Rich Hussey - Oct 23 - Response #1

On the topic of regime types and the transition to democracy I feel as though a state is less likely to shift to democracy based on their state's history of legitimacy. If legitimacy was always based on one charismatic leader who had a great deal of power than that regime is less likely to transition to a democratic system as long as this man is still alive. This is because the people of the certain state puts so much faith into that person to think for them that they do not seek fit a systems which puts more responsibility on themselves. Although I see it this way I'm sure this theory is easily falsifiable. On Wright's view of British politics I was confused at what his argument was. If he is saying that the British gives us a look on stable politics than he contradicts himself by quoting Andre Mathiot who states, "(the British system is)… an enviable model of democratic government, one can only regret that it could not possibly be transplanted to any other country" ( Wright 2). One part that really caught my attention was the structure of the British Constitution. I wanted to pose a question of would this flexible form of constitutional laws create a more stable system of government in the United States. I believe it would not considering the stress on constitutional laws that is shown in our current system.