Syllabus/achievement requirements
Reading list
Harriss, J., Stokke, K. and T?rnquist, O. (Eds.) (2004), Politicising Democracy. The New Local Politics of Democratisation. Houndmills: Palgrave. Selected chapters:
? Harriss, J., Stokke, K. and T?rnquist (2004), O.: Introduction: The New Local Politics of Democratisation. (26 pages)
? Tharakan, P.K.M. (2004): Historical Hurdles in the Course of the People’s Planning Campaign in Kerala, India. (21 pages)
? Stokke, K. and Oldfield, S. (2004): Social Movements, Socio-economic Rights and Substantial Democratisation in South Africa. (22 pages)
? Rocamora, J. (2004): More than Difficult, Short of Impossible: Party Building and Local Governance in the Philippines. (22 pages)
? Beckman, B. (2004): Trade Unions, Institutional Reform and Democracy: Nigerian Experiences with South African and Ugandan Comparisons. (30 pages)
? T?rnquist, O. (2004): The Political Deficit of Substantial Democratisation. (23 pages)
T?rnquist, O., Webster, N. and Stokke, K. (Eds.)(forthcoming 2008). Rethinking Popular Representation. Houndmills: Palgrave. Selected chapters:
? T?rnquist, O. (forthcoming 2008a): Towards a Framework for Democratic Popular Representation. (20 pages)
? Chandhoke, N. (forthcoming 2008): In Defense of Political Representation. (20 pages)
? Houtzager, P.T. and Lavalle, A.G. (forthcoming 2008): The Paradox of Civil Society Representation: Constructing New Forms of Democratic Legitimacy in Brazil. (20 pages)
? Stokke, K. and Selboe, E. (forthcoming 2008): The Practice of Symbolic Representation. (20 pages)
? Van Klinken, G. (forthcoming 2008): Patronage Democracy and the Intermediate Classes: The Case of Indonesia. (20 pages)
? Baiocchi, G. and Heller, P. (forthcoming 2008): Variations of Participatory Governance in Brazil – Participatory Budgeting Municipal Reforms. (20 pages)
? Webster, N. (forthcoming 2008): Citizens or Subjects? The Beneficiary Politics of Decentralised Government in West Bengal Today. (20 pages)
? Harriss, J. (forthcoming 2008): Popular Representation in a Post-Liberalisation State: Actually Existing Associational Activity in the Case of Chennai, India. (20 pages)
? Beckman, B. (forthcoming 2008): The Role of Labour Unions in Popular Parties and Representation: African Experiences. (20 pages)
? T?rnquist, O., Quimpo, N. amd Tharakan, P.K.M. (forthcoming 2008): Popular Politics of Representation: Dilemmas and Experiments in Indonesia, the Indian state of Kerala, and the Philippines. (20 pages)
Beckman, B., Akwetey, E. and Lindstr?m, L. (2000). Labour Unions, Social Pacts and Democratization. UNRISD. (37 pages)
Berman, S. (2007). "The Vain Hope for “Correct” Timing." Journal of Democracy, 18(3): 14-17. (4 pages)
Collier, R.B. (1999). Paths Towards Democracy: The Working Class and Elites in Western Europe and South America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (chapter 5, 34 pages)
Carothers, T. (2004). Critical Mission: Essays on Democracy Promotion. Washington, D.C. (pp. 167-217, 50 pages)
Carothers, T. (2007a). "How Democracies Emerge. The “Sequencing” Fallacy". Journal of Democracy, 18(1): 12-27 (25 pages)
Carothers, T. (2007b). "Misunderstanding Gradualism". Journal of Democracy, 18(3): 18-22. (5 pages)
Chalmers, D.C., Martin, S.B. and Piester, K. (2004). "Associative Networks: New Structures of Representation for the Popular Sectors?" In: D.A. Chalmers, C.M. Vilas, K. Hite, S.B. Martin, K. Piester and M. Segarra (Eds.), The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America. Rethinking Participation and Representation. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (38 Pages)
Fukuyama, F. (2007). "Liberalism versus State-Building". Journal of Democracy, 18(3): 10-13. (4 pages) Link
Harriss, J. (2006). “Politics is a dirty river": But is there a ‘new politics’ of civil society? Perspectives from global cities of India and Latin America', in Power Matters: Essays on Institutions, Politics and Society in India. Delhi: Open University Press. (30 pages)
Houtzager, P.P., Acharya, A. and Lavalle, A.G. (2007). Associations and the Exercise of Citizenship in New Democracies Evidence from Sáo Paulo and Mexico City. Brighton: _IDS Working Paper 285. (32 pages) Link
Laclau, E. (2007). On Populist Reason. London: Verso. (chapter 1, 17 pages)
Lier, D. C. and Stokke, K. (2006). "Maximum Working Class Unity? Challenges to Local Social Movement Unionism in Cape Town". Antipode 38(4): 802-824. (23 pages)
Mamdani, M. (1996). Citizen and Subject. Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism. Princeton: Princeton University Press (chapters 1 and 8, 48 pages)
Mansfield, E.D. and Snyder, J. (2007). "The Sequencing “Fallacy”". Journal of Democracy, 18(3): 5-9. (5 pages) Link
Mouzelis, N. (1998). "Modernity, Late Development and Civil Society". In. L. Rudebeck and O. T?rnquist (Eds.), Democratization in the Third World. Concrete Cases in Comparative and Theoretical Perspective. Basingstoke: Macmillan. (22 pages).
Rudolph, S.H. (2004). "Is Civil Society the Answer?" In S. Prakash and P. Selle (Eds.), Investigating Social Capital. Comparative Perspective on Civil Society, Participation and Governance. London: Sage. (24 pages)
Rueschemeyer, D., Stephens, E.H. and Stephens, J.D. (1992). Capitalist Development and Democracy. Cambridge: Polity Press. (chapters 1 and 3, 50 pages)
Sj?gren, A. (2001). "State, Civil Society and Democratisation: Theoretical Debates Past and Present". In B. Beckman, E. Hanson and A. Sj?gren (Eds.), Civil Society and Authoritarianism in the Third World. Stockholm University, Department of Political Science. (28 pages).
Stokke, K., T?rnquist, O. and Sindre, G. M. (forthcoming 2008). "Conflict Resolution and Democratisation in the aftermath of the 2004 Tsunami: A Comparative Analysis of Aceh and Sri Lanka". Forum for Development Studies. (15 pages)
Therborn, G. (1992). "The right to vote and the four world routes to/through modernity". In R. Thorstendahl (Ed.) State Theory and State History. London: Sage. (31 pages)
T?rnquist, O. (1999). Politics and Development: A Critical Introduction. London: Sage. (pages 5-15, 31-40 and chapters 5-11 for extensive reading, 25 pages)
T?rnquist, O. (forthcoming 2008b). "Civic Action and Deficit Democracy". In: P. Selle and S. Prakash (Eds.), Beyond Civil Society. London: Routledge. (16 pages)
T?rnquist, O. (forthcoming 2008c). Engaging with the Impossible? Political Reintegration Beyond the Elite: The Case of Indonesia. Manuscript, University of Oslo, Department of Political Science. (25 pages)
T?rnquist, O. (forthcoming 2008d). Research Based Democracy Promotion. Learning from an Indonesian Pilot Programme with Demos, in co-operation with UGM and UiO. Manuscript, Oslo University, Department of Political Science. (pages 24-50, 25 pages).
Sum: 957 pages
Recommended readings
Grugel, J. (2002). Democratization: A Critical Introduction. Houndmills: Palgrave. (chapters 2 and 3)
Harriss, J., Stokke, K. and T?rnquist, O. (Eds.) (2004), Politicising Democracy. The New Local Politics of Democratisation. Houndmills: Palgrave. Selected chapters: ? Schulte-Nordholt, H.: Decentralisation in Indonesia: Less State, More Democracy? ? Sidel, J.: Bossism and Democracy in the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia: Towards an Alternative Framework for the Study of ‘Local Strongmen’.
O’Donnell, G. and Schmitter, P. C. (1986). Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
T?rnquist, O. (1999). Politics and Development: A Critical Introduction. London: Sage. (chapter 12)
T?rnquist, O. (2006). Labour, Capital and Post-colonial Democracy: Comparative Notes from Indonesia and India. Paper to Conference on “Trade Unions and Politics: Africa in a Comparative Perspective”, Johannesburg, 21-22 July, and the RC 44 sessions at the International Sociological Association World Congress, Durban, 23-29, July, 2006.