| Fall Term 2017 Democracy in Comparative Perspective - 5078 - GOVT 215 |
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Catalog Description : This course examines variations in the institutional design and practice of democracy drawing on a range of national and historical cases. Course materials will address the following questions: Are there social, cultural, or economic prerequisites for democratic stability? How and why does the design of democratic institutions vary across national borders? Why does democracy sometimes produce undesirable social, political, and economic outcomes? And why and how do democracies collapse? Attributes: GER Social Science Div, 200-399 Foundation/Gateway Crs
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