POLI7808 · Political Science

Comparative Regime Change

Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences

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Gerald Easter

Professor, Political Science Department

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Instructor: 4.5
Course: 4.1

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Gerald Easter

Professor, Political Science Department

1 evaluation for this course

Instructor: 4.5
Course: 4.1

About this course

The course investigates the wave of collapsed dictatorships in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. While some regime changes are relatively peaceful, many are violent as protest politics from below confronts official coercion from above. The class is especially interested in cases where coercion was tried and failed to keep an authoritarian regime in power. The course also examines subsequent efforts to build new democratic regimes, which in some places succeeded, but in other places led to new forms of authoritarianism. Case studies are drawn from around the world, with a particular focus on the Communist experience.

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OrganizationHow well the course was organized: 3.82 / 5
ChallengeHow intellectually challenging students found it: 4.36 / 5
AttendanceHow necessary attendance was: 4.36 / 5
AssignmentsHow helpful assignments were: 4.18 / 5

Weekly effort: ~5 hours

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Evaluation history 1 terms

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Term	Evaluations	Course rating	Instructor rating
Fall 2023	1	4.1	4.5