1. INTL 190: Democracy in the Developing World
Spring 2012

2. COURSE PLAN Overall purpose Requirements Structure/Readings
20+ page paper (and presentation)
Collier and Levitsky, “Democracy with Adjectives”

3. 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?

5. 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 03)