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May 13, 2024
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POLS 4700 - Democratic Theories and Practices
Placing contemporary democracies in both historical and comparative context, examines the relationship between legitimacy, authority, participation and voice. Central focus is the ‘edges’ or boundaries of democracies: is there a private realm at the edge of democracy? How is it established? What is democracy’s jurisdiction? There are margins within and outside of a democratic community, where lines between insiders and outsiders are drawn and redrawn. How do location and membership shape our practices of democratic responsibility? What is the relationship between injustice and democracy?
Requisites: 6 Hours in POLS
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Students will be able to compare and contrast approaches to participation and mechanisms – cultural, social, economic, as well as political – of inclusion and exclusion in the process of participation.
- Students will be able to identify key normative commitments and practical attributes of a variety of democratic forms. These may include but are not limited to Athenian democracy, liberal democracy, social democracy, and participatory democracy.
- Students will be able to identify tensions in the relationship between democracy and authority.
- Students will have an understanding of the relationship between culture and democracy.
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