7.1 Identify the key characteristics of a public good.

7.2 Describe the collective action or free-rider problem.

7.3 Explain how tipping or thresholds models work.

7.4 Compare bottom-up and top-down transitions to democracy.

7.5 Explain why democratic transitions are rare and often come as a surprise even though they frequently appear as though they were inevitable after the fact.

7.6 Discuss the role that social media can play in democratic transitions.

7.7 Describe how information, beliefs, and uncertainty can influence democratic transitions—and politics more generally.