PSCI 4505
Transitions to Democracy
A comparative analysis of processes of democratization. Diverse theoretical approaches to understanding the timing, causes, nature, and limitations of democratization. Examples from Europe and Russia, Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
Undated
Topics
- Tuesday January 7th “Introduction:” is this what democracy looks like? What
- Lecture: Populism, Neo-populism and Fascism
- How democracy died to Fascism
- How Democracy Died to Populism
- How democracies died to Corruption
- Truth commissions and International Courts
- – Examples from South America “South America: Constrained Transitions
Readings
- Stephen Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, How Democracies Die (New York, Broadway Books, 2018).
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): Fourth-year Honours standing or permission of the Department, and one of PSCI 2102 , PSCI 3100 , PSCI 3204 , PSCI 3208 , PSCI 3209 , PSCI 3500, PSCI 3502 . Seminar three hours a week.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- PSCI 4505 B ↗