Course ID: | INTL(LACS) 4315. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Comparative Democracy, Democratization, and Civil Society |
Course Description: | Democracy and democratization focused on the political, cultural,
and socioeconomic bases of democratization, its practice in the
United States, Europe, Russia, Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, the
Middle East, and/or Latin America and the prospects for democracy
spreading in presently non-democratic countries. Emphasis on the
distinct meanings of democracy, its variety of forms, and the
distinct priorities that different societies give to democracy. |
Oasis Title: | COMP DEMOCRACY |
Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3300 or permission of department |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | This course is designed to familiarize students with, and to
teach rigorous thinking about, democracy; to provide a sense
of its many and varied forms; and to assess practically whether
it is possible to impose democracy from abroad. Students are
expected to gain a thorough understanding of how democracy is
defined, its variety of forms, and the distinct priorities that
different societies give to democracy. |
Topical Outline: | 1) Definitions of democracy and civil society
2) The connections between democracy and economic development
3) Variations of democracies
4) Globalization and its impact on democracy
5) Democracy, ungovernability and the future of democratization |