Basic book
Stokke, K. and T?rnquist, O. (eds.) (2013). Democratisation in the Global South: The importance of transformative politics. Basingstoke: Palgrave. (c. 250 pp)
Part I: Transformative politics in historical and comparative perspective
- Chapter 1. Transformative democratic politics, by Kristian Stokke and Olle T?rnquist
- Chapter 2. The relevance of the Scandinavian experiences, by Kristian Stokke and Olle T?rnquist
- Chapter 3. Participation and democratic transformation: Building effective citizenship in Brazil, India and South Africa, by Patrick Heller
- Chapter 4. Social movements and the “pink tide” governments in Latin America: Transformation, inclusion and rejection, by Benedicte Bull
- Chapter 5. Paradigmatic failures of transformative democratic politics: Indonesia and Sri Lanka in comparative perspective, by Olle T?rnquist and Kristian Stokke
Part II: Transformative politics in the context of growth economies
- Chapter 6. Accumulation and inequality in China: What spaces for inclusion and welfare?, by Kristen Nordhaug
- Chapter 7. Globalisation and democracy: The equivocality of a relationship, by Neera Chandhoke
- Chapter 8. Transformative democratic politics in liberalising India?, by John Harriss
- Chapter 9. Trade unions and transformative democratic politics: Political representation and popular mobilisation during local government reform in South Africa, by David Christoffer Jordhus-Lier
- Chapter 10. Transformation institutionalized? Making sense of participatory democracy in the Lula era, by Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Einar Braathen and Ana Claudia Teixeira
Part III: Potentials for post-clientelist transformations
- Chapter 11. Post-clientelist initiatives, by James Manor
- Chapter 12. From populism to democratic polity: Problems and challenges in Solo, Indonesia, by Pratikno and Cornelis Lay
- Chapter 13. Re-politicizing local government for politics of transformation: Arguments from Sri Lanka, by Jayadeva Uyangoda
Part IV: Conclusions
- Chapter 14. Policy implications
Additional texts
Articles are available in E-journals that you will find by searching in the base of the University of Oslo Library
Andersson, Jenny (2004): “A productive social citizenship? Reflections on the concept of productive social policies in the European tradition”, pp. 69-88 in L. Magnusson and B. Str?th (eds.): A European Social Citizenship. Preconditions for Future Policies from Historical Perspective. Brussels: P.I.E-Peter Lang. (20 pp) Fronter
Bangura, Yusuf (2012): Power, Inequality and the Politics of Redistribution. Keynote Speech, Symposium on Democracy and Development: A Disputable Affair. Uppsala University, 31 May, 2012. (13 pp)
Beckman, B. (2009): "Trade unions and popular representation: Nigeria and South Africa compared", In T?rnquist, O., Webster, N. and Stokke, K. (Eds.) Ch. 10 in Rethinking Popular Representation. Houndmills: Palgrave. pp.179-196, (17 pp.)
Berman, S. (2006): The Primacy of Politics: Social Democracy and the Making of Europe's Twentieth Century. New York: Cambridge University Press. pp 152-176, 200-218 (pp. 40). Book
Brandal, Nik, ?ivind Bratberg and Dag Einar Thorsen (2012): The Nordic Model of Social Democracy. Basingstoke: Palgrave. (selected pages c. 70)
Chandhoke, N, Harriss, J. and T?rnquist, O. Agendas for transformative politics. Indian and Scandinavian perspectives on democracy, economic development and well-being. A position paper. Oslo: University of Oslo. (23 pp)
Esping-Andersen, G. (1985): Politics Against Markets: The Social Democratic Road to Power. Princeton. N.J: Princeton University Press. pp 3-113,145-178,191-243, 314-324 (205 pp) To be sold at Kopiutsalget at Akademika bookstore
Esping-Andersen, G.(1990): The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism. Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 9-78, 105-138, 221-229. (102 pp) Book
Rocamora, J. (2004): ‘More than Difficult, Short of Impossible: Party Building and Local Governance in the Philippines’, In Harriss, J., Stokke, K. and T?rnquist, O. (Eds.) Politicising Democracy. The New Local Politics of Democratisation. Houndmills: Palgrave. pp .148-170 (22 pp)
Rothstein, B. (1998): ‘The state, associations, and the transitions to democracy: early corporatism in Sweden’, Ch 7 in Rueschemeyer, D, Rueschemeyer, M. and Wittrock, B. Participation and democracy. East and West. Comparisons and interpretations. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe. pp.132-156. (24 pp)
Moene, K. & Wallerstein, M. (2006): ‘Social Democracy as a Development Strategy’, in P. Bardhan, S. Bowles and M. Wallerstein (ed.): Globalisation and Egalitarian Redistribution. Russel Sage Foundation. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press. Working paper version. (29 pp).
Tr?g?rdh, L. (2007): ‘Democratic governance and the creation of social capital in Sweden: The discreet charm of governmental commissions’, Ch 8 in Lars Tr?g?rdh (ed.): State and Civil Society in Northen Europe. The Swedish Model Reconsidered. New York and Oxford: Berghahan, pp 254-270. (16 pp)
T?rnquist, O. (2012a): ‘Actors and power’ and ‘Actors and democratisation’, Ch 4 and 5 in T?rnquist, O. Assessing democratisation. A critical handbook with Indonesian illustrations. Manuscript. pp 70-90 (20 pp)
T?rnquist, O. (2012b). “Popular aspirations, decentralisation and local democracy”, in forthcoming anthology on decentralisation from the ICLD and the UNU. (c.14 pp) Fronter
T?rnquist, O., Quimpo, N. amd Tharakan, P.K.M. (2009): "Popular politics of representation: New experiences from Indonesia, Kerala (India) and the Philippines", Ch 11 in T?rnquist, O., Webster, N. and Stokke, K. (Eds.) Rethinking Popular Representation. Houndmills: Palgrave. pp. 197-222 (25 pp)
Tr?g?rdh, L. and Rothstein, B. (2007): “The state and civil society in a historical perspective: the Swedish case”, Ch 7 in Lars Tr?g?rdh (ed.): State and Civil Society in Northern Europe. The Swedish Model Reconsidered. New York and Oxford: Berghahan, pp. 229-253. (25 pp)
Webster, N, Stokke, K, and T?rnquist, O (2009): "From research to practice: Towards the democratic institutionalisation of nodes for improved representation", Ch 12 in T?rnquist, O., Webster, N. and Stokke, K. (Eds.) Rethinking Popular Representation. Houndmills: Palgrave. pp. 223-234 (11 pp)
?berg, Per Ola, Svensson, Torsten, Christiansen, Peter Munk, N?rgaard, Asbj?rn Sonne, Rommetvedt, Hilmar and Thesen, Gunnar (2011): “Disrupted exchange and declining corporatism: government authority and interest group capability in Scandinavia”, Government and Opposition 46, 3: 365-391. (27 pp)
?sterud, ?. (2005) : "Introduction: The Pecularities of Norway", In West European Politics, Vol. 28, No. 4 – Special Issue on Norway: The Transformation of a Political System. (16 pp)
To be added:
- Material on the Arab Spring, Burma and perhaps Nepal and Aceh c. 100
- Material on democracy-support/global alliance c. 25
Sum c. 1094 pp
Recommended texts
Sandbrook, R., Edelman, M., Heller, P., and Teichman, J. (2007) Social Democracy in the Global Periphery: Origins, Challenges, Prospects (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).
UNRISD (2010), Combating Poverty and Inequality: Structural Change, Social Policy and Politics, Geneva. Link