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DPI-415
Comparative politics
in
global perspective
Spring 2010
Pippa Norris
Website:
www.pippanorris.com
Class time:
Mondays and Wednesdays 4:10-5.30pm
Class place:
RG20
First
class: Monday 25th January 2010
Last
class: Wednesday 28th April 2010
Lecturer:
Pippa Norris, McGuire Lecturer in Comparative
Politics
Office:
Littauer 110, Kennedy School of Government
Office Hours: Mondays 3.00-4.30pm (Sign-up sheet
on the door)
Fax: (617) 496 2850
Tel: (857) 445 9105
Email:
Pippa_Norris@harvard.edu
Weblog:
http://pippanorris.typepad.com/
Class
website: www.pippanorris.com
under ‘classes’
Faculty Assistant: Camiliakumari Wankaner
Office: Littauer 201 Tel: (617) 495
5994 Fax: (617) 496 6372
Email:
camiliakumari_wankaner@Harvard.Edu
Assessment: Course assignments, no exam
Aims and objectives of API-415:
This course provides the
analytical knowledge and practical skills to understand comparative
politics worldwide.
It addresses a wide
range of policy-relevant issues: What are the key features of
democracies and autocracies, and how can regimes in South Africa,
Nigeria and Iran be classified? What is the appropriate balance of
powers between the president and the Congress in Venezuela, Brazil and
Mexico? What are the prospects for building stable states and
democratic governance in Iraq and Afghanistan? How could human rights
be strengthened through constitutional reforms in Russia and Belarus?
Is traditional political activism eroding in the U.S., UK, France and
Germany? How do government structures shape the delivery of economic
and welfare policies in India and China?
The course covers these
questions and many others by utilizing the methods and techniques of
comparative politics. You will learn about polities worldwide – as
well as thereby enriching and deepening your understanding of your own
nation. The orientation is problem and reform focused. API415 analyzes
(i) the nature of comparative politics (ii) processes of state
formation and the classification of regimes types, (iii) the structure
of political institutions, (iv) the role of political actors, and (v)
processes of governance performance. API-415 reviews the leading
research literature to understand the theoretical concepts and
empirical literature on each topic and then compares case-studies to
apply these ideas to particular nations. Evaluation involves
workgroup case-study presentations as well as three individual
reports.
The course will provide
invaluable skills and knowledge for anyone seeking to develop
familiarity with the major issues in comparative politics and the
practical skills in analyzing countries around the globe. In the age
of globalization, cross-national insights into politics are invaluable
for a wide range of potential careers, whether working for
international agencies, multilateral organizations, non-profit NGOs,
international corporations, or national governments.
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Class |
Date |
Topic |
Due dates (i) |
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INTRODUCTION |
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1 |
M 25 Jan |
Overview: Roadmap
of the class |
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2 |
W 27 Jan |
What is comparative
politics? |
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3 |
M 1 Feb |
Comparative methods:
case studies & large-N analysis |
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STATES AND
REGIMES |
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4 |
W 3 Feb |
The nation state |
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5 |
M 8 Feb |
Regimes: Varieties
of democracy |
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6 |
W 10 Feb |
Regimes: Varieties
of autocracy |
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7 |
W 17 Feb |
Case-study
discussions: South Africa, Nigeria, and Iran |
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INSTITUTIONS |
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8 |
M 22 Feb |
Institutions:
Constitutions |
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9 |
W 24 Feb |
Institutions:
Electoral systems |
Report 1 |
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10 |
M 1 Mar |
Institutions:
Executives & bureaucracies |
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11 |
W 3 Mar |
Institutions:
Legislatures |
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12 |
M 8 Mar |
Institutions:
Federalism and decentralization |
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13 |
W 10 Mar |
Case-study
discussions: UK, US, France and Germany |
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ACTORS |
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14 |
M 22 Mar |
Political parties &
party systems |
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15 |
M 24 Mar |
Interest groups &
social movements |
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16 |
M 5 Apr |
Political culture |
Report 2 |
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17 |
W 7 Apr |
Political activism |
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18 |
M 12 Apr |
Political
communication |
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19 |
W 14 Apr |
Case-study
discussions: Mexico and Brazil |
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POLICIES |
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20 |
M 18 Apr |
Policymaking
processes |
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21 |
W 21 Apr |
Governance
performance: Economic performance & welfare states |
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22 |
M 26 Apr |
Case-study
discussions: India and China |
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23 |
W 28 Apr |
Conclusion & wrap up |
Report 3 |
Notes:
No class will be held on
President’s Day (M 15th Feb), during spring break
(13-21st March), or on 29th and 31st
March (due to a prior engagement).
(i) Assignments are due
to be handed in at the start of the class on these dates.
Occasional visiting
speakers will be added to the final schedule.
General points for all assignments:
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Participants are expected to keep up with the required readings and
to attend classes every Monday and Wednesday.
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Late policy: Barring an extraordinary excuse, all late assignments
will be marked down a third of a grade (such as from A to A-) for
each day following the due date.
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Your assignments are designed to be crafted as evidence-based policy
analysis, reflecting the leading academic research on each topic.
Your work needs to be carefully written and supported by direct
evidence derived from the available data and from citations to
existing research.
-
Use
effective endnote references citing sources from the peer-reviewed
research literature, as suggested from the extensive readings listed
in the syllabi and others related publications. Use endnotes to
support any contentious claims and to acknowledge any data sources.
1. case study
presentations. Submission deadline: see schedule (30%)
You
are asked to join a small workgroup which will make a collective
10-minute power-point presentation to the class followed by a 15-20
minute Q&A based on explaining the institutional structure, key
actors and contemporary issues facing in a pair of country cases,
selected from those listed in the class schedule: The aim is to
apply the major conceptual frameworks, comparative methods, and
general lessons from the class to specific cases. Workgroups will
meet with me a week before the presentation to discuss and groups will
then present to class each month during one of the scheduled slots.
The power-point report and accompanying briefing notes will be
submitted after class and a collective grade will be awarded to each
workgroup based on the quality of the presentation. The starting point
for your reading preparation should be the relevant national chapters
in the Fields et al textbook.
2. research reports
chosen from discussion topics listed in classes 1-9. Submission
deadline: (20%)
Choose ONE of the discussion questions listed in the syllabus in
classes 1-9. The literature review should draw upon the recommended
readings and research literature on the selected topic listed in
the syllabus, as well as upon any online resources and publications.
Your report should be structured with subheadings to cover the
following topics:
I.
The executive summary of the plan of your report and the major
conclusions;
II.
Summary of the core topic;
III.
Review of the research literature organized thematically;
IV.
Conclusions and implications;
V.
Technical appendix (including longer tables, larger
graphs/figures, definition of indicators and sources, if used.)
VI.
Endnotes: comprehensive list of literature and references used
in the report.
The
discussions during class will provide some ideas on these topics and
you are encouraged to work collaboratively with others, but each
student should submit his or her own report for an individual grade.
The report should be about 2,500-3,000 words in length in professional
format. More details will be given out in class nearer the deadline.
3. research reports
chosen from discussion topics listed in classes 10-15. Submission
deadline: (20%)
Choose ONE of the discussion questions listed in the syllabus in
classes 10-15. The literature review should draw upon the
recommended readings and research literature on the selected topic
listed in the syllabus, as well as upon any online resources and
publications. Your report should be structured with subheadings to
cover the following topics:
I.
The executive summary of the plan of your report and the major
conclusions;
II.
Summary of the core topic;
III.
Review of the research literature organized thematically;
IV.
Conclusions and implications;
V.
Technical appendix (including longer tables, larger
graphs/figures, definition of indicators and sources, if used.)
VI.
Endnotes: comprehensive list of literature and references used
in the report.
The
discussions during class will provide some ideas on these topics and
you are encouraged to work collaboratively with others, but each
student should submit his or her own report for an individual grade.
The report should be about 2,500-3,000 words in length in professional
format. More details will be given out in class nearer the deadline.
4. research reports
chosen from discussion topics listed in classes 16-22. Submission
deadline: (20%)
Choose ONE of the discussion questions listed in the syllabus in
classes 16-22. The literature review should draw upon the
recommended readings and research literature on the selected topic
listed in the syllabus, as well as upon any online resources and
publications. Your report should be structured with subheadings to
cover the following topics:
I.
The executive summary of the plan of your report and the major
conclusions;
II.
Summary of the core topic;
III.
Review of the research literature organized thematically;
IV.
Conclusions and implications;
V.
Technical appendix (including longer tables, larger
graphs/figures, definition of indicators and sources, if used.)
VI.
Endnotes: comprehensive list of literature and references used
in the report.
The
discussions during class will provide some ideas on these topics and
you are encouraged to work collaboratively with others, but each
student should submit his or her own report for an individual grade.
The report should be about 2,500-3,000 words in length in professional
format. More details will be given out in class nearer the deadline.
4. Class Participation
(10%)
Lastly, everyone will be expected to participate in class, including
through brief class exercises. Sessions will involve discussing the
readings, group exercises, report presentations, case studies, and
debates about controversial issues.
You
should plan to purchase the following available from Amazon, the
Harvard Coop, and other bookshops. The total cost is around $142. All
other materials can be downloaded from journals available at Harvard.
You will need to go through the Hollis security screen to download
these. There are no course packets to purchase.
·
Daniele Caramani. 2008. Comparative Politics. Oxford: Oxford
University Press. $35.95. 978-0-19-929841-9.
·
Kenneth Newton and Jan W. van Deth. 2010. Foundations of
Comparative Politics 2nd Edition. New York: Cambridge
University Press. 9780521136792 $45
·
Karl
Fields, Patrick O’Neil and Don Sher. 2006. Cases in Comparative
Politics. 2nd Ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. $60.07.
To
find other journal literature, use the SSCI Web of Science index. A
guide to using this for effective literature reviews will be given in
class. You can get access here:
http://eresearch.lib.harvard.edu/V/1MRP6QDQ83C7MHEPFH9CGT7JUBR25SFETH5EJ62DIL3KARRGYH-26745?func=native-link&resource=HVD02803
For
book searches, use Harvard’s Hollis catalogue
http://lib.harvard.edu/
which links to Google books.
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Part I: Introduction:
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1 |
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Overview: Roadmap of the class |
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2 |
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What is comparative politics? |
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Discussion topics |
·
Is a science of comparative politics possible?
·
Which is preferable and why, large-N quantitative cross-national
studies or qualitative ethnographic case-studies? |
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Required readings |
Daniele Caramani. 2008. Comparative Politics. Oxford:
Oxford University Press. Introduction and Ch 1 |
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Recommended supplementary resources |
Almond, Gabriel G. Bingham Powell, Russell Dalton, and Kaare
Strom. Eds. 2010. Comparative Politics Today: A World View.
9th Edition. New York: Longman/Pearson.
Boix, Carles and Susan C. Stokes. Eds. 2007. The Oxford
Handbook of Comparative Politics. New York: Oxford University
Press. Part I
Collier, David. ‘The comparative method’. In Political Science:
The State of the Discipline ed A. W.Finifter. Washington DC:
APSA.
van Deth, Jan. (ed.) (1998) Comparative Politics: The Problem
of Equivalence. London: Routledge. |
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Online resources |
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3 |
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Comparative methods |
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Discussion topics |
·
What are the main criteria you recommend in selecting cases and
why?
·
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the ‘most similar’
and the ‘most different’ research designs? |
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Required readings |
Daniele Caramani. 2008. Comparative Politics. Oxford:
Oxford University Press. Ch 2 & 3 |
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Recommended supplementary resources |
Boix, Carles and Susan Stokes. Eds. 2007. The Oxford Handbook
of Comparative Politics. Oxford University Press. Part I
Brady, Henry and David Collier. 2004. Rethinking social
inquiry: Diverse tools, shared standards. New York: Rowman &
Littlefield Publishers.
Collier, David, James Mahoney and Jason Seawright. 2004. ‘Claiming
too much: Warnings about selection bias.’ In Rethinking Social
Inquiry: Diverse Tools,Shared Standards. Ed. Henry E. Brady
and David Collier. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Collier, David. ‘The comparative method’. In Political Science:
The State of the Discipline ed A. W.Finifter. Washington DC:
APSA.
Geddes, Barbara. 2003. Paradigms and Sand Castles: Theory
building and research design in comparative politics. Chapter
3. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press.
George, Alexander L. and Andrew Bennett. 2004. Case Studies
and Theory Development. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
Geering, John. 2007. Case Study research: Principles and
Practices. Cambridge University Press.
King, Gary, Robert Keohane et al. 1994. Designing Social
Inquiry. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Landman, Todd. 2007. Issues and Methods in Comparative
Politics. London: Routledge.
Munck, Geraldo and R. Snyder. Eds. 2007. Passion, Craft and
Method in Comparative Politics. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins
Press.
Przeworski, Adam and H. Teune. 1970. The Logic of Comparative
Social Inquiry. R.E.Kreiger.
Pennings, Paul, Hans Keman and J. Kleinnijenhuis. 2006. Doing
Research in Political Science: An introduction to comparative
methods and statistics. London: Sage.
Ragin, Charles C. 2000. Fuzzy-Set Social Science. Chicago:
University of Chicago. |
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Online resources |
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Part II: STAtes and regimes
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4 |
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The nation state |
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Discussion topics |
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Required readings |
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Recommended supplementary resources |
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Online resources |
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5 |
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Regimes: Varieties of democracy |
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Discussion topics |
·
Is
there a universal meaning to the concept of democracy or are
understandings relativistic?
·
What
are the pros and cons of dichotomous or continuous regime
classifications? |
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Required readings |
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Recommended supplementary resources |
Dahl, Robert A. 1956. A Preface to Democratic Theory.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Dahl, Robert A. 1989. Democracy and its Critics. New
Haven: Yale University Press.
Dahl, Robert A. 2000. On Democracy. New Haven: Yale
University Press.
Dryzek, John. 2000. Deliberative Democracy and Beyond:
Liberals, Critics, Contestations. Oxford University Press.
Elkins, Zachary. 2000.
Gradations of Democracy? Empirical tests of alternative
conceptualizations
American
Journal Of Political Science 44 (2): 293-300.
Gastil, John and Peter Levine. Eds. 2005. The deliberative
democracy handbook: strategies for effective civic engagement in
the twenty-first century. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Goodin, Robert E. 2008. Innovating democracy: democratic theory
and practice after the deliberative turn. Oxford University
Press.
Held, David. 2006. Models of Democracy. 3rd Ed.
Cambridge: Polity.
Huntington, Samuel
P. 1993. The Third Wave. Norman: University of Oklahoma
Press.
Jon, Elster. Ed. 1998. Deliberative Democracy. Cambridge
University Press.
Lijphart, Arendt. 1999. Patterns of Democracy New Haven:
Yale.
Norris, Pippa. 2008. Driving Democracy: Do Power-sharing
Institutions Work? Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Przeworsk, Adam, Michael E. Alvarez, Jose Antonio Cheibub and
Fernando Limongi. 2000. Democracy and Development: Political
Institutions and Well-Being in the World, 1950-1990. Chapter
1.
Rosenberg, Shawn W. Ed. 2007. Deliberation, participation and
democracy: can the people govern? Palgrave Macmillan.
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Online resources |
Quality of Governance
dataset
(The QoG Data under ‘Data’)
Freedom House
'Freedom
in the World’
(under Publications).
Read especially ‘Essays’, ‘Tables and Charts’ and ‘Methodology’.
(latest year available)
Marshall, Monty G. and Keith Jaggers. 2002.
Polity IV Project: Political Regime Characteristics and
Transitions, 1800-2002: Dataset Users’ Manual.
Maryland: University of Maryland.
Vanhanen, Tatu. 2000. ‘A new dataset for measuring democracy,
1810-1998.’ Journal of Peace Research 37 (2): 251-265 |
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Regimes: Varieties of autocracy |
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Discussion topics |
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Required readings |
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Recommended supplementary resources |
Armony, Ariel C., and Hector E. Schamis. 2005. ‘Babel in
Democratization Studies.’ Journal of Democracy 16: 113-28.
Carothers, Thomas. 2002. ‘The End of the Transition Paradigm.’
Journal of Democracy 13: 5–21.
Collier, David and Robert Adcock. 1999.
‘Democracy and dichotomies: A pragmatic approach to choices about
concepts.’
Annual Review of Political Science 1: 537-565.
Diamond, Larry. 2002. ‘Thinking about Hybrid Regimes.’ Journal
of Democracy 13: 21-35
Elkins, Zachary.
2000. ‘Gradations of Democracy? Empirical Tests of Alternative
Conceptualizations.’ American Journal of Political Science
44: 293-300.
Levitsky, Steven,
and Lucan A. Way. 2002. ‘The Rise of Competitive
Authoritarianism.’ Journal of Democracy 13: 51-65.
Lindburg, Staffan.
2006. Democracy and Elections in Africa. Baltimore: Johns
Hopkins Press.
Lindburg, Staffan.
Ed., 2009. Democratization by Elections - A New Mode of
Transition. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.
Linz, Juan. 2000.
Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes. Boulder: Lynne
Rienner.
Przeworski, Adam,
Michael E. Alvarez, Jose Antonio Cheibub, and Fernando Limongi.
2000. Democracy and Development: Political Institutions and
Well-Being in the World, 1950-1990. New York: Cambridge
University Press.
Rotberg, Robert.
2007. Worst of the Worst. World Peace Foundation.
Zakaria, Fareed. 1997. ‘The Rise of Illiberal Democracy.’
Foreign Affairs 76: 22-41.
Zakaria, Fareed. 2003. The Future of Freedom: Illiberal
Democracy at Home and Abroad. New York: Norton. |
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Online resources |
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Case-studies: South Africa, Nigeria and Iran |
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Discussion topics |
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Required readings |
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Part III: institutions
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Constitutions |
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Discussion topics |
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Is there a single best set of democratic institutions?
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What are the key contrasts between ‘consensus’ or ‘majoritarian’
democracies; compare and contrast two developing countries
exemplifying each type.
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Required readings |
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Recommended supplementary resources |
Carothers, Thomas. 1999. Aiding Democracy Abroad. Chapter
7. Washington DC: Carnegie.
Lijphart, Arend. 1999. Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms
and Performance in 36 Countries. Yale: Yale University Press.
Linz, Juan J and Arturo Valenzuela. Eds.1994. The Failure of
Presidential Democracy. The Johns Hopkins Press.
Mainwaring, Scott and Matthew Soberg Shugart. 1997.
Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America. New York:
Cambridge University Press.
Reynolds, Andrew. Ed. 2002. The Architecture of Democracy:
Constitutional Design, Conflict Management and Democracy.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Schugart, Mathew Soberg and John Carey. 1992. Presidents and
Assemblies: Constitutional Design and Electoral Dynamics.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Online resources |
International IDEA Constitutions Building Project
http://www.idea.int/cbp/index.cfm
Elkins and Ginsburg:
http://www.comparativeconstitutionsproject.org/
Constitution Finder:
http://confinder.richmond.edu/
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Electoral systems |
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Discussion topics |
·
In considering debates about electoral reform, list the five most
important normative values that any electoral system should meet,
and give detailed reasons justifying your choices.
·
What are the major distinctions between plurality first-past
the-post, the alternative vote, the single transferable vote,
combined/ mixed, and party list electoral systems? Discuss with
illustrations of recent elections held under each type of rules.
·
Are mixed member (combined) electoral systems the best of all
possible worlds? |
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Required readings |
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Recommended supplementary resources |
Benoit, Kenneth. 2007. ‘Electoral Laws as Political Consequences:
Explaining the Origins and Change of Electoral Institutions.’
Annual Review of Political Science 10: 363-90.
Birch, Sarah et al. Ed. 2002. Embodying Democracy: Electoral
System Design in Post-Communist Europe. New York: Palgrave.
Birch, Sarah. 2002. Electoral systems and Political
Transformation in Post-Communist Europe. New York: Palgrave.
Colomer, Joseph M. 2004. Handbook of Electoral System Choice.
New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Cox, Gary. 1997. Making Votes Count. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Gallagher, Michael and Paul Mitchell. Eds. 2005. The Politics
of Electoral Systems. Oxford University Press.
Katz, Richard S. 1997. Democracy and Elections. New York:
Oxford University Press.
Lijphart, Arend.
1994. Electoral Systems and Party Systems: A Study of
Twenty-Seven Democracies, 1945-1990. Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
Lijphart, Arend.
1997. ‘Unequal participation: democracies unresolved dilemma.’
American Political Science Review. 91:1-14.
Norris, Pippa. 2004.
Electoral Engineering. Cambridge University Press. Online
at www.pippanorris.com
Pérez-Liñán, Aníbal. 2001. ‘Neo-institutional accounts of voter
turnout: moving beyond industrial democracies.’ Electoral
Studies. 20(2): 281-297.
Powell, Jr, G. Bingham. 2000. Elections as Instruments of
Democracy. Yale University Press.
Reilly, Ben, and Andrew Reynolds. 1998. Electoral Systems and
Conflict in Divided Societies. Washington, DC: National
Academy Press.
Reilly, Ben. 2001. Democracy in Divided Societies: Electoral
Engineering for Conflict Management. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Shugart, Matthew and Martin Wattenberg. 2001. Mixed-Member
Electoral Systems. New York: Oxford University Press.
Sisk, Timothy and Andrew Reynolds. Eds. 1998. Elections and
Conflict Management in Africa. US Institute of Peace.
Snyder, Jack. 2000.
From Voting to Violence: Democratization and Nationalist
Conflict. New York: W.W. Norton.
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Online resources |
Reynolds, Andrew, Ben Reilly and Andrew Ellis. 2005.
The International IDEA Handbook of Electoral System Design.
2nd ed. Stockholm: International Institute for
Democracy and Electoral Assistance.
ACE Electoral Knowledge Network
Pintor, Rafael Lopez and Maria Gratschew.
Voter Turnout Since 1945: A Global Report.
Stockholm, International IDEA.
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Executives and bureaucracies |
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Discussion topics |
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Required readings |
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Recommended supplementary resources |
Blais, André, Louis Massicotte and Agnieszka Dobrynska.
1997. ‘Direct presidential elections: A world summary.’
Electoral Studies 16(4): 441-455.
Cheibub,
José. 2002. ‘Minority governments, deadlock situations, and the
survival of presidential democracies.’ Comparative Political
Studies 35: 284;
Cheibub,
José. 2007. Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Democracy.
New York: Cambridge University Press
Jones,
Mark 1995. Electoral laws and the survival of presidential
democracies. Paris: University of Notre-Dame Press.
Lijphart,
Arendt. 1996. Ed. Presidential v. Parliamentary Government.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Linz, Juan and Arturo Valenzuela. Eds.1994. The Failure of
Presidential Democracy: The Case of Latin America. The Johns
Hopkins Press.
Linz, Juan and Alfred Stephan. 1996. Problems of Democratic
Consolidation. Johns Hopkins Press.
Linz,
Juan. 1990. ‘The Perils of Presidentialism.’ Journal of
Democracy 1(1): 51-69.
Mainwaring,
Scott and Matthew Soberg Shugart. 1997. Presidentialism and
Democracy in Latin America. New York: Cambridge University
Press.
Mainwaring,
Scott. 1993. ‘Presidentialism, multipartism, and democracy - the
difficult combination.’ Comparative Political Studies 26
(2): 198-228.
Schugart,
Mathew Soberg and John Carey. 1992. Presidents and Assemblies:
Constitutional Design and Electoral Dynamics. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press
Riggs,
Fred W. 1997. ‘Presidentialism versus parliamentarism:
Implications for representativeness and legitimacy.’
International Political Science Review, 18 (3): 253-278.
Stepan,
Alfred and Cindy Skach. 1993. ‘Constitutional frameworks and
democratic consolidation: Parliamentarism and presidentialism.’
World Politics 46 (1): 1-22. |
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Online resources |
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Legislatures |
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Discussion topics |
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Required readings |
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Recommended supplementary resources |
Karram, Azza. 2005.
Women in Parliament: Beyond Numbers.
A Revised Edition.
IDEA: Stockholm.
Kurian, George Thomas, ed., 1998. World Encyclopedia of
Parliaments and Legislatures.
Lane Kenworthy and Melissa
Malami. 1999. ‘Gender Inequality in Political Representation: A
Worldwide Comparative Analysis.’ Social Forces 78(1):
235-269.
Reynolds, Andrew. 1999. ‘Women in the Legislatures and Executives
of the World: Knocking at the Highest Glass Ceiling.’ World
Politics 51(4): 547-572. |
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Online resources |
Parliaments online:
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/parliaments.html |
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Federalism and decentralization |
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Discussion topics |
·
Does decentralization strengthen or weaken good governance?
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Required readings |
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Recommended supplementary resources |
Bird, Richard M. and François Vaillancourt. Eds. 1999. Fiscal
Decentralization in Developing Countries. New York: Cambridge
University Press.
De Vries, Michiel S.
2000. ‘The rise and fall of decentralization: a comparative
analysis of arguments and practices in European Countries.’
European Journal of Political Research 38, 193–224.
Denters, Bas and Lawrence Rose (Editors). 2005. Comparing Local
Governance: Trends and Developments. London:
Palgrave/Macmillan.
Ehtisham, Ahmad (Editor). 2002. Fiscal Decentralization.
London: Routledge
Griffiths, Ann L. Ed. 2005. Handbook of Federal Countries, 2005.
Montreal: Forum of Federations/McGill University Press.
Grindle, Merilee. 2007. Going Local: Decentralization,
Democratization, and the Promise of Good Governance.
Hueglin, Thomas and Alan Fenna. 2006. Comparative Federalism.
Toronto: Broadview Press.
Manor, James. 1999. The Political Economy of Democratic
Decentralization. Washington, DC: The World Bank.
Rodden, Jonathan. 2004. ‘Comparative federalism and
decentralization: On meaning and measurement.’ Comparative
Politics 36 (4): 481.
Treisman, Daniel. 2007. The Architecture of Government:
Rethinking Political Decentralization. New York: Cambridge
University Press.
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Online resources |
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Case studies: UK, US, France and Germany |
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Discussion topics |
·
Compare and contrast political institutions in the UK, US, France
and Germany. |
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Required readings |
Karl Fields, Patrick O’Neil and Don Sher. 2006. Cases in
Comparative Politics. 2nd Ed. New York: W.W. Norton
& Co. |
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Part IV: actors
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Political parties and party systems |
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Discussion topics |
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Have mass partisan loyalties eroded in established and newer
democracies?
·
Are new cartel party systems emerging in Western Europe? |
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Required readings |
Daniele Caramani. 2008. Comparative Politics. Oxford:
Oxford University Press. Ch 12 & 13
Kenneth Newton and Jan W. van Deth. 2010. Foundations of
Comparative Politics 2nd Edition. New York:
Cambridge University Press. Ch12 |
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Recommended supplementary resources |
Campbell, Angus, Philip Converse, Warren Miller, and Donald
Stokes. 1960. The American Voter. University of Chicago
Press.
Clarke,
Harold, and Marianne Stewart. 1998. ‘The decline of parties in the
minds of citizens.’ Annual Review of Political Science 1:
357-78.
Converse, Philip. 1964. ‘The nature of belief systems in mass
publics.’ In David Apter, eds. Ideology and Discontent.
New York: Free Press.
Crewe, Ivor and David Denver. Eds. 1985. Electoral Change in
Western Democracies: Patterns and Sources of Electoral Volatility.
New York: St. Martin's Press
Dalton, Russell and Hans-Dieter Klingemann, eds. Oxford
Handbook of Political Behavior. Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
Dalton, Russell, and Martin P. Wattenberg. Ed. 2000. Parties
without Partisans: Political Change in Advanced Industrial
Democracies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Diamond, Larry and Richard Gunther. 2001. Political Parties and
Democracy. Johns Hopkins Press.
Franklin, Mark, Tom Mackie, Henry Valen, et al. 1992. Electoral
Change: Responses to Evolving Social and Attitudinal Structures in
Western Countries. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Gunther, Richard, Puhle, Hans-Jürgen and Montero, José Ramón (eds)
(2007) Democracy, Intermediation, and Voting on Four
Continents. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Gunther, Richard, Jose Ramon Montero and Joan J. Linz. 2002.
Political Parties: Old Concepts and New Challenges. Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
Green, Donald, Bradley Palmquist, and Eric Schickler. 2002.
Partisan Hearts and Minds: Political Parties and the Social
Identities of Voters. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
Gunther, Richard, Jose Ramon Montero and Joan J. Linz. 2002.
Political Parties: Old Concepts and New Challenges. Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
Holmberg,
Sören. 1994. Party identification compared across the Atlantic. In
M. Kent Jennings and Thomas Mann, eds., Elections at Home and
Abroad. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Kitschelt, Herbert, Zdenka Mansfeldova, Radoslaw Markowski and
Gabor Toka. 1999. Post-Communist Party Systems. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Kitschelt, Herbert. 1994. The Transformation of European Social
Democracy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lewis-Beck, Michael, Helmut Norpoth, William G. Jacoby, and
Herbert F. Weisberg. 2008. The American Voter Revisited.
University of Michigan Press.
Lipset, Seymour Martin and Stein Rokkan. 1967. Party Systems
and Voter Alignments. New York: Free Press.
Nie, Norman, Sidney Verba and John Petrocik. 1976. The Changing
American Voter. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Rose, Richard and Derek W. Urwin 1970. ‘Persistence and Change in
Western Party Systems Since 1945.’ Political Studies
18:287-319.
Richard Hofferbert, ed. 1998. Parties and Democracy.
Oxford: Blackwell.
Webb, Paul, David Farrell, and Ian Holliday. Eds. 2006.
Political parties in advanced industrial democracies. Oxford:
Oxford University Press. |
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Online resources |
Adam Carr’s Election Archive
http://psephos.adam-carr.net/
Political Parties online:
http://www.politicsresources.net/parties.htm |
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Advocacy groups and social movements |
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Discussion topics |
-
Does social trust matter for democratic governance? Explain why
and why not.
·
Compare and contrast any two nations to evaluate whether the
central claims in Putnam’s theory of social capital hold in
cross-cultural perspective? |
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Required readings |
Daniele Caramani. 2008. Comparative Politics. Oxford:
Oxford University Press. Ch 14 & 16
Kenneth Newton and Jan W. van Deth. 2010. Foundations of
Comparative Politics 2nd Edition. New York:
Cambridge University Press. Ch 9 |
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Recommended supplementary resources |
Foley, Michael and Bob Edwards. 1998. ‘Beyond Tocqueville: Civil
Society and Social Capital in Comparative Perspective.’
American Behavioral Scientist. 42(1): 5-20.
Hooghe, Marc and Dietlind Stolle. Eds. 2003. Generating Social
Capital: Civil Society and Institutions in Comparative Perspective.
New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Keck, Margaret E. and Kathryn Sikkink, 1998. Activists beyond
Borders - Advocacy Networks in International Politics. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University Press.
Krishna A. 2007.
‘How does social capital grow? A seven-year study of villages in
India.’
Journal of Politics 69 (4): 941-956.
Norris, Pippa. 2002.
Democratic Phoenix. Cambridge University Press. Chapter 8.
Ottaway, Marina and
Thomas Carothers. Eds.2000. Funding Virtue: Civil Society Aid
and Democracy Promotion. DC: Brookings Institution.
Paxton Pamela. 2002. ‘Social capital and democracy: An
interdependent relationship.’ American Sociological Review.
67 (2): 254-277.
Putnam, Robert D. 1995. ‘The
Strange Disappearance of Civic America.’
The American Prospect 7(24).
Putnam, Robert D. 2000. Bowling Alone. NY: Simon &
Schuster.
Putnam, Robert. Ed. 2002. Democracy in Flux. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
Rose, Richard and Doh C. Shin. 2001.
‘Democratization
backwards: The problem of third-wave democracies.’ British
Journal Of Political Science 31: 331-354 Part 2, APR 2001
Schneider G, T. Plumper, and S. Baumann.
2000. ‘Bringing Putnam to the European regions - On the relevance
of social capital for economic growth.’ European Urban And
Regional Studies. 7 (4): 307-317.
Schofer E. and M. Fourcade-Gourinchas. 2001. ‘The structural
contexts of civic engagement: Voluntary association membership in
comparative perspective.’ American Sociological Review.
66 (6): 806-828.
Svendsen, Gunnar Lind Haase and Gert Tinggaard Svendsen.
2004. The Creation and Destruction of Social Capital:
Entrepreneurship, Cooperative Movements, and Institutions.
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Van Deth, Jan Willem. Ed. 1997. Private Groups and Public Life:
Social Participation, Voluntary Associations and Political
Involvement in Representative Democracies. London: Routledge.
Van Deth, Jan.W. Ed. 1999. Social Capital and European
Democracy. New York: Routledge |
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Online resources |
World Bank Social Capital for Development
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Culture |
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Discussion topics |
·
What is Inglehart’s theory of the cultural roots of democratic
regimes?
·
Is support for democracy now a universal value? |
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Required readings |
Daniele Caramani. 2008. Comparative Politics. Oxford:
Oxford University Press. Ch 17
Kenneth Newton and Jan W. van Deth. 2010. Foundations of
Comparative Politics 2nd Edition. New York:
Cambridge University Press. Ch 13 |
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Recommended supplementary resources |
Almond, Gabriel A. and Sidney Verba. 1963. The Civic Culture:
Political Attitudes and Democracy in Five Nations. Princeton:
Princeton University Press.
Almond, Gabriel and Sidney Verba. Eds. 1980. The Civic Culture
Revisited. Boston: Little Brown.
Diamond, Larry and Marc F. Plattner. 2008. Eds. How People
View Democracy. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press.
Inglehart, Ronald and Christopher Welzel. 2003. ‘Political culture
and democracy - Analyzing cross-level linkages.’ Comparative
Politics 36 (1): 61-+.
Inglehart, Ronald and Christopher Welzel. 2005. Modernization,
Cultural Change, and Democracy: The Human Development Sequence.
New York: Cambridge University Press.
Inglehart, Ronald. 2000. Modernization and Postmodernization.
Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press.
Inglehart, Ronald. 2003. ‘How Solid is Mass Support for Democracy
and How Do We Measure It?’ PS: Political Science and Politics.
Inglehart, Ronald, Basàñez, Miguel, Dìez-Medrano, Jaime, Halman,
Loek and Luijkx, Ruud (eds).2004. Human Beliefs and Values: A
cross-cultural sourcebook. Mexico: Siglo XXI Editores.
Inglehart, Ronald and Pippa Norris. 2003. Rising Tide: Gender
Equality and Cultural Change around the World. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Norris, Pippa and Ronald Inglehart. 2005. Sacred and Secular.
Cambridge University Press.
Norris, Pippa and Ronald Inglehart. 2009. Cosmopolitan
Communications: Cultural Diversity in a Globalized World.
Cambridge University Press.
Norris, Pippa. Ed. 1999. Critical Citizens. Oxford
University Press.
Sarsfield, R. and F. Echegaray. 2006. ‘Opening the black box: How
satisfaction with democracy and its perceived efficacy affect
regime preference in Latin America.’ International Journal of
Public Opinion Research 18 (2): 153-173
Seligson, Mitchell. A. 2002. ‘The renaissance of political
culture or the renaissance of the ecological fallacy?’
Comparative Politics. 34 (3): 273.
Tessler, Mark and E. Gao E. 2005. ‘Gauging
Arab support for democracy’ Journal
Of Democracy 16 (3): 83-97.
Welzel, Chris, Ronald Inglehart, and Hans-Dieter Klingemann. 2003.
‘The theory of human development: A cross-cultural analysis.’
European Journal of Political Research 42 (3): 341-379. |
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Online resources |
Asia Barometer
www.eastasiabarometer.org
and
http://www.asianbarometer.org/
EuroBarometer
http://europa.eu.int/comm/public_opinion/
European Social Survey
http://naticent02.uuhost.uk.uu.net
Gallup International Voice of the People
www.voice-of-the-people.net/
Global barometers
http://www.globalbarometer.net/
International Social Survey Program
http://www.issp.org/
Latinobarometro
www.latinobarometro.org
New Europe Barometer
www.cspp.strath.ac.uk
Pew Global Surveys
http://pewglobal.org/
World Values Study 1981-2005
http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/
World Public Opinion
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/ |
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Political activism |
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Discussion topics |
·
Does the traditional distinction between ‘conventional’ and
‘protest’ politics still make sense?
·
What measures of citizen engagement are available in social
surveys and what aspects of contemporary activism are lacking?
·
How would you construct reliable scales of citizen activism from
the ISSP-2004? |
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Required readings |
Daniele Caramani. 2008. Comparative Politics. Oxford:
Oxford University Press. Ch 18
Kenneth Newton and Jan W. van Deth. 2010. Foundations of
Comparative Politics 2nd Edition. New York:
Cambridge University Press. Ch8 |
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Recommended supplementary resources |
Adrian, Charles and David A. Apter. 1995. Political Protest and
Social Change: Analyzing Politics. NY: New York University
Press.
Almond, Gabriel A. and Sidney Verba. 1989 [1963].The Civic
Culture: Political Attitudes and Democracy in Five Nations.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Almond, Gabriel A. and Sidney Verba. Eds. 1980. The Civic
Culture Revisited. Boston: Little Brown.
Barnes, Samuel and Max Kaase. 1979. Political Action: Mass
Participation in Five Western Democracies. Beverley Hills, CA:
Sage.
Blais, André and A. Dobrzynska. 1998. ‘Turnout in electoral
democracies.’ European Journal of Political Research.
33(2): 239-261.
Blais, André. 2000. To Vote or Not to Vote? The Merits and
Limits of Rational Choice Theory. Pittsburgh: University of
Pittsburgh Press.
Burns, Nancy, Kay Lehman Schlozman and Sidney Verba. 2001. The
Private Roots of Public Action. Cambridge, MA: Harvard
University Press.
Dalton, Russell J. 2009. The Good Citizen: How a Younger
Generation is Reshaping American Politics. Washington, DC: CQ
Press.
Franklin, Mark N. 2004. Voter Turnout and the Dynamics of
Electoral Competition in Established Democracies Since 1945.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Jackman, Robert W. and Ross A. Miller. 1995. ‘Voter Turnout in
the Industrial Democracies during the 1980s.’ Comparative
Political Studies, 27: 467-92.
Jennings, M. Kent and Jan van Deth. 1989. Continuities in
Political Action. Berlin: deGruyter.
Marsh, Alan. 1977. Protest and Political Consciousness.
Beverly Hills, CA: Sage
McDonald, Michael P. and Samuel L. Popkin. 2001. ‘The myth of the
vanishing voter.’ American Political Science Review 95 (4):
963-974.
Norris, Pippa. 2002. Democratic Phoenix: Reinventing Political
Activism. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Norris, Pippa. 2004 Electoral Engineering: Voting Rules and
Political Behavior. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Norris, Pippa. 2009. ‘Political activism: New challenges, new
opportunities.’ For the Oxford Handbook of Comparative
Politics Edited by Carles Boix and Susan Stokes (Oxford
University Press). Available at www.pippanorris.com
Pintor, Rafael Lopez and Maria Gratschew. 2004. Voter Turnout
Since 1945: A Global Report. Stockholm, International IDEA.
www.idea.int
Powell, G. Bingham. 1980. ‘Voting turnout in thirty democracies:
Partisan, legal and socioeconomic influences.’ In Electoral
Participation: A Comparative Analysis. Ed. Richard Rose.
London: Sage
Putnam, Robert D. 2000. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival
of American Community. NY: Simon and Schuster.
Putnam, Robert D.. Ed. 2002. The Dynamics of Social Capital.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Rosenstone, Steve and Mark Hansen. 1993. Mobilization,
participation, and American democracy. Wasinton DC: CQ Press.
Verba, Sidney and
Norman H. Nie. 1972. Participation in America: political
democracy and social equality. University of Chicago Press,
Chicago, IL.
Verba, Sidney, Kay
Schlozman and Henry E. Brady. 1995. Voice and Equality: Civic
Voluntarism in American Politics. Cambridge, MA: Harvard
University Press.
Verba, Sidney,
Norman H. Nie and Jae-on Kim. 1978. Participation and Political
Equality: A Seven-Nation Comparison. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. |
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Political Communication |
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Discussion topics |
·
Are short-term factors (including media campaigns) increasingly
significant drivers in voting behavior? |
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Required readings |
Daniele Caramani. 2008. Comparative Politics. Oxford:
Oxford University Press. Ch 19
Kenneth Newton and Jan W. van Deth. 2010. Foundations of
Comparative Politics 2nd Edition. New York:
Cambridge University Press. Ch10 |
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Recommended supplementary resources |
Djankov, Simeon, Caralee McLiesh, Tatiana Nenova and Andrei
Shleifer. 2003. ‘Who Owns The Media?’ Journal of Law and
Economics, 46(2): 341-382.
Esser Frank, and Barbara Pfetsch.
Eds. 2004. Comparing Political Communication: Theories, Cases,
and Challenges. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University
Press.
Gunther, Richard and Anthony Mughan. Eds. 2000. Democracy and
the Media: A Comparative Perspective. New York: Cambridge
University Press.
Norris, Pippa. Ed. 2010.
The Roles of the News Media in the Governance Reform Agenda.
Washington DC: The World Bank.
Norris, Pippa. 2000. A Virtuous Circle. New York: Cambridge
University Press.
Voltmer, Katrin. Ed. 2006. Mass media and political
communication in new democracies. London: Routledge. |
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Online resources |
Committee to Protect Journalists
Freedom House.
Freedom of the Press.
Index on Censorship
International Federation of Journalists |
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Case-study discussion: Mexico and Brazil |
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Discussion topics |
·
How would you compare and contrast the key political actors in
Mexico and Brazil? What are the pros and cons of each political
system? |
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Required readings |
Karl Fields, Patrick O’Neil and Don Sher. 2006. Cases in
Comparative Politics. 2nd Ed. New York: W.W. Norton
& Co.
See readings section IV above. |
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Part v: policies
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Policymaking processes |
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Discussion topics |
·
How far can and do countries learn about public policy options
from each other?
·
Compare and contrast two countries illustrating pluralist and
corporatist models of public policymaking. |
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Required readings |
Daniele Caramani. 2008. Comparative Politics. Oxford:
Oxford University Press. Ch 20
Kenneth Newton and Jan W. van Deth. 2010. Foundations of
Comparative Politics 2nd Edition. New York:
Cambridge University Press.Ch 14 |
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Recommended supplementary resources |
Castles, Francis G. 1999. Comparative Public Policy Edwards
Elgar.
Dye, Thomas R. 2001. Understanding Public Policy.
Prentice-Hall. 10th Ed.
Kingdon, John. 2002. Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies 2nd
ed. Longman.
Lindblom, Charles. 1968. The Policy-making Process. NJ:
Prentice-Hall.
Rose, Richard. 2004. Learning From Comparative Public Policy: A
Practical Guide Routledge. |
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Government performance: the economy and welfare state |
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Discussion topics |
·
Do democracies outperform autocracies in terms of social equality,
human development, and the delivery of welfare services? |
|
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Required readings |
Daniele Caramani. 2008. Comparative Politics. Oxford:
Oxford University Press. Ch 21, 22
Kenneth Newton and Jan W. van Deth. 2010. Foundations of
Comparative Politics 2nd Edition. New York:
Cambridge University Press. Ch16 |
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Recommended supplementary resources |
Bratton, Michael and Nicholas van de Walle. 1997. Democratic
Experiments in Africa. Cambridge University Press.
Brown, D.S. 1999. ‘Reading, writing, and regime type: Democracy's
impact on primary school enrollment.’ Political Research
Quarterly 52 (4): 681-707.
Brown, D.S. 1999. ‘Democracy and social spending in Latin America,
1980-92.’ American Political Science Review 93: 779
Burkhart, Ross E. 1997. ‘Comparative Democracy and Income
Distribution: Shape and Direction of the Causal Arrow.’ Journal
of Politics 59(1): 148-164.
Engerman Stanley L. and Kenneth L. Sokoloff. 2008. ‘Debating the
role of institutions in political and economic development:
Theory, history, and findings.’ Annual Review Of Political
Science 11: 119-135.
Esping-Andersen, Gosta. 1990. The Three Worlds of Welfare.
Princeton University Press.
Feng, Yi. 2003. Democracy, Governance and Economic Growth:
Theory and Evidence. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
Glaeser Edward L., R. La Porta, F. Lopez-de-Silanes, A. Shleifer.
2004. ‘Do institutions cause growth?’ Journal Of Economic
Growth 9 (3): 271-303 SEP 2004
Halperin, Morton, Joseph T. Siegle and Michael Weinstein. 2005.
The Democracy Advantage. New York: Routledge.
Hyden, Goran. 2007. ‘Governance and poverty reduction in
Africa.’ Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The
USA 104 (43): 16751-16756.
Kaufmann, Daniel, Aart Kraay, and Massimo Mastruzzi.
2007. ‘Growth and governance: A rejoinder.’ Journal Of Politics
69 (2): 570-572.
Kosack, S. 2003. ‘Effective aid: How democracy allows development
aid to improve the quality of life.’ World Development 31
(1): 1-22.
Krieckhaus,J. 2006. ‘Democracy and economic growth: How regional
context influences regime effects.’ British Journal of
Political Science 36(2): 317-340.
Lake, D.A. and M.A. Baum. 2001. ‘The invisible hand of democracy
- Political control and the provision of public services.’
Comparative Political Studies 34 (6): 587-621
Mulligan, Casey B., R. Gil and X. Sala-a-martin. 2004. ‘Do
democracies have different public policies than non-democracies?’
Journal of Economic Perspectives 18(1): 51-74.
Navia, P. and T.D. Zweifel. 2003. ‘Democracy, Dictatorship, and
Infant Mortality revisited.’ Journal of Democracy 14(3):
90-103
Nel P. 2005. ‘Democratization and the dynamics of income
distribution in low- and middle-income countries.’ Politikon
32 (1): 17-43.
North, Douglas. 1990. Institutions, Institutional Change and
Economic Performance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Przeworski, Adam, Michael E. Alvarez, Jose Antonio Cheibub and
Fernando Limongi. 2000. Democracy and Development: Political
Institutions and Well-Being in the World, 1950-1990. Chapters
2 and 3.
Przeworski, Adam. 1991. Democracy and the Market: Political and
Economic Reforms in Eastern Europe and Latin America Cambridge
University Press.
Rigobon, R. and Dani Rodrik. 2005. ‘Rule of law, democracy,
openness, and income - Estimating the interrelationships.’
Economics of Transition 13 (3): 533-564.
Siegle, Joseph T., Michael Weinstein and Morton Halperin. 2004.
‘Why democracies excel.’ Foreign Affairs 83(5):57-72.
Seeleib-Kaiser, Martin. Ed. 2008. Welfare State
Transformations: Comparative Perspectives. Palgrave.
Stasavage, D. 2005. ‘Democracy and education spending in Africa.’
American Journal of Political Science 49 (2): 343-358.
Stroup, Michael D. 2006. ‘Economic freedom, democracy, and the
quality of life.’ World Development 35(1): 52-66. |
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Online resources |
ILO Data on social expenditure:
https://www.ilo.org/dyn/sesame/ifpses.socialdbexp
UNDP Human Development Report data:
http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/ |
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Case-studies: India and China |
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Discussion topics |
·
Compare and contrast how political institutions influence policy
performance in India and China. |
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Required readings |
Karl Fields, Patrick O’Neil and Don Sher. 2006. Cases in
Comparative Politics. 2nd Ed. New York: W.W. Norton
& Co.
See readings for section V above. |
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Conclusion & wrap up |
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