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Lecture 1: Introduction to Power and Politics in Today’s World

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What it is

The opening lecture of Ian Shapiro's Yale course Power and Politics in Today's World, which examines political dynamics and institutions over the past quarter century, including inequality, declining unions and new forms of authoritarianism.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends the lecture series as a foundational, wide-ranging grounding in modern global politics.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “Here are two semesters worth of lectures from Ian Shapiro which for me are a "required curriculum”

    Ian Shapiro's Yale lectures as foundational grounding for discussing political reform

    PaulHoule, 2020-08 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: How can we solve politics?”

  2. “Yale's Power and Politcs was created by Ian Shapiro is an excellent zoom out into global politics and how how the modern world was made.”

    Excellent zoom out into global politics and how the modern world was made

    f0e4c2f7, 2021-09 · Recommendation · in “Hardest thing when doing an online course?”

  3. “my favourite source of information on the political side of privatisation (rather than the economic side) is this lecture series from Professor Shapiro at Yale”

    Shapiro's treatment of the political side of privatisation

    dools, 2021-10 · Recommendation · in “The metaverse is bullshit”

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Topics: ian shapiro, yale, politics, inequality, privatization

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