Required Texts
Achebe, Chinua. A Man of the People. New York: Doubleday, 1989.
Cornelius, Wayne A. Mexican Politics in Transition: The Breakdown of a One-Party Dominant Regime. La Jolla, California: Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California at San Diego, 1996.
Huntington, Samuel P. The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991.
Schaffer, Frederic C. Democracy in Translation: Understanding Politics in an Unfamiliar Culture. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998.
Recommended Texts
The New Comparative World Atlas. Hammond: Maplewood, 1998.
Articles
Almond, Gabriel, and Sidney Verba. The Civic Culture. London: Sage, 1989, pp. 1-44, 307-315.
Amnesty International. "Policy Statement on Impunity." In Neil J. Kritz, ed., Transitional Justice: How Emerging Democracies Reckon with Former Regimes. Washington, D. C.: U. S. Institute for Peace, 1995, pp. 219-221.
Anderson, Benedict. "Cacique Democracy in the Philippine." In The Spectre of Comparisons: Nationalism, Southeast Asia, and the World. New York: Verso, 1998, pp. 192-226.
Bell, Daniel A. East Meets West. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000.
Benomar, Jamal. "Justice After Transitions." In Neil J. Kritz, ed., Transitional Justice: How Emerging Democracies Reckon with Former Regimes. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Institute for Peace, 1995, pp. 32-41.
Bitencourt, Emilio Luis. "Civil-Military Relations in the Americas for the 21st Century: A Latin American Perspective." In Donald E. Schulz, ed., Conference Report: The Role of the Armed Forces in the Americas: Civil-Military Relations for the 21st Century. Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 1998, pp. 85-100.
Camp, Roderic Ai. Politics in Mexico: The Decline of Authoritarianism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999, pp. 179-205, 225-252.
Colburn, Forrest D. "Crime in Latin America." Dissent 45, no. 3 (Summer 1998): 27-30.
Coleman, James S. Nigeria: Background to Nationalism. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1958, pp. 10-60.
Coronel, Sheila S. "Cavite: The Killing Fields of Commerce." In Jose F. Lacaba, ed., Boss: Five Case Studies of Local Politics in the Philippines. Pasig, Philippines: Philippines Center for Investigative Journalism, 1995, pp. 1-29.
Dahl, Robert A. Democracy and Its Critics. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1989, pp. 52-79.
Dahl, Robert A. "Does Polyarchy Matter?" In Polyarchy: Participation and Opposition. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1971, pp. 17-32.
Dahl, Robert A. Polyarchy: Participation and Opposition. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1971.
Diamond, Larry. "Defining and Developing Democracy." In Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999, pp. 1-7.
Diamond, Larry. "Is the Third Wave of Democratization Over?" In Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999, pp. 24-63.
Dugger, Celia. "Why Democracy Means So Little to Pakistan's Poor." New York Times, 30 October 1999, p. A8.
Emmerson, Donald K. "Singapore and the 'Asian Values' Debate." Journal of Democracy 6, no. 4 (October 1995): 95-105.
Freedom in the World, chapters on Brazil, India, Mexico, Nigeria, and Singapore. New York: Freedom House. Annual edition.
Freeman, Michael. "Human Rights, Democracy, ,and 'Asian Values'." The Pacific Review 9, no. 3 (1996): 352-366.
Fukuyama, Francis. "Confucianism and Democracy." Journal of Democracy 6, no. 2 (April 1995): 20-33.
Galvan, Dennis. "Political Turnover and Social Change in Senegal." Journal of Democracy 12, no. 3 (July 2001): 51-62.
Haggard, Stephan, and Robert R. Kaufman. The Political Economy of Democratic Transition. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995, pp. 25-44.
Holston, James. " The Misrule of Law: Land and Usurpation in Brazil." Comparative Studies in Society and History 33, no. 4 (October 1991): 695-725.
Hunter, Wendy. "Politicians Against Soldiers: Contesting the Military in Post-Authoritarian Brazil." Comparative Politics 27, no. 4 (July 1995): 425-443.
Huntington, Samuel P. "The Political Gap." In Political Order in Changing Societies. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1968, pp. 1-8.
Ibelema, Minabere. "Nigeria: The Politics of Marginalization." Current History 99, no. 637 (May 2000): 211-214.
Jung, Kim Dae. "Is Culture Destiny? The Myth of Anti-Democratic Values. A Response to Lee Kuan Yew." Foreign Affairs 73, no. 6 (November/December 1994): 189-194.
Karl, Terry, and Philippe C. Schmitter. "What Democracy is...and is Not." Journal of Democracy 2, no. 3 (Summer 1991): 75-86.
Kingsbury, Damien. "Singapore: The Corporate State." In South-East Asia: A Political Profile. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 325-351.
Kohli, Atul. "Enduring Another Election." Journal of Democracy 9, no. 3 (July 1998): 7-20.
Lande, Carl H. "The Return of 'People Power' in the Philippines." Journal of Democracy 12, no. 2 (April 2001): 88-102.
Languth, A. J. Hidden Terrors: The Hidden Truth About U.S. Police Operations in Latin America. New York: Pantheon, 1978, pp. 117-122, 160-165.
Lanser, Thomas R. "Rights, Respect, and 'Asian Values'." Freedom Review 26, no. 4 (July 1995): 42-45.
Lawson, Chappell. "Mexico's Unfinished Transition: Democratization and Authoritarian Enclaves in Mexico." Estudios Mexicanos/Mexican Studies 16, no. 2 (Summer 2000): 267-287.
Lipjhart, Arend. "The Puzzle of Indian Democracy: A Consocianational Interpretation." American Political Science Review 90, no. 2 (June 1996): 258-268.
Lipset, Seymour Martin. Political Man. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981, pp. 27-63.
Machiavelli, Niccolo. "The Masses are Wiser and More Constant than a Prince." The Discourses, Book 1, Chapter 58. In The Portable Machiavelli. Edited by Peter Bondanella and Mark Musa. New York: Penguin Books, 1979, pp. 281-286.
Madison, James. "Numbers 10 and 51." In The Federalist Papers by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay. Edited by Isaac Kramnick. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1987, pp. 122-128, 319-322.
Malamud-goti, Jamie. "Transitional Governments in the Breach: Why Punish State Criminals?" In Amnesty International, "Policy Statement on Impunity." In Transitional Justice: How Emerging Democracies Reckon with Former Regimes. Edited by Neil J. Kritz. Washington, D. C.: U. S. Institute for Peace, 1995, pp. 189-202.
Manor, James. "Making Federalism Work." Journal of Democracy 9, no. 3 (July 1998): 21-35.
Mendez, Juan. "Accountability for Past Abuses." Human Rights Quarterly 19, no. 2 (1997): 255-282.
Mydans, Seth. "Soapbox Orators Stretch the Limits of Democracy." New York Times (September 2, 2000), p. A4.
"Nigeria: Strength Through Unity." In The Atlas of African Affairs. New York: Routledge, 1994, pp. 86-93.
Onishi, Norimitsu. "Political Reforms Reach Nigeria's Gasoline Pumps." New York Times (9 September 1999), p. A1.
Pinches, Michael. "The Working Class Experience of Shame, Inequality, and People Power in Tatalon, Manila." In From Marcos to Aquino: Local Perspectives on Political Transition in the Philippines. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1992, pp. 166-186.
Putnam, Robert. Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1993, pp. 3-12, 148-162.
Rial, Juan. "Armies and Civil Society in Latin America." In Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner, eds., Civil-Military Relations and Democracy. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, pp. 47-65.
Rizzo de Oliveira, Eliezer. "Brazilian National Defense Policy and Civil-Military Relations in the Government of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso." In Donald E. Schulz, ed., Conference Report: The Role of the Armed Forces in the Americas: Civil-Military Relations for the 21st Century. Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 1998, pp. 31-69.
Rosenberg, Tina. "Overcoming the Legacies of Dictatorship." Foreign Affairs 74, no. 3 (May/June 1995): 134-152.
Rustow, Dankwart. "Transitions to Democracy: Toward a Dynamic Model." Comparative Politics 2, no. 3 (1970): 337-363.
Sathe, Vasant. "For a Directly Elected President of India." In Arend Lipjhart, ed., Parliamentary versus Presidential Government. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992, pp. 187-190.
Schaffer, Frederic C. "Clean Elections and the 'Great Unwashed': Class Divide and Electoral Reform in the Philippines." Paper delivered at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 30 - September 2, 2001.
Sen, Amartya. "Democracy as a Universal Value." Journal of Democracy 10, no. 3 (July 1999): 3-17.
Stepan, Alfred. Rethinking Military Politics: Brazil and the Southern Cone. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1988, pp. 68-127.
Timmerman, Jacobo. Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number. Translated by Tony Talbot. New York: Vintage Books, 1982.
Tordesillas, Ellen. "EDSA Tres." In Hot Money, Warm Bodies: The Downfall of Philippine President Estrada. Manila: Anvil, 2001, pp. 245-252.
Varshney, Ashotosh. "Why Democracy Survives." Journal of Democracy 9, no. 3 (July 1998): 36-50.
Weschler, Lawrence. A Miracle, A Universe: Settling Accounts with Torturers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998, pp. 7-79.
Zakaria, Fareed. "Culture is Destiny: A Conversation with Lee Kuan Yew." Foreign Affairs 73, no. 6 (November/December 1994): 189-194.
Zakaria, Fareed. "The Rise of Illiberal Democracy." Foreign Affairs 76, no. 6 (November/December 1997): 22-43.
Zalaquett, Jose. "Balancing Ethical Imperatives and Political Constraints: The Dilemma of New Democracies Confronting Past Human Rights Violations." Hastings Law Journal 43, no. 6 (August 1992): 1425-1438.
Films / Videos
Film: Herod's Law.
Video: Tableau Ferraille. Senegalese filmmaker Moussa Sense Absa'a "Tableau Ferraille" (Scrap Heap) is a drama about the rise and fall of a young politician with two very different wives, the devoted but barren Gagnesiri and the bored, glamorous Kine. When Daam becomes a minister of development, his impoverished community expects him to be a savior - especially a corrupt developer eager to build an unsafe bridge.
Video: Central Station.
Video: Kiss of the Spider Woman.