Background and reference (recommended):
Grugel, J.: Democratization: A Critical Introduction, 2002. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
T?rnquist. O.: Politics and Development: A Critical Introduction, 1999. London: Sage.
The major subjects of the course (compulsory):
Adi Prasetyo, Stanley, Priyono, A. E. and T?rnquist, Olle et al.: Indonesia ’s Post-Soeharto Democracy Movement, 2003. Jakarta : Demos. ( Ch. 1.).
Beckman, Bj?rn: Trade Unions, Institutional Reform and Democracy: Nigerian Experiences with South African and Ugandan Comparisons, 2004. London : Palgrave Macmillan. in Harrisss, Stokke, T?rnquist (Eds.) Politicising Democracy: Local Politics and Democratisation in Developing Countries, Forthcoming.
B??s, Morten and McNeill: Global Institutons and Development: Framing the world? , 2003. London : Routledge. (Selected pages).
Braathen, Einar: Democratic Decentralisation in Mozambique, 2003. London : King's College . in Community & the State in Lusophone Africa , ed.: Malyn Newitt with Patrick Chabal and Norrie Macqueen.
Braathen, Einar: Local Government Reform - Why it does not Deliver , 2004. Preliminary Report Oslo : NIBIR. . (Selected pages.) .
Butensch?n, Nils: State, Power and Citizenship in the Middle East . A Theoreticak Introduction, 2000. Syracuse New York : Syracuse University Press. ISBN:?in Butensch?n, Davis, Hassassian (eds.) Citizenship and the State in the Middle East . Approaches and Applications . p. 3-28.
Chandhoke, Neera: Governance and Pluralisation of State. Implications for Democratic Citizenship, 2003. in Economic and Political Weekly, July 12-18 .
Demos (by A. E. Priyono and Olle T?rnquist et al.). : Executive Report from 1 st Round Study of the Problems and Options of Indonesian Democratisation (with separate data summary), 2004. Jakarta. www.demos.or.id .
Harriss, John, Stokke, Kristian, T?rnquist, Olle: Introduction: The New Local Politics of Democratisation, 2004. London : Palgrave Macmillan. in Harris, Stokke, T?rnquist (Eds.) Politicising Democracy: Local Politics and Democratisation in Developing Countries, Forthcoming.
Nordholt, Henk Schulte: Decentralisation in Indonesia , .Less State , More Democracy?, 2004. London : Palgrave Macmillan. in Harris, Stokke, T?rnquist (Eds.) Politicising Democracy: Local Politics and Democratisation in Developing Countries, Forthcoming.
Price, Pamela: Ideological Integration in (South) India : Aspects of a Political Language, London : Anthem Press. in Crispin Bates and Subho Basu, Rethinking Indian Political Institutions. (forthcoming).
Rocamora, Joel: More Than Difficult, Short of Impossible: Party Building and Local Governance in the Philippines , 2004. London : Palgrave Macmillan. in Harriss, Stokke, T?rnquist (Eds.) Politicising Democracy: Local Politics and Democratisation in Developing Countries, Forthcoming.
Arild Engelsen Ruud: Poetics of Village Politics: The Making of West Bengal 's Rural Communism, 2003. Delhi : Oxford University Press. pp. 152-182 .
Sch?nleitner, Günther: Can Public Deliberation Democratise State Action? Municipal Health Councils and Local Democracy in Brazil , 2004. London : Palgrave Macmillan. in Harriss, Stokke, T?rnquist (Eds.) Politicising Democracy: Local Politics and Democratisation in Developing Countries, Forthcoming.
Sidel, John T.: Bossism and Democracy in the Philippines , Thailand , and Indonesia : Towards an Alternative Framework for the Study of ‘Local Strongmen', 2004. London : Palgrave Macmillan. in Harris, Stokke, T?rnquist (Eds.) Politicising Democracy: Local Politics and Democratisation in Developing Countries, Forthcoming.
Stokke, Kristian: Habitus, Capital and Fields: Conceptualising the Capacity of Actors in Local Politics , 2002. University of Oslo . Unpublished paper, Seminar on ‘Local Politics and Democratisation in Developing Countries’ March 12..
Stokke, Kristian and Oldfield, Sophie: Social Movements, Socio-Economic Rights and Substantial Democratisation in South Africa , 2004. London : Palgrave Macmillan. in Harriss, Stokke, T?rnquist (Eds.) Politicising Democracy: Local Politics and Democratisation in Developing Countries, Forthcoming.
Tharakan, Michael P.K.: Historical Hurdles in the Course of the People’s Planning Campaign in Kerala , India , 2004. London : Palgrave Macmillan. in Harriss, Stokke, T?rnquist (Eds.) Politicising Democracy: Local Politics and Democratisation in Developing Countries, Forthcoming.
Tvedt, Terje: Development NGOs: Actors in a Global Civil Society or in a New International System, 2002. in Voluntas, International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organisations, 13, 4. pp. 363-375.
Tvedt, Terje: Angels of Mercy or Development Diplomats. NGOs and Foreign Aid, 1998/2002. Oxford/Trenton: James Curry. pp. 11-94.
T?rnquist, O.: Towards and Alternative Assessment of Democratisation: The Case of Indonesia , 2004. University of Oslo : mimeo.
T?rnquist , Olle: The Political Deficit of Substantial Democratisation, 2004. London : Palgrave Macmillan. in Harrisss, Stokke, T?rnquist (Eds.) Politicising Democracy: Local Politics and Democratisation in Developing Countries , Forthcoming.
T?rres, Liv: Labour Rights and Social Change: Trade Unions as a Basis for Social Capital in the South, 2004. Mimeo, University of Oslo . Forthcoming.
Webster, Neil and Engberg-Pedersen (eds): In the Name of the Poor: Contesting Political Space for Poverty Reduction , 2002. London : Zed Books. Selected pages.