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Democracy and Its Alternatives

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<p>Dig into democracy’s definitions, duties, debates, and difficulties, with special attention to how democratic governments have worked—or not—around the world and throughout time.</p>

Syllabus

  • 01: Is Democracy Built to Last?
  • 02: Politics and Personal Sacrifice
  • 03: Government and the Invention of Law
  • 04: The Rise of the Modern State
  • 05: States, Nations, and Nationalism
  • 06: Why Care about Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau?
  • 07: Who Gets to Vote?
  • 08: Voters and the Dangers of Too Much Democracy
  • 09: Should Presidents or Parliaments Lead?
  • 10: The Vote Counter Decides Everything
  • 11: Do Political Parties Help or Hurt?
  • 12: The Problems with Federalism
  • 13: Are Courts and Constitutions Democratic?
  • 14: The Controversial Politics of Central Banks
  • 15: Who Backs Authoritarians?
  • 16: The Dictator’s Playbook
  • 17: When States Fail, What Comes Next?
  • 18: Partition, Peacekeeping, and Human Crisis
  • 19: What Really Causes Wealth and Poverty?
  • 20: The Global Fault Lines of Trade
  • 21: Is the European Union a Success or Failure?
  • 22: When the Balance of Power Breaks Down
  • 23: Why It’s So Hard to Work Together
  • 24: Gridlock and Democracy
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Ethan Hollander

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