Modern and Postmodern Institutions: Freedom, Identity, Institutions, and Political Order

1.0 credits · Undergraduate

An intensive examination of the foundations and future of liberal democracy. The course considers political order, state capacity, the rule of law, democratic accountability, declining institutional trust, identity conflict, populism, technological change, and the conditions under which free societies endure. This course asks students to connect liberal-democratic ideals with the historical and institutional conditions necessary for their survival.