IR B6934 State-Building and Democratization
Examines questions of state power, democratic institutions, and their relationship in contemporary comparative and international relations. The course is divided into three sections: (1) origins, definitions and theories of the state and of democracy; (2) dynamic changes in state and democratic politics, particularly those that have occurred over the past several decades; (3) world of policy, investigating prescriptions that have emerged in an effort to produce broader and more complete democracies.
Contact Hours
2 hr./wk., plus conf.