POLITICAL ECONOMY AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD

Undergraduate

This course provides an overview of the legacy of colonization and the consequences of imperial domination in the developing world. It examines crises of state legitimacy resulting from cultural and ethnic tensions within fragmented political systems. The course analyzes authoritarianism, militarism, clientism, and patrimonialism as recurrent problems blocking transitions to democracy. Lecture/Seminar: Three hours a week