PSCI 5082
Understanding environmental problems; justifying aspirations; politics; general approaches to environmental policy; of general applicability to environmental problems.
Considers traditional studies of democratic development and democratization. Topics covered include the definition of democracy, characteristics, dilemmas, and limitations; the classical European view of democratization; democratic and non-democratic characteristics of different social classes; contributions to democracy made by the popular classes; and transitions to democracy and subordinate groups and protest in the democratization process.