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Curriculum STV2320 Autumn 2013

 

Textbook:

Clark, William Roberts, Matt Golder and Sona Nadenichek Golder. 2012. Principles of Comparative Politics. 2nd Edition. Washington D.C.: CQ Press; chapters 1, 3-6, 9-13, and 15-16.

Approx. 500 pages (Further specifications on parts of the abovementioned chapters that may be read cursorily or even dropped will be provided on Fronter.)

 

Articles:

Acemoglu, Daron, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson. 2002. “Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution.” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 107(4): 1231-1294.

Link: http://qje.oxfordjournals.org/content/117/4/1231.full.pdf

 

Baum, Matthew A. and David A. Lake. 2003. “The Political Economy of Growth: Democracy and Human Capital.” American Journal of Political Science 47(2):333–347.

Link: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3186142

 

Boix, Carles and Susan C. Stokes. 2003. “Endogenous Democratization.” World Politics 55(4):517–549.

Link: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25054237

 

Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce. 2007. “Leopold II and the Selectorate: An Account in Contrast to a Racial Explanation.” Historical Social Research 32(4): 203-221.

Link: http://hsr-trans.zhsf.uni-koeln.de/hsrretro/docs/artikel/hsr/hsr2007_1041.pdf

 

Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce, James D. Morrow, Randolph M. Siverson, Alastair Smith. 1999. “Policy Failure and Political Survival: The Contribution of Political Institutions.” The Journal of Conflict Resolution 43(2):147-161.

Link: http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/174273.pdf?acceptTC=true

 

De Long, Bradford and Andrei Shleifer. 1993. “Princes and Merchants: European City Growth Before the Industrial Revolution.” Journal of Law and Economics 36(2):671–702.

Link: http://www.jstor.org/stable/i229114

 

Evans, Peter B. and James E. Rauch. 1999. “Bureaucracy and Growth: A Cross-National Analysis of the Effects of ‘Weberian’ State Structures on Economic Growth.” American Sociological Review 64(5):748–765.

Link: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2657374?origin=JSTOR-pdf

 

Geddes, Barbara. 1999. “What do we know about democratization after twenty years?” Annual Review of Political Science 2:115-144.

Link: http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/bmoraski/Democratization/Geddes_ARPS99.pdf

 

Hadenius, Axel and Jan Teorell. 2007. “Pathways from Authoritarianism.” Journal of Democracy 18(1):143 –156.

Link: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_democracy/v018/18.1hadenius.html

 

Hall, Peter A. and Daniel W. Gingerich. 2009. “Varieties of Capitalism and Institutional Complementarities in the Political Economy: An Empirical Analysis”. British Journal of Political Science 39(3): 449-482.

Link:http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&fid=5827116&jid=JPS&volumeId=39&issueId=03&aid=5827108

 

Houle, Christian. 2009. “Inequality and Democracy: Why Inequality Harms Consolidation but Does Not Affect Democratization.” World Politics 61(4):589–622.

Link: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=6095608

 

Kennedy, Ryan. 2010. “The Contradiction of Modernization: A Conditional Model of Endogenous Democratization” Journal of Politics 72(3):785-798.

Link:http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&fid=7835031&jid=JOP&volumeId=72&issueId=03&aid=7835029

 

Knutsen, Carl Henrik. 2011. “Which Democracies Prosper? Electoral Rules, Form of Government and Economic Growth.” Electoral Studies 30(1):83–90.

Link:http://www.sv.uio.no/isv/forskning/publikasjoner/artikler/chknutsen_sciencedirect_2011.pdf

 

Munck, Gerardo L. and Jay Verkuilen. 2002. “Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: Evaluating Alternative Indices.” Comparative Political Studies 35(1):5–34.

Link: http://cps.sagepub.com/content/35/1/5.abstract

 

Nickell, Stephen. 1997. “Unemployment and Labor Market Rigidities: Europe versus North America”. Journal of Economic Perspectives 11(3):55-74.

Link: http://web.pdx.edu/~ito/NickellJEP1997.pdf

 

North, Douglass C. and Barry R. Weingast. 1989. “Constitutions and Commitment: The Institutions Governing Public Choice in Seventeenth Century England.” Journal of Economic History 44(4):803–832.

Link: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2122739

 

Persson, Torsten and Guido Tabellini. 2004. “Constitutions and Economic Policy.” The Journal of Economic Perspectives 18(1):75–98.

Link: http://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/089533004773563449

 

Powell, Jonathan. 2012. “Determinants of the Attempting and Outcome of Coups d'état.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 56 (6): 1017-1040.

Link: http://www.jonathanmpowell.com/uploads/2/9/9/2/2992308/powell_2012jcr_-_determinants_of_the_attempting_and_outcome_of_coups_detat.pdf

 

Przeworski, Adam and Fernando Limongi. 1997. “Modernization: Theory and Facts.” World Politics 49(2):155–183.

Link: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25053996

 

Tsebelies, George. 1995. “Decision Making in Political Systems: Veto Players in Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, Multicameralism and Multipartyism.” British Journal of Political Science 25 (3): 289-325.

Link: http://chenry.webhost.utexas.edu/core/Course%20Materials/TsebelisVetoPlayersBJPS25-3/0.pdf

 

Wintrobe, Ronald. 2001. “How to understand, and deal with dictatorship: an economist’s view.” Economics of Governance 2:35-58.

Link:http://www.rochelleterman.com/ComparativeExam/sites/default/files/Bibliography%20and%20Summaries/Wintrope%202002.pdf

 

Approx. 540 pages (Further specifications will be given on which articles to read cursorily and which to read thoroughly.)

 

Total pages: Approx. 1040

 

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