Political Economy of Democratization
F06
Geoffrey Pigman
The course will investigate how a broad range of human institutions have undergone democratization, from a political economy perspective. Institutions investigated will include organs of governance and may also include corporations, civil society structures, and religious institutions. Comparative and historical methodologies will be used, and different theoretical approaches will be engaged. The democratization of knowledge has played an important foundational role in democratization of other human institutions, so understanding the role of the media will be integral to the work of the course.