“Power and Politics in Today’s World.” Professor Ian Shapiro introduces the class

This course examines political dynamics and institutions over this past tumultuous quarter century and the implications of these changes for what comes next. Among the topics covered are the decline of trade unions and the enlarged role of business as a political force, changing attitudes towards parties and other political institutions amidst the growth of inequality and middle-class insecurity, the emergence of new forms of authoritarianism, and the character and durability of the unipolar international order that replaced the Cold War.