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This course uses cross-national comparisons to analyze the emergence, functioning and breakdown of democratic political institutions. Alternative conceptions of democracy will be considered, but this is not a course in democratic theory. The primary focus will be instead on how representative liberal democracy functions in different political systems; on whether there may be social-structural, cultural or institutional requisites for this type of democracy; on the conditions under which such democracies tend to give way to authoritarian forms of rule and on forces that promote the reemergence and consolidation of representative democracy after authoritarian interludes.
COURSE FORMAT: Lecture
Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS GOVT Grading Mode: Student Option
Prerequisites: NONE
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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