Type of Credit: Elective
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Course Description:
This course addresses the tasks and problems associated with encouraging democratic reforms for the purposes of institutionalizing practices which are linked with good governance. It is therefore concerned with three types of areas of scholarly inquiry and practitioner experience a) those concerned with the role of particular actors in facilitating political reforms associated with democracy, b) those concerned with the process of democratization and political development and c) those concerned with good governance. The course will likewise be structured so facilitate the study of those areas of study and inquiry.
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Learning Outcomes:
Week of February 14: Introduction—Concepts, Connections and Problems
Michael McFaul, “Democracy Promotion as a World Value,” THE WASHINGTON QUARTERLY, WINTER 2004-05
Milja Kurki, “Democracy and conceptual contestability: reconsidering conceptions of democracy in democracy promotion,” International Studies Review, 12 (3)
Week of February 21: Conceptions of Democracy
R. Dahl, et al., Democracy: A Sourcebook, part I
Week of February 28: Types of Democracy and Connections with Governance I
D. Held, Models of Democracy, chaps. 1 and 2 (classical and protective democracy)
Week of March 7: Types of Democracy II
Held, Models of Democracy, chaps 3 and 4 (developmental and direct democracy)
Week of March 14: Types of Democracy III
Held, Models of Democracy, chaps. 5, 6 and 8 (competitive elitist, pluralist and participatory democracy)
Week of March 21: Problems of Democratic Transitions I
Diamond, et al., Debates on Democratization, pts. 1 and II
Week of March 28: Problems of Democratic Transitions II
Diamond, et al., Debates on Democratization, pts III and IV
Week of April 4: No classes
Week of April 11: Midterm—papers due
Week of April 18: Problems of Democracy Promotion
P. Burnell, “Democracy Promotion: The Elusive Quest for Grand Strategies,” Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft (2004): 100-116.
T. Carothers, Revitalizing Democracy The challenge of USAID. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2009.
Week of April 25: Problems of Democratic Governance
R. Dahl, Dilemmas of Pluralist Democracy, chaps. 1, 2, 3 and 5
Judith Gruber, Controlling Democracies
Abraham, Kavi Joseph. "Midcentury Modern: The Emergence of Stakeholders in Democratic Practice." American Political Science Review (2021): 1-14.
Week of May 2: Good Governance: Conceptions
http://www.osce.org/what/good-governance
http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/index.aspx#doc
http://www.gdrc.org/u-gov/g-attributes.html
MARCUS ANDRE MELO and GIANPAOLO BAIOCCHI, “Deliberative Democracy and Local Governance: Towards a New Agenda,” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 30.3 September 2006
Week of May 9: Good Governance: Critiques
Victor AO Adetula, “Measuring democracy and ‘good governance’ in Africa:
A critique of assumptions and methods,” in Kwandiwe Kondlo & Chinenyengozi Ejiogu (eds), Governance in the 21st Century: Africa in Focus (Human Sciences Research Council, HSRC, 2011)
Rob Jenkins, “Mistaking “Governance” for ‘Politics’: Foreign Aid, Democracy and the Construction of Civil Society,” in Sudipta Kaviraj and Sunil Khilnani (eds.), Civil Society:History and Possibilities (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001
Week of May 16: Good Governance and Development
Merilee S. Grindle, “Good Enough Governance Revisited,” Development Policy Review, 2007, 25 (5)
https://web.stanford.edu/~ldiamond/papers/CDD_lecture_05.htm
Is Democracy Good for the Poor?Author(s): Michael RossSource: American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 50, No. 4 (Oct., 2006)
Week of May 23: Good Governance and Human Rights
http://www.usaid.gov/democracy-human-rights-and-governance-strategy
Linda C. Reif, “Building Democratic Institutions: The Role of National Human Rights
Institutions in Good Governance and Human Rights Protection,” Harvard Human Rights Journal 13, Spr 2000
Diane K. Mauzy, “The human rights and 'Asian values' debate in Southeast Asia: Trying to clarify the key issues,” The Pacific Review, 10:2 (1997)
Week of May 30: Good Governance, Democracy and the International System
David Held, “The Transformation of Political Community: Rethinking Democracy in the Context of Globalization”
Ruth W. Grant and Robert O. Keohane, “Accountability and Abuses of Power in World Politics,” The American Political Science Review, Vol. 99, No. 1 (Feb., 2005)
Week of June 6: Recent Developments: De-Democratization
Skaaning, Svend-Erik. "Waves of autocratization and democratization: a critical note on conceptualization and measurement." Democratization 27, no. 8 (2020): 1533-1542.
Abdel-Latif, Hany, and Mahmoud El-Gamal. "Rising inequality and de-democratization." Middle East Development Journal 12, no. 1 (2020): 73-83.
Petersen, German, and Fernanda Somunao. "Mexican De-Democratization? Pandemic, Hyper-Presidentialism and Attempts to Rebuild a Dominant Party System." Revista de Ciencia Política 41, no. 2 (2021): 353-376.
Small (6-page) paper on a particular theoretical problem (30%): Due April 27
Term paper (18-20 pages) on a particular case (50%): Due June 20
In-class participation (20%)