Literature marked with a C are to be found in an article compilation which can be bought at Kopiutsalget at Akademika bookstore at Blindern campus.
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Compulsory reading
I: Basic book:
Burnell, Peter and Randall, Vicky, Rakner, Lise (eds) (2010): Politics in the Developing World, New York: Oxford University Press. The new 3rd edition
The following chapters:
• Randall, Vicky: “Ch 1. Analytical Approches to the Study of Politics in the Developing World”
• Chiriyankandath, James: “Ch 2. Colonialism and Post-Colonial Development”
• Randall, Vicky and Rakner, Lise: Ch 3. “Institutional Perspectives”
• Pearce, Jenny: “Ch 6. Inequality”
• Scarritt, James R.: “Ch 7. Ethnopolitics and Nationalism”
• Haynes, Jeff: “Ch 8. Religion”
• Staudt, Kathleen: “Ch 9. Women and Gender”
• Ottaway, Marina: “Ch 10. Civil Society”
• Schock, Kurt: “Ch 11. People Power and Alternative Politics”
• Leftwich, Adrian: “Ch 12. Theorizing the State”
• Suhrke, Astri and Torunn Wimplemann Chaudhary: "Ch 13. From Conflict to Peacebuilding"
• Burnell, Peter: “Ch 14. Democratization”
• Burnell, Peter and Lise Rakner: “Ch 15. Governance and Aid Conditionality in a Globalising World”
Sub-sum: (c. 225 pp)
II: Additional readings
●Brandell, Inga (2012). "Globalisation, Rentier States, Labour and Democracy", in Beckman, Ya’u (eds.) Organising for Democracy, Stockholm University, pp 50-60 C
●Bull, Benedicte (2013). "Social Movements and the ‘Pink Tide’ Governments in Latin America: Transformation, Inclusion and Rejection’", in Stokke, K. and Törnquist, O. (eds) Democratization in the Global South: The importance of Transformative Politics. New York: Palgrave.75-99 (24pp) C
●Bøås, Morten and Kevin Dunn (2013): Politics of Origin in Africa. Autochthony, Citizenship and Conflict. New York: Zed Books. Chapters 1, 2 and 7 (42 pp). C
●Callahan, Mary (2012). "The Opening in Burma. The Generals Loosen their Grip", Journal of Democracy 23(4): 120-131 (12pp).
●Carothers, Thomas and De Gramont, Diane (2013). Development Aid Confronts Politics. The Almost Revolution. Washington DC: Carnegie Endowment. Pp. 3-17, 255-83, 285, 317-18.(45 pp) C
●Cook, S, (2013): ‘rescuing social protection from the poverty trap: new programmes and historical lessons’, in Bender, K, Kaltenborn, M and Pfleiderer, C. Social protection in Developing Countries. Reforming systems. London and New York: Routledge. 13-23 (10pp) C
●Chibber, Vivek (2005): “The Politics of a Miracle: Class Interests and State Power in Korean Developmentalism” in Coates, David, Varieties of Capitalism, Varities of Approaches, Houndmills: Palgrave, pp. 122-138 (16 pp) C
●Done, Richard F., Ritchie Bryan K. And Slater, Dan, (2005): "Systematic Vulnerability and the Origins of Developmental States: Northeast and Southeast Asia in Comparative Perspective”, International Organization 59, pp. 327-361 (34 pp).
●Harriss, J.; K. Stokke & O. Törnquist (eds.) (2004): “Introduction: The New Local Politics of Democratisation”, in Harriss, J.; Stokke, K and Törnquist, O (eds.): Politicising Democracy: The New Local Politics of Democratisation. Houndmills and New York: Palgrave. (21 pp.) C (NB! The text will be published in an additional compilation)
●Jarstad, Anna K. (2008): “Dilemmas of war-to-democracy transitions: theories and concepts”, in Jarstad, A. K and Sisk, T. D. From war to Democracy: Dilemmas of Peacebuilding, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 17-36 (19 pp) C
●Khan, M.H, (2012): "Governance during Social Transformations: Challenges for Africa", New Political Economy, Vol 17, No 5, November. 667-675 (8pp)
●Kohli, A. and Shue V. (1994): “State Power and Social Forces: on political contention and accommodation in the Third World”, in Migdal, J. S., Kohli, A, and Shue, V. (eds): State Power and Social Forces, Domination and Transformation in the Third World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 293-323. (30 pp.) C
●Migdal, Joel S. (1988): Strong Societies and Weak States. State-Society Relations and State Capabilities in the Third World. Princeton N.J: Princeton University Press. pp. 3-41, 259-277 (70 pp) C
●Nilsen, Marte (2013). "Will democracy bring peace to Myanmar?" International Area Studies Review 16(2): 115–141 (26 pp).
●Nordhaug, Kristen and Sundstøl-Eriksen, Stein (2006): “The Politics of Survival in the Making of Weak and Strong States”, in Forum for Development Studies, No.2-2006. pp. 237-265 (28 pp) C
● Rothstein, Bo. Uslander, Eric M. (2005): ‘All for One: Equality, Corruption, and Social Trust’, World Politics 58 (October). 41-72 (31 pp).
● Roy, Olivier (2012). 'The Transformation of the Arab World', Journal of Democracy, Volume 23, Number 3 (July) pp. 5-18.
●Sidel, J, T (2004): “Bossism and Democracy in the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia: Towards an Alternative Framework for the Study of ‘Local Strongmen’’, in Harriss, J.; Stokke, K. and Törnquist, O (eds.): Politicising Democracy: The New Local Politics of Democratisation. Houndmills and New York: Palgrave. (20 pp.) C (NB! The text will be published in an additional compilation)
● So, Alvin Y. (2007) ‘Peasant Conflict and the Local Predatory State in the Chinese Countryside’, The Journal of Peasant Studies 34: 560—81 (21pp) C
●Stepan, Alfred (2012). 'Tunisia's Transition and the Twin Tolerations', Journal of Democracy, Volume 23, Number 2 (April), pp. 89-103.
●Stokke, K. and Selboe, E. (2009): "Symbolic Representation as Political Practice". in Törnquist, O., Webster, N. and Stokke, K. (Eds.) Rethinking Popular Representation. Palgrave. (12 pp) Fronter
●Tessler, Mark, Amaney Jamal & Michael Robbins (2012). 'New Findings on Arabs and Democracy', Journal of Democracy, Volume 23, Number 4 (October), pp. 89-103.
●Therborn, G. (1992). "The right to vote and the four world routes to/through modernity". In R. Thorstendahl (Ed.) State Theory and State History. London: Sage. (31 pp) C
●Törnquist, Olle (1999): Politics and Development. A Critical Introduction. London, Thousand Oaks, New York. pp. 7-14, 31-117, 123-134 (98 pp) Fronter
●Törnquist, Olle (2013): Assessing the Dynamics of Democratisation. Transformative Politics, New Institutions, and the Case of Indonesia. New York: Palgrave. Pp. 1 -123. Book to be bought at Akademika or available as e-book at the University of Oslo Library database.
Total sum readings: 960 pages
III Extra non-compulsory reading
Aditional chapters in the basic book and in Carothers’ book.