Spring 2024 Political Science UN3534 section 001

AUTOCRACY AND DEMOCRACY

Call Number 13305
Day & Time
Location
TR 2:40pm-3:55pm
142 Uris Hall
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Timothy M Frye
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

With longstanding democracies in Europe and the US faltering, autocratic regimes in Russia and China consolidating, and hybrid regimes that mix elements of democracy and autocracy on the rise, scholars, policymakers, and citizens are re-evaluating the causes and consequences of different forms of government.  This course is designed to give students the tools to understand these trends in global politics. Among other topics, we will explore: How do democracies and autocracies differ in theory and in practice?  Why are some countries autocratic? Why are some democratic? What are the roots of democratic erosion?  How does economic inequality influence a country’s form of government? Is the current period of institutional foment different past periods of global instability?  This course will help students keep up with rapidly unfolding events, but is designed primarily to help them develop tools for interpreting and understanding the current condition of democracy and autocracy in the world.  

Web Site Vergil
Department Political Science
Enrollment 61 students (90 max) as of 9:05PM Friday, December 13, 2024
Subject Political Science
Number UN3534
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Section key 20241POLS3534W001