INTL 190:Democracy in the Developing

World

Spring 2011

COURSE PLAN

• Overall purpose

• Requirements

• Structure/Readings

• 20+ page paper (and presentation)

• Collier and Levitsky, “Democracy with Adjectives”

GUIDING QUESTIONS• What leads to the spread of democracy?

– 33% countries in 1980, 46% in 1990, 62% in 2000

– Why Latin America but not FSU, sub-Saharan Africa, much of Asia?

– And now the Middle East-North Africa?

• What are the constraints?

– socioeconomic “underdevelopment”

– cultural factors (including religion)

– historical legacies

• What do we mean by “democracy”?

– elections

– civil liberties (including rule of law)

– more?

PAPER ASSIGNMENT• 1. Pick a country (or region)• 2. Pick a topic, for example:

– Transition and its consequences– Civil-military relations– Channels of representation– Quality of judicial system

• 3. Find a problem, puzzle, paradox• 4. Brainstorm about solutions• 5. Review general readings• 6. Develop a proposal (2-4 pp./May 05)