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Illiberal democracies are electoral democracies in which power limiting principles of constitutional liberalism are undermined or conditional on national interests. Among these challenged principles are the rule of law, judicial independence, freedom of expression, legal protection of an individual’s autonomy, and a heightened threshold for constitutional amendment. This seminar seeks to uncover the essential nature, politics, and economics of such illiberal regimes. We will discuss the political, economic, and normative consequences such regimes have for its population, international relations, and supranational structures, such as the EU.

Learning Objectives: (1) A conceptual understanding of the differences between democracy and liberalism. (2) An in-depth understanding of constitutional liberalism, illiberalism, populism and authoritarian democracy. (3) The ability to normatively assess illiberal, hybrid and authoritarian regimes. (4) An understanding of the political and economic consequences of removing key power limiting principles of constitutional

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Email to Julian Fink (julian.fink@uni-bayreuth.de) 

Will be discussed during the first session of the seminar