This seminar concentrates on a critical evaluation of democratic vulnerabilities in our time, emphasis on critical. The focus is mass politics. Among the topics: democratic backsliding, varieties of value conflict, polarization, support for presidential overreach, and ideological asymmetries in illiberal politics.
3 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit
This seminar concentrates on a critical evaluation of democratic vulnerabilities in our time, emphasis on critical. The focus is mass politics. Among the topics: democratic backsliding, varieties of value conflict, polarization, support for presidential overreach, and ideological asymmetries in illiberal politics.