Political Economy of Non-Democracies

Harvard FAS

Non-democratic regimes have been the oldest and most common form of political governance. This course studies the forces of stability and forces of change in non-democratic regimes. Concerning the forces of stability, we will cover topics such as repression, hatred, state coercion, information control, corruption, co-optation, and political trust and norms. Concerning the forces of change, we will cover topics such as democratization, collective…