POLI7811 · Political Science
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
Can civil society create democracy? And if so, through what mechanisms and under what conditions? This seminar will investigate and break down the proposed relationship between civil society and democratization by a careful examination of a variety of global cases, in both the classic comparative politics texts and in emerging research. Through this seminar, students will be encouraged to use their own regional expertise to identify gaps in the literature, to impose scope conditions, and to imagine new tools for measuring and defining what exactly civil society is.
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Spring 2024
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