POLS 2371-001: Comparative Politics

Professor: Justin Carter Office: West Hall 232 Office Hours: Daily 10am – Noon or by other appointment Email: Justin.carter@ttu.edu Lecture: T / Th 11am-12:20 pm Rm: 106 Book: Cases and Concepts in Comparative Politics, Ed. 18 published by Norton ISBN: 9780393631302

Course Overview: Students graduating from Texas Tech should be able to demonstrate awareness and knowledge of distinct cultures or subcultures, including but not limited to ethnicity, gender, class, political systems, religions, languages, or human geography. This course provides the analytical knowledge and practical skills to understand comparative politics worldwide. It addresses a wide range of policy-relevant issues: What are the key features of democracies and autocracies, and how can regimes best be classified, such as those in South Africa, Nigeria, and Iran? How can backsliding on human rights be prevented in states like Hungary, Poland, and Russia? What are the challenges for building stable and peaceful multi-ethnic states and democratic governance in countries such as Myanmar (Burma), Mali, and Afghanistan? What fuels populism in countries such as the U.S., U.K., and France? What is the appropriate constitutional balance of powers between the president and the legislature in states such as Venezuela, Russia, and Mexico? How does governance shape the delivery of economic and welfare policies in developing societies such as India and China? The course covers these questions and many others by utilizing the methods and techniques of comparative politics. You will learn about states and regimes worldwide – as well as deepening your understanding of your own society. The orientation is problem- and reform-focused. POLS 2371 analyzes (i) the nature of comparative politics, (ii) processes of state formation, (iii) the structure of political institutions, (iv) the role of political actors, and (v) processes of governance performance. POLS 2371 reviews the leading research literature on each topic. Assessment involves classroom participation, five exams, and nine short papers. This course will provide invaluable skills and knowledge for anyone seeking to develop familiarity with the major issues

in comparative politics and the practical skills in analyzing countries, institutions, and markets around the globe. In the age of globalization, cross-national insights into politics are invaluable for a wide range of potential careers, whether working for international agencies, multilateral organizations, non-profit NGOs, international corporations, or national governments. Because discussion will play an important role in this course, you need to keep up with the readings and be prepared for active participation. It’s a good idea to read a news source daily.

Important Dates: • 1st Day of Class: January 18 • Last Day to Add a Course: January 23 • Last Day to Drop and Have Charges Removed: February 2 • Last Drop Day without Academic Penalty: February 2 • Last Day to Withdraw with Partial Financial Credit: February 14 • Spring Break: March 10-18 • Last Day to Drop with Academic Penalty: March 28 • No Class: April 2 • Advance Registration Begins: April 5 • Last Day to Transfer between Colleges: April 24 • Last Day to Withdraw from University: May 3 • Last Day of Classes: May 8 • Individual Study Day: May 9 • Final Exam: Sat. May 12 – 1:30 – 4pm • End of Term: May 15

Possible “Your Course” Choices: • Institutions • Electoral Systems • Political Violence • Foreign Direct Investment • Social Media and Comparative Politics • War • Constitutions • Particular Country Not Discussed in the Textbook • Human Rights • Feminism around the World

• NGO’s • Other?

Grading Rubric: • Class Participation and Showing that you read the Material: 10% • Exam 1: 10% • Exam 2: 10% • Exam 3: 10% • Exam 4: 10% • Final Exam: 15% • Paper 1 – 7: 5% Each

o Note that 2 papers (of the 9 total papers) will not count toward your grade. These can be papers which were not turned in, were late, or were your two worst grades.

o Sometimes I will provide a list of questions from which you may choose. However, as we will be reading approximately 100 pages per week, I will often expect you to come up with you own paper topic, as there is plenty of material with which to work. Think of an INTERESTING question YOU want to research. Try to choose

something contentious! Something that researchers or journalists or world leaders argue over. Present both sides of the argument and then argue for one side or the other. Offer three references and be sure to CITE them properly.

Or choose a news article (from a REPUTABLE source), not Breitbart or FakeNews.org or some Facebook post. Think The Economist or New York Times or Washington Post or London Financial Times or The Atlantic or Foreign Affairs, etc. It cannot involve ONLY the United States. Explain the thesis and try to refute that article. Again offer at least three references.

I will grade far more toward clarity of thought and understanding of the situation than on grammar, but understand that you are practicing for the real world, and in the real world, grammar matters. Have someone proof-read your paper, offer suggestions and criticisms. Talking to respected peers and mentors about these papers helps you develop a greater understanding of the material and will make you a better thinker and writer.

Both the BEST and the MOST INTERESTING paper each week will receive a 5 point bonus on the next exam. These should not just be work, they

should be fun and exploratory and if you want to write about contentious or touchy issues, I wholeheartedly support that. Please just do not denigrate groups of people or genders or races.

I will sometimes ask to share some of your papers anonymously at the beginning of class to start some debate, but I will always ask your permission before doing so and want you to know that you may deny permission without being punished in any way. This is YOUR academic work and you may share or not accordingly.

Exam Structure: • Each exam will consist of multiple choice and short essay questions. Please be certain to

bring a Blue Book for each exam as they will NOT be provided by the professor. • If you cannot take an exam at the scheduled time because of health or personal

problems, you may take a make-up exam, subject to the following conditions: o YOU MUST NOTIFY ME BEFORE THE EXAM. If you are going to miss an exam, you

will most likely know before the exam. Send an email or call. If I do not receive notification, you will receive a ZERO for the exam.

o No one may take more than ONE make-up exam, except under extraordinary conditions.

Short Essay Papers: • Each short essay paper will need to be a minimum of 1,000 words.

Late Work: • All late work will be penalized one letter grade for each day that it is late. Excuses will

be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, but extensions will only be granted under extraordinary circumstances. Written verification will be necessary.

• If you have extenuating circumstances, let me know AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I will be FAR LESS sympathetic to excuses received AFTER an assignment is due.

Classroom: • You are expected to stay abreast of the reading assignments and take the initiative to

learn the material. Some of the readings are difficult and are published in the top scientific journals in the world. I DO NOT EXPECT YOU TO UNDERSTAND EVERY WORD, ESPECIALLY THE METHODS SECTIONS. I do expect you to understand the purpose of the paper, the research question, what the former literature had to say on the topic, the

findings, and a little of the methodology. I also expect that if you do not understand the reading, you will come informed and bearing questions for discussion. If you do not complete the readings, you will fall behind and lose participation points in class. If you know that an assignment will fall at a busy time in the semester, I suggest you begin working on it ahead of time. If you are active and engaged, it will be easier to learn and the process will be far more enjoyable for both you and me.

• In this class, we may discuss topics where you have a differing opinion than that of your classmates. While I encourage class discussion, I require that all discussion be conducted civilly. While you may criticize an idea, you may not attack the person attached to it. Failure to behave in an appropriate manner consistent with the university setting may result in dismissal from the day’s lecture, and the potential loss of an attendance point.

• Please be respectful of your fellow students. You may disagree, but there is no need for childishness, or outbursts, or name-calling, or intellectual bullying.

• Please use laptops for notetaking only. • Excessive cell-phone usage will result in loss of points. • Do not carry on side-conversations. • Be on time for class. Learning is both an individual and a community experience. If you

understand the material well, we need your insights and observations. If you do not, we need your questions!

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• For more information on scholastic dishonesty, see OP 34.12. Any student caught cheating in this class will get a zero for the assignment and an F for the class, pending instructor discretion.

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attending classes or other required activities, including examinations, for the observance of a religious holy day. The student shall also be excused for time necessary

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Special Accommodations: • Any student who, because of a disability, may require special arrangements in order to

meet the course requirements should contact the instructor as soon as possible to make any necessary arrangements. Students should present appropriate verification from Student Disability Services during the instructor’s office hours. Please note instructors are not allowed to provide classroom accommodations to a student until appropriate verification from Student Disability Services has been provided. For additional information, you may contact the Student Disability Services office in 335 West Hall or 806-742-2405. -OP 34.2

PART ONE: Introduction to Comparative Politics Class 1 R – Jan. 18

Course Introduction

Class 2 T – Jan. 23

Introduction to Comparative Politics

Class 3 R – Jan. 25

Comparative Methods and Methodologies

PART TWO: Nations, States, and Regimes Class 4 T – Jan. 30

Nations, States and Regimes Paper 1 Due

PART THREE: Democracy and Democratic States Class 5 R – Feb. 1

Varieties of Democracy

Class 6 T – Feb. 6

Modernization, Democratization, and Regime Comparisons Paper 2 Due

Class 7 R – Feb. 8

Comparing Democracies

Class 8 T – Feb. 13

Comparing Democracies, Continued Paper 3 Due

Class 9 R – Feb 15

Questioning Democracy

Class 10 T – Feb 20

No Class – Review for Exams Paper 4 Due

Class 11 R – Feb. 22

Exam 1 Bring Blue Book

PART FOUR: Non-Democratic Regimes Class 12 T – Feb. 27

Autocracies

Class 13 R – Mar. 1

Communism and Post-Communism - Russia

Class 14 T – Mar. 6

Communism and Post-Communism – China Paper 5 Due

Class 15 R – Mar. 8

Exam 2. Bring Blue Book

PART FIVE: Political Economy and Globalization Class 16 T – Mar. 20

Political Economy

Class 17 R – Mar. 22

Political Economy, Continued

Class 18 T - Mar. 27

Political Economy, Continued Paper 6 Due

Class 19 R – Mar. 29

Political Economy and Globalization

Class 20 T – Apr. 3

No Class Today. Paper 7 Due

Class 21 R – Apr. 5

Exam 3. Bring Blue Book.

PART 6: Developing States Class 22 T – Apr. 10

Developing States

Class 23 R – Apr. 12

Developing States, Continued

Class 24 T – Apr. 17

Developing States, Continued Paper 8 Due

Class 25 R – Apr. 19

Study Break

Class 26 T – Apr. 24

Exam 4. Bring Blue Book.

PART 7: YOUR CHOICE Class 27 R – Apr. 26

YOUR CHOICE!

Class 28 T – May 1

YOUR CHOICE! Paper 9 Due.

Class 29 R – May 3

YOUR CHOICE!

Class 30 – T – May 8

Study Break. Kick butt in all your finals! You can do it! You MUST put in the effort, though, nothing in this world is free!

FINAL EXAM Saturday, May 12

1:30 – 4pm. Bring Blue Book.

Detailed Readings, Schedule and Topics:

PART 1: INTRODUCTION Discussion of Syllabus, Course Materials, Objectives, and Expectations

Thursday, January 18, 2018 (Class 1): Introduction

Discussion Topics: • Syllabus

• Course Materials • Objectives • Expectations

Tuesday, January 23, 2018 (Class 2): What Is Comparative Politics? Discussion Topics • Is a science of comparative politics possible?

• Which is preferable? Large-N quantitative cross-national studies or qualitative ethnographic case-studies? Why?

• Should scientists and researchers study comparative politics? Why?

Required Reading • O’Neal, et al. 2017. Cases and Concepts in Comparative Politics. Norton Press. Chapter 1, pp. 2-24.

• Collier, David. 1993. “The Comparative Method.” In Ada Finifter. Ed. 1993. Political Science: The State of the Discipline II. APSA.

o Download from: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=1540884

Recommended Supplementary Readings and Resources

• Almond, Gabriel, et al. Eds. 2010. Comparative Politics Today: A World View. 9th Edition. New York: Longman / Pearson.

• Boix, Carles, and Susan C. Stokes. Eds. 2007. The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics. New York: Oxford University Press. Part I.

• Van Deth, Jan. Ed. 1998. Comparative Politics: The Problem of Equivalence. London: Routledge.

Thursday, January 25, 2018 (Class 3): Comparative Methods and Methodology Discussion Topics • What are the main criteria in selecting case studies and why?

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of the ‘most similar’ and the ‘most different’ research designs?

• What is selection bias? How can we improve our chances of avoiding it? What are the detriments of introducing selection bias?

Required Readings • Lijphart, Arend. 1971. “Comparative Politics and the Comparative Method.” The American Political Science Review. 65 (3): 682-93.

o Download from: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1955513.pdf

• Gerring, John. 2004. “What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good For?”

American Political Science Review. 98 (2): 341-54. o Download from:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0003055404001182

• Collier, David, James Mahoney, and Jason Seawright. 2004. Claiming

Too Much: Warnings about Selection Bias.” In Rethinking Social Inquiry: Diverse Tools, Shared Standards. Ed. Henry E. Brady, and David Collier. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield. Chapter 1 only.

o Download from: https://rowman.com/WebDocs/Chapters1-4.pdf

Recommended Supplementary Readings and Resources

• Boix, Carles, and Susan C. Stokes. Eds. 2007. The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics. New York: Oxford University Press. Part I.

• Brady, Henry, and David Collier. 2004. Rethinking Social Inquiry: Diverse Tools, Shared Standards. New York: Rowman and Littlefield.

• Geddes, Barbara. 2003. Paradigms and Sand Castles: Theory Building and Research Design in Comparative Politics. Chapter 3: Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.

• George, Alexander L., and Andrew Bennett. 2004. Case Studies and Theory Development. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

• Geering, John. 2007. Case Study Research: Principles and Practices. Cambridge University Press.

• King, Gary, Robert Keohane, et al. 1994. Designing Social Inquiry. Princeton University Press.

• Landman, Todd. 2007. Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics. London: Routledge Press.

• Munck, Geraldo, and R. Snyder. Eds. 2007. Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.

• Przeworski, Adam, amd H. Teune. 1970. The Logic of Comparative Social Inquiry. R.E. Kreiger Press.

• Pennings, Paul, et al. 2006. Doing Research in Political Science: An Intriduction to Comparative Methods and Statistics. London: Sage Press.

• Ragin, Charles C. 2000. Fuzzy-Set Social Change. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

PART 2: States, Nations, and Regimes

Tuesday, January 30, 2018 (Class 4): States, Nations, and Regimes

HOMEWORK: Paper 1 due today Discussion Topics • What explains the proliferation of states around the world?

• Is nationalism eroding or strengthening in light of globalization? • Do nations create states – or vice versa? • Which conditions facilitate state-building and nation-building?

Required Readings • O’Neal, et al. 2017. Cases and Concepts in Comparative Politics. Norton Press. Chapter 2 - 3, pp. 24 - 81.

Recommended Supplementary Readings and Resources

• Bates, Robert H. 2009. When Things Fall Apart: State Failure in Late-Century Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

• Call, Charles T., and Vanessa Wyeth. 2008. Building States to Build Peace. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner.

• Dobbin, James, et al. 2005. The UN’s Role in Nation-Building: From the Congo to Iraq. Rand Corp.

• Dunleavy, Patrick, and Brendan O’Leary. 1987. Theories of the State. Basingstoke: Macmillan.

• Fukuyama, Francis. 2004. State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century. Cornell University Press.

• Ghani, Ashraf, and Claire Lockhart. 2008. Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• Gill, Graeme. 2003. The Nature and Development of the Modern State. Basingstoke: Palgrave Press.

• Held, David, et al. 1999. Global Transformations. Stanford University Press.

• Kaplan, Seth. 2008. Fixing Fragile States: A New Paradigm for Development. New York: Praeger.

• McGrew, Anthony, and David Held. Eds. 2007. Globalization Theory: Approaches and Controversies. Cambridge: Polity.

• Ohmae, K. 1995. The End of the Nation-State. New York: Free Press. • Posner, Daniel. 1995. Institutions and Ethnic Conflict in Africa.

Cambridge University Press. • Rotberg, Robert. Ed. 2003. When States Fail: Causes and Consequences.

Princeton University Press. • Vincent, Andrew. 1987. Theories of the State. Oxford: Blackwell. • Varshney, Ashutosh. 2003. Ethnic Conflict and Civil Life: Hindus and

Muslims in India. Yale University Press. • Zartman, I. William. Ed. 1995. Collapsed States: The Disintegration and

Restoration of Legitimate Authority. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner. Online Resources • List of U.N. Member States:

http://www.un.org/en/members/index.shtml • CIA World Fact Book: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-

world-factbook/index.html

PART 3: Democracy and Democratic States

Thursday, February 1, 2018 (Class 5): Varieties of Democracy Discussion Topics • Is there a universal meaning to the concept of democracy or are our

understandings relativistic? • What are the pros and cons of dichotomous or continuous regime

classifications? Required Readings • O’Neal, et al. 2017. Cases and Concepts in Comparative Politics.

Norton Press. Chapter 6 - 7, pp. 142-201. • Elkins, Zachary. 2000. “Gradations of Democracy? Empirical Tests of

Alternative Conceptualizations.” American Journal of Political Science, 44(2): 293-300.

o Download from: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2669311.pdf

Recommended Supplementary Readings and Resources

• Dahl, Robert A. 1956. A Preface to Democratic Theory. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

• Dahl, Robert A. 1989. Democracy and Its Critics. New Haven: Yale University Press.

• Dahl, Robert A. 2000. On Democracy. New Haven: Yale University Press.

• Diamond, Larry, and Marc Plattner. Eds. 2015. Democracy in Decline? Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.

• Dryzek, John. 2000. Deliberative Democracy and Beyond: Liberals, Critics, Contestations. Oxford University Press.

• Gastil, John, and Peter Levine. Eds. 2005. The Deliberative Democracy Handbook: Strategies for Effective Civic Engagement in the Twenty-First Century. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

• Goodin, Robert E. 2008. Innovating Democracy: Democratic Theory and Practice after the Deliberative Turn. Oxford University Press.

• Held, David. 2006. Models of Democracy, 3rd Ed. Cambridge: Polity. • Huntington, Samuel P. 1993. The Third Wave. Norman: University of

Oklahoma Press. • Jon, Elster. Ed. 1998. Deliberative Democracy. Cambridge University

Press. • Lijphart, Arendt. 1999. Patterns of Democracy. New Haven: Yale

University Press. • Norris, Pippa. 2008. Driving Democracy: Do Power-Sharing Institutions

Work? Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. • Munck, Geraldo L., and Jay Verkuilen. 2002. “Conceptualizing and

Measuring Democracy: Evaluating Alternative Indices.” Comparative Political Studies, 35: 5-34.

• Przeworski, Adam, Michael E. Alvarez, Jose Antonio Cheibub, and Fernando Limongi. 2000. Democracy and Development: Political Institutions and Well-Being in the World, 1950-1990. Chapter 1. Princeton University Press.

• Schumpeter, Joseph. 1994. Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. Routledge.

Tuesday, February 6, 2018 (Class 6): Modernization, Democratization, and Regime

Comparisons HOMEWORK: Paper 2 due today Discussion Topics • What do we know about democracy?

• How can we compare Democracy, Capitalism, Socialism? Is Democracy antithetical to socialism or democracy?

• What is modernization? Is democracy an inevitable response to modernization? Vice-versa?

Required Readings • Lipset, Seymour Martin. 1993. “Reflections on Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy.” Journal of Democracy, 4(2): 43-55.

o Download from: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/225475/pdf • Geddes, Barbara. 1999. “What Do We Know About Democracy After

Twenty Years?” Annual Review of Political Science, 2:115-44. o Download from:

http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev.polisci.2.1.115

• Przeworski, Adam, and Fernando Limongi. 1997. “Modernization: Theories and Facts.” World Politics, 49(2): 155-83.

o Download from: http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/25053996.pdf

Recommended Supplementary Readings and Resources

• Acemoglu, Daron, and James A. Robinson. 2006. Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. Cambridge University Press.

• Diamond, Larry. 1999. Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.

• Inglehart, Ronald, and Christian Weltzel. 2005. Modernization, Cultural Change, and Democracy: The Human Development Sequence. Cambridge University Press.

• Lipset, Seymour Martin. 1959. “Some Social Requisites of Democracy: Economic Development and Political Legitimacy.” American Political Science Review, 53(1): 69-105.

• Mainwaring, Scott, and Matthew Soberg Shugart, Eds. 1997. Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America. Cambridge University Press.

• Moore, Barrington. 1966. Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World. Boston: Beacon Press.

• Putnam, Robert D. 1993. Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy. Princeton University Press.

Thursday, February 8, 2018 (Class 7): Comparing Democracies

Discussion Topics • How are the US’s and Britain’s political systems different? Similar?

• Describe the parliamentary system and how it differs from the presidential system.

• Which is better, parliamentarism or presidentialism? Why? Required Readings • O’Neal, et al. 2017. Cases and Concepts in Comparative Politics.

Norton Press. England, pp. 202-231; United States, pp. 232-259.

Tuesday, February 13, 2018 (Class 8): Comparing Democracies (Continued)

HOMEWORK: Paper 3 due today Discussion Topics • Discuss differences between all developed democracies we have

discussed thus far. • Which system seems to provide the most representation? • Which system would be most likely to exclude extremist groups? • Should far-left and far-right groups be represented if they hold small

levels of political support? Required Readings • O’Neal, et al. 2017. Cases and Concepts in Comparative Politics.

Norton Press. France, pp. 260-91; Germany, pp. 292-321.

Thursday, February 15, 2018 (Class 9): Questioning Democracy

Discussion Topics • Is democracy beginning to show problems?

• Does democracy protect against elite capture or strengthen the likelihood of that happening?

• Are certain types of democratic systems more likely to protect against elite capture than others?

• Does democratization inevitably lead to inequality? Required Readings • Zakaria, Fareed. 1997. “The Rise of Illiberal Democracy.” Foreign

Affairs, 76(6): 22-43. o Download from:

http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/20048274.pdf • Fukuyama, Francis. 2015. “Why Is Democracy Performing So Poorly?”

Journal of Democracy, 26(1): 11-20. o Download from:

https://fsi.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/ff_jod_jan2015.pdf • Scheve. Kenneth, and David Stasavage. 2017. “Wealth Inequality and

Democracy.” American Review of Political Science, 20: 451-68. o Download from:

http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev-polisci-061014-101840

• Johnson, Simon. 2009. “The Quiet Coup.” The Atlantic Online. Published June 11, 2009. http://www.er.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/mtec/chair-of-entrepreneurial-risks-dam/documents/The_Quiet_Coup_of_Finance_in_the_US_Simon-JOHNSON_may09.pdf. Downloaded January 5, 2017.

Recommended Supplementary Readings and Resources

• Armingeon, Klaus, and Kai Guthmann. 2013. “Democracy in Crisis? The Declining Support for National Democracy in European Countries, 2007-2011.” European Journal of Political Studies, 1-20.

• Benson, Michelle, and Jacek Kugler. 1998. “Power Parity, Democracy, and the Severity of Internal Violence.” Journal of Conflict Resolution, 42(2): 196-209.

• Bernhard, Michael. 1998. “Institutional Choice and the Failure of Democracy: The Case of Interwar Poland.” East European Politics and Societies, 13(1).

• Cohen, Barak. 2001. “Democracy and the Mis-Rule of Law: The Israeli Legal System’s Failure to Prevent Torture in the Occupied Territories.” Indiana International and Comparative Law Review, 12(1): 75-106.

• Remmer, Karen L. 1990. “Democracy and Economic Crisis: The Latin American Experience.” World Politics, 42(3): 315-335.

• Springer, Simon. 2010. “Public Space as Emancipation: Meditations on Anarchism, Radical Democracy, Neoliberalism and Violence.” Antipode, 43(2): 525-62.

Tuesday, February 20, 2018 (Class 10): Review Day HOMEWORK: Paper 4 due today

Take the day to review for Exam 1.

Thursday, February 22, 2018 (Class 11): Exam Day

Exam 1. Bring a Blue Book.

PART 4: Non-Democratic Regimes

Tuesday, February 27, 2018 (Class 12): Autocracies

Discussion Topics • What is meant by the concepts of ‘electoral democracy’, ‘electoral

autocracy’, ‘competitive authoritarianism’, and ‘illiberal democracy’? Which concept is most useful and valid for comparative purposes? How would you propose to measure each?

• What has caused the growth of electoral autocracies worldwide? • Critically assess Levitsky and Way’s theory of competitive

authoritarianism. Required Readings • O’Neal, et al. 2017. Cases and Concepts in Comparative Politics.

Norton Press. Chapter 8: Nondemocratic Regimes, pp. 355-381. • Levitsky, Steven, and Lucan A. Way. 2002. “The Rise of Competitive

Authoritarianism.” Journal of Democracy, 13: 51-65. o Download from: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/17196/pdf

• Goldstone, Jack A. 2011. “Understanding the Revolutions of 2011: Weakness and Resilience in Middle Eastern Autocracies.” Foreign Affairs, 90(3): 8-10, 11-16.

o Download from: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/23039402.pdf

Recommended Supplementary Readings and Resources

• Armony, Ariel C., and Hector E. Schamis. 2005. “Babel in Democratization Studies.” Journal of Democracy, 16(1): 113-28.

• Carothers, Thomas. 2002. “The End of the Transition Paradigm.” Journal of Democracy, 13: 5-21.

• Collier, David, and Robert Adcock. 1999. “Democracy and Dichotomies: A Pragmatic Approach to Choices about Concepts.” Annual Review of Political Science, 1: 537-65.

• Elkins, Zachary. 2000. “Gradations of Democracy? Empirical Tests of Alternative Conceptualizations.” American Journal of Political Science, 44: 293-300.

• Lindburg, Staffan. 2006. Democracy and Elections in Africa. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.

• Lindburg, Staffan. Ed. 2009. Democratization by Elections – A New Mode of Transition. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.

• Linz, Juan. 2000. Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes. Boulder: Lynne Rienner.

• Przeworski, Adam, et al. 2000. Democracy and Development: Political Institutions and Well-Being in the World, 1950-1990. New York: Cambridge University Press.

• Rotberg, Robert. 2007. Worst of the Worst. World Peace Foundation. • Zakaria, Fareed. 2003. The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at

Home and Abroad. New York: Norton. Online Resources • Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org

• Human Rights Watch: www.hrw.org • Freedom House: www.freedomhouse.org • Varieties of Democracy: www.v-dem.net

Thursday, March 1, 2018 (Class 13): Communism and Post-Communism - Russia Discussion Topics • What distinguishes these states, with democratic processes, from

actual democracies? • Which system is better for long-term growth? • Is communism compatible with democracy?

Required Readings • O’Neal, et al. 2017. Cases and Concepts in Comparative Politics. Norton Press. Chapter 9: Communism and Post-Communism, pp. 382-415 & Russia, pp. 416-443.

Recommended Supplementary Readings and Resources

• Gryzmala-Busse, Anna, and Pauline Jones Luong. 2002. “Reconceptualizing the States: Lessons from Post-Communism.” Politics and Society, 30(4): 529-54.

• Korna, Janos. 1992. The Socialist System: The Political Economy of Communism. Oxford University Press.

• Lipset, Seymour Martin, and Gary Marks. 2000. It Didn’t Happen Here: Why Socialism Failed in the United States. New York: W.W. Norton.

• Matthews, Mervyn. 1978. Privilege in the Soviet Union: A Study of Elite Life-Styles under Communism. New York: Routledge.

• Nunberg, Barbara. 1999. The State after Communism: Administrative Transitions in Central and Eastern Europe. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Press.

• Shleifer, Andrei, and Daniel Treisman. 2005. “A Normal Country: Russia After Communism.” The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 19(1): 151-74.

• Taylor, Brian D. 2011. State Building in Putin’s Russia: Policing and Coercion after Communism. Cambridge University Press.

Tuesday, March 6, 2018 (Class 14): Communism and Post-Communism - China HOMEWORK: Paper 5 due today Discussion Topics • Is it inevitable that China will surpass the United States as economic

hegemon? • Discuss the similarities and differences between China’s and

Democratic systems. Pros and Cons? Which is better for the market? Required Readings • O’Neal, et al. 2017. Cases and Concepts in Comparative Politics.

Norton Press. China, 444-79. • De Graaff, Nana, and Bastiaan vam Apeldoorn. 2018. “U.S.-China

Relations and the Liberal World Order: Contending Elites, Colliding Visions?” International Affairs, 94(1): 113-131.

o Download from: https://academic.oup.com/ia/article/94/1/113/4762687

• King, Gary, Jennifer Pan, and Margaret E. Roberts. 2017. “How the Chinese Government Fabricates Social Media Posts for Strategic Distraction, Not Engaged Argument.” American Political Science Review, 111(3): 484-501.

o https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/4662DB26E2685BAF1485F14369BD137C/S0003055417000144a.pdf/how_the_chinese_government_fabricates_social_media_posts_for_strategic_distraction_not_engaged_argument.pdf

Recommended Supplementary Readings and Resources

• Blanchard, Olivier, and Andrei Shleifer. 2001. “Federalism with and Without Political Centralization: China versus Russia.” IMF Staff Papers, 48: 171-79.

• Breslin, Shaun. 2007. China and the Global Political Economy. Palgrave MacMillan.

• Guthrie, Doug. 2012. China and Globalization: The Social, Economic, and Political Transformations of Chinese Society, 3rd. Ed. New York: Routledge.

• O’Brien, Kevin J., and Lianjiang Li. 2006. Rightful Resistance in Rural China. New York: Cambridge University Press.

• Oksenberg, Michel. 2001. “China’s Political System: Challenges of the Twenty-First Century.” The China Journal, 45: 21-35.

• Walder, Andrew G. 2002. “Markets and Income Inequality in Rural China: Political Advantage in an Expanding Economy.” American Sociological Review, 67(2): 231-53.

• Weingast, Barry R. 1995. “The Economic Role of Political Institutions: Market-Preserving Federalism and Economic Development.” Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 11(1): 1-31.

• Yang, Dali L. 2006. “Economic Transformation and Its Political Discontents in China: Authoritarianism, Unequal Growth, and the Dilemmas of Political Development.” Annual Review of Political Science, 9: 143-64.

Thursday, March 8, 2018 (Class 15): Exam Day

Exam 2. Bring a Blue Book.

PART 5: Political Economy and Globalization

Tuesday, March 20, 2018 (Class 16): Political Economy

Discussion Topics

Required Readings • O’Neal, et al. 2017. Cases and Concepts in Comparative Politics. Norton Press. Chapter 4: Political Economy, 82-115.

• Biglaiser, Glen. 2016. “Mandate and the Market: Policy Outcomes under the Left in Latin America.” Comparative Politics, 48(2): 185-204.

o Download from: http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/24886172.pdf • Fox, Sean. 2013. “The Political Economy of Slums: Theory and Evidence

from Sub-Saharan Africa.” World Development, 54: 191-203. o Download from:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X13001873

Recommended Supplementary Readings and Resources

• Abdelal, Rawi, Mark Blyth, and Craig Parsons, Eds. 2010. Constructing the International Economy. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

• Bose, Sugata, and Ayesha Jalal. 1998. Modern South Asia: History, Culture, and Political Economy. Routledge.

• Choudhury, Masudul Alam, and Uzir Abdul Malik. 1992. The Foundations of Islamic Political Economy. London: MacMillan.

• Goddard, C. Roe, Patrick Cronin, and Kishore C. Dash, Eds. 2003. International Political Economy: State-Market Relations in a Changing Global Order, 2nd Ed. Palgrave MacMillan.

• Grossman, Emiliano, and Cornelia Woll. 2013. “Saving the Banks: The Political Economy of Bailouts.” Comparative Political Studies, 47(4): 574-600.

• Marable, Manning. 1983. How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America: Problems in Race, Political Economy, and Society. Boston: South End Press.

• Mkandawire, Thandika. 2015. “Neopatrimonialism and the Political Economy of Economic Performance in Africa: Critical Reflections.” World Politics, 67(3): 563-612.

• O’Brien, Robert, and Marc Williams. 2004. Global Political Economy: Evolution and Dynamics. Palgrave MacMillan.

• Pinstrup-Andersen, Per, Ed. 2015. Food Price Policy in an Era of Market Instability: A Political Economy Analysis. Oxford University Press.

• Ravenhill, John, Ed. 2017. Global Political Economy, 5th Ed. Oxford University Press.

Thursday, March 22, 2018 (Class 17): Political Economy, Continued Required Readings

• Reinert, Hugo, and Erik S. Reinert. 2006. “Creative Destruction in Economics: Nietzsche, Sombart, Schumpeter.” Chapter 4, pp. 55-85.

o Download from: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-0-387-32980-2.pdf#page=64

• Bowles, Samuel, and Herbert Gintis. 2006. “The Evolutionary Basis of Collective Action.” Pp. 1-19

o Download from: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/7751/ 4d8912237f13545b324c22d8850ddb306fac.pdf

• Eichengreen, Barry, and Torben Iversen. 1999. “Institutions and Economic Performance: Evidence from the Labour Market.” Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 15(4): 121-38.

o Download from: https://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~iversen/PDFfiles/oxrep1999winter.PDF

Recommended Supplementary Readings and Resources

• Dixit, Avinash. 1998. The Making of Economic Policy: A Transaction Cost Politics Perspective. Cambridge: MIT Press.

• Hall, Peter, and David Soskice. 2001. “An Introduction to Varieties of Capitalism,” in Peter Hall, and David Soskice, eds., Varieties of Capitalism. Oxford University Press.

• Hall, Peter, and Daniel Gingerich. 2009. “Varieties of Capitalism and Institutional Complementarities in the Political Economy: An Empirical Analysis.” British Journal of Political Science, 39: 449-82.

• Hiscox, Michael. 2001. “Class Versus Industry Cleavages: Inter-Industry Factor Mobility and the Politics of Trade.” International Organization, 55(Winter): 1-46.

• Katznelson, Ira, and Barry Weingast. 2007. Preferences Over Time. Russell Sage Foundation.

• Martin, Cathi Jo, and Duane Swank. 2012. The Political Construction of Business Interests: Coordination, Growth, and Equality. New York: Cambridge University Press.

• Miller, Gary. 2005. “The Political Evolution of Principle-Agent Models.” Annual Review of Political Science, 8: 203-225.

• Mitchell, William, and Michael Munger. 1991. “Economic Models of Interest Groups: An Introductory Survey.” American Journal of Political Science, 35: 512-46.

• Olson, Mancur. 1982. The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities. New Haven: Yale University Press.

• Przeworski, Adam. 2003. States and Markets: A Primer in Political Economy. Cambridge University Press.

• Shayo, Moses. 2009. “A Model of Social Identity with an Application to Political Economy.” American Political Science Review, 103: 147-74.

• Shepsle, Kenneth. 2010. Analyzing Politics: Rationalisty, Behavior, and Institutions. W.W. Norton Press.

• Williamson, Oliver. 1985. The Economic Institutions of Capitalism: Firms, AMrkets, and Relational Contracts. Free Press.

Tuesday, March 27, 2018 (Class 18): Political Economy, Continued

Homework • Paper 6 due today

Required Readings • Clark, William Robert, et. Al. 2013. “Monetary Institutions and the Political Survival of Democratic Leaders.” International Studies Quarterly, 57(September): 556-67.

o Download from: https://academic.oup.com/isq/article/57/3/556/1807108

• Boix, Carles. 2011. “Democracy, Development, and the International System.” American Political Science Review, 105(4): 809-828.

o Download from: http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/23275354.pdf • Mares, Isabela, and Matthew Carnes. 2008. “Social Policy in Developing

Countries.” Annual Review in Political Science, 12: 93-113. o Download from:

http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.polisci.12.071207.093504

• Krueger, Anne. 1973. “The Political Economy of Rent-Seeking Society.” American Economic Review, 64: 291-303.

o Download from: http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1808883.pdf

Recommended Supplementary Readings and Resources

• Acemoglu, Daron, and James Robinson. 2012. Why Nations Fail: Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty. Crown Business.

• Boix, Carles. 1997. “Political Parties and the Supply Side of the Economy: The Provision of Physical and Human Capital in Advanced Economies, 1960-1990.” American Journal of Political Science, 41: 814-45.

• Calmfors, Lars, and John Driffill. 1998. “Bargaining Structure, Corporatism, and Macro-Economic Performance.” Economic Policy, 13-61.

• Franzese, Robert. 2002. Macroeconomic Policies of Developed Democracies. New York: Cambridge University Press.

• Hancke, Bob. 2009. Debating Varieties of Capitalism: A Reader. Oxford University Press.

• Iversen, Torben. 1999. Contested Economic Institutions. New York: Cambridge University Press.

• Kydland, Finn, and Edward Prescott. 1977. “Rules Rather than Discretion: The Inconsistency of Optimal Plan.” Journal of Political Economy, 85: 473-90.

• Mares, Isabela, 2006. Taxation, Wage Bargaining, and Unemployment. New York: Cambridge University Press.

• Persson, Torsten, and Guido Tabellini. 2005. The Economic Effects of Constitutions. MIT Press.

• Tsebelis, George. 2002. Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work. Princeton University Press.

Thursday, March 29, 2018 (Class 19): Political Economy & Globalization

Required Readings • O’Neal, et al. 2017. Cases and Concepts in Comparative Politics. Norton

Press. Chapter 11: Globalization, 692-717. • Hellwig, Timothy, and David Samuels. 2007. “Voting in Open Economies: The

Electoral Consequences of Globalization.” Comparative Political Studies, 283-306.

o Download from: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0010414006288974

• Stiglitz, Joseph E. 2017. “The Overselling of Globalization.” Business Economics, 52: 129-37.

o Download from: https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/faculty/jstiglitz/ sites/jstiglitz/files/The%20Overselling%20of%20Globalization_0.pdf

Recommended Supplementary Readings and Resources

• Bardhan, Pranab, Samuel Bowles, and Michael Wallerstein. 2006. Globalization and Egalitarian Redistribution. Princeton University Press.

• Brawley, Mark. 2003. The Politics of Globalization: Gaining Perspective, Assessing Consequences. Toronto, Canada: Broadview Press.

• Busemeyer, Marius. 2009. “From Myth to Reality: Globalization and Public Spending in OECD Countries Revisited.” European Journal of Political Research, 48: 455-82.

• Garrett, Geoffrey. 1998. Partisan Politics in the Global Economy. Cambridge University Press.

• Jensen, Carsten. 2010. “Conditional Contraction: Globalization and Capitalist Systems.” European Journal of Political Research, 50: 168-89.

• Hays, Jude, Sean Ehrlich, and Clint Peinhardt. 2005. “Government Spending and Public Support for Trade in the OECD: An Empirical Test of the Embedded Liberalism Thesis.” International Organization, 473-94.

• Nooruddin, Irfan, and Nita Rudra. 2014. “Are Developing Countries Really Defying the Embedded Liberalism Compact?” World Politics, 66: 603-40.

• Rodrik, Dani. 1997. Has Globalization Gone Too Far? Washington, D.C.: Institute for International Economics.

Tuesday, April 3, 2018 (Class 20): No Class

Homework Paper 7 due today

Thursday, April 5, 2018 (Class 21): Exam 3

Exam 3. Bring a Blue Book.

PART 6: Developing States

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 (Class 22): Developing States

Required Readings • O’Neal, et al. 2017. Cases and Concepts in Comparative Politics. Norton

Press. Chapter 10: Developing Countries, 480-509 & India: 510-539. Recommended Supplementary Readings and Resources

• Adams, Jr., Richard H., and John Page. 2005. “Do International Migration and Remittances Reduce Poverty in Developing Countries?” World Development, 33(10): 1645-1669.

• Agosin, Manuel R., and Roberto Machado. 2007. “Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries: Does it Crowd Out Domestic Investment?” Oxford Development Studies, 33(2): 149-62.

• Asiedu, Elizabeth. 2002. “On the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries: Is Africa Different?” World Development, 30(1): 107-19.

• Bird, Richard M., and Francois Vaillancourt. 1998. Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries. Cambridge University Press.

• Booth, Laurence, et al. 2001. “Capital Structures in Developing Economies.” The Journal of Finance, 56(1): 87-130.

• Calvo, Guillermo, et al. 1996. “Inflows of Capital to Developing Countries in the 1990s.” The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 123-139.

• Diamond, Larry, Juan Linz, and Seymour Martin Lipset. 1995. Politics in Developing Countries, 2nd Edition. Lynne Rienner.

• Edwards, Sebastian. 1993. “Openness, Trade Liberalization, and Growth in Developing Countries.” Journal of Economic Literature, 31(3): 1358-93.

• Prasad, Eswar, et al. 2003. “Effects of Financial Globalization on Developing Countries: Some Empirical Evidence.” International Monetary Fund, Occasional Paper 220.

• Ravallion, Martin. 1997. “Can High-Inequality Developing Countries Escape Absolute Poverty?” Economics Letters, 56: 51-57.

• Rodrik, Dani. 1991. “Policy Uncertainty and Private Investment in Developing Countries.” Journal of Development Economics, 36: 229-42.

• Wood, Adrian. 1997. “Openness and Wage Inequality in Developing Countries: The Latin American Challenge to East Asian Conventional Wisdom.” The World Bank Economic Review, 11(1): 33-57.

Thursday, April 12, 2018 (Class 23): Developing States, Continued

Required Readings • O’Neal, et al. 2017. Cases and Concepts in Comparative Politics. Norton

Press. Iran and Mexico: 540-599.

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 (Class 24): Developing States Homework • Paper 8 due today

Required Readings • O’Neal, et al. 2017. Cases and Concepts in Comparative Politics. Norton Press. Nigeria: 662-691.

Thursday, April 19, 2018 (Class 25): Study Break

Take the day to get caught up! Kick butt in ALL of your classes!

Tuesday, April 24, 2018 (Class 26): Exam 4

Exam 4. Bring a Blue Book.

PART 7: YOUR CHOICE!

Thursday, April 26, 2018 (Class 27): YOUR CHOICE

TBD

Tuesday, May 1, 2018 (Class 28): YOUR CHOICE

Homework Paper 9 due today.

Thursday, May 3, 2018 (Class 29): YOUR CHOICE

TBD

Tuesday, May 8, 2018 (Class 30): STUDY!!!

Take the day to prepare for your finals!

Saturday, May 12, 2018: FINAL EXAM 1:30-4pm

Bring Blue Book.