| LEC # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | ||
| 1 | Overview | |
| 2 | Class Discussion: What is the value of community? Why do we participate in public life? | Movie: Pleasantville Bellah, Robert, et al. Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life. New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1986, Preface, pp. 3-26, 167-95. ISBN: 9780060970277. (Chapter 2 optional.) |
| 3 | Class Discussion: What is the value of community? Why do we participate in public life? (cont.) | |
| Key Concepts | ||
| 4 | What is Civil Society? | Seligman, Adam. The Idea of Civil Society. New York, NY: Free Press, 1992, pp. 15-58. ISBN: 9780029283158. Ehrenberg, John. Chapters 7, 8, and 9 in Civil Society: The Critical History of an Idea. New York, NY: New York University Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780814722077. Marx, Karl. Excerpts from "On the Jewish Question." In The Civil Society Reader. Edited by Hodgkinson, and Foley. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2003, pp. 96-112. ISBN: 9781584652786. Tocqueville, Alexis de. Excerpts from "Democracy in America." In The Civil Society Reader. Edited by Hodgkinson, and Foley. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2003, pp. 113-32. ISBN: 9781584652786. |
| 5 | What is Civil Society? (cont.) | |
| 6 | What is Civil Society? (cont.) | |
| 7 | What is Social Capital? | Putnam, Robert D. Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992. ISBN: 9780691078892. Coleman, James. "Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital." American Journal of Sociology 94 (1988): S95-S120. Granovetter, Mark. "The Strength of Weak Ties." American Journal of Sociology 78, no. 6 (1972): 1360-1380. Jackman, Robert, and Ross Miller. "A Renaissance of Political Culture?" American Journal of Political Science 40 (1996): 632-59. |
| 8 | What is Social Capital? (cont.) | |
| 9 | Debates About Civil Society and Social Capital | Portes, Alejandro. "Social Capital: Its Origins and Applications in Modern Sociology." Annual Review of Sociology 24 (1998): 1-24. Foley, Michael, and Bob Edwards. "Escape from Politics? Social Theory and the Social Capital Debate." American Behavioral Scientist 40, no. 5 (1997): 550-61. Boix, Carles, and Daniel Posner. "Social Capital: Explaining its Origins and Effects on Government Performance." British Journal of Political Science 28 (1998): 686-693. |
| Participation and Democracy | ||
| 10 | Civil Society and Social Capital in the U.S. and Other Consolidated Democracies | Fiorina, Morris. "Extreme Voices: The Dark Side of Civic Engagement." In Civic Engagement in American Democracy. Edited by Theda Skocpol, and Morris P. Fiorina. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press; New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 1999. ISBN: 9780815728092. Berry, Jeffrey. "The Rise of Citizen Groups." In Civic Engagement in American Democracy. Edited by Theda Skocpol, and Morris P. Fiorina. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press; New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 1999. ISBN: 9780815728092. Skocpol, Theda, and associates. "How Americans Became Civic." In Civic Engagement in American Democracy. Edited by Theda Skocpol, and Morris P. Fiorina. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press; New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1999. ISBN: 9780815728092. Skocpol, Theda. "Advocates Without Members: The Recent Transformation of American Civic Life." In Civic Engagement in American Democracy. Edited by Theda Skocpol, and Morris P. Fiorina. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press; New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 1999. ISBN: 0815728093. Worms, Jean-Pierre. "Old and New Civic and Social Ties in France." In Democracies in Flux: The Evolution of Social Capital in Contemporary Society. Edited by Robert Putnam. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780195171600. Perez-Diaz, Victor. "From Civil War to Civil Society: Social Capital in Spain from the 1930s to the 1990s." In Democracies in Flux: The Evolution of Social Capital in Contemporary Society. Edited by Robert Putnam. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780195171600. |
| 11 | Civil Society and Social Capital in the U.S. and Other Consolidated Democracies (cont.) | |
| Participation and Regime Change | ||
| 12 | Civil Society, Social Capital, and Democratization | Diamond, Larry. "Toward Democratic Consolidation." Chapter 19 in The Global Resurgence of Democracy. Edited by Larry Diamond, and Marc Plattner. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. ASIN: B000OMLGG6. Gibson, James. "Social Networks, Civil Society, and the Prospects for Consolidating Russia's Democratic Transition." American Journal of Political Science 45, no. 1 (2001). Ekiert, Grzegorz, and Jan Kubik. Chapter 2 in Rebellious Civil Society: Popular Protest and Democratic Consolidation in Poland 1989-1993. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780472110278. Paley, Julia. Marketing Democracy: Power and Social Movements in Post-Dictatorship Chile. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2001, pp. 1-20, 143-181. ISBN: 9780520227682. Harik, Iliya. "Pluralism in the Arab World." Chapter 23 in The Global Resurgence of Democracy. Edited by Diamond, and Marc Plattner. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. ASIN: B000OMLGG6. Gyimak-Boadi, E. "Civil Society in Africa." Journal of Democracy 7, no. 2 (April 1996): 118-132. |
| 13 | Civil Society, Social Capital, and Democratization (cont.) | |
| Participation in Non-Western Contexts | ||
| 14 | Civil Society, Rebellion, and War | Petersen, Roger Dale. Chapters 1, and 3 in Resistance and Rebellion: Lessons from Eastern Europe. Cambridge, UK; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780521770002. Harpviken, Kristian Berg. "Transcending Traditionalism: The Emergence of Non-State Military Formations in Afghanistan." Journal of Peace Research 34, no. 3 (1997). |
| 15 | Intertwining of State and Society | Perry, Elizabeth, and Ellen Fuller. "China's Long March to Democracy." World Policy Journal 8, no. 4 (1991). Ding, X. L. "Institutional Amphibiousness and the Transition from Communism: The Case of China." British Journal of Political Science 24, no. 3 (1994). |
| 16 | State Impact on Civil Society | Skocpol, Theda. "Rentier State and Shi'a Islam in the Iranian Revolution." Theory and Society 11, no. 3 (1982). Knight, John. "Making Citizens in Postwar Japan: National and Local Perspectives." In Civil Society: Challenging Western Models. Edited by Chris Hann, and Elizabeth Dunn. London, UK: Routledge, 1996. ISBN: 9780415132183. |
| 17 | Civil Society, Social Capital, and Obligation | Weller, Robert. Chapters 1, 2, 5, and 6 in Alternate Civilities: Democracy and Culture in China and Taiwan. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780813339313. Dunn, Elizabeth. "Money, Morality, and Modes of Civil Society Among American Mormons." In Civil Society: Challenging Western Models. Edited by Chris Hann, and Elizabeth Dunn. London, UK: Routledge, 1996. ISBN: 9780415132183. |
| 18 | Civil Society and Gender | White, Jenny B. "Civic Culture and Islam in Urban Turkey." In Civil Society: Challenging Western Models. Edited by Chris Hann, and Elizabeth Dunn. London, UK: Routledge, 1996. ISBN: 9780415132183. Rabo, Annika. "Gender, State, and Civil Society in Jordan and Syria." In Civil Society: Challenging Western Models. Edited by Chris Hann, and Elizabeth Dunn. London, UK: Routledge, 1996. ISBN: 9780415132183. Skocpol, Theda. Chapter 6 in Protecting Soldiers and Mothers: The Political Origins of Social Policy in the United States. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780674717664. |
| Civil Society Before Democracy | ||
| 19 | Civil Society Before Democracy | Berman, Sheri. "Civil Society and the Collapse of the Weimar Republic." World Politics 49, no. 3 (1997). Lyttleton, Adrian. "Liberalism and Civil Society in Italy: From Hegemony to Mediation." In Civil Society Before Democracy: Lessons from Nineteenth Century Europe. Edited by Nancy Gina Bermeo, and Philip Nord. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc., 2000. ISBN: 9780847695508. Bermeo, Nancy. "Civil Society After Democracy: Some Conclusions." In Civil Society Before Democracy: Lessons from Nineteenth Century Europe. Edited by Nancy Gina Bermeo, and Philip Nord. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc., 2000. ISBN: 9780847695508. |
| Social Capital and State Capacity | ||
| 20 | Positive Effects of Social Capital on State Capacity | Evans, Peter. Chapter 3 in Embedded Autonomy: States and Industrial Transformation. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780691037363. Ostrom, Elinor. "Crossing the Great Divide: Coproduction, Synergy, and Development." In State-Society Synergy: Government and Social Capital in Development. Edited by Peter Evans. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780877251941. Lam, Wai Fung. "Institutional Design of Agencies and Coproduction." In State-Society Synergy: Government and Social Capital in Development. Edited by Peter Evans. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780877251941 . Evans, Peter, ed. "Introduction," and "Conclusion." In State-Society Synergy: Government and Social Capital in Development. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780877251941. (Optional) Hardin, Russell. "Trust in Government." Chapter 1 in Trust and Governance. Edited by Braithwaite, and Levi. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 2003. ISBN: 9780871541352. Tyler, Tom. "Trust and Democratic Governance." Chapter 11 in Trust and Governance. Edited by Braithwaite, and Levi. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 2003. ISBN: 9780871541352. Peel, Mark. "Trusting Disadvantaged Citizens." Chapter 13 in Trust and Governance. Edited by Braithwaite, and Levi. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 2003. ISBN: 9780871541352. Braithwaite, John. "Institutionalizing Distrust, Enculturating Trust." Chapter 14 in Trust and Governance. Edited by Braithwaite, and Levi. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 2003. ISBN: 9780871541352. Levi, Margaret. "A State of Trust." In Trust and Governance. Edited by Braithwaite, and Levi. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 2003. ISBN: 9780871541352. (Optional) |
| 21 | Positive Effects of Social Capital on State Capacity (cont.) | |
| 22 | Negative Effects of Social Capital on State Capacity | Stone, Clarence. "Urban Political Machines: Taking Stock." PS: Political Science and Politics 29, no. 3 (1996). Brownsberger, William. "Development and Governmental Corruption: Materialism and Political Fragmentation in Nigeria." Journal of Modern African Studies 21, no. 2 (1983). Hagopian, Frances. "Traditional politics against state transformation in Brazil." In State Power and Social Forces: Domination and Transformation in the Third World. Edited by Joel Migdal, Atul Kohli, and Vivienne Shue. Cambridge, UK; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780521467346. Boone, Catherine. "States and ruling classes in postcolonial Africa: the enduring contradictions of power." Migdal, Joel. "The state in society: an approach to struggles for domination." In State Power and Social Forces: Domination and Transformation in the Third World. Edited by Joel Migdal, Atul Kohli, and Vivienne Shue. Cambridge, UK; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780521467346. Chazan, Naomi. "Engaging the state: associational life in sub-Saharan Africa." In State Power and Social Forces: Domination and Transformation in the Third World. Edited by Joel Migdal, Atul Kohli, and Vivienne Shue. Cambridge, UK; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780521467346. Migdal, Joel. "The state in society: an approach to struggles for domination." In State Power and Social Forces: Domination and Transformation in the Third World. Edited by Joel Migdal, Atul Kohli, and Vivienne Shue. Cambridge, UK; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780521467346. O'Donnell, Guillermo. "On the State, Democratization, and Some Conceptual Problems: A Latin American View with a Glance at Some Postcommunist Countries." World Development 21, no. 8 (1993). |
| 23 | Negative Effects of Social Capital on State Capacity (cont.) | |
| 24 | The Nonprofit Sector and Substituting for the State | Salamon, Lester. "Of Market Failure, Voluntary Failure, and Third-Party Government: Toward a Theory of Government-Nonprofit Relations in the Modern Welfare State." Journal of Voluntary Action Research 16, no. 1/2: 35-61. Narayan, Deepa. "Bonds and Bridges: Social Capital and Poverty." World Bank, July 1999. |
| Participation and International Politics | ||
| 25 | International NGOs and Transnational Social Movements | Anheier, Helmut, Marlies Glasius, and Mary Kaldor, eds. Chapter 1 in Global Civil Society 2001. London, UK: Sage Publications, 2001. ISBN: 0199251681. Khagram, Sanjeev, James Riker, and Kathryn Sikkink, eds. "From Santiago to Seattle: Transnational Advocacy Groups Restructuring World Politics." Chapter 1 in Restructuring World Politics: Transnational Social Movements, Networks, and Norms. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780816639076. |
| 26 | The Dangers of "Global Civil Society" | Elyachar, Julia. "Empowerment Money: The World Bank, Non-Governmental Organizations, and the Value of Culture in Egypt." Public Culture 14, no. 3: 493-513. Howell, Jude, and Jenny Pearce. "Manufacturing Civil Society from the Outside: Donor Interventions." Chapter 5 in Civil Society and Development. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001. ISBN: 9781555876197. Fisher, William. "Doing Good? The Politics and Antipolitics of NGO Practices." Annual Review of Anthropology 26 (1997): 439-464. |
