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Tables
Here some tables showing dates of the beginning of
populistic system (end of feudal system) in first column, and beginning
of democratic system (end of populistic system) in second column. Third
column shows how many years a country was populistic.
Some dates are presented as a ranges, because often a change of
political system is a few years long process and a chain of small,
gradual changes.
First table is an introduction, and shows some more important (or
interesting) countries. Second and third are more complete, and show
dates for many European, and Non-European countries respectively.
Corrections and
updates after 2004 plus errata.
Table 1. The most important countries
| Country |
Start of
populistic system |
Start of
democratic system |
How long that country
was populistic |
| England |
1642 |
1689 |
50 years |
| Brazil |
1821 |
1994 |
175 years |
| China |
1910 |
Estimated 2010 |
Estimated 100 years |
| France |
1789 |
1872-76 |
85 years |
| Spain |
1808-1812 |
1976 |
165 years |
| Netherlands |
1566 |
1848 |
not applicable |
| India |
1947 |
1997-2000 |
50 years |
| Iran |
1898 |
1897- |
100-105 years |
| Japan |
1868 |
1946-50 |
80 years |
| Germany |
do 1848 |
1945-48* |
100 years |
| Poland** |
1791(1848) |
1945-(81)-89 |
190 years |
| Russia |
1905 |
Estimated 2005 |
Estimated 100 years |
| Switzerland |
1291 |
1848 |
not applicable |
| USA*** |
1776 |
1865 |
90 years |
| Latin America countries**** |
1815-1825 |
1989-2004 |
175-185 years |
| African countries**** |
1960 |
- |
- |
* Without West Germany.
** Poland history (same as Czech, and Hungary) is little
complicated, so I will not explain here that strange dates.
*** USA (same as Switzerland, and India) is a federal country.
Some states (New England) was democratic probably in 1780, and some
southern states becomes democratic in times of president Eisenhower.
****There are some regions where political evolution will go more
or less the same way for each country in that region.
Table 2. Table for Europe
| Country |
Start of
populistic system |
Start of
democratic system |
How long that country
was populistic |
| England |
1642 |
1689 |
50 years |
| Austria |
1848 |
1948 |
100 years |
| Belgium |
1787 |
1830* |
40 years* |
| Bulgaria |
1878 |
1997 |
120 years |
| Czech |
1860* |
1968-89 |
130 years |
| Denmark |
1849 |
1905 |
55 years |
| Finland |
1809 |
1941-45 |
135 years |
| France |
1789 |
1972-76 |
85 years |
| Greece |
1821 |
1975 |
155 years |
Hungary
|
1848
|
1956-89
|
140 years
|
| Ireland |
1921* |
1973 |
55 years |
| Germany |
1848 |
1948 West; 1953(89) East |
100 years
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Netherlands
|
1566
|
1848
|
not applicable
|
| Norway |
- |
1905 |
- |
| Russia |
1905 |
Estimated 2005 |
- |
| Poland |
1791(1848) |
1945-(81)-89 |
190 years |
| Portugal |
1820 |
1974 |
155 years |
Romania
|
1848
|
1989-97
|
145 years
|
| Serbia |
1878* |
2000 |
130 years |
Spain
|
1808-1812
|
1976
|
165 years
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| Switzerland |
1291 |
1848 |
not applicable |
| Sweden |
1719 |
1809 |
90 years |
| Ukraine |
1905 |
2003-04 |
100 years |
| Italy |
1848** |
1943-45 |
100 years |
* I could be wrong here.
** Whole peninsula, some Italian countries (city-states) were
populistic since XIth century.
Table 3. Table for the World
| Country |
Start of
populistic system |
Start of
democratic system |
How long that country
was populistic |
| Afghanistan |
1840 |
2001- |
160 years |
| Algeria |
1955 |
- |
- |
| Argentina |
1816 |
1989 |
175 years |
| Brazil |
1821 |
1994 |
175 years |
| Chile |
1817 |
1989 |
175 years |
| China |
1910 |
Estimated 2010 |
- |
| Egypt |
1882 |
- |
- |
| Ethiopia |
1890 |
1995-2002* |
105 years |
| Philippines |
1898 |
1986 |
85 years |
| India |
1947 |
1997-2000 |
50 years |
| Indonesia |
1945 |
1997-2000 |
55 years |
| Iran |
1898 |
1997- |
105 years |
| Israel** |
- |
1948 |
- |
| Japan |
1868 |
1946-50 |
80 years |
| Colombia |
1819 |
1997-2003 |
185 years |
| South Korea |
1895* |
1995 |
100 years |
| Mexico |
1821 |
1994(98) |
175 years |
| Nigeria |
1960 |
- |
- |
| Pakistan |
1947 |
- |
- |
| Peru |
1822 |
2000 |
180 years |
| South Africa |
1881*** |
1991-1994 |
110 years |
| Syria |
1944 |
- |
- |
| Thailand |
1868* |
1995* |
125 years |
| Taiwan |
1910 |
1995 |
85 years |
| Turkey |
1909 |
1995-2002 |
90 years |
| USA |
1776 |
1865 |
90 years |
| Vietnam |
1945 |
- |
- |
| Venezuela |
1810-20 |
2003- |
195 years |
* I could be wrong here.
** There is possible that some countries that were the colonies of
democratic country have no populistic period at all. Other examples are:
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway.
*** Oranje (Orange), and Transvaal.
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