Junior Seminar: Comparative Electoral Violence

Multiparty elections have become common around the world, but many of
those elections are affected by violent conflict between the parties
competing for power. This Junior Seminar examines three broad
questions related to electoral violence in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin
America, South and Southeast Asia. First, the course explores the
political, economic, and sociological factors precipitating the
outbreak of electoral violence. Second, it examines the strategies
pursued by the international community to minimize the outbreak and
duration of electoral violence. Third, it studies the consequences of
electoral violence in countries where the future of democracy remains
in doubt.

The Junior Seminars are intense writing seminars which focus on the research area of the faculty member teaching the course. The seminars will provide an opportunity for students to have direct intellectual interactions with faculty members while also giving the students an understanding for faculty research.

This junior seminar falls within the "Comparative Politics" subfield, and can fulfill an upper division requirement for the major.