Democracy: Breakthroughs and Breakdowns

Harvard Extension School

GOVT E-1135

Section 1

CRN 17188

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What gives rise to democracy? What leads it to die? This course has a broad comparative and global sweep, seeking to answer these questions by analyzing the development of democracy in Europe, the United States, and Latin America. The course introduces students to competing conceptions of democracy, competing theories of when democracy is created and barriers to democratic survival, and analyzes major episodes of democratic breakthrough and breakdown ranging from the fall of the Berlin wall to the rise of Nazism and the collapse of democracy in cold war Latin America.

Registration Closes: August 28, 2024
Credits: 4

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Term

Fall Term 2024

Part of Term

Full Term

Format

Online

Credit Status

Graduate, Noncredit, Undergraduate

Section Status

Open

Instructor Info

Daniel Ziblatt, PhD

Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Harvard University


Meeting Info

9/2 to 12/20

Participation Option: Online Asynchronous

In online asynchronous courses, you are not required to attend class at a particular time. Instead you can complete the course work on your own schedule each week.

Deadlines

Last day to register: August 28, 2024

Additional Time Commitments

Optional sections to be arranged.

Notes

The recorded lectures are from the spring 2022 Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences course Government 1130.

Syllabus

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All Sections of this Course

CRN Section # Participation Option(s) Instructor Section Status Meets Term Dates
17188 1 Online Asynchronous Daniel Ziblatt Open Sep 2 to Dec 20

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