Democracy Political Science 200B Winter Quarter 2005 Prof. Gerry Mackie, gmackie@ucsd.edu Office Hours, Tues. 10-12 Sequoyah Hall 223 Prof. Sam Popkin, spopkin@ucsd.edu 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. 149-188 Why Democracy? Nino, 1996, The Constitution of deliberative democracy. 67-106 Alternative Conceptions of Democracy Sen, 2001, Development as freedom. 146-159, Importance of Democracy 160-188, 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. 43-9 Kenya Dryzek, 1996, Democracy in capitalist times. 116-144 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, 88-105, 129-156, 167-174 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
April 27 Week Four: Representation Manin, 1997, The principles of representative government. 1-41, direct democracy and representation 79-93, the triumph of election 102-131 the principle of distinction Przeworski, Stokes, and Manin, 1999, Democracy, Accountability, and Representation. 1-23 Introduction & 29-54 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. 13-41 The Liberal Idea Dowding, Goodin, and Pateman, 2004, "Between Justice and Democracy". Arneson, 2004, "Democracy is not Intrinsically Just". Waldron, 1999, Law and disagreement. 10-17, Rights and Constitutionalism 211-231, Between Rights & Bills of Rights 243-249, principle and authority May 11 Week Six: Voting and Deliberation Mackie, 2003, Democracy Defended. 5-9,16-22,78-81,86-113,123-36 Manin, 1987, "On Legitimacy and Political Deliberation". Elster, 1991, "Arguing and Bargaining in two Constituent Assemblies". 1-4, 24-70 Shapiro, 2003, The state of democratic theory. 1-7, 21-49 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 80-113, 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
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. 81-116 Know-nothings, radicals & redeemers, 127-168 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. 326-376, Multiculturalism Shapiro, 2003, The state of democratic theory. 93-103, 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
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