On the reading list for Week 2 - Constitutionalism.
Notes.
I get the feeling some chapters have been surpassed by Lijphart.
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Friday 16 October 2009
Hamilton, Madison and Jay - The Federalist Papers
Week 2 reading - 23-8; 41-4; 47ff.
Full online text: http://www.foundingfathers.info/federalistpapers/fedindex.htm
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Full online text: http://www.foundingfathers.info/federalistpapers/fedindex.htm
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MT09 - Week 3 reading list - Democracy
Aim of the session: To develop insights into what distinguishes democracy from other regime types.
Discussion topics:
(a) How should scholars define democracy? How can democracies be identified in the real world?
(b) How do democracies emerge?.
Readings:
(a) The Concept of Democracy
· Dahl, Robert. P Polyarchy: Participation and Opposition. New Haven: Yale University Press,
1971, chapt. 1.
· Schumpeter, Joseph. Capitalism, Socialism, & Democracy. New York: Harper & Brothers,
1947 Chpt XXII Sec I pp.269-273
· Schmitter, Philippe and Terry Lynn Karl. “What Democracy is …and is Not” in Larry
Diamond and Marc Plattner eds. The Global Resurgence of Democracy pp.39-52 original in
Journal of Democracy
(b) Explanations for Democracy’s Emergence
· Rustow, Dankwart. “Transitions to Democracy: Toward a Dynamic Model” in Comparative
Politics vol 2 no. 2 April 1970 pp337-63.
· Moore, Barrington.1968 Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. Part 3 Chpt 7 pp413-432.
· Skocpol, Theda.1973 “A Critical Review of Barrington Moore’s Social Origins of Dictatorship and
Democracy” Politics and Society, Fall.
· Acemoglu, Daron and James A. Robinson. 2006 Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. . Chapt 1 skim Chapts 2-3/
· Boix, Carles. 2003. Democracy and Redistribution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 1-109.
· Seymour Martin Lipset. (1959)“Some Social Requisites of Democracy: Economic Development and Political Legitimacy” APSR, Vol. 53, No. 1.(Mar., 1959), pp. 69-105.
· Boix, Carles, and Susan Stokes. (2003) “Endogenous Democratization,” WP, Volume 55, Number 4, July.
· Rueschemeyer, Dietrich Eve lyne Huber Stephens, and John Stephens. Capitalist Development and Democracy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992, chapters 1, 2, and 3.
· Przeworski, Adam “Democracy as a Contingent Outcome of Conflicts,” pp. 59-80 from Jon Elster and Rune Slagstad, eds., Constitutionalism and Democracy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
· O’Donnell, Guillermo and Philippe C. Schmitter, “Negotiating (and Renegotiating) Pacts,”
from Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies.
· Huntington, Samuel. The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991, pp. xiii-xv, chapters 1~4.*
· Bunce, Valerie 2003 “Rethinking recent Democratization: Lessons from the Postcommuist
Experience”.WP . Vol. 55, Iss. 2; pg. 167-195.
· Linz, Juan and Alfred Stepan. 1996 Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation 3-83.
· Whitehead, Laurence.2001 The International Dimensions of Democratization Chapter 1 and
Postcript 3-25 and 443-454 by Whitehead and Chapt 2 by Schmitter 26-49. (more)
Discussion topics:
(a) How should scholars define democracy? How can democracies be identified in the real world?
(b) How do democracies emerge?.
Readings:
(a) The Concept of Democracy
· Dahl, Robert. P Polyarchy: Participation and Opposition. New Haven: Yale University Press,
1971, chapt. 1.
· Schumpeter, Joseph. Capitalism, Socialism, & Democracy. New York: Harper & Brothers,
1947 Chpt XXII Sec I pp.269-273
· Schmitter, Philippe and Terry Lynn Karl. “What Democracy is …and is Not” in Larry
Diamond and Marc Plattner eds. The Global Resurgence of Democracy pp.39-52 original in
Journal of Democracy
(b) Explanations for Democracy’s Emergence
· Rustow, Dankwart. “Transitions to Democracy: Toward a Dynamic Model” in Comparative
Politics vol 2 no. 2 April 1970 pp337-63.
· Moore, Barrington.1968 Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. Part 3 Chpt 7 pp413-432.
· Skocpol, Theda.1973 “A Critical Review of Barrington Moore’s Social Origins of Dictatorship and
Democracy” Politics and Society, Fall.
· Acemoglu, Daron and James A. Robinson. 2006 Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. . Chapt 1 skim Chapts 2-3/
· Boix, Carles. 2003. Democracy and Redistribution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 1-109.
· Seymour Martin Lipset. (1959)“Some Social Requisites of Democracy: Economic Development and Political Legitimacy” APSR, Vol. 53, No. 1.(Mar., 1959), pp. 69-105.
· Boix, Carles, and Susan Stokes. (2003) “Endogenous Democratization,” WP, Volume 55, Number 4, July.
· Rueschemeyer, Dietrich Eve lyne Huber Stephens, and John Stephens. Capitalist Development and Democracy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992, chapters 1, 2, and 3.
· Przeworski, Adam “Democracy as a Contingent Outcome of Conflicts,” pp. 59-80 from Jon Elster and Rune Slagstad, eds., Constitutionalism and Democracy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
· O’Donnell, Guillermo and Philippe C. Schmitter, “Negotiating (and Renegotiating) Pacts,”
from Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies.
· Huntington, Samuel. The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991, pp. xiii-xv, chapters 1~4.*
· Bunce, Valerie 2003 “Rethinking recent Democratization: Lessons from the Postcommuist
Experience”.WP . Vol. 55, Iss. 2; pg. 167-195.
· Linz, Juan and Alfred Stepan. 1996 Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation 3-83.
· Whitehead, Laurence.2001 The International Dimensions of Democratization Chapter 1 and
Postcript 3-25 and 443-454 by Whitehead and Chapt 2 by Schmitter 26-49. (more)
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