Lecture 11: Democracy’s Fourth Wave? South Africa, Northern Ireland, and the Middle East

How do we get democracies, and how do we keep them? Prof. Ian Shapiro leads the audience through the four waves of democratization and discusses four types of democratic transitions. He then talks about the dynamics of negotiated settlements and their likelihood of success, failure and inclusiveness by using South Africa, Northern Ireland and the Middle East as examples. How did we get from the huge euphoria that followed the fall of communism in the early 1990s to our present politics of fear and resentment, and what are the prospects going forward? This DeVane Lecture series course entitled “Power and Politics in Today’s World” with Professor Ian Shapiro answered some of those questions. This course in the fall of 2019 was open to Yale students and the general public. Ian Shapiro is the Sterling Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs at Yale University. He has written widely and influentially on democracy, justice, and the methods of social inquiry. The DeVane Lecture series was established in 1969 to honor William Clyde DeVane, dean of Yale College from 1939 to 1963. To view all the lectures in this course, please visit this playlist link. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNeyViG2ar68jkgEi4y6doNZy To view and download the syllabus and lecture material, please visit the link below. You can also find more information about Professor Shapiro’s book ‘After the Fall’ which is based on the course. https://yaleedu.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/PoorvuCenter-TeachingStudios/IgBbRGjjODrKRpzBhEaEYt-bAZOdYiaQH0tIi5mSDQ05LPs?e=b27fBS To view the Office Hours of this course, visit https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNewXXh3Yej7icrFY35qDmGT5