Class

Date

Topic

Assignment due dates (i)

Part I: Comparative democratization

1

M 25 Jan

Introduction: Roadmap of the course

2

W 27 Jan

Haerpfer: Democratic and undemocratic states

Chapter 1 reading Leduc, Niemi and Norris

3

M 1 Feb

Haerpfer: Measuring democracy

4

W 3 Feb

Haerpfer: Long waves and global patterns

5

M 8 Feb

Haerpfer: Theories of democratization

6

W 10 Feb

Haerpfer: International context

7

W 17 Feb

Haerpfer: Economic Development  

Report 1

8

M 22 Feb

REGIONAL CASE-STUDY GROUP PRESENTATIONS #1

Part II: Democratic Institutions

9

W 24 Feb

Democratic Institutions: Power-sharing Constitutions

10

M 1 Mar

Democratic Institutions: Electoral systems & parties

11

W 3 Mar

Democratic institutions: Electoral systems & parties

12

M 8 Mar

Democratic Institutions: Executives

13

W 10 Mar

Democratic Institutions: Decentralization/federalism

14

M 22 Mar

Democratic Institutions: Mass Media

Report 2

15

M 24 Mar

REGIONAL CASE-STUDY GROUP PRESENTATIONS #2

Part III: Political Culture & Civic Society

16

M 5 Apr

Inglehart’s Post-Modernization: Cultural Change

17

W 7 Apr

Inglehart’s Post-modernization: Religion & gender

18

M 12 Apr

Putnam’s Social Capital and Democracy: Italy

19

W 14 Apr

Putnam’s Social Capital and Democracy: US

20

M 18 Apr

Putnam’s Social Capital and Democracy: Worldwide

21

W 21 Apr

REGIONAL CASE-STUDY GROUP PRESENTATIONS #3

22

M 26 Apr

Case study: Building democratic states in  Iraq and Afghanistan

Report 3

23

W 28 Apr

Final wrap up and evaluation