Reading Assignments September 3: Background Reading. I will be away the first week to attend the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association. Students are strongly advised to consult the following background works. They raise analytic issues about the meanings and causes of democracy that will be taken up in the following weeks. Larry Diamond, The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies throughout the Times Books, New York: Henry Holt and Company World. Haggard and Kaufman, During the Third Wave” Annual Review of Political “Democratization Science. September 10: Concept and Measurement: What do we mean by How do we measure it? “democracy?” Is democracy on the decline? Note: The first three readings deal with issues of concept and measurement. The last two debate contemporary trends in democratic development and backsliding. Larry Diamond and Leonardo Morlino, Quality of Democracy: An Overview,” Journal of “The 15, 4 (October 2004): 20-31. Democracy Munck, Gerardo L., and Jay Verkuilen. "Conceptualizing and measuring democracy Evaluating alternative indices." 35, no. 1 (2002): 5-34. Comparative political studies Marc F. Plattner, Skeptical Afterword,” 15,4 (October 2004): 106-110. Journal of Democracy, “A Diamond, up to the Democratic Recession,” Journal of Democracy 26 (January “Facing 2015): 140-154. Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way, Myth of Democratic Recession,” Journal of Democracy, “The 26 (January 2015): 45-58. Recommended Guillermo O’Donnell, the Rule of Law Matters,” 15,4 (October Journal of Democracy, “Why 2004): 32-46. Part One: Transitions September 17: Transitions: Debates on the Relation between Agency and Structure O’Donnell and Schmitter, pp. 1-73 Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracy, Carothers, Thomas. 2002. End of the Transition Paradigm.” 13, 1 Journal of Democracy “The (January): 5-21. Boix, Carles, and Susan Stokes. 2003. Democratization.” 55 (July): “Endogenous World Politics 517-49.
Reading Assignments September 3: Background Reading. I will be away the first week to attend the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association. Students are strongly advised to consult the following background works. They raise analytic issues about the meanings and causes of democracy that will be taken up in the following weeks. Larry Diamond, The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies throughout the World. Times Books, New York: Henry Holt and Company Haggard and Kaufman, “Democratization During the Third Wave” Annual Review of Political Science. September 10: Concept and Measurement: What do we mean by “democracy?” How do we measure it? Is democracy on the decline? Note: The first three readings deal with issues of concept and measurement. The last two debate contemporary trends in democratic development and backsliding. Larry Diamond and Leonardo Morlino, “The Quality of Democracy: An Overview,” Journal of Democracy 15, 4 (October 2004): 20-31. Munck, Gerardo L., and Jay Verkuilen. "Conceptualizing and measuring democracy Evaluating alternative indices." Comparative political studies 35, no. 1 (2002): 5-34. Marc F. Plattner, “A Skeptical Afterword,” Journal of Democracy, 15,4 (October 2004): 106-110. Diamond, “Facing up to the Democratic Recession,” Journal of Democracy 26 (January 2015): 140-154. Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way, “The Myth of Democratic Recession,” Journal of Democracy, 26 (January 2015): 45-58. Recommended Guillermo O’Donnell, “Why the Rule of Law Matters,” Journal of Democracy, 15,4 (October 2004): 32-46. Part One: Transitions September 17: Transitions: Debates on the Relation between Agency and Structure O’Donnell and Schmitter, Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracy, pp. 1-73 Carothers, Thomas. 2002. “The End of the Transition Paradigm.” Journal of Democracy 13, 1 (January): 5-21. Boix, Carles, and Susan Stokes. 2003. “Endogenous Democratization.” World Politics 55 (July): 517-49.
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