Democratization and Democratic Reversals

Undergraduate

This course considers the factors that generate changes between democratic political institutions and autocratic ones. What factors encourage democratization and what factors facilitate democratic reversals? Particular attention is given to economic, institutional, and social factors that can protect against democratic reversals, and the levers domestic and international policymakers have for encouraging a democratic future. Students also gain skills in conducting research for policy reports and in writing long and short policy documents. SO M 1:30pm-3:25pm