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IR 5117 Democratic Erosion and International Relations

This course aims to offer graduate students a comprehensive overview of democratic erosion and breakdown. Its primary goal is to analyze and discuss the causal factors and mechanisms that have generated this perverse political outcome in different parts of the globe. In addressing this topic, the course will define democratic backsliding/erosion in different contexts and investigate when, why and how democracies die through the prism of several cases. Moreover, the course will explore how the international system contributes to democratic backsliding in the post-Cold War era and discuss the future of democracies in light of autocracy promotion. Credit units: 3 ECTS Credit units: 5.

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