PSC 30ABAuthoritarian Populism

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Pre-requisite(s): PSC 1020, PSC 1010, or permission of instructor. This course examines the history and impact of authoritarian populist political movements, with a focus on how the rise of those movements in the 21st century has fundamentally challenged the existing liberal international order. Students in this class develop a foundational understanding of the logic of populism as a political practice and how it has been deployed by authoritarian and incipiently authoritarian leaders.