PS321 Democratization - Class Reading Schedule

WEEKLY SCHEDULE:

PART I: THE STATE, GOVERNMENT, AND GOVERNMENT TYPE

Week 1 (August 23rd) – Introduction to Course

Readings: Take a look at some of the following links: Causality, Ceteris paribus, independent variables, and dependent variables, and follow the links to any other articles you find interesting.

Week 2 (August 28th) – Role of the State, Government and Government Type

Readings: TBA

PART II: ENDOGENOUS DEMOCRATIZATION

Week 3 (September 6th) – A Theory of Democratic Transitions

Readings: Boix, Introduction and Chapters 1-3

Przeworski, Adam and Fernando Limongi, “Modernization: Theories and Facts,” World Politics, 1997.

Week 4 (September 11th) – Wealth and Resources

Readings: Acemoglu, Daron et al., “Income and Democracy,” NBER Working Paper No. 11205.

Ross, Michael, “A Closer Look and Oil, Diamonds, and Civil War,” Annual Review of Political Science 2006

Ross, Michael, “Does Oil Hinder Democracy?” World Politics 53 (April 2001).

Week 5 (September 18th) – Geography

Readings: Fearon, James D. and Laitin David D., 2003, “Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War”, American Political Science Review Vol. 97, No. 1 February 2003.

Midterm Exam I – Friday, September 22, 2006

PART III: EXOGENOUS DEMOCRATIZATION

Week 6 (September 25th) – Diffusion of Conflict, Integration and Democratization

Readings: Gleditsch, Chapters 1-3

Week 7 (October 2nd) – Diffusion of Conflict, Integration and Democratization

Readings: Gleditsch, Chapters 4-6

Week 8 (October 9th) – Imposed Democracy

Readings: TBA

Week 9 (October 16th) – External Threat and Development

Readings: Gibler, Douglas M., “Bordering on Peace” Working Paper.

Marc Hutchison and Douglas M. Gibler. Forthcoming. Political Tolerance and Territorial Threat: A Cross-National Study. Journal of Politics.

Week 10 (October 23rd) – External Threat and Development

Readings: TBA

Week 11 (October 30th) – Effects of External Threat on International System

Readings: Douglas M. Gibler and Scott Wolford. 2006. Alliances, then Democracy: An Examination of the Relationship between Regime Type and Alliance Formation. Journal of Conflict Resolution. February: 1-25.

PART IV: CASE RESEARCH

Week 12 (November 6th) – Latin America

Projects due in class on Wednesday

Week 13 (November 13th) – Africa

Projects due in class on Wednesday

Week 14 (November 20th) – Asia

Projects due in class on Wednesday

Week 15 (November 27th) – Eastern Europe and the former Soviet States

Projects due in class on Wednesday

PART V: Putting it all together…

Week 16 (December 4th) – TBA

Paper Due Wednesday, December 6, 2006

FINAL EXAM – Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at 11:30am