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May 04, 2024
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POLI158 PO - Chronicle of a Death Foretold: Global Perspectives on Democratic DecayWhen Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2020.
Instructor(s): E. Dobbs
Credit: 1
In 1989, Francis Fukuyama famously declared liberal democracy the ‘final form of human government.’ Thirty years later, in every region of the world, liberal democracy is in retreat. Why? This class takes a comparative approach to understanding democratic decay, drawing from cases in Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Starting with basic theories of democracy, we will explore the role that institutions, nationalism, populism, capitalism, demographic change, and technological change play in testing the foundations of liberal democratic states. Letter grade only.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
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