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Short Essay 3_Babucarr

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Q How, according to Wood, did popular insurgency lead to democratic transitions in El Salvador and South Africa? What characteristics do these two societies share that made this “insurgent path” to democratization possible?How, according to Wood, did popular insurgency lead to democratic transitions in El Salvador and South Africa? What characteristics do these two societies share that made this “insurgent path” to democratization possible?How, according to Wood, did popular insurgency lead to democratic transitions in El Salvador and South Africa? What characteristics do these two societies share that made this “insurgent path” to democratization possible?

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The case of South Africa and El Salvador presents a classic example of what Wood would refer to mobilization “from below” which eventually succeeded in propelling a regime transition in the path of democratization. The path of insurgency entailed painstaking efforts by the socially and economically marginalized groups which compelled the liberalization of the regime in the initial stages and eventually provided a conducive economic and political foundation for facilitating democratizing compromise.