AP/POLS4420 3.0 M: People Power and Colour Revolutions
Offered by: POLS
Session
Winter 2020
Term
W
Format
SEMR
Instructor
Calendar Description / Prerequisite / Co-Requisite
This course examines three main themes: 1) conventional and critical theories of democratic transition in authoritarian societies and political systems; 2) the actions of people power and civil societies in facilitating democratic transition; 3) the role of external agency in these transitions, in particular the exercise of democratic assistance by the developed countries to hasten the collapse of authoritarian rule.
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