The Crisis of Liberal Democracy in Global Context

What does democracy mean? What are the norms, institutions and social and economic processes that have sustained democracy? How are these being transformed in the contemporary world? What might explain the fact that fact that democracy is under stress in so many parts of the world simultaneously? Is the timing of this crisis merely a coincidence or is there something more systemic going on? This course will offer general theoretical reflections on the crisis of democracy and will include case studies of countries such as India, United States and others.