growth in a very short period of time. Just like the emancipation of the serfs in 1861, under Tsar Alexander II, in protest of Stalin’s policies, the peasants, in protest, refused to work harder than they needed too, causing them to destroy livestock and crops, which eventually lead to their unnecessary death. Stalin, just like the Tsarist autocratic regime, was not committed to collectivism but preferred capitalism in his ruling of the Soviet Union. This caused a lot of rebellion from the Kulaks who opposed collectivism.
He thought up two plans, known as the first and second five year plans, to catch Russia up to the rest of the world in ten years. To do this, Russia’s economy would turn into a command economy. Each industry had a target goal to reach and all government money was invested into industry, energy, and transportation. This had both positive and negative consequences. The production of consumer goods decreased but amazing progress was made.
He believed that civilized and rich men can bring change in society, which will highly valuable for the Progress of the people. He believed that the change could be good or bad, but we should accept this change and stop criticizing the outcomes.
Introduction The Russian had problems with different things like nicholas the second and how weak the leadership is and the starvation of civilians and this caused the revolution of russia and this changed russia. Russia was a vast multinational placed that was controlled by romanov. Body Paragraph One Nicholas the second was one of the problems i think because he made all the laws and policies when he also took control russia was behind on industrial product so he made more industrial product and that increased the urban poor but people in russia still lived on farms. The urban poor worked in factories and they worked for long hours with little pay and the conditions weren't so great.
By building on their consumer market, the Soviet Union would have been able to grow even larger. If they did those things, maybe they would have been around today, but their rejection of the capitalist system would have never allowed them to let go of their command
He believed that people should work for what they want in life. He thought that labor would impact society and the government should let people work for a successful life (supp 3, C). This inspired people to work for wealth and achieve their goals. These ideas changed the world in many different ways, and allowed for people to live a better
Historian George F. Kennan maintains that the ideology and circumstances of the Soviet Union were accountable for the political nature of this communist state. Kennan discusses a distinct pattern of thought and concepts to describe the Soviet Union 's position on capitalism and motivation for their conduct. Kennan understands Russian History to be a significant influence in the nature of the Soviet Union 's conduct and discusses a clear hostility towards capitalism. Capitalism was perceived as a destructive and unjust ideology. It exploited the working class, failed to produce adequate resources and created uneven economic and social distributions.
Under the shadow of the great industrial powers of the west, the Soviet Union was forced to rush the process of industrialization in order to catch up with it’s advanced neighboring states. Japan was in a similar position during the 20th century, though Japan’s reaction to the pressure was much more successful than Soviet industrialization. Japan’s industrialization was more prosperous and smooth than Russia’s because of the differences in treatment of factory workers, and adaptations to the developed foreign trade market, which ultimately diminished the efficiency of Russian industrialization. Russia was well aware that the state was in need of great change, even more specifically, the russian finance minister, Sergey Witte, had been writing
This was similar to the United States of America, as the US was also trying to industrialize with a purpose of factories and people working in them. A big factor of the industrialization that both America and Russia shared was that both of these countries had a very unfair system for workers. The pay was not great, and people who were poor had it even worse. There is even an old saying that fits this very well, “The rich get richer”. This is true because the people who were already poor, who were working for the money so they could afford things like homes, food, water, and clothing, were staying poor, because their pay was so low that at the rate of them using their money for necessities, they were earning barely enough to afford them.
He argued that the only way we can control this faction which is impossible to remove, is to control the results or consequences. That the country needs to stay under a proper form of government balancing one and other, check and balance. He wanted government elected by many. The idea of faction has been shown in history and
In 1917, Tsar Nicholas ll is the current ruler of Russia. Russia’s economic growth is increased by the Czar’s reforms of the production of factories. During this era, Russia desperately needed to keep up with the rest of Europe’s industry. This reform worked perfectly, but the working conditions of these factories didn’t charm factory workers. After the events of the Russo-Japanese War, “Bloody Sunday”, and WW1, Russia was in utter chaos under the Czar’s ghastly leadership.
This plan consisted of building heavy industry, improving transportation, and increasing farm output. The government owned all businesses and distributed all resources. The Soviet Union soon developed a command economy. A command economy is where government
Fukuyama discusses the conclusion of the Cold War, he thinks that it signals the ‘End of history’ as such that the “end point of mankind’s ideological evolution and the universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government” (Fukuyama 371). Essentially, he believes that by looking at the underlying trends in the sphere of ideology and consciousness, that it is clear that a remarkable transformation has been made towards democratic liberalism, the final destination of every state. Hegel, Karl Marx’s great German predecessor, proclaimed that history had already come to an end in 1806.
Multiple sources will be used from print media to internet sources to give a thorough look into what ‘Totalitarianism’ and ‘liberal democracies’ are. Conceptual Orientation: • Democratic: Government by the people,