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Seminar
WiSe 21/22: Authoritarianism and Society
Alexander Libman
Comments
While the 1990s were a period of global rise of democracy, since 2000s authoritarian regimes are gaining momentum: they are increasing their presence internationally and successfully deter domestic threats. A substantial portion of the world population is still living under the rule of authoritarian leaders. The social science research pays substantial attention to understanding the logics of survival and of exercise of power by autocracies. The question we ask in this seminar, however, is different: we intend to understand what authoritarian rule means for the day-to-day life of its subjects. How do societies adjust to authoritarian control? Does corruption flourish in autocracies (or it goes down)? Does the climate of denunciations and surveillance affect social ties? What does authoritarian rule mean for provision of education, healthcare or gender equality? We will discuss these topics looking at a broad array of studies from political science, sociology, economics and other social science disciplines, as well as history. Most of the examples will be from the case of post-Soviet Russia, but we will consider other authoritarian regimes as well. close
16 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Tue, 2021-10-19 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2021-10-26 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2021-11-02 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2021-11-09 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2021-11-16 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2021-11-23 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2021-11-30 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2021-12-07 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2021-12-14 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2022-01-04 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2022-01-11 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2022-01-18 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2022-01-25 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2022-02-01 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2022-02-08 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2022-02-15 10:00 - 12:00