POLC 6910 Authoritarianism

POLC 6910 Authoritarianism
Authoritarianism
Despite the impressive gains that democracy has made over the past four decades, more than half of the countries in the world remain autocratic. What are the roots of this authoritarian resilience? We will first approach this question theoretically and by cases studies of countries in Europe and Eurasia (the Soviet Union; pre-1989 Eastern Europe; post Soviet Russia and Central Asia), Asia (China, North Korea, Taiwan), Latin America (Mexico, Cuba), and the Middle East (Irag, Syria, Iran).
Pre-requistites: POLC 2010,POLC 2300 or consent of instructor
credit hours: 3