Dictators & Democrats: The Modern World

In this subject, you will explore the global history of dictatorship and democracy in the past two hundred years, considering what social, economic, cultural, and geographical factors facilitate the development of the one or the other. Drawing on examples from Asia, America, Africa, Europe, and Australia, you will explore the many variants of dictatorship and democracy as well as their successes and failures. At the end of the subject, you will be equipped to understand not only the political history of the modern world, but also our present. This subject forms part of the pathway “political and international history” within the History major.