Course Readings
Required Books:
Birch, Anthony H. 2007. The Concepts and Theories of Modern Democracy. 3rd ed. New York:
Routledge. (~130 pp.)
Linz, Juan J., and Arturo Valenzuela, eds. 1994. The Failure of Presidential Democracy: Comparative
Perspectives. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. (~100 pp.)
Norris, Pippa. 2008. Driving Democracy: Do Power-Sharing Arrangements Work? Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press. (~140 pp.)
O’Donnell, Guillermo, Philippe Schmitter, and Laurence Whitehead. 1986. Transitions from
Authoritarian Rule. Vol.4: Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies. Baltimore: Johns
Hopkins University Press. (~50 pp.)
Smith, Graham. 2009. Democratic Innovations: Designing Institutions for Citizen Participation.
Cambridge University Press. (~200 pp.)
Teorell, Jan. 2010. Determinants of Democratization: Explaining Regime Change in the World, 1972–
2006. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Whitehead, Laurence. 2002. Democratization: Theory and Experience. Oxford University Press. (~140
pages)
Printed Compendium of Selected Readings:
Bobbio, Norberto. 1989. Democracy and Dictatorship: The Nature and Limits of State Power.
Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. Chapter 4: “Democracy and Dictatorship,” 133-66.
Crouch, Harold. 1997. “Civil-Military Relations in Southeast Asia.” In Consolidating the Third Wave
Democracies: Themes and Perspectives, ed. Larry Diamond, et al. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins
University Press, 207-35.
Dahl, Robert. 1971. Polyarchy: Participation and Opposition. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Chapter 1: “Democratization and Public Opposition,” 1-16.
Diamond, Larry. 1991. “Economic Development and Democracy Reconsidered.” In Reexamining
Democracy: Essays in Honor of Seymour Martin Lipset, ed. Gary Marks and Larry Diamond. London:
Sage, 93-139.
Elster, Jon. 1988. “Introduction.” In Constitutionalism and Democracy, ed. Jon Elster and Rune
Slagstad. Cambridge University Press, 1-17.
Gloppen, Siri, et al. 2010. Courts and Power in Latin America and Africa. Palgrave Macmillan. Chapter
2 “Courts' Accountability Functions: A Framework for Inquiry”; Chapter 5: “Comparing Courts'
Accountability Functions in Africa.”
Marsteintredet, Leiv, and Einar Berntzen. 2008. “Reducing the Perils of Presidentialism in Latin
American through Presidential Interruptions.” Comparative Politics 41 (1): 83-101.
O’Donnell, Guillermo. 1979. “Tensions in the Bureaucratic-Authoritarian State and the Question of
Democracy.” In The New Authoritarianism in Latin America, ed. David Collier. Princeton: Princeton
University Press, 285-318.
Przeworski, Adam. 1992. “Games of Transition.” In Issues in Democratic Consolidation: The New
South American Democracies in Comparative Perspective, ed. Scott Mainwaring, Guillermo
O’Donnell, and J. Samuel Valenzuela. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 105-116, 137-42,
148-52.
Przeworski, Adam, Michael Alvarez, José Antonio Cheibub, and Fernando Limongi. 2001. “What
Makes Democracies Endure?” In The Global Divergence of Democracies, ed. Larry Diamond and Marc
F. Plattner. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 167-184.
Randall, Vicky, and Robin Theobald. 1998. Political Change and Underdevelopment: A Critical
Introduction to Third World Politics. 2nd ed. New York: Palgrave. Chapter 3: “The Emergence of a
Politics of Order,” 86-119.
Schedler, Andreas. 2001. “What is Democratic Consolidation?” In The Global Divergence of
Democracies, ed. Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press,
149-64.
Shugart, Matthew Soberg, and John M. Carey. 1993. Presidents and Assemblies: Constitutional Design
and Electoral Dynamics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 3: “Criticisms of
Presidentialism and Responses,” 28-54.
Sunstein, Cass R. 1988. “Constitutions and Democracies: An Epilogue,” In Constitutionalism and
Democracy, ed. Jon Elster and Rune Slagsted. Cambridge University Press, 327-53.
Required Readings – Electronic Sources:
Brinegar, Adam, Scott Morgenstern, and Daniel Nielson. 2006. “The PRI’s Choice: Balancing
Democratic Reform and its Own Salvation.” Party Politics 12 (1): 77-97.
Brumberg, Daniel. 2002. “The Trap of Liberalized Autocracy.” Journal of Democracy 13 (4): 56-68.
Dalton, Russel, Doh C. Shin, and Willy Jou. 2007. “Understanding Democracy: Data from Unlikely
Places.” Journal of Democracy 18 (4): 142–156.
Fish, M. Steven. 2006. “Stronger Legislatures, Stronger Democracies.” Journal of Democracy 17 (1): 520.
Hadenius, Axel, and Jan Teorell. 2007. “Pathways from Authoritarianism.” Journal of Democracy 18
(1): 143-56.
Hinnebusch, Raymond. 2006. “Authoritarian Persistence, Democratization Theory and the Middle
East: An Overview and Critique.” Democratization 13 (June): 373-95.
Huber, Evelyne, Dietrich Rueschemeyer, and John D. Stephens. 1993. “The Impact of Economic
Development on Democracy.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 7 (3): 71-85.
Kapstein, Ethan B., and Nathan Converse. 2008. “Why Democracies Fail.” Journal of
Democracy 19(4): 58-68.
Lee, Terrence. 2009. “The Armed Forces and Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Explaining the Role
of the Military 1986 Philippines and 1998 Indonesia.” Comparative Political Studies 42 (5): 640-69.
Levitsky, Steven, and Lucan A. Way. 2002. “The Rise of Competitive Authoritarianism.”
Journal of Democracy 13 (2): 51-65.
O’Donnell, Guillermo. 1998. “Horizontal Accountability in New Democracies.” Journal of Democracy 9
(3): 112-126.
Qi, Linglin, and Doh C. Shin. 2011. “How Mass Political Attitudes Affect Democratization: Exploring
the Facilitating Role Critical Democrats Play in the Process.” International Political Science Review 32
(3): 245–262.
Rakner, Lise, and Nicolas van de Walle. 2009. “Opposition Weakness in Africa.” Journal of Democracy
20 (3): 108-121.
Solinger, Dorothy J. 2001. “Ending One-Party Dominance: Korea, Taiwan, Mexico.” Journal of
Democracy 12 (1): 30-42.