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Academic Year 2001/2002
Seminar on Democratization
GOVT 308 FA
This seminar is designed to examine the concepts and approaches currently used by scholars of comparative politics, and to apply these to the transition to democracy that is taking place in many parts of the world.
Through readings and discussion, this
seminar will help students understand why politicians create, sustain, and at times even destroy democratic institutions. It will draw upon nineteenth and twentieth century developments in selected countries from Africa,
Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
MAJOR READINGS
Robert H. Bates, PROSPERITY AND VIOLENCE
Ruth Berins Collier, PATHS TOWARD DEMOCRACY: THE WORKING CLASS AND ELITES IN WESTERN EUROPE AND SOUTH AMERICA
John Higley and Gyorgy Lengyel (eds.) ELITES AFTER STATE
SOCIALISM
John Markoff, WAVES OF
DEMOCRACY: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND POLITICAL CHANGE
Adam Przeworski, Michael E. Alvarez, and Fernando Limongi, DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT: POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND WELL-BEING IN THE WORLD, 1950-1990
Allister
Sparks, TOMORROW IS ANOTHER COUNTRY: THE
INSIDE STORY OF SOUTH AFRICA'S ROAD TO CHANGE
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Assignments will consist of 4-6 papers (3-6 pages each) critically analyzing course texts.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's
Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS GOVT
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
GOVT157 OR GOVT155
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Rutland,Peter
- Times: ..T.... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC421
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 20)
- SR. major: 6 Jr. major: 6
- SR. non-major: 6 Jr. non-major: 6 SO: FR: X
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Writing
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2002
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