Fall/Winter Timetable

POL492H1F L0101

Graduate Course Code: POL2392H1F L0101

Topics in Comparative Politics IV

Populism, Development, and Globalization in the Global South

Themes

Populism as a concept in the scholarly literature and in the media; Populism, democracy, and fascism; Populism in relation to modernization, globalization, religion, nationalism, social, economic, and institutional crises; left versus right populism; Global North and Global South populisms; Case studies include Peronism (Argentina), Chavismo (Venezuela), Bolsonaro (Brazil), and Modi (India)

Texts

Chapters and journal articles available from the U of T library

Format and Requirements

Essay, Class presentation, Class participation.

Prerequisites

2.0 POL credits