Julie Anne Weaver

Instructor:

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Democracy in Practice in the Global South

Harvard University

Committee on Social Studies: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020 (Q score evaluation not conducted)

Department of Government: Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Overall evaluation by students (Q scores): 5 out of 5

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Syllabus

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Course Description: What does the practice of democracy look like in low- and middle-income countries today? How does that practice map on to democratic ideals like representation, participation and accountability? What are developing countries’ major democratic challenges and successes? The course will explore these questions through both theoretical and empirical social science research, with cases drawn primarily from Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Topics will include political accountability, state and institutional strength, corruption and clientelism, participatory democracy, managing diversity, and activism and civil society engagement. 

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Teaching Fellow:

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Senior Thesis Writers' Workshop (Gov 99)

Prof. George Soroka

Harvard University, Department of Government

Fall 2020-Spring 2021 (Year-long course)

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Foundations of Comparative Politics (Govt S-20)

Prof. George Soroka

Harvard University Summer School

Summer 2020

Overall evaluation by students (Q scores): 4.89 out of 5

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Sophomore Year Tutorial: The Political Science of Great Issues (Gov 97)
Prof. Ryan Enos
Harvard University, Department of Government
Spring 2019

Overall evaluation by students (Q scores): 4.85 out of 5

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Foundations of Comparative Politics (Gov 20)
Prof. Steven Levitsky
Harvard University, Department of Government
Fall 2018 
Overall evaluation by students (Q scores): 4.69 out of 5

 

Foundations of Comparative Politics (Gov 20)
Prof. George Soroka
Harvard University, Department of Government
Fall 2015
Overall evaluation by students (Q scores): 4.82 out of 5