Erosion of Democracy
GOVT 382
Spring 2024
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LAST 382 |
This seminar will explore the characteristics, causes, and consequences of "democratic backsliding" -- deterioration in the quality of democracy that may or may not lead to democratic breakdown. Topics to be covered include the meaning of democracy, the measurement of democracy, the right to vote, electoral integrity, democracy and the rule of law, democracy and populism, democracy and the Covid-19 pandemic, dimensions and sequences of democratic erosion, the causes of democratic erosion, and resistance to democratic erosion. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS GOVT |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
To be announced.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Short weekly assignments and 15-page term paper on democratic erosion in a particular country
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Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Students who wish to be eligible to register for the course during Drop/Add should add themselves to the enrollment request system during pre-registration. Enrollment request preference rankings will be one factor I will consider in making Drop/Add period registration decisions
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| Instructor(s): McGuire,James Times: ...W... 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: PAC116; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 8 | JR major: 7 | | |
| | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: X | FR: X |
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