Pensum/l?ringskrav

Bokliste:

• Drake, Paul W. Between Tyranny and Anarchy. A History of Democracy in Latin America 1800-2006.  Stanford, Ca: Stanford University Press, 2009.
• M?ller/Skaaning. Democracy and Democratization in Comparative Perspective: Conceptions, Conjunctures, Causes, and Consequences, Routledge, 2013.
• Smith, Peter H. Democracy in Latin America. Political Change in Comparative Perspective.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005 (Studentene kan ogs? benytte andre utgave fra 2011).

I tillegg f?lgende artikler og bokkapitler som er tilgjengelige digitalt:

• Bermeo, Nancy. Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times. The Citizenry and the Breakdown of Democracy.  Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. kap 1.
• Collier, David. "Industrial Modernization and Political Change: A Latin American Perspective." World Politics 30, no. 4 (1978): 593-614.
• Hochstetler, Kathryn. "Rethinking Presidentialism: Challenges and Presidential Falls in South America." Comparative Politics 38, no. 4 (July 2006): 401-18.
• Huber, E., D. Rueschemeyer, and J. D. Stephens. "The Impact of Economic-Development on Democracy." Journal of Economic Perspectives 7, no. 3 (Sum 1993): 71-86.
• Linz, Juan J. The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes: Crisis, Breakdown & Reequilibration.  Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978. 14-50
• Linz, Juan J. "The Perils of Presidentialism." Journal of Democracy 1, no. 1 (1990): 51-69.
• Marsteintredet, Leiv, and Einar Berntzen. "Reducing the Perils of Presidentialism in Latin America through Presidential Interruptions.". Comparative Politics 41, no. 1 (October 2008): 83-101.
• O'Donnell, Guillermo. "Delegative Democracy." Journal of Democracy 5, no. 1 (January 1994): 55-69.
• Peruzzotti, Enrique. "The Nature of the New Argentine Democracy. The Delegative Democracy Argument Revisited." Journal of Latin American Studies 33, no. 1 (2001): 133-55.
• Schmitter, Philippe C., and Terry Lynn Karl. "What Democracy Is...And Is Not." Journal of Democracy 2 (1991): 75-88.
• Valenzuela, J. Samuel, and Arturo Valenzuela. "Modernization and Dependency: Alternative Perspectives in the Study of Latin American Underdevelopment." Comparative Politics 10, no. 4 (1978): 535-57.
• Wiarda, Howard J. "Introduction. Whatever Happened to Corporatism and Authoritarianism in Latin America?". In Authoritarianism and Corporatism in Latin America - Revisited, edited by Howard J. Wiarda, 1-26. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2004.

Anbefalt tilleggslitteratur:

• Cardoso, Fernando Henrique, and Enzo Faletto. Dependency and Development in Latin America. Translated by Marjory Mattingly Urquidi.  Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1979. Dependencia y Desarrollo en Am¨¦rica Latina, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, 1971.
• Collier, David, Fernando Daniel Hidalgo, and Andra Olivia Maciuceanu. "Essentially Contested Concepts: Debates and Applications." Journal of Political Ideologies 11, no. 3 (2006): 211-46.
• Gallie, W. B. "Essentially Contested Concepts." Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 56 (1956): 167-98.
• Diamond, Larry. "Economic Development and Democracy Reconsidered." American Behavioral Scientist 35, no. 4-5 (March 1, 1992 1992): 450-99.
• Gambetta, Diego. ""Claro!" An Essay on Discursive Machismo." In Deliberative Democracy, edited by Jon Elster, 19-43. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
• Markoff, John. "Where and When Was Democracy Invented?" [In English]. Comparative Studies in Society and History 41, no. 4 (Oct 1999): 660-90.
• Marsteintredet, Leiv. "Explaining Variation of Executive Instability in Presidential Regimes: Presidential Interruptions in Latin America." International Political Science Review 35, no. 2 (2014): 175-96.
• Linz, Juan J. "Presidential or Parliamentary Democracy: Does It Make a Difference?". In The Failure of Presidential Democracy, edited by Juan J. Linz and Arturo Valenzuela, 3-90. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994
• O'Donnell, Guillermo  "Reflections on the Patterns of Change in the Bureaucratic-Authoritarian State." Latin American Research Review 13, no. 1 (1978): 3-38.
• O'Donnell, Guillermo. "Horizontal Accountability in New Democracies." Journal of Democracy 9, no. 3 (JUL 1998): 112-26.
• O'Donnell, Guillermo, and Philippe C. Schmitter. Transitions from Authoritarian Rule : Tentative Conclusions About Uncertain Democracies.  Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986.
• *Valenzuela, Arturo. The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes. Chile. The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes. edited by Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978.
• Valenzuela, Arturo. "Latin American Presidencies Interrupted." Journal of Democracy 15, no. 4 (OCT 2004): 5-19.