Dictatorships

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International Relations
Political Science > Non-U.S.

Dictatorships

This paper argues that one of the world's greatest problems today is the rise of dictatorships and their everlasting detrimental effects.

2,800 words () | 25 sources | APA | 2007 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper explains that a dictator's abundance of power results in human rights violations, economic difficulties and an overall poor quality of life among the nation's citizens. The author points out that only 47% of all countries are considered free, which leaves 53% of the nations either partly free or not free at all translating into over three billion people being denied rights, justice and denied a chance at happiness. The paper describes the dictatorships in North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Sudan, Vietnam, Turkmenistan, Burma and Zimbabwe. The paper includes an annotated bibliography.

From the Paper:

"No matter what method is used to come to power, the number of dictatorships has increased drastically since the early 19th century. Currently, Freedom House's extensive list of "not free" nations includes: Belarus, Burma, Cambodia, Chad, China, Congo, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Libya, North Korea, and Pakistan. This, however, is only in addition to Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe, to only name the more popular few.These nations are infamous for having total control over their people and ways of life."

Sample of Sources Used:

Amnesty International. "North Korea." 2007. 1 April 2007. <http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/north_korea/summary.do>.
Amnesty International."Russian Federation." 2002. 1 April 2007. <http://web.amnesty.org/report2003/rus-summary-eng>.
Amnesty International. "Saudi Arabia." 2002. 1 April 2007. <http://web.amnesty.org/report2003/sau-summary-eng>.
Amnesty International. "Sudan." 2007. 1 April 2007. <http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/sudan/summary.do>.
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. "Russia." February 28, 2005. 1 April 2007. <http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41704.htm>.