POLSCH 261: Global Civil Society (Spring 2010)

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1 POLSCH 261: Global Civil Society (Spring 2010) Professor Craig Borowiak Office Hours: Tu 2:35 4pm (or by appt.) Office: Hall 214 Class period: TTH 1:00 2:30 Classroom: Hilles 109 This course will introduce you to the concept global civil society. We will explore alternative theoretical frameworks and traditions related to civil society and how globalization is impacting both the meaning and practices of civil society. Our readings will draw from both classic texts as well as from more recent social science scholarship. The first half of the semester will by very theoretical, with a focus on the concept civil society. The first few weeks will be devoted to discussing treatments of civil society within the western political theory canon. The next couple of weeks will cover more recent theorizing about civil society both in and outside of Western contexts. The second half of the semester will involve more analytic and empirical approaches. We will examine the practices of social movements, advocacy networks and nongovernmental organizations. Assignments/Requirements (each must be completed to pass the course): - Attendance/Participation - Reading Response Questions for each class period (collected periodically without warning) - Take-Home Midterm Exam - NGO Assignment - Research Proposal - Final research paper (15 pgs) Books for Purchase: - Virginia Hodgkinson and Michael Foley (eds.) The Civil Society Reader (Tufts University. Published by University Press of New England, 2003) - Sidney Tarrow, The New Transnational Activism (Cambridge, 2005) - Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink, Activists Beyond Borders (Cornell, 1998) This book is not yet available at the bookstore - José Corrêa, The World Social Forum: Strategies of Resistance (Haymarket, 2005) This book is not yet available at the bookstore Books available on-line: Global Civil Society Yearbooks:

2 Schedule Tu 19 Jan First Class History of Civil Society Concepts Th 21 Jan Civil Society and the Enlightenment Ferguson (Reader, 40-62) Paine (Reader, 63-70) Locke, John The Second Treatise of Government (1690), , [paragraphs 1-25, ] Available on-line: Tu 26 Jan Hegel Hegel (Reader, 76-95) Recommended: Schlomo Avineri, Hegel's Theory of the Modern State. A Hegel dictionary Th 28 Jan Marx Marx (Reader, ) Marx, Preface to A Critique of Political Economy Marx, The German Ideology. Part I, B. Available on-line: Tu 2 Feb Gramsci Gramsci (Reader, ) Norberto Bobbio (1988), Gramsci and the Concept of Civil Society Neera Chandhoke (1995), Civil Society: The Hegelian, Marxian and Gramscian Tradition Jean Cohen and Andrew Arato (1992), Gramsci and the Idea of Socialist Civil Society Th 4 Feb De Tocqueville Tocqueville (Reader, ) Robert Putnam, Making Democracy Work, (Reader, ) Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone Journal of Democracy 6:1, Jan

3 Tu 9 Feb Anti-Politics / Eastern Europe Kaldor, Mary (2003). The Ideas of 1989: The Origins of the Concept of Global Civil Society Havel, Vaclav (1985). The Power of the Powerless in: Havel, Vaclav et al. The Power of the Powerless: Citizens Against the State in Central-Eastern Europe. London: Hutchinson. pp Konrad, George (1984). The Democracy We Have Amongst Ourselves ; Antipolitics: A Moral Force ; Historic Compromise in Europe: Lifting the Iron Curtain. In George Konrad, Anti-Politics. London: Quartet Books. pp ; 91-98; Manifesto of Charter 77 (1977). Michnik (Reader, ) Th 11 Feb Civil Society and Public Sphere Cohen and Arato, Civil Society and Political Theory (Reader, ) Jurgen Habermas, the public sphere: An encyclopedic article Recommended: Habermas, Between Facts and Norms, Habermas, Three Normative Models of Democracy Constellations, Vol 1, no. 1 (1994), 1-10 Tu 16 Feb Walzer and Young Iris Young, Civil Society and its Limits ( ) Michael Walzer, A Day in the Life of a Socialist Citizen Th 18 Feb FILM: TBA Exam due on Friday, Feb 19, 5pm Introducing Global Civil Society Tu 23 Feb The Meaning of Global Civil Society Kaldor, The Idea of Global Civil Society, International Affairs 79, 3(2003): Sidney Tarrow, The New Transnational Activism, 1-12 Ronnie Lipschutz, Civil Society and Social Movements: Domestic, Transnational, Global, in Civil Society and Social Movements Anheier, Helmut and Nuno Themudo Organizational Forms of Global Civil Society (chapter 8). Global Civil Society Yearbook Available at: 3

4 Th 25 Feb Social Movements, NGOs and Advocacy Networks Mary Kaldor, Social Movements, NGOs and Networks (78-108) Martens, Kerstin (2002) 'Mission Impossible. Defining Nongovernmental Organizations', Voluntas. International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 13 (3): Tarrow, The New Transnational Activism, Recommended: Willetts, Peter (2001) 'What is a Non-Governmental Organization?' Available at: Tu 2 Mar Transnationalizing the Public Sphere Nancy Fraser, Transnationalizing the Public Sphere Selections from Global Civil Society Yearbook 2007/8 Th 4 Mar Research Methods and Proposal Writing Readings TBA 6-14 March: Spring Break Tu 16 Mar Tools for Analyzing Transnational Activism Tarrow, The New Transnational Activism, Environmentalism and Civil Society Th 18 Mar Environmental Advocacy Networks Keck and Sikkink, Activists Beyond Borders, 1-25, Tu 23 Mar Environmental NGOs Paul Wapner, Politics Beyond the State: Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics, World Politics 47 (April 1995): Michael Mason, The New Accountability: Environmental Responsibility Across Borders (1-15, 41-66) 4

5 Th 25 Mar Water, Warming, Environmental Justice Daniel Faber, Building a Transnational Environmental Justice Movement: Obstacles and Opportunities in the Age of Globalization, in Smith and Bandy, eds. Coalitions Across Borders Water: A Global Contestation, in Global Civil Society Yearbook 2006/7, chapter 5: Peter Newell, Climate for Change? Civil society and the Politics of Global Warming, in Global Civil Society Yearbook 2005/6, Chapter 3: March 25-26: Environmental Justice Workshop. Advocating for Human Rights, Global Justice, Democracy Tu 30 Mar Human Rights Tarrow, The New Transnational Activism, Price, Richard (1998) 'Reversing the Gun Sights: Transnational Civil Society Targets Land Mines,' International Organization 52 (3): Recommended Keck and Sikkink, Activists Beyond Borders, Tarrow, The New Transnational Activism, Th 1 Apr Non-state Justice: Global Citizenship or Global Consumership Jackie Smith, Globalizing Resistance: The Battle of Seattle and the Future of Social Movements, in Smith and Johnston, eds., Globalization and Resistance, ch. 12 (2001) Additional reading TBA Tu 6 Apr Marketing Rebellion: Zapatistas Clifford Bob, The Making of an Anti-globalization Icon: Mexico s Zapatista Uprising, in The Marketing of Rebellion, 1-8, The World Social Forum Th 8 Apr The WSF: Strategies of Resistance, 9-77 Tu 13 Apr The WSF: Strategies of Resistance,

6 Critical Perspectives Th 15 Apr A Secular Western Concept? David Smith, Civil society in non-western contexts: Reflections on the usefulness of a concept Ernest Gellner, conditions of liberty (1-14, 15-29) Hasan Hanafi, Alternative Conceptions of Civil Society: A Reflective Islamic Approach ( ) Recommended Partha Chatterjee, On Civil Society in postcolonial democracies Tu 20 Apr Th 22 Apr Civil Society and Accountability Mallaby, Sebastian (2004). NGOs: Fighting Poverty, Hurting the Poor, Foreign Policy, September/ October 2004 (Moodle) Michael Hammer, Charlotte Rooney, and Shana Warren, Addressing accountability in NGO advocacy. Practice, principles and prospects of self-regulation, One World Trust Briefing Paper No 125(2010) (Moodle) Jan Aaart Scholte, Civil Society and Democratically Accountable Global Governance in Held and Koenig-Archibugi (eds), Global Governance and Public Accountability (87-109) Case Studies: Troubles with NGOs Julia Paley, The Paradox of Participation: Civil Society and Democracy in Chile, PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, 24, No. 1 (2001): 1-12 Sarah White, NGOs, Civil Society and the State in Bangladesh: The Politics of Representing the Poor, Development and Change 30 (2002): Steven Robins, NGOs, Bushmen and Double Vision: The khomani San Land Claim and the Cultural Politics of Community and Development in the Kalahari, Journal of Southern African Studies 27, No. 4 (2001): Tu 27 Apr The Limits of Global Civil Society Mustapha Kamal Pasha and David Blaney, Elusive Paradise: The Promise and Peril of Global Civil Society Alternatives: Social Transformation and Humane Governance, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp Neera Chandhoke, The Limits of Global Civil Society Civil Society Yearbook Available at: Michael Goodhart, Civil Society and the Problem of Global Democracy Democratization 12, 1 (2005), 1-21 Th 29 Apr Last class. Catch up, Wrap up 6