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2017-2018 Academic Catalogue 
    
2017-2018 Academic Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

POL 252 - Topic: Democracy and Diversity (1)

Can a diverse society achieve sufficient agreement on fundamental values and norms for democracy to function effectively? This class will address several issues related to this central question: what we mean by democracy, recognition of subaltern groups, majority rule versus protections for minorities, the rights of indigenous groups, the balance between individual liberties and protections for groups, the impact of intersectionality upon how we think about identity, and others.
(Social Science)