DPI415 Comparative Politics Syllabus Fall 2016

DPI-415ComparativePolitics8/4/201711:17AM

DPI-415

COMPARATIVEPOLITICS

Fall2017PippaNorris

Website:www.pippanorris.com

CONTENTS

ContactDetails:............................................................................................................................................2CourseSynopsis:..........................................................................................................................................3ClassSchedule2017:....................................................................................................................................4AssignmentsandevaluatioN........................................................................................................................5Requiredbook:.............................................................................................................................................6Detailedreadings,scheduleandtopics........................................................................................................8

CONTACTDETAILS:

Classtime: MondaysandWednesdays11:45-1.00pm

Classplace: Littauer382

Shopping: Monday28thAugust2017

Firstclass: Wednesday6thSeptember2017

Lastclass: Wednesday29thNovember2017

Lecturer: PippaNorris,McGuireLecturerinComparativePolitics

Office: Littauer110,KennedySchoolofGovernment

OfficeHours: Tuesdays2.00-4.00pm

Fax: (617)4962850

Tel: (857)4459105Email: Pippa_Norris@harvard.edu

Classwebsite: www.pippanorris.comunder‘classes’

FacultyAssistant: PatriciaTimmons

Email: patricia_timmons@HKS.harvard.Edu

Assessment: Courseassignments,noexam

COURSESYNOPSIS:

AimsandobjectivesofDPI-415:Thiscourseprovidestheanalyticalknowledgeandpracticalskillstounderstandcomparativepoliticsworldwide.Itaddressesawiderangeofpolicy-relevantissues:Whatarethekeyfeaturesofdemocraciesandautocracies,andhowcanregimesbestbeclassified,suchasthoseinSouthAfrica,NigeriaandIran?HowcanbackslidingonhumanrightsbepreventedinstateslikeHungary,Poland,andRussia?Whatarethechallengesforbuildingstableandpeacefulmulti-ethnicstatesanddemocraticgovernanceincountriessuchasMyanmar,Mali,andAfghanistan?WhatfuelspopulisminWesterndemocraciessuchastheU.S.,UK,andFrance?WhatistheappropriateconstitutionalbalanceofpowersbetweenthepresidentandthelegislatureinstatessuchasVenezuela,Russia,andMexico?HowdoesgovernanceshapethedeliveryofeconomicandwelfarepoliciesindevelopingsocietiessuchasIndiaandChina?Thecoursecoversthesequestionsandmanyothersbyutilizingthemethodsandtechniquesofcomparativepolitics.Youwilllearnaboutstatesandregimesworldwide–aswellasdeepeningyourunderstandingofyourownsociety.Theorientationisproblemandreformfocused.DPI-415analyzes(i)thenatureofcomparativepolitics(ii)processesofstateformationandtheclassificationofregimestypes,(iii)thestructureofpoliticalinstitutions,(iv)theroleofpoliticalactors,and(v)processesofgovernanceperformance.DPI-415reviewstheleadingresearchliteraturetounderstandthetheoreticalconceptsandempiricalliteratureoneachtopic.Somehands-onclassworkshopswilldeveloppracticalskillsandfamiliaritywithsomeessentialonlineresources.Assessmentinvolvesclassroomparticipationandtwowrittenreports.Thecoursewillprovideinvaluableskillsandknowledgeforanyoneseekingtodevelopfamiliaritywiththemajorissuesincomparativepoliticsandthepracticalskillsinanalyzingcountriesaroundtheglobe.Intheageofglobalization,cross-nationalinsightsintopoliticsareinvaluableforawiderangeofpotentialcareers,whetherworkingforinternationalagencies,multilateralorganizations,non-profitNGOs,internationalcorporations,ornationalgovernments.

CLASSSCHEDULE2017:

Class Date Topic Duedates(i) INTRODUCTION 1 W6Sept Overview:Roadmapoftheclass 2 M11Sept Whatiscomparativepolitics? 3 W13Sept Comparativemethods:casestudies&large-Nanalysis STATESANDREGIMES 4 M18Sept Thenationstate 5 W20Sept Regimes:Varietiesofdemocracy 6 M25Sept Regimes:Varietiesofautocracy 7 W27Sept Hands-onclassworkshop:VarietiesofDemocracy(V-

INSTITUTIONS 8 M2Oct Institutions:Constitutions 9 W4Oct Institutions:Electoralsystems 10 W11Oct Institutions:Executives&bureaucracies 11 M16Oct Institutions:Legislatures 12 W18Oct Institutions:Federalismanddecentralization Report113 M23Oct Hands-onclassworkshop:UsingtheComparative

ConstitutionsProjectandQoG

ACTORS 14 W25Oct Politicalparties&partysystems 15 M30Oct Interestgroups&socialmovements 16 W1Nov Politicalculture 17 M6Nov Politicalactivism 18 W8Nov Politicalcommunication 19 M13Nov Hand-onclassworkshop:UsingtheWorldValues

Survey

POLICIES 20 W15Nov Policymakingprocesses 21 M20Nov Governanceperformance:Economicgrowth&welfare

states

22 M27Nov Workgroupreportpresentationsanddiscussion 23 W29Nov Conclusion&wrapup Report2Note:OfficialHarvardUniversityholidaysareasfollows:Laborday:4Sept;ColumbusDay:Oct9;Veteran'sDay:Nov10(Observed);Thanksgiving:Nov22-24.Endofsemester,1Dec.PleasenotethattherearenoclassonFriday1Sept,duetoAPSA.Guestspeakersmayalsobearrangedonseveraltopics.Assignmentsareduetobehandedinatthestartoftheclassonthesedates.

ASSIGNMENTSANDEVALUATION

Generalpointsforallassignments:• ParticipantsareexpectedtokeepupwiththerequiredreadingsandtoattendclasseseveryMondayand

Wednesday.• Latepolicy:Barringanextraordinaryexcuse,alllateassignmentswillbemarkeddownathirdofagrade

(suchasfromAtoA-)foreachdayfollowingtheduedate.• Yourassignmentsaredesignedtobecraftedasevidence-basedpolicyanalysis,reflectingtheleading

academicresearchoneachtopic.Yourworkneedstobecarefullywrittenandsupportedbydirectevidencederivedfromtheavailabledataandfromcitationstoexistingresearch.

• Useeffectiveendnotereferencescitingsourcesfromthepeer-reviewedresearchliterature,assuggestedfromtheextensivereadingslistedinthesyllabiandothersrelatedpublications.Useendnotestosupportanycontentiousclaimsandtoacknowledgeanydatasources.

1.RESEARCHREPORTSCHOSENFROMDISCUSSIONTOPICSLISTEDINCLASSES1-12.SUBMISSIONDEADLINE:18OCTOBER(40%)ChooseONEofthediscussionquestionslistedinthesyllabusinclasses1-9.Theliteraturereviewshoulddrawupontherecommendedreadingsandresearchliteratureontheselectedtopiclistedinthesyllabus,aswellasuponanyonlineresourcesandpublications.Yourreportshouldbestructuredwithsubheadingstocoverthefollowingtopics:

I. Theexecutivesummaryoftheplanofyourreportandthemajorconclusions;II. Summaryofthecoretopic;III. Reviewoftheresearchliteratureorganizedthematicallyandanynewevidence;IV. Conclusionsandimplications;V. Technical appendix (including longer tables, larger graphs/figures, definition of indicators and

sources,ifused.)VI. Endnotes:comprehensivelistofliteratureandreferencesusedinthereport.

Thediscussionsduringclasswillprovidesomeideasonthesetopicsandyouareencouragedtoworkcollaborativelywithothers,buteachstudentshouldsubmithisorherownreportforanindividualgrade.Thereportshouldbeabout2,500-3,000wordsinlengthinprofessionalformat.Moredetailswillbegivenoutinclassnearerthedeadline.2.RESEARCHORPOLICYCONSULTANCYREPORTCHOSENFROMDISCUSSIONTOPICSLISTEDINCLASSES13-22.SUBMISSIONDEADLINE:29NOVEMBER(40%)ChooseONEofthediscussionquestionslistedinthesyllabusinclasses10-15.Theliteraturereviewshoulddrawupontherecommendedreadingsandresearchliteratureontheselectedtopiclistedinthesyllabus,aswellasuponanyonlineresourcesandpublications.Yourreportshouldbestructuredwithsubheadingstocoverthefollowingtopics:

I. The executive summary of the plan of your report and the major conclusions (keyrecommendationsforapolicyreport);

II. Summaryofthecoretopic;III. Reviewoftheresearchliteratureorganizedthematicallyandanynewevidence;IV. Conclusionsandimplications;(Recommendationsforapolicyreport)V. Technical appendix (including longer tables, larger graphs/figures, definition of indicators and

sources,ifused.)VI. Endnotes:comprehensivelistofliteratureandreferencesusedinthereport.

Thediscussionsduringclasswillprovidesomeideasonthesetopicsandyouareencouragedtoworkcollaborativelywithothers,buteachstudentshouldsubmithisorherownreportforanindividualgrade.Thereportshouldbeabout2,500-3,000wordsinlengthinprofessionalformat.Moredetailswillbegivenoutinclassnearerthedeadline.

3.CLASSPARTICIPATION(20%)Lastly,everyonewillbeexpectedtoparticipateinclass,includingthroughbriefclassexercises.Sessionswillinvolvediscussingthereadings,groupexercises,hand-onpracticalonlinesessions,reportpresentations,casestudies,anddebatesaboutcontroversialissues.

REQUIREDBOOK:

YoushouldplantopurchasethefollowingtextbookavailablefromAmazon,theHarvardCoop,andotherbookshops.AllothermaterialscanbedownloadedfromtheclasswebsiteandjournalsavailableatHarvard.YouwillneedtogothroughtheHollissecurityscreentodownloadthese.

• DanieleCaramani.Ed.2017.ComparativePolitics.4thedition.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.$35.95.9780198737421.AmazonBuyp/b$33.98

• https://global.oup.com/academic/product/comparative-politics-9780198737421?q=caramani&lang=en&cc=gb

• Companionwebsite:http://global.oup.com/uk/orc/politics/comparative/caramani/

Contents: Section I: Theories and methods 1: The relevance of comparative politics, Bo Rothstein 2: Approaches in comparative politics, B. Guy Peters 3: Comparative research methods, Hans Keman and Paul Pennings Section II: The historical context 4: The nation-state, Gianfranco Poggi 5: Democracies, Aníbal Pérez-Liñán 6: Authoritarian regimes, Paul Brooker Section III: Structures and institutions 7: Legislatures, Amie Kreppel 8: Governments and bureaucracies, Wolfgang C. Müller 9: Constitutions and courts, Alec Stone Sweet 10: Elections and referendums, Michael Gallagher 11: Unitary, federal, and local government institutions, John Loughlin Section IV: Actors and processes 12: Political parties, Richard S. Katz 13: Party systems, Daniele Caramani 14: Interest groups, Roland Erne 15: Regions, James Bickerton and Alain-G. Gagnon 16: Social movements, Hanspeter Kriesi 17: Political culture, Christian Welzel and Ronald Inglehart 18: Political participation, Herbert Kitschelt and Philipp Rehm 19: Political communication, Frank Esser and Barbara Pfetsch Section V: Public policies 20: Policy making, Christoph Knill and Jale Tosun 21: The welfare state, Kees van Kersbergen and Philip Manow 22: The impact of public policies, Jørgen Goul Andersen Section VI: Beyond the Nation-State 23: The EU as a new political system, Simon Hix 24: Globalization and the nation-state, Georg Sørensen 25: Promoting democracy, Peter Burnell Tofindotherjournalliterature,usetheSSCIWebofScienceindex.Aguidetousingthisforeffectiveliteraturereviewswillbegiveninclass.Youcangetaccesshere:http://eresearch.lib.harvard.edu/V/1MRP6QDQ83C7MHEPFH9CGT7JUBR25SFETH5EJ62DIL3KARRGYH-26745?func=native-link&resource=HVD02803Forbooksearches,useHarvard’sHolliscataloguehttp://lib.harvard.edu/whichlinkstoGooglebooks.Therecommendedreadingsandsupplementaryresourcesallowyoutofollowupwithresearchonparticulartopicsforyourtworeports.

DETAILEDREADINGS,SCHEDULEANDTOPICS

PARTI:INTRODUCTION:

1 Overview:Roadmapoftheclass2 Whatiscomparativepolitics? Discussiontopics • Isascienceofcomparativepoliticspossible?

• Whichispreferableandwhy,large-Nquantitativecross-nationalstudiesorqualitativeethnographiccase-studies?

Requiredreadings DanieleCaramani.2017.ComparativePoliticsOxford:OxfordUniversityPress.IntroductionandCh1DavidCollier.‘TheComparativeMethod’InAdaFinifter.Ed.1993.PoliticalScience:TheStateoftheDisciplineII.APSA.DownloadfromSSRNhttp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=1540884

Recommendedsupplementaryresources

Almond,GabrielG.BinghamPowell,RussellDalton,andKaareStrom.Eds.2010.ComparativePoliticsToday:AWorldView.9thEdition.NewYork:Longman/Pearson.Boix,CarlesandSusanC.Stokes.Eds.2007.TheOxfordHandbookofComparativePolitics.NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress.PartICollier,David.‘Thecomparativemethod’.InPoliticalScience:TheStateoftheDisciplineedA.W.Finifter.WashingtonDC:APSA.vanDeth,Jan.(ed.)(1998)ComparativePolitics:TheProblemofEquivalence.London:Routledge.

Onlineresources www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/orc/caramani/

3 Comparativemethods Discussiontopics • Whatarethemaincriteriarecommendedinselectingcasesandwhy?

• Whataretheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofthe‘mostsimilar’andthe‘mostdifferent’researchdesigns?

Requiredreadings DanieleCaramani.2017.ComparativePolitics.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.Ch2&3JohnGeering.2004.‘Whatisacasestudyandwhatisitgoodfor?’APSR.98(2): 341-354. WOS:000221903700009

Boix,CarlesandSusanStokes.Eds.2007.TheOxfordHandbookofComparativePolitics.OxfordUniversityPress.PartIBrady,HenryandDavidCollier.2004.Rethinkingsocialinquiry:Diversetools,sharedstandards.NewYork:Rowman&LittlefieldPublishers.Collier,David,JamesMahoneyandJasonSeawright.2004.‘Claimingtoomuch:Warningsaboutselectionbias.’InRethinkingSocialInquiry:DiverseTools,SharedStandards.Ed.HenryE.BradyandDavidCollier.Lanham,MD:RowmanandLittlefield.Geddes,Barbara.2003.ParadigmsandSandCastles:Theorybuildingandresearchdesignincomparativepolitics.Chapter3.AnnArbor,MI:TheUniversityofMichiganPress.George,AlexanderL.andAndrewBennett.2004.CaseStudiesandTheoryDevelopment.Cambridge,MA:TheMITPress.Geering,John.2007.CaseStudyresearch:PrinciplesandPractices.CambridgeUniversityPress.King,Gary,RobertKeohaneetal.1994.DesigningSocialInquiry.Princeton:PrincetonUniversityPress.Landman,Todd.2007.IssuesandMethodsinComparativePolitics.London:Routledge.

Munck,GeraldoandR.Snyder.Eds.2007.Passion,CraftandMethodinComparativePolitics.Baltimore:TheJohnsHopkinsPress.Przeworski,AdamandH.Teune.1970.TheLogicofComparativeSocialInquiry.R.E.Kreiger.Pennings,Paul,HansKemanandJ.Kleinnijenhuis.2006.DoingResearchinPoliticalScience:Anintroductiontocomparativemethodsandstatistics.London:Sage.Ragin,CharlesC.2000.Fuzzy-SetSocialScience.Chicago:UniversityofChicago.

Onlineresources www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/orc/caramani/

PARTII:STATESANDREGIMES

4 Thenationstate Discussiontopics • Whatexplainstheproliferationofstatesaroundtheworld?

• Isnationalismerodingduetoglobalization–orstrengthening?

• Donationscreatestates–orviceversa?

• Whatconditionsfacilitatestate-buildingandnation-building?

Requiredreadings DanieleCaramani.2017.ComparativePolitics.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.Ch4and24

Bates,RobertH.2009.WhenThingsFallApart:StateFailureinLate-CenturyAfrica.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress.

Call,CharlesT.andVanessaWyeth.2008.BuildingStatestoBuildPeace.Boulder,CO:LynneRienner.

Dobbin,Jamesetal.2005.TheUN’sRoleinNation-Building:FromtheCongotoIraq.RandCorp.

Dunleavy, Patrick and BrendanO’Leary. 1987.Theories of the State Basingstoke:Macmillan.

Fukuyama,Francis.2004.State-Building:GovernanceandWorldOrder inthe21stCentury.CornellUniversityPress.

Ghani, Ashraf and Claire Lockhart. 2008. Fixing Failed States: A Framework forRebuildingaFracturedWorld.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.

Gill,Graeme.2003.TheNatureandDevelopmentoftheModernState.Basingtoke:Palgrave.

Held,David,AnthonyMcGrew,DavidGoldblattandJonathanPerraton.1999.GlobalTransformations.Stanford:StanfordUniversityPress.

Kaplan,Seth.2008.FixingFragileStates:ANewParadigm forDevelopment.NewYork:Praeger.

McGrew,AnthonyandDavidHeld.Eds.2007.GlobalizationTheory:ApproachesandControversies.Cambridge:Polity.

Ohmae,K.1995.TheEndoftheNationState.NY:FreePress.

Posner,Daniel.2005.InstitutionsandEthnicPoliticsinAfrica.CambridgeUniversityPress.

Rotberg,Robert.Ed.2003.WhenStatesFail:CausesandConsequences.PrincetonUniversityPress.

Vincent,Andrew.1987.TheoriesoftheState.Oxford:Blackwell.

Varshney,Ashutosh.2003.EthnicConflictandCivilLife:HindusandMuslimsinIndia.YaleUniversityPress.

Zartman,I.William.Ed.1995.CollapsedStates:TheDisintegrationandRestorationofLegitimateAuthority.Boundler,CO:LynneRienner.

Onlineresources ListofU.N.memberstates:http://www.un.org/en/members/index.shtml

CIAWorldFact-book:https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

5 Regimes:Varietiesofdemocracy Discussiontopics • Is there a universal meaning to the concept of democracy or are

understandingsrelativistic?• What are the pros and cons of dichotomous or continuous regime

classifications? Requiredreadings DanieleCaramani.2017.ComparativePolitics.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.Ch

5and235

Dahl,RobertA.1956.APrefacetoDemocraticTheory.Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress.Dahl,RobertA.1989.DemocracyanditsCritics.NewHaven:YaleUniversityPress.Dahl,RobertA.2000.OnDemocracy.NewHaven:YaleUniversityPress.Diamond,LarryandMarcPlattner.Eds.2015.DemocracyinDecline?JohnsHopkinsPress.Dryzek,John.2000.DeliberativeDemocracyandBeyond:Liberals,Critics,Contestations.OxfordUniversityPress.Elkins,Zachary.2000.GradationsofDemocracy?EmpiricaltestsofalternativeconceptualizationsAmericanJournalOfPoliticalScience44(2):293-300.Gastil,JohnandPeterLevine.Eds.2005.Thedeliberativedemocracyhandbook:strategiesforeffectivecivicengagementinthetwenty-firstcentury.SanFrancisco:Jossey-Bass.Geddes,Barbara.1999.‘WhatDoWeKnowAboutDemocratizationAfterTwenty

Years?’AnnualReviewofPoliticalScience,2:115-44.

Goodin,RobertE.2008.Innovatingdemocracy:democratictheoryandpracticeafterthedeliberativeturn.OxfordUniversityPress.Held,David.2006.ModelsofDemocracy.3rdEd.Cambridge:Polity.Huntington,SamuelP.1993.TheThirdWave.Norman:UniversityofOklahoma

Press.

Jon,Elster.Ed.1998.DeliberativeDemocracy.CambridgeUniversityPress.Lijphart,Arendt.1999.PatternsofDemocracyNewHaven:Yale.Norris,Pippa.2008.DrivingDemocracy:DoPower-sharingInstitutionsWork?Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress.Munck, Geraldo L., and Jay Verkuilen. 2002. ‘Conceptualizing and Measuring

Democracy: EvaluatingAlternative Indices.’Comparative Political Studies35:5-34.

Przeworsk,Adam,MichaelE.Alvarez,JoseAntonioCheibubandFernandoLimongi.2000.DemocracyandDevelopment:PoliticalInstitutionsandWell-BeingintheWorld,1950-1990.Chapter1.Rosenberg,ShawnW.Ed.2007.Deliberation,participationanddemocracy:canthepeoplegovern?PalgraveMacmillan.Schumpeter,Joseph.1994.Capitalism,SocialismandDemocracy,Routledge.

Onlineresources QualityofGovernancedataset(TheQoGDataunder‘Data’)

Freedom House 'Freedom in the World’ (under Publications). Read especially‘Essays’,‘TablesandCharts’and‘Methodology’.(latestyearavailable)

Marshall, Monty G. and Keith Jaggers. 2002. Polity IV Project: Political RegimeCharacteristics and Transitions, 1800-2002: Dataset Users’ Manual.Maryland:UniversityofMaryland.

Vanhanen, Tatu. 2000. ‘A new dataset for measuring democracy, 1810-1998.’JournalofPeaceResearch37(2):251-265

VarietiesofDemocracy(VDem)https://www.v-dem.net/

6 Regimes:Varietiesofautocracy Discussiontopics • What is meant by the concepts of ‘electoral democracy’, ‘electoral

autocracy’, ‘competitive authoritarianism’, and ‘illiberal democracy’?Which concept ismost useful and valid for comparative purposes?Howwouldyouproposetomeasureeach?

• Whathascausedthegrowthofelectoralautocraciesworldwide?

• CriticallyassessLevitskyandWay’stheoryofcompetitiveauthoritarianism.

Requiredreadings DanieleCaramani.2017.ComparativePolitics.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.Ch6

StevenLevitskyandLucanA.Way.2002.‘TheRiseofCompetitiveAuthoritarianism.’JournalofDemocracy13:51-65.

Armony,ArielC.,andHectorE.Schamis.2005.‘BabelinDemocratizationStudies.’JournalofDemocracy16:113-28.Carothers,Thomas.2002.‘TheEndoftheTransitionParadigm.’JournalofDemocracy13:5–21.Collier,DavidandRobertAdcock.1999.‘Democracyanddichotomies:Apragmaticapproachtochoicesaboutconcepts.’AnnualReviewofPoliticalScience1:537-565.Diamond,Larry.2002.‘ThinkingaboutHybridRegimes.’JournalofDemocracy13:21-35Elkins,Zachary.2000.‘GradationsofDemocracy?EmpiricalTestsofAlternative

Conceptualizations.’AmericanJournalofPoliticalScience44:293-300.

Lindburg,Staffan.2006.DemocracyandElectionsinAfrica.Baltimore:JohnsHopkinsPress.

Lindburg,Staffan.Ed.,2009.DemocratizationbyElections-ANewModeofTransition.Baltimore:JohnsHopkinsPress.

Linz,Juan.2000.TotalitarianandAuthoritarianRegimes.Boulder:LynneRienner.

Przeworski,Adam,MichaelE.Alvarez,JoseAntonioCheibub,andFernandoLimongi.2000.DemocracyandDevelopment:PoliticalInstitutionsandWell-BeingintheWorld,1950-1990.NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress.

Rotberg,Robert.2007.WorstoftheWorst.WorldPeaceFoundation.

Zakaria,Fareed.1997.‘TheRiseofIlliberalDemocracy.’ForeignAffairs76:22-41.Zakaria,Fareed.2003.TheFutureofFreedom:IlliberalDemocracyatHomeandAbroad.NewYork:Norton.

Onlineresources AmnestyInternationalwww.amnesty.org

HumanRightsWatchwww.hrw.org

FreedomHousewww.freedomhouse.org

VarietiesofDemocracy(VDem)https://www.v-dem.net/

7 Hand-onclassworkshop:UsingV-dem(Bringlaptopstoclass) Discussiontopics • HowwouldyouuseV-Demonline toanalyzepatternsof regimes inone

global region, selecting West Africa, MENA, Latin America, SE Asia orCentralEurope?

Requiredreadings SeeVarietiesofDemocracy(VDem)https://www.v-dem.net/

PARTIII:INSTITUTIONS

8 Constitutions Discussiontopics • Isthereasinglebestsetofdemocraticinstitutions?

• Whatarethekeycontrastsbetween‘consensus’or‘majoritarian’democracies;compareandcontrasttwodevelopingcountriesexemplifyingeachtype.

• Doweknowenoughabouttheimpactofpoliticalinstitutionstoengageinsuccessful ‘constitutional engineering’? Compare the outcome ofconstitutionalpeacesettlementsintwosocietiestoconsidertheseissues.

Arjomand, Said Amir. Ed. 2007. Constitutionalism and political reconstruction.Boston:Brill.

Banting,KeithandRichardSimeon(Ed.)1985.RedesigningtheState.Toronto:Univ.ofTorontoPress.

Buchanan, James M. and Gordon Tullock. 1962. The Calculus of Consent.Indianapolis,IN:LibertyFund.

Carothers,Thomas.1999.AidingDemocracyAbroad.Chapter7.WashingtonDC:Carnegie.Elster,Jon.1995.‘ForcesandMechanismsintheConstitution-MakingProcess.’Duke

LawJournal45,(November),364-396

Jones,MarkP.1995.ElectoralLawsandtheSurvivalofPresidentialDemocracies.NotreDame:UniversityofNotreDamePress.

Lijphart,Arend.1999.PatternsofDemocracy:GovernmentFormsandPerformancein36Countries.Yale:YaleUniversityPress.Linz,JuanJandArturoValenzuela.Eds.1994.TheFailureofPresidentialDemocracy.TheJohnsHopkinsPress.Mainwaring,ScottandMatthewSobergShugart.1997.PresidentialismandDemocracyinLatinAmerica.NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress.PerssonT.andTabelliniG.2005.TheEconomicEffectofConstitutions.Cambridge,

MA:MITPress.

PrempehHK.2007.‘Africa's"constitutionalismrevival":Falsestartornewdawn?’Icon-InternationalJournalOfConstitutionalLaw5(3):469-506.

Reynolds,Andrew.Ed.2002.TheArchitectureofDemocracy:ConstitutionalDesign,ConflictManagementandDemocracy.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.Sartori, Giovanni. 1994. Comparative Constitutional Engineering: An Inquiry Into

Structures,Incentives,andOutcomes.NewYork:ColumbiaUniversityPress.

Schneider, Aaron. 2003. ‘Decentralization: Conceptualization and measurement.’StudiesinComparativeInternationalDevelopment38(3):32-56.

Schugart,MathewSobergandJohnCarey.1992.PresidentsandAssemblies:ConstitutionalDesignandElectoralDynamics.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress.Tsebelis, George. 2002. Veto Players. How Political InstitutionsWork. Princeton:

PrincetonUniversityPress.

Voigt, Stefan. 1999. Explaining Constitutional Change – A Positive EconomicsApproach.Cheltenham:EdwardElgar.

Watts,RonaldL.1999.ComparingFederalSystems.2ndEd.Kingston,Ontario:McGill-Queen’sUniversityPress.

ZacharyElkins,ThomasGinsburgandJamesMelton.2007.TheLifespanofWrittenConstitutions(UniversityofIllinois,unpublishedpaper).

Zachary Elkins, Thomas Ginsburg and James Melton. 2009. The Endurance ofNationalConstitutions.NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress.

Samuels, Kirsti. 2007. Constitution building processes and democratization: Adiscussionoftwelvecasestudies.InternationalIDEA.

Onlineresources InternationalIDEAConstitutionsBuildingProjecthttp://www.idea.int/cbp/index.cfmConstitutionFinder:http://confinder.richmond.edu/

9 Electoralsystems Discussiontopics • Inconsideringdebatesaboutelectoralreform,listthefivemostimportant

normativevaluesthatanyelectoralsystemshouldmeet,andgivedetailedreasonsjustifyingyourchoices.

• Whatarethemajordistinctionsbetweenpluralityfirst-pastthe-post,thealternativevote,thesingletransferablevote,combined/mixed,andpartylistelectoralsystems?Discusswithillustrationsofrecentelectionsheldundereachtypeofrules.

• Aremixedmember(combined)electoralsystemsthebestofallpossibleworlds?

Benoit,Kenneth.2007.‘ElectoralLawsasPoliticalConsequences:ExplainingtheOriginsandChangeofElectoralInstitutions.’AnnualReviewofPoliticalScience10:363-90.Birch,Sarahetal.Ed.2002.EmbodyingDemocracy:ElectoralSystemDesigninPost-CommunistEurope.NewYork:Palgrave.Birch,Sarah.2002.ElectoralsystemsandPoliticalTransformationinPost-CommunistEurope.NewYork:Palgrave.Colomer,JosephM.2004.HandbookofElectoralSystemChoice.NewYork:PalgraveMacmillan.Cox,Gary.1997.MakingVotesCount.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress.Gallagher,MichaelandPaulMitchell.Eds.2005.ThePoliticsofElectoralSystems.OxfordUniversityPress.Katz,RichardS.1997.DemocracyandElections.NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress.Lijphart,Arend.1994.ElectoralSystemsandPartySystems:AStudyofTwenty-Seven

Democracies,1945-1990.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.

Lijphart, Arend. 1997. ‘Unequal participation: democracies unresolved dilemma.’AmericanPoliticalScienceReview.91:1-14.

Norris, Pippa. 2004. Electoral Engineering. Cambridge University Press. Online atwww.pippanorris.com

Pérez-Liñán,Aníbal.2001.‘Neo-institutionalaccountsofvoterturnout:movingbeyondindustrialdemocracies.’ElectoralStudies.20(2):281-297.Powell,Jr,G.Bingham.2000.ElectionsasInstrumentsofDemocracy.YaleUniversityPress.Reilly,Ben,andAndrewReynolds.1998.ElectoralSystemsandConflictinDividedSocieties.Washington,DC:NationalAcademyPress.Reilly,Ben.2001.DemocracyinDividedSocieties:ElectoralEngineeringforConflictManagement.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress.Shugart,MatthewandMartinWattenberg.2001.Mixed-MemberElectoralSystems.NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress.Sisk,TimothyandAndrewReynolds.Eds.1998.ElectionsandConflictManagementinAfrica.USInstituteofPeace.Snyder, Jack. 2000. From Voting to Violence: Democratization and Nationalist

Conflict.NewYork:W.W.Norton.

Taagepera, Rein and Matthew Shugart. 1989. Seats and Votes: The Effects andDeterminantsofElectoralSystems.YaleUniversityPress.

Wilkinson,Steven.2006.VotesandViolence:ElectoralCompetitionandEthnicRiotsinIndia.CambridgeUniversityPress.

Onlineresources Reynolds,Andrew,BenReillyandAndrewEllis.2005.TheInternationalIDEAHandbookofElectoralSystemDesign.2nded.Stockholm:InternationalInstituteforDemocracyandElectoralAssistance.ACEElectoralKnowledgeNetworkPintor,RafaelLopezandMariaGratschew.VoterTurnoutSince1945:AGlobalReport.Stockholm,InternationalIDEA.InternationalFoundationforElectoralSystems(IFES)

10 Executivesandbureaucracies Discussiontopics • Arepresidentialregimesinherentlyunstable?

• How far has the new public management transformed public sectorbureaucracies?

Blais,André,LouisMassicotteandAgnieszkaDobrynska.1997.‘Directpresidentialelections:Aworldsummary.’ElectoralStudies16(4):441-455.

Cheibub,José.2002.‘Minoritygovernments,deadlocksituations,andthesurvivalofpresidentialdemocracies.’ComparativePoliticalStudies35:284;

Cheibub,José.2007.Presidentialism,Parliamentarism,andDemocracy.NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress

Jones,Mark1995.Electorallawsandthesurvivalofpresidentialdemocracies.Paris:UniversityofNotre-DamePress.

Lijphart,Arendt.1996.Ed.Presidentialv.ParliamentaryGovernment.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.

Linz,JuanandArturoValenzuela.Eds.1994.TheFailureofPresidentialDemocracy:TheCaseofLatinAmerica.TheJohnsHopkinsPress.

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Mainwaring, Scott. 1993. ‘Presidentialism, multipartism, and democracy - thedifficultcombination.’ComparativePoliticalStudies26(2):198-228.

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Onlineresources CIAWorldLeaders:ListofHeadofStateandCabinetMinistershttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/index.html

11 Legislatures Discussiontopics • Does descriptive representation in parliamentary bodies influence

legislativeprioritiesandactivities?

• How can parliamentary accountability, transparency, and oversight bestrengthened?

Carey, John. 2008. Legislative Voting and Accountability. Cambridge UniversityPress.

Dahlerup,Drude.Ed.2006.Women,QuotasandPolitics.London:Routledge

Karram, Azza. 2005.Women in Parliament: Beyond Numbers. A Revised Edition.IDEA:Stockholm.

Kurian, George Thomas, ed.,1998. World Encyclopedia of Parliaments andLegislatures.

LaneKenworthyandMelissaMalami.1999.‘GenderInequalityinPoliticalRepresentation:AWorldwideComparativeAnalysis.’SocialForces78(1):235-269.Lijphart,Arendt.1996.Ed.Presidentialv.ParliamentaryGovernment.Oxford:Oxford

UniversityPress.

Lijphart,Arendt.1999.PatternsofDemocracy.YaleUniversityPress.

Loewenberg, Gerhard, Peverill Squire, and D. Roderick Kiewiet (Editors). 2002.Legislatures: Comparative Perspectives on Representative Assemblies.UniversityofMichiganPress.

Norton,Philip.Ed,1998.ParliamentsandGovernments inWesternEurope. FrankCass.

Olson,David.1994.LegislativeInstitutions:AComparativeView.M.E.Sharpe.

Reynolds,Andrew.1999.‘WomenintheLegislaturesandExecutivesoftheWorld:KnockingattheHighestGlassCeiling.’WorldPolitics51(4):547-572.

Onlineresources Inter-parliamentaryUnionwww.IPU.org

Parliamentsonline:http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/parliaments.html12 Federalismanddecentralization Discussiontopics • Doesdecentralizationstrengthenorweakengoodgovernance?

• What are the practical policy recommendations that you would draw fromWorldBankDiagnosticToolsforgovernancedecentralization?

Requiredreadings DanieleCaramani.2017.ComparativePolitics.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.Ch11,15and23

PippaNorris.2009.DrivingDemocracy:DoPower-sharing InstitutionsWork?NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress.Ch7

Bird,RichardM.andFrançoisVaillancourt.Eds.1999.FiscalDecentralizationinDevelopingCountries.NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress.De Vries, Michiel S. 2000. ‘The rise and fall of decentralization: a comparative

analysis of arguments and practices in European Countries.’ EuropeanJournalofPoliticalResearch38,193–224.

Denters,BasandLawrenceRose(Editors).2005.ComparingLocalGovernance:TrendsandDevelopments.London:Palgrave/Macmillan.DevasNandS.Delay.2006.‘Localdemocracyandthechallengesofdecentralising

thestate:Aninternationalperspective’LocalGovernmentStudies32(5):677-695.

Ehtisham,Ahmad(Editor).2002.FiscalDecentralization.London:RoutledgeGriffiths,AnnL.Ed.2005.HandbookofFederalCountries,2005.Montreal:ForumofFederations/McGillUniversityPress.Grindle,Merilee.2007.GoingLocal:Decentralization,Democratization,andthePromiseofGoodGovernance.Hueglin,ThomasandAlanFenna.2006.ComparativeFederalism.Toronto:BroadviewPress.Manor,James.1999.ThePoliticalEconomyofDemocraticDecentralization.Washington,DC:TheWorldBank.Rodden,Jonathan.2004.‘Comparativefederalismanddecentralization:Onmeaningandmeasurement.’ComparativePolitics36(4):481.Treisman,Daniel.2007.TheArchitectureofGovernment:RethinkingPoliticalDecentralization.NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress.Wibbels, Erik. 2005. Federalism and theMarket: Intergovernmental Conflict and

EconomicReformintheDevelopingWorld.NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress.

Onlineresources TheForumofFederationshttp://www.forumfed.org/en/index.php

13 Casestudies:UK,US,FranceandGermany Discussiontopics • Hand-onpracticalclassworkshoponusingtheComparativeConstitutions

ProjectandtheQualityofGovernmentDataset.Bringlaptops.

Requiredreadings ElkinsandGinsburg:http://www.comparativeconstitutionsproject.org/

QualityofGovernment(QoG)www.qog.pol.gu.se PARTIV:ACTORS

14 Politicalpartiesandpartysystems Discussiontopics • Havemasspartisanloyaltieserodedinestablishedandnewer

democracies?• ArenewcartelpartysystemsemerginginWesternEurope?• Whatisdrivingtheriseofpopulism?

Requiredreadings DanieleCaramani.2017.ComparativePolitics.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.Ch12&13RonaldInglehartandPippaNorris.2016.Trump,BrexitandtheRiseofPopulism.FacultyResearchPaperRWP16-026http://bit.ly/2bg7QAo

Campbell,Angus,PhilipConverse,WarrenMiller,andDonaldStokes.1960.TheAmericanVoter.UniversityofChicagoPress.Clarke,Harold,andMarianneStewart.1998.‘Thedeclineofpartiesinthemindsofcitizens.’AnnualReviewofPoliticalScience1:357-78.Converse,Philip.1964.‘Thenatureofbeliefsystemsinmasspublics.’InDavidApter,eds.IdeologyandDiscontent.NewYork:FreePress.Crewe,IvorandDavidDenver.Eds.1985.ElectoralChangeinWesternDemocracies:PatternsandSourcesofElectoralVolatility.NewYork:St.Martin'sPressDalton,RussellandHans-DieterKlingemann,eds.OxfordHandbookofPoliticalBehavior.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.Dalton,Russell,andMartinP.Wattenberg.Ed.2000.PartieswithoutPartisans:PoliticalChangeinAdvancedIndustrialDemocracies.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.Diamond,LarryandRichardGunther.2001.PoliticalPartiesandDemocracy.JohnsHopkinsPress.Franklin,Mark,TomMackie,HenryValen,etal.1992.ElectoralChange:ResponsestoEvolvingSocialandAttitudinalStructuresinWesternCountries.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress.Gunther,Richard,Puhle,Hans-JürgenandMontero,JoséRamón(eds)(2007)Democracy,Intermediation,andVotingonFourContinents.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.Gunther,Richard,JoseRamonMonteroandJoanJ.Linz.2002.PoliticalParties:Old

ConceptsandNewChallenges.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.

Green,Donald,BradleyPalmquist,andEricSchickler.2002.PartisanHeartsandMinds:PoliticalPartiesandtheSocialIdentitiesofVoters.NewHaven,CT:YaleUniversityPress.Gunther,Richard,JoseRamonMonteroandJoanJ.Linz.2002.PoliticalParties:OldConceptsandNewChallenges.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.Holmberg,Sören.1994.PartyidentificationcomparedacrosstheAtlantic.InM.KentJenningsandThomasMann,eds.,ElectionsatHomeandAbroad.AnnArbor:UniversityofMichiganPress.Kitschelt,Herbert,ZdenkaMansfeldova,RadoslawMarkowskiandGaborToka.1999.Post-CommunistPartySystems.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress.Kitschelt,Herbert.1994.TheTransformationofEuropeanSocialDemocracy.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress.Lewis-Beck,Michael,HelmutNorpoth,WilliamG.Jacoby,andHerbertF.Weisberg.2008.TheAmericanVoterRevisited.UniversityofMichiganPress.

Lipset,SeymourMartinandSteinRokkan.1967.PartySystemsandVoterAlignments.NewYork:FreePress.Nie,Norman,SidneyVerbaandJohnPetrocik.1976.TheChangingAmericanVoter.Cambridge,MA:HarvardUniversityPress.Rose,RichardandDerekW.Urwin1970.‘PersistenceandChangeinWesternPartySystemsSince1945.’PoliticalStudies18:287-319.RichardHofferbert,ed.1998.PartiesandDemocracy.Oxford:Blackwell.Webb,Paul,DavidFarrell,andIanHolliday.Eds.2006.Politicalpartiesinadvancedindustrialdemocracies.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.

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15 Advocacygroupsandsocialmovements Discussiontopics • Doessocialtrustmatterfordemocraticgovernance?Explainwhyandwhy

not.• Compare and contrast any two nations to evaluatewhether the central

claims in Putnam’s theory of social capital hold in cross-culturalperspective?

Requiredreadings DanieleCaramani.2017.ComparativePolitics.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.Ch14&16

Foley,MichaelandBobEdwards.1998.‘BeyondTocqueville:CivilSocietyandSocialCapitalinComparativePerspective.’AmericanBehavioralScientist.42(1):5-20.Hooghe,MarcandDietlindStolle.Eds.2003.GeneratingSocialCapital:CivilSocietyandInstitutionsinComparativePerspective.NewYork:PalgraveMacmillan.Keck,MargaretE. andKathrynSikkink,1998.ActivistsbeyondBorders-Advocacy

NetworksinInternationalPolitics.Ithaca,NY:CornellUniversityPress.

KrishnaA.2007.‘Howdoessocialcapitalgrow?Aseven-yearstudyofvillagesinIndia.’JournalofPolitics69(4):941-956.

Norris,Pippa.2002.DemocraticPhoenix.CambridgeUniversityPress.Chapter8.

Ottaway,MarinaandThomasCarothers.Eds.2000.FundingVirtue:CivilSocietyAidandDemocracyPromotion.DC:BrookingsInstitution.

PaxtonPamela.2002.‘Socialcapitalanddemocracy:Aninterdependentrelationship.’AmericanSociologicalReview.67(2):254-277.Putnam,RobertD.1995.‘TheStrangeDisappearanceofCivicAmerica.’TheAmericanProspect7(24).Putnam,RobertD.2000.BowlingAlone.NY:Simon&Schuster.Putnam,Robert.Ed.2002.DemocracyinFlux.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.Rose,RichardandDohC.Shin.2001.‘Democratizationbackwards:Theproblemofthird-wavedemocracies.’BritishJournalOfPoliticalScience31:331-354Part2,APR2001SchneiderG,T.Plumper,andS.Baumann.2000.‘BringingPutnamtotheEuropeanregions-Ontherelevanceofsocialcapitalforeconomicgrowth.’EuropeanUrbanAndRegionalStudies.7(4):307-317.SchoferE.andM.Fourcade-Gourinchas.2001.‘Thestructuralcontextsofcivicengagement:Voluntaryassociationmembershipincomparativeperspective.’AmericanSociologicalReview.66(6):806-828.

Svendsen,GunnarLindHaaseandGertTinggaardSvendsen.2004.TheCreationandDestructionofSocialCapital:Entrepreneurship,CooperativeMovements,andInstitutions.Cheltenham:EdwardElgar.VanDeth,JanWillem.Ed.1997.PrivateGroupsandPublicLife:SocialParticipation,VoluntaryAssociationsandPoliticalInvolvementinRepresentativeDemocracies.London:Routledge.VanDeth,Jan.W.Ed.1999.SocialCapitalandEuropeanDemocracy.NewYork:Routledge

Onlineresources WorldBankSocialCapitalforDevelopment16 Culture Discussiontopics • WhatisInglehart’stheoryoftheculturalrootsofdemocraticregimes?

• Ismasssupportfordemocracyeroding?

Almond,GabrielA.andSidneyVerba.1963.TheCivicCulture:PoliticalAttitudesandDemocracyinFiveNations.Princeton:PrincetonUniversityPress.Almond,GabrielandSidneyVerba.Eds.1980.TheCivicCultureRevisited.Boston:LittleBrown.Diamond,LarryandMarcF.Plattner.2008.Eds.HowPeopleViewDemocracy.Baltimore,MD:JohnsHopkinsPress.Inglehart,RonaldandChristopherWelzel.2003.‘Politicalcultureanddemocracy-Analyzingcross-levellinkages.’ComparativePolitics36(1):61-+.Inglehart,RonaldandChristopherWelzel.2005.Modernization,CulturalChange,andDemocracy:TheHumanDevelopmentSequence.NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress.Inglehart,Ronald.2000.ModernizationandPostmodernization.Princeton,N.J:PrincetonUniversityPress.Inglehart,Ronald.2003.‘HowSolidisMassSupportforDemocracyandHowDoWeMeasureIt?’PS:PoliticalScienceandPolitics.Inglehart,Ronald,Basàñez,Miguel,Dìez-Medrano,Jaime,Halman,LoekandLuijkx,Ruud(eds).2004.HumanBeliefsandValues:Across-culturalsourcebook.Mexico:SigloXXIEditores.Inglehart,RonaldandPippaNorris.2003.RisingTide:GenderEqualityandCulturalChangearoundtheWorld.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress.Norris,PippaandRonaldInglehart.2005.SacredandSecular.CambridgeUniversityPress.Norris,PippaandRonaldInglehart.2009.CosmopolitanCommunications:CulturalDiversityinaGlobalizedWorld.CambridgeUniversityPress.Norris,Pippa.Ed.1999.CriticalCitizens.OxfordUniversityPress.Sarsfield,R.andF.Echegaray.2006.‘Openingtheblackbox:HowsatisfactionwithdemocracyanditsperceivedefficacyaffectregimepreferenceinLatinAmerica.’InternationalJournalofPublicOpinionResearch18(2):153-173Seligson,Mitchell.A.2002.‘Therenaissanceofpoliticalcultureortherenaissanceoftheecologicalfallacy?’ComparativePolitics.34(3):273.Tessler,MarkandE.GaoE.2005.‘GaugingArabsupportfordemocracy’JournalOfDemocracy16(3):83-97.Welzel,Chris,RonaldInglehart,andHans-DieterKlingemann.2003.‘Thetheoryofhumandevelopment:Across-culturalanalysis.’EuropeanJournalofPoliticalResearch42(3):341-379.

Onlineresources AsiaBarometerwww.eastasiabarometer.organdhttp://www.asianbarometer.org/

EuroBarometerhttp://europa.eu.int/comm/public_opinion/

EuropeanSocialSurveyhttp://naticent02.uuhost.uk.uu.net

GallupInternationalVoiceofthePeoplewww.voice-of-the-people.net/

Globalbarometershttp://www.globalbarometer.net/

InternationalSocialSurveyProgramhttp://www.issp.org/

Latinobarometrowww.latinobarometro.org

NewEuropeBarometerwww.cspp.strath.ac.uk

PewGlobalSurveyshttp://pewglobal.org/

WorldValuesStudy1981-2005http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/

WorldPublicOpinionhttp://www.worldpublicopinion.org/17 Politicalactivism Discussiontopics • Does the traditional distinction between ‘conventional’ and ‘protest’

politicsstillmakesense?• Whatmeasuresofcitizenengagementareavailable insocialsurveysand

whataspectsofcontemporaryactivismarelacking?• HowwouldyouconstructreliablescalesofcitizenactivismfromtheISSP-

Adrian,CharlesandDavidA.Apter.1995.PoliticalProtestandSocialChange:AnalyzingPolitics.NY:NewYorkUniversityPress.Almond,GabrielA.andSidneyVerba.1989[1963].TheCivicCulture:PoliticalAttitudesandDemocracyinFiveNations.ThousandOaks,CA:Sage.Almond,GabrielA.andSidneyVerba.Eds.1980.TheCivicCultureRevisited.Boston:LittleBrown.Barnes,SamuelandMaxKaase.1979.PoliticalAction:MassParticipationinFiveWesternDemocracies.BeverleyHills,CA:Sage.Blais,AndréandA.Dobrzynska.1998.‘Turnoutinelectoraldemocracies.’EuropeanJournalofPoliticalResearch.33(2):239-261.Blais,André.2000.ToVoteorNottoVote?TheMeritsandLimitsofRationalChoiceTheory.Pittsburgh:UniversityofPittsburghPress.Burns,Nancy,KayLehmanSchlozmanandSidneyVerba.2001.ThePrivateRootsofPublicAction.Cambridge,MA:HarvardUniversityPress.Dalton,RussellJ.2009.TheGoodCitizen:HowaYoungerGenerationisReshapingAmericanPolitics.Washington,DC:CQPress.Franklin,MarkN.2004.VoterTurnoutandtheDynamicsofElectoralCompetitioninEstablishedDemocraciesSince1945.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress.Jackman,RobertW.andRossA.Miller.1995.‘VoterTurnoutintheIndustrialDemocraciesduringthe1980s.’ComparativePoliticalStudies,27:467-92.Jennings,M.KentandJanvanDeth.1989.ContinuitiesinPoliticalAction.Berlin:deGruyter.Marsh,Alan.1977.ProtestandPoliticalConsciousness.BeverlyHills,CA:SageMcDonald,MichaelP.andSamuelL.Popkin.2001.‘Themythofthevanishingvoter.’AmericanPoliticalScienceReview95(4):963-974.Norris,Pippa.2002.DemocraticPhoenix:ReinventingPoliticalActivism.NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress.Norris,Pippa.2004ElectoralEngineering:VotingRulesandPoliticalBehavior.NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress.

Norris,Pippa.2009.‘Politicalactivism:Newchallenges,newopportunities.’FortheOxfordHandbookofComparativePoliticsEditedbyCarlesBoixandSusanStokes(OxfordUniversityPress).Availableatwww.pippanorris.comPintor,RafaelLopezandMariaGratschew.2004.VoterTurnoutSince1945:AGlobalReport.Stockholm,InternationalIDEA.www.idea.intPowell,G.Bingham.1980.‘Votingturnoutinthirtydemocracies:Partisan,legalandsocioeconomicinfluences.’InElectoralParticipation:AComparativeAnalysis.Ed.RichardRose.London:SagePutnam,RobertD.2000.BowlingAlone:TheCollapseandRevivalofAmericanCommunity.NY:SimonandSchuster.Putnam,RobertD..Ed.2002.TheDynamicsofSocialCapital.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.Rosenstone,SteveandMarkHansen.1993.Mobilization,participation,andAmericandemocracy.WasintonDC:CQPress.Verba, Sidney and Norman H. Nie. 1972. Participation in America: political

democracyandsocialequality.UniversityofChicagoPress,Chicago,IL.

Verba,Sidney,KaySchlozmanandHenryE.Brady.1995.VoiceandEquality:CivicVoluntarisminAmericanPolitics.Cambridge,MA:HarvardUniversityPress.

Verba, Sidney, Norman H. Nie and Jae-on Kim. 1978. Participation and PoliticalEquality: A Seven-Nation Comparison. Cambridge: Cambridge UniversityPress.

18 PoliticalCommunication Discussiontopics • Areshort-termfactors(includingmediacampaigns)increasinglysignificant

driversinvotingbehavior?

Djankov,Simeon,CaraleeMcLiesh,TatianaNenovaandAndreiShleifer.2003.‘WhoOwnsTheMedia?’JournalofLawandEconomics,46(2):341-382.EsserFrank,andBarbaraPfetsch.Eds.2004.ComparingPoliticalCommunication:Theories,Cases,andChallenges.CambridgeandNewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress.Gunther,RichardandAnthonyMughan.Eds.2000.DemocracyandtheMedia:AComparativePerspective.NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress.Norris,Pippa.Ed.2010.TheRolesoftheNewsMediaintheGovernanceReformAgenda.WashingtonDC:TheWorldBank.Norris,Pippa.2000.AVirtuousCircle.NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress.Voltmer,Katrin.Ed.2006.Massmediaandpoliticalcommunicationinnewdemocracies.London:Routledge.

Onlineresources CommitteetoProtectJournalistsFreedomHouse.FreedomofthePress.IndexonCensorshipInternationalFederationofJournalists

19 Hands-onpracticalworkgroups:UsingtheWorldValuesSurveyonline(Bringlaptops)

Discussiontopics • How would you compare and contrast levels of social trust and civilengagementinarangeofdevelopingsocieties?

Requiredreadings Seewww.worldvaluessurvey.org

PARTV:POLICIES

20 Policymakingprocesses Discussiontopics • Howfarcananddocountrieslearnaboutpublicpolicyoptionsfromeach

other?• Compareand contrast twocountries illustratingpluralist and corporatist

modelsofpublicpolicymaking.

Requiredreadings DanieleCaramani.2017.ComparativePolitics.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.Ch20KennethNewtonandJanW.vanDeth.2010.FoundationsofComparativePolitics2ndEdition.NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress.Ch14

Castles,FrancisG.1999.ComparativePublicPolicyEdwardsElgar.Dye,ThomasR.2001.UnderstandingPublicPolicy.Prentice-Hall.10thEd.Kingdon,John.2002.Agendas,Alternatives,andPublicPolicies2nded.Longman.Lindblom,Charles.1968.ThePolicy-makingProcess.NJ:Prentice-Hall.Rose,Richard.2004.LearningFromComparativePublicPolicy:APracticalGuideRoutledge.

21 Governmentperformance:theeconomyandwelfarestate Discussiontopics • Dodemocraciesoutperformautocraciesintermsofsocialequality,human

development,andthedeliveryofwelfareservices?

Requiredreadings DanieleCaramani.2017.ComparativePolitics.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.Ch21and22

Bratton,MichaelandNicholasvandeWalle.1997.DemocraticExperimentsinAfrica.CambridgeUniversityPress.

Brown, D.S. 1999. ‘Reading, writing, and regime type: Democracy's impact onprimaryschoolenrollment.’PoliticalResearchQuarterly52(4):681-707.

Brown, D.S. 1999. ‘Democracy and social spending in Latin America, 1980-92.’AmericanPoliticalScienceReview93:779

Burkhart,RossE.1997.‘ComparativeDemocracyandIncomeDistribution:ShapeandDirectionoftheCausalArrow.’JournalofPolitics59(1):148-164.EngermanStanleyL.andKennethL.Sokoloff.2008.‘Debatingtheroleofinstitutions

in political and economic development: Theory, history, and findings.’AnnualReviewOfPoliticalScience11:119-135.

Esping-Andersen,Gosta.1990.TheThreeWorldsofWelfare.PrincetonUniversityPress.

Feng,Yi.2003.Democracy,GovernanceandEconomicGrowth:TheoryandEvidence.Cambridge,MA:TheMITPress.

GlaeserEdwardL.,R.LaPorta,F.Lopez-de-Silanes,A.Shleifer.2004.‘Doinstitutionscausegrowth?’JournalOfEconomicGrowth9(3):271-303SEP2004

Halperin,Morton, Joseph T. Siegle andMichaelWeinstein. 2005.TheDemocracyAdvantage.NewYork:Routledge.

Hyden,Goran.2007.‘GovernanceandpovertyreductioninAfrica.’ProceedingsOfTheNationalAcademyOfSciencesOfTheUSA104(43):16751-16756.

Kaufmann, Daniel, Aart Kraay, and Massimo Mastruzzi. 2007. ‘Growth andgovernance:Arejoinder.’JournalOfPolitics69(2):570-572.

Kosack,S.2003.‘Effectiveaid:Howdemocracyallowsdevelopmentaidtoimprovethequalityoflife.’WorldDevelopment31(1):1-22.

Krieckhaus,J. 2006. ‘Democracy and economic growth: How regional contextinfluencesregimeeffects.’BritishJournalofPoliticalScience36(2):317-340.

Lake,D.A.andM.A.Baum.2001.‘Theinvisiblehandofdemocracy-Politicalcontrolandtheprovisionofpublicservices.’ComparativePoliticalStudies34(6):587-621

Mulligan,CaseyB.,R.GilandX.Sala-a-martin.2004.‘Dodemocracieshavedifferentpublicpoliciesthannon-democracies?’JournalofEconomicPerspectives18(1):51-74.Navia, P. and T.D. Zweifel. 2003. ‘Democracy, Dictatorship, and Infant Mortality

revisited.’JournalofDemocracy14(3):90-103

NelP.2005.‘Democratizationandthedynamicsofincomedistributioninlow-andmiddle-incomecountries.’Politikon32(1):17-43.

North,Douglas.1990.Institutions,InstitutionalChangeandEconomicPerformance.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress.

Przeworski,Adam,MichaelE.Alvarez,JoseAntonioCheibubandFernandoLimongi.2000.DemocracyandDevelopment:PoliticalInstitutionsandWell-BeingintheWorld,1950-1990.Chapters2and3.

Przeworski, Adam. 1991. Democracy and the Market: Political and EconomicReformsinEasternEuropeandLatinAmericaCambridgeUniversityPress.

Rigobon,R.andDaniRodrik.2005.‘Ruleoflaw,democracy,openness,andincome-Estimating the interrelationships.’ EconomicsofTransition 13 (3):533-564.

Siegle,JosephT.,MichaelWeinsteinandMortonHalperin.2004.‘Whydemocraciesexcel.’ForeignAffairs83(5):57-72.Seeleib-Kaiser,Martin.Ed.2008.WelfareStateTransformations:ComparativePerspectives.Palgrave.Stasavage,D.2005.‘DemocracyandeducationspendinginAfrica.’AmericanJournal

ofPoliticalScience49(2):343-358.

Stroup,MichaelD.2006.‘Economicfreedom,democracy,andthequalityoflife.’WorldDevelopment35(1):52-66.

Onlineresources ILODataonsocialexpenditure:https://www.ilo.org/dyn/sesame/ifpses.socialdbexp

UNDPHumanDevelopmentReportdata:http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/

22 Reportworkgrouppresentations Discussiontopics • Bring10copiesofaonepageexecutivesummaryofyourfinalreportfor

presentationanddiscussioninworkgroups.

23 Conclusion&wrapup

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