Choose a couple of questions to discuss in your reflection piece this week, applying the theoretical approaches and concepts from the lecture notes, Readings and Essentials books to a news event you have chosen.

Choose a couple of questions to discuss in your reflection piece this week, applying the theoretical approaches and concepts from the lecture notes, Readings and Essentials books to a news event you have chosen.
What are some concepts, procedures and institutions associated with democracy?
What are some concepts people associate with democracy but should NOT be a part of any measurable definition of democracy?
What are the institutional choices open to democracies and what are some associated outcomes?
electoral systems
presidential versus parliamentary systems
What are the institutional and policy choices associated with state-nations?
What is the gendered crisis faced by democracies around the world?
What is the state of democratic consolidation around the world?
What is the relationship between wealth and democracy?
Does economic development lead to democratization?
Does it prevent the fall of democracies?
What is the relationship between democracy and inequality?

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