Democracy Political Science 200B Winter Quarter 2005

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1 Democracy Political Science 200B Winter Quarter 2005 Prof. Gerry Mackie, Office Hours, Tues Sequoyah Hall 223 Prof. Sam Popkin, Office Hours Wed. 3-5, SSB 396, Readings for the course will be distributed on CD-Rom the first day. Each student will write five three-page papers; each paper is due at 4:00 PM the day before class and should be based on that week s readings. In addition, there will be a final similar to a comprehensive exam to help you prepare for next year. April 6 Week One: Introduction Dunn, 2005, Setting the people free : the story of democracy Why Democracy? Nino, 1996, The Constitution of deliberative democracy Alternative Conceptions of Democracy Sen, 2001, Development as freedom , Importance of Democracy , Famines & Crises April 13 Week Two: Defining and Measuring Democracy Schmitter and Karl, 1991, "What Democracy is... and is not". Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, "Democracy Assessment: The Basics of the International IDEA Assessment Framework". Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, 2002, The State of Democracy : Democracy Assessments in Eight Nations Around the World Kenya Dryzek, 1996, Democracy in capitalist times democracy vs. ideology Munck and Verkuilen, 2002, "Conceptualizing and measuring democracy - Evaluating alternative indices". Diamond, 2002, "Thinking about hybrid regimes". Schedler, 2002, "The menu of manipulation". Diamond and Morlino, 2004, "The quality of democracy - An overview". April 20 Week Three: Origins and Institutions Root, 1989, "Tying the King's Hands: Credible Commitments and Royal Fiscal Policy During the old Regime". Markoff, 1999, "Where and When Was Democracy Invented?" Weingast, 1997, "The Political Foundations of Democracy and the Rule of Law". Elster, 2000, Ulysses Unbound. 1-7, , , Ferejohn, Rosenbluth, and Shipan, 2005, "Comparative Judicial Politics". Shugart and Carroll, 2005, "Neo-Madisonian Theories of Latin American Institutions". PS200B Democracy 2006 Gerry Mackie & Sam Popkin page 1

2 April 27 Week Four: Representation Manin, 1997, The principles of representative government. 1-41, direct democracy and representation 79-93, the triumph of election the principle of distinction Przeworski, Stokes, and Manin, 1999, Democracy, Accountability, and Representation Introduction & Principles of Representation McCubbins and Schwartz, 1984, "Congressional Oversight Overlooked: Police Patrols versus Fire Alarms". Sunstein, 1993, "Democracy and Shifting Preferences". Shugart, Moreno, and Fajardo, 2005, "Deepening Democracy by Renovating Political Practices". May 4 Week Five: Justice, Liberalism, Democracy Elster, 1997, "The Market and the Forum: Three Varieties of Political Theory". Holmes, 1995, Passions and constraint: on the theory of liberal democracy The Liberal Idea Dowding, Goodin, and Pateman, 2004, "Between Justice and Democracy". Arneson, 2004, "Democracy is not Intrinsically Just". Waldron, 1999, Law and disagreement , Rights and Constitutionalism , Between Rights & Bills of Rights , principle and authority May 11 Week Six: Voting and Deliberation Mackie, 2003, Democracy Defended. 5-9,16-22,78-81,86-113, Manin, 1987, "On Legitimacy and Political Deliberation". Elster, 1991, "Arguing and Bargaining in two Constituent Assemblies". 1-4, Shapiro, 2003, The state of democratic theory. 1-7, May 18 Week Seven: Civil Society and the Public Sphere Taylor, 1997, "Invoking Civil Society". Habermas, 2006, "The Public Sphere". Fung, 2003, "Associations and democracy: Between theories, hopes, and realities". Dryzek, 2000, Deliberative democracy and beyond. 20-7, Critical Theory , Insurgent Democracy Berman, 1997, "Civil society and the collapse of the Weimar Republic". Bermeo, 2000, "Civil Society After Democracy". Popkin, 2006, "Review Essay: Changing Media, Changing Politics". Lupia, 2005, "Necessary Conditions for Improving Civic Competence: A Scientific Perspective". PS200B Democracy 2006 Gerry Mackie & Sam Popkin page 2

3 May 25 Week Eight: Transitions, Consolidation Huntington, 1991, The third wave. 3-30, What? Huntington, 1997, "After twenty years: The future of the third wave". Carothers, 2002, "The end of the transition paradigm". McFaul, 2002, "The fourth wave of democracy and dictatorship". Munck, 2001, "The Regime Question: Theory Building in Democracy Studies". Keyssar, 2000, The right to vote : the contested history of democracy in the United States Know-nothings, radicals & redeemers, purifying the electorate June 1 Week Nine: Decay, Dismay, Decrepitude Mansfield and Snyder, 2005, "Prone to Violence: The Paradox of the Democratic Peace". Mann, 2001, "Democracy and Ethnic War". Kissane, 2004, "Democratization, state formation, and civil war in Finland and Ireland". Diamond, 2004, "What went wrong in Iraq". Smith and Diamond, 2004, "Was Iraq a fool's errand? (Smith) & What really went wrong - A Reply (Diamond)". Carothers, 2006, "The Backlash Against Democracy Promotion". June 8 Week Ten: Cleavages Kymlicka, 2002, Contemporary political philosophy : an anthology , Multiculturalism Shapiro, 2003, The state of democratic theory , Democracy and Cultural Division Roeder, 2000, "Liberalization and ethnic entrepreneurs". Reilly, 2002, "Electoral Systems for Divided Societies". Roeder, 2005, "Power Dividing as an Alternative to Ethnic Power Sharing". Mansbridge, 1999, "Should Blacks Represent Blacks and Women Represent Women?" PS200B Democracy 2006 Gerry Mackie & Sam Popkin page 3

4 Bibliography Arneson, Richard "Democracy is not Intrinsically Just." In Justice and democracy : essays for Brian Barry. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge Berman, Sheri "Civil society and the collapse of the Weimar Republic." World Politics 49 (3):401-&. Bermeo, Nancy Gina "Civil Society After Democracy." In Civil society before democracy: lessons from nineteenth-century Europe, ed. N. G. Bermeo and P. G. Nord. Lanham, MD: Roman and Littlefield. Carothers, Thomas "The end of the transition paradigm." Journal of Democracy 13 (1): "The Backlash Against Democracy Promotion." Foreign Affairs 85 (2):55. Diamond, L "Thinking about hybrid regimes." Journal of Democracy 13 (2): "What went wrong in Iraq." Foreign Affairs 83 (5):34-+. Diamond, L., and L. Morlino "The quality of democracy - An overview." Journal of Democracy 15 (4): Dowding, Keith M., Robert E. Goodin, and Carole Pateman "Introduction: Between Justice and Democracy." 1-24 In Justice and democracy : essays for Brian Barry. Cambridge: Cambridge Dryzek, John S Democracy in capitalist times : ideals, limits, and struggles. New York: Oxford Deliberative democracy and beyond : liberals, critics, contestations. Oxford ; New York: Oxford Dunn, John Setting the people free : the story of democracy. London: Atlantic. Elster, Jon "Arguing and Bargaining in two Constituent Assemblies." "The Market and the Forum: Three Varieties of Political Theory." 3-33 In Deliberative democracy : essays on reason and politics, ed. J. Bohman and W. Rehg. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press Ulysses Unbound : studies in rationality, precommitment, and constraints. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York: Cambridge Ferejohn, John, Frances Rosenbluth, and Charles Shipan "Comparative Judicial Politics." Fung, A "Associations and democracy: Between theories, hopes, and realities." Annual Review of Sociology 29: Habermas, Jurgen "The Public Sphere." In Contemporary political philosophy : an anthology, ed. R. E. Goodin and P. Pettit. Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Mass: Blackwell Publishers. Holmes, Stephen Passions and constraint: on the theory of liberal democracy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Huntington, Samuel P The third wave : democratization in the late twentieth century. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press "After twenty years: The future of the third wave." Journal of Democracy 8 (4):3-12. PS200B Democracy 2006 Gerry Mackie & Sam Popkin page 4

5 Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, IDEA. "Democracy Assessment: The Basics of the International IDEA Assessment Framework." Stockholm: Institute for Democracy Evaluation & Assistance (IDEA) The State of Democracy : Democracy Assessments in Eight Nations Around the World. The Hague ; New York: Kluwer Law International. Keyssar, Alexander The right to vote : the contested history of democracy in the United States. New York: Basic Books. Kissane, B "Democratization, state formation, and civil war in Finland and Ireland - A reflection on the democratic peace hypothesis." Comparative Political Studies 37 (8): Kymlicka, Will Contemporary political philosophy : an introduction. 2nd ed. Oxford ; New York: Oxford Lupia, Arthur "Necessary Conditions for Improving Civic Competence: A Scientific Perspective." Mackie, Gerry Democracy Defended. Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge Manin, Bernard "On Legitimacy and Political Deliberation." Political Theory 15 (3): The principles of representative government. Cambridge, England ; New York: Cambridge Mann, Michael "Democracy and Ethnic War." In Rethinking the Democratic Peace Debates, ed. T. Barkawi and M. Laffey. Boulder, Col.: Lynne Rienner. Mansbridge, Jane "Should Blacks Represent Blacks and Women Represent Women? A Contingent "Yes"." Journal of Politics 61 (3): Mansfield, E. D., and J. Snyder "Prone to Violence: The Paradox of the Democratic Peace." The National Interest: Markoff, John "Where and When Was Democracy Invented?" Comparative Studies in Society and History 41 (4): McCubbins, Mathew D., and Thomas Schwartz "Congressional Oversight Overlooked: Police Patrols versus Fire Alarms." American Journal of Political Science 28 (1): McFaul, M "The fourth wave of democracy and dictatorship - Noncooperative transitions in the postcommunist world." World Politics 54 (2): Munck, G. L., and J. Verkuilen "Conceptualizing and measuring democracy - Evaluating alternative indices." Comparative Political Studies 35 (1):5-34. Munck, Gerardo L "The Regime Question: Theory Building in Democracy Studies." World Politics 54 (1): Nino, Carlos Santiago The Constitution of deliberative democracy. New Haven, Conn.: Yale Popkin, Samuel "Review Essay: Changing Media, Changing Politics." Perspectives on Politics. Przeworski, Adam, Susan Carol Stokes, and Bernard Manin Democracy, Accountability, and Representation. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York: Cambridge Reilly, Benjamin "Electoral Systems for Divided Societies." Journal of Democracy 13 (2): PS200B Democracy 2006 Gerry Mackie & Sam Popkin page 5

6 Roeder, Philip G "Power Dividing as an Alternative to Ethnic Power Sharing." In Sustainable peace : power and democracy after civil wars, ed. P. G. Roeder and D. S. Rothchild. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell Roeder, Phillip G "Liberalization and ethnic entrepreneurs in the Soviet successor states." Root, Hilton "Tying the King's Hands: Credible Commitments and Royal Fiscal Policy During the old Regime." Rationality and Society 1 (2): Schedler, A "The menu of manipulation." Journal of Democracy 13 (2): Schmitter, Philippe, and Terry Lynn Karl "What Democracy is... and is not." Journal of Democracy 2: Sen, Amartya Kumar Development as freedom. Oxford ; New York: Oxford Shapiro, Ian The state of democratic theory. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. Shugart, M. S., and Royce Carroll "Neo-Madisonian Theories of Latin American Institutions." irvine, CA. Shugart, M. S., Erika Moreno, and Luis E. Fajardo "Deepening Democracy by Renovating Political Practices: The Struggle for Electoral Reform in Colombia."In Peace, Democracy, and Human Rights in Colombia, ed. C. Welna and G. Gallon. Notre Dame, Indiana. Smith, Tony, and L. Diamond "Was Iraq a fool's errand? (Smith) & What really went wrong - A Reply (Diamond)." Foreign Affairs 83 (6): Sunstein, Cass R "Democracy and Shifting Preferences." In The Idea of democracy, ed. D. Copp, J. Hampton and J. E. Roemer. Cambridge England: New York NY USA : Cambridge Taylor, Charles "Invoking Civil Society." In Contemporary political philosophy : an anthology, ed. R. E. Goodin and P. Pettit. Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers. Waldron, Jeremy Law and disagreement. Oxford, UK; New York: Oxford Weingast, Barry R "The Political Foundations of Democracy and the Rule of Law." American Political Science Review 91 (2): PS200B Democracy 2006 Gerry Mackie & Sam Popkin page 6