TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
 

Aug. 29     Course Requirements and Conceptualizations

                    Vocabulary, "The Third World"

                   Normative and Empirical Perspectives

                   Aristotle's Politics

                    Read:
                        Selections from Aristotle's Politics
                          Comparative Politics, Notes and Readings, 9th Edition, #22

Sept 5         Main Theories

                 Modernization Theory

            "social mobilization" -- urbanization, secularization, education, demographic transition, class divisions
            "political decay" -- Samuel Huntington
            "authority structure"  Max Weber, traditional > patrimonial/sultanistic/charismatic >  modern society

        Dependency Theory  - colonial history, economic dependency, cold war
            artificial state, economic status, non-western political cultures

        Ecological Limits -- resources and AIDS

        Read:
            Comparative Politics, Notes and Readings, 9th Edition, #5, #7, #9, #15
            Paul Harrison, Inside the Third World. New York: Penguin, 1990.

Sept 12      Sultanism

                   Theory of Sultanism
                    Read: Chehabi and Linz, Sultanistic Regimes, Ch. 1-3

Sept 19     Examples of Sultanism

      Read:
            Chehabi and Linz, at least 1 chapter from 4-9
            http://www.transparency.org
            Comparative Politics, Notes and Readings, 9th Edition, #41
Sept 26     State Collapse
        Read: William Reno, Warlord Politics and African States, Ch. 1-2
Oct 3         Examples of State Collapse

                    Read William Reno, at least one chapter from 3-6 and Ch. 7.

Oct 10     The Developmental State

                Read Meredith Woo-Cumings, The Developmental State, Ch. 1-5

Oct 17     Examples of the Developmental State

    Read Cumings, at last one chapter from 8-10

    DUE DATE FOR THEORY EXPOSITION

Oct 24     Democratization

                    Read  Comparative Politics, Notes and Readings, 9th Edition, #25, 26, 27

Oct 31     Democratization in Latin America: The challenge

        Read Roderic Ai Camp, Chapter 1-6
Nov 7        Democratization in Latin America: The dynamics

                    Read Roderic Ai Camp, Chapter 7-13

Nov 14    Identity Politics--ethnicity and religion

                    Read:
                    Ted Robert Gurr, Minorities at Risk, Ch. 1-5
                    Read  Comparative Politics, Notes and Readings, 9th Edition, #14

Nov 29     Examples of ethnic conflict

                    Read:
                    Ted Robert Gurr, Minorities at Risk, Ch. 6-11

Dec 5        Review

                  DUE DATE FOR FINAL PAPER

Dec 12     FINAL EXAM (regular class time)