Courses

French Revolution, Rise of Nazism, Breakdown of USSR. Do these transformations involve a change of government, of regime or of state? What are the causes? Would you like to be confident in answering such questions, and deepen your ability to analyze big political events? If so, this course is for you. It will cover: the conceptualization of political regimes, democracy and authoritarianism; the characterization of political regimes around the world; the explanations of regime change.