Daniel Aaron Lazar Mon, 25 Dec 2023 18:39:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Two FP Articles on Mexican Democracy https://daniellazar.com/2023/03/11/two-fp-articles-on-mexican-democracy/ Sat, 11 Mar 2023 10:03:15 +0000 https://daniellazar.com/?p=9540 Read the one assigned to you and respond to these prompts: 1.       What is the author’s thesis?2.       Substantial list of data supporting the thesis.3.       3 most interesting lessons learned. 4.       What does this source suggest about the state of democracy in Mexico (a paragraph)?5.       1 question for the author.

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]]> The Autocrat Next Door https://daniellazar.com/2023/03/11/the-autocrat-next-door/ Sat, 11 Mar 2023 09:33:28 +0000 https://daniellazar.com/?p=9536 Mexico’s erratic and authoritarian president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, is scheming to end the country’s quarter-century commitment to multiparty liberal democracy. He is subverting the institutions that have upheld Mexico’s democratic achievement—above all, the country’s admired and independent elections system.

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]]> My plan for this newsletter https://daniellazar.com/2022/12/25/my-plan-for-this-newsletter/ Sun, 25 Dec 2022 18:34:00 +0000 https://daniellazar.com/?p=9544 Feeling unmoored in our Age of Anxiety, I have been thinking about the importance of rituals (of which I have none). My plan for 2023—dare I confess, my resolution—is to develop something of a Sabbath ritual. On Fridays, I teach a couple morning classes and then, unless I get dragooned into some godforsaken meeting, I … Continue reading My plan for this newsletter →

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]]> Iran Contra – American Dad https://daniellazar.com/2022/05/27/the-bad-guys-are-winning/ Fri, 27 May 2022 11:49:19 +0000 https://daniellazar.com/?p=9504 The post Iran Contra – American Dad appeared first on Daniel Aaron Lazar.

]]> Chinese Public Opinion Matters https://daniellazar.com/2022/05/27/chinese-public-opinion-matters/ Fri, 27 May 2022 11:22:59 +0000 https://daniellazar.com/?p=9502 Increasing centralization of power in China and reduced in-person exchanges with the West have driven the perception that only one person’s views in China matters: Xi Jinping’s. In addition to not having much power, most assume that Chinese citizens’ views are largely shaped by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda machine. Most in Washington believe … Continue reading Chinese Public Opinion Matters →

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]]> Lecture: Russian Political Culture & Participation https://daniellazar.com/2021/11/06/lecture-russian-political-culture-participation/ Sat, 06 Nov 2021 14:04:32 +0000 https://daniellazar.com/?p=9492 Here are my lecture notes for my talk, which explores Russian political culture, political participation, and civil society. Here’s the podcast version of this talk.

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]]> Quandaries of Russia’s Anti-Revolutionary Revolution https://daniellazar.com/2021/10/31/quandaries-of-russias-anti-revolutionary-revolution/ Sun, 31 Oct 2021 08:42:23 +0000 https://daniellazar.com/?p=9485 This lecture explores how and why Yeltsin and the rest of the world failed to see the revolutionary situation in which Russia found itself in the 1990’s and how Putin capitalized on that chaos. Here is a recording of my lecture

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]]> Lecture: The Systems Approach to Structural Analysis https://daniellazar.com/2021/09/11/lecture-the-systems-approach-to-structural-analysis/ Sat, 11 Sep 2021 17:34:13 +0000 https://daniellazar.com/?p=9322 Here is an outline of my thoughts on systems thinking based rather loosely (too loosely?) on the work of David Easton and Gabriel Almond. Here is an audio version of my lecture from the CoGoPod.

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]]> Structures and Functions of the United Mexican States https://daniellazar.com/2021/09/03/lecture-thinking-about-political-culture/ Fri, 03 Sep 2021 16:32:46 +0000 https://daniellazar.com/?p=9248 The post Structures and Functions of the United Mexican States appeared first on Daniel Aaron Lazar.

]]> Nigeria’s EndSARS protests https://daniellazar.com/2021/01/13/nigerias-endsars-protests/ Wed, 13 Jan 2021 07:08:19 +0000 https://daniellazar.com/?p=9001 The past three weeks of Nigeria’s EndSARS protests have me listening again to late Nigerian Afrobeat star and political activist Fela Kuti’s “Sorrow Tears & Blood.” Nigeria has been a proudly democratic country for 21 years, but its law enforcement and military retain many of the worst habits of a previous era. The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) … Continue reading Nigeria’s EndSARS protests →

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