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May 18, 2024
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PSCI 304 - Democracy and Authoritarianism4 credits
The near doubling of democracies in two decades beginning in the 1970s raises significant theoretical questions. How is a democracy made? Why do some last? And importantly, why do they sometimes fail? Democratization is one of the most dynamic and complex processes studied in political science and is core to the concept of political development. Likewise, democratization’s predecessor, authoritarianism, is now often seen as its successor. In the 21st century there has been significant institutional engineering, creating what some call hybrid democracy, or semi-authoritarianism. Why is this happening? Students investigate democratization and authoritarianism by considering the theoretical literature, and critically analyzing a variety of cases of successful democratization, unsuccessful democratization leading to authoritarianism, and “yet to be determined” cases that span the globe. CLA-Breadth/Social Science, CLA-Writing Intensive
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