Syllabus/achievement requirements
Literature marked with C are compiled in a compendium.
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)
? Sidel, J.: "Bossism and Democracy in the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia: Towards an Alternative Framework for the Study of ‘Local Strongmen’". (23 pages)
? Tharakan, P.K.M. (2004): "Historical Hurdles in the Course of the People’s Planning Campaign in Kerala, India". (21 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.)(2009). Rethinking Popular Representation. Houndmills: Palgrave. Selected chapters:
? T?rnquist, O. (2009a): "The problem is representation! Towards an analytical framework" (21 pages)
? Chandhoke, N. (2009): "What is the relationship between participation and representation?" (15 pages)
? Houtzager, P.T. and Lavalle, A.G. (2009): "The paradox of civil society representation: Constructing new forms of democratic legitimacy in Brazil". (15 pages)
? Stokke, K. and Selboe, E. (2009): "Symbolic Representation as Political Practice". (15 pages)
? van Klinken, G. (2009): "Patronage Democracy in provincial Indonesia". (19 pages)
? Baiocchi, G. and Heller, P. (2009): "Representation by design? Variaritions on Participatory reforms in Brazilian Municipios". (18 pages)
? Harriss, John. (2009): "Compromised democracy: Observations on popular democratic representation from urban India" (13 pages)
? Beckman, B. (2009): "Trade unions and popular representation: Nigeria and South Africa compared". (15 pages)
? T?rnquist, O., Quimpo, N. amd Tharakan, P.K.M. (2009): "Popular politics of representation: New experiences from Indonesia, Kerala (India) and the Philippines" (22 pages)
? Webster, N, Stokke, K, and T?rnquist, O (2009): "From research to practice: Towards the democratic institutionalisation of nodes for improved representation". (8 pages)
Bastian, S. And Luckham R. (2003). Can democracy be designed? The politics of institutional choice in conflict torn societies. London and New York: Zed Books (Introduction, Ch 11, 38 pages) C
Berman, S. (2007). "The Vain Hope for “Correct” Timing". Journal of Democracy, 18(3): 14-17. (4 pages) Link
Cammack, D. (2007). "The Logic of African Neopatrimonialism: What Role for Donors?" Development Policy Review, 25 (5): 599-614. Lenke
Chatterjee, Partha (2001), “On Civil and Political Societies in post-colonial Democracies”, in Sudipta Kaviraj and Sunil Khilnani (eds.),Civil Society: History and possibilities, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 165-179. (15 pages) C
Chatterjee, Partha, (2008). “Democracy and Economic Transformation”, in Economic and Political Weekly, April 19, 2008, pp.53-62.
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) C
Carothers, T. (2007a). "How Democracies Emerge. The “Sequencing” Fallacy". Journal of Democracy, 18(1): 12-27 (15 pages) Link
Carothers, T. (2007b). "Misunderstanding Gradualism". Journal of Democracy, 18(3): 18-22. (5 pages) Link
Fukuyama, F. (2007). "Liberalism versus State-Building". Journal of Democracy, 18(3): 10-13. (4 pages) Link
Heller, Patrick (2001). ‘Moving the state: the politics of democratic decentralization in Kerala, South Africa and Porto Alegre’ in Politics and Society 29:1 (pp 131-63) (32 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) C
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) Link
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). C
Paris, R. (2004). At War’s End. Building Peace After Civil Conflict. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapters 1 and 2, pp. 13-51. (38 pages) C
Paffenholz, T. and Spurk, C. (2006). Civil Society, Civic Engagement, and Peacebuilding. Washington D.C.: The World Bank, Social Development Papers no. 36. (c. 35 pp) Lenke
Randall, V. (2007). "Political Parties and Democratic Developmental States". Development Policy Review, 25 (5): 633-652. Lenke
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) C
Rueschemeyer, D., Stephens, E.H. and Stephens, J.D. (1992). Capitalist Development and Democracy. Cambridge: Polity Press. (chapters 1, 11 pages) C
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). C
Stokke, K. (2010a). "Civil Society in Sri Lanka during and after the 5th Peace Process: Changing Spaces for Advocating Political Transformations and Delivering Social Welfare". In J. Howell and J. Lind (Eds.), Civil Society under Strain: Counter-Terrorism Policy, Civil Society and Aid Post-9/11. Kumarian. (pp. 149-170) C
Stokke, K. (2010b). "Liberal Peace in Question. Lessons from Sri Lanka". In K. Stokke and J. Uyangoda (Eds.), Liberal Peace in Question: Politics of State and Market Reforms in Sri Lanka. London and Colombo: Anthem and Social Scientists’ Association. (c. 20 pp) Fronter
Stokke, K. and Lier, D.C. (2009). "Contesting Neoliberalism. Spaces of Democracy and Post-Apartheid Social Movements in South Africa". In T. Drobík and M. ?umberová (Eds.). Chapters of Modern Human Geographical Thought. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholar Publishing. (pp. 79-102) C
Stokke, K. with T?rnquist, O. and Sindre, G.M (2008). "Conflict resolution and democratisation in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami: A comparative study of Aceh and Sri Lanka". PCD Journal 1(1). (26 pages) Link
Therborn, G. (1983). "The rule of capital and the rise of democracy". In Held, D. et.al States and Society, Oxford: Martin Robertson (11 pages) C
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 pp) C
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) C
T?rnquist, O (2008). "Indonesia’s held back democracy and beyond: Introduction and executive briefing". In. Samadhi, W.P and Warouw, N. (eds) Democracy building on the sand. Advances and setbacks in Indonesia. (17 pages) C
T?rnquist, O (2009b). The Dynamics of Democratic Peace. Lessons from Aceh. Manuscript, University of Oslo (c. 15 pages)
T?rnquist, O (2010). Analysing the State of Democracy and the Dynamics of Democratisation. Lessons from the National Bottom-up Surveys in Indonesia. Manuscript, University of Oslo. (c. 25 pages)
T?rnquist, O. and Warouw, N. (2008). "Approaching democracy: Introductory notes on concepts and methods". In In. Samadhi, W.P and Warouw, N. (eds) Democracy building on the sand. Advances and setbacks in Indonesia. (22 pages) C
de Zooeuw, J. (2008). ’Understanding the political transformation of rebell movements’, in de Zooeuw, (ed), From soldiers to politicians. Transforming rebel movements after civil war. Boulder: Lynne Rienner. Ch 1 (33 pages) C
Sum: 1040 pages
Recommended readings that may be referred to in the lectures:
Beckman, B., Akwetey, E. and Lindstr?m, L. (2000). Labour Unions, Social Pacts and Democratization. UNRISD.
Carothers, T. (2004). Critical Mission: Essays on Democracy Promotion. Washington, D.C. (pp. 167-217, 50 pages) C Chatterjee, P. and his critics (2008) (The Debate), Economic and Political Weekly November 15, 2008.
Grugel, J. (2002). Democratization: A Critical Introduction. Houndmills: Palgrave. (individually selected pages for extensive reading, at first hand in chapters 2 and 3, 35 pages)
Ellen Lust (2009). “Competitive Clientelism in the Middle East”, in Journal of Democracy, Vol 20:3, July 2009. Pp. 122-135
T?rnquist, O. (1999). Politics and Development: A Critical Introduction. London: Sage.
T?rnquist, O. (2009c). "Democracy in Aceh. Diagnosis and prognosis". In T?rnquist, O, Adi Prasetyo, S, and Birks, T (eds), Aceh: The role of democracy for peace and reconstruction. Jogjakarta: PCD Press (21 pages)