The Practice of Citizenship

3 units

This course examines citizenship as both a practice of democratic life and a solution to cooperation problems. We integrate political theory, American political voices, and empirical political science to ask: What civic capacities sustain democracy, and what obligations do citizens and institutions share in cultivating them? Students will engage with classics from Aristotle to MLK, analyze modern empirical studies on trust, polarization, and civic education, and reflect on their own university’s role in preparing citizens.