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Lecture 1: Introduction to Power and Politics in Today’s World
Professor Ian Shapiro introduces the class “Power and Politics in Today’s World.” This course provides an examination of 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 enlarged role of business as political forces, 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.
The lecture video provides an examination of political dynamics and institutions over this past tumultuous quarter-century which can consolidate my understanding of the fundamental idea of political science and provides a more diverse perspective of the political issue in contemporary society. It will be helpful for the topic analysis of the relevant subject.