POLS 227 Class Slides

Part I. Introduction

Class 1: Introduction

Classes 2 & 3: Africa’s global history

Class 4: The world’s African history

Part II. Africa and world politics in 2019

Classes 5 & 6: Poverty, development, and globalization

Classes 7 & 8: Inequality and exclusion

Class 9: Authoritarianism and the authoritarian resurgence

Part III. Divide and rule

Class 10: Extraversion

Classes 11 & 12: Politics of pork

Class 13: Populism

Classes 14 & 15: Politics of identity

Classes 16 & 17: Xenophobia

Class 18: Politics of sex

Class 19: State coercion

Part IV. Weapons of the weak

Classes 20 & 21: Political protest and violence

Class 22: International human rights regime

Classes 24 & 25: Valence issues and nonviolent resistance

Class 26: Democratization

Class 27: Review