Klingemann Syllabus--UC Irvine

Fall Quarter 2001
Department of Political Science
University of California, Irvine
Tue 2:00pm

Political Science 219 D
Problems of Regime Transition I
Political Community and the Consolidation of Democracy

Prof. Hans-Dieter Klingemann

This course examines the process of consolidation of democracy. The focus is on theoretical problems as well as on the recent transitions to democracy in Central and Eastern Europe on the one hand and on the European Union on the other hand. In this context we are mainly interested in the relationship between state, nation(s), and democracy.

Special attention is devoted to the concept of political community. We deal with ethnic and civic nationalism as factors inhibiting or facilitating democratic consolidation. We also discuss the future prospect of the European Union as a democratic community and the problem of citizenship.

This is primarily a readings and discussion course; thus we will cover a good deal of literature at each weekly session. Assigned readings are available by UCI Library services.

There are two basic requirements for the seminar: First, you are expected to read all of the assigned readings and participate in a critical discussion of the readings in the weekly meeting. Second, you are expected to write an original article-length research paper on some aspect of democratic community. Individual consultations will be arranged to discuss the paper topics and possible research resources. If possible, comparative survey data will be made available to those who want to conduct their own empirical analyses. The final grade in the seminar will give equal weight to these two components of the course. There are no written exams.

Sept 18 Course Introduction and Planning Session

Sept 25 Political Community, State, and Democracy

Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan (1996), Problems of Democratic, Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Chapter 2: "Stateness", Nationalism, and Democratization", 16-37.

Oct 02 The Concept of Political Community

David Easton (1965), A Framework for Political Analysis. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. Chapter 11 "Objects of Support: The Political Community, 171-189.

Hans-Dieter Klingemann (1999), Mapping Political Support in the 1990s: A Global Analysis. In Pippa Norris, ed., Critical Citizens. Global Support for Democratic Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 31-56.

Additional readings:

David Easton (1996), Political System. Encyclopedia Delle Scienze Sociale. Rome: Instituto Della Enciclopedia Italiana, vol. 8, 1-14 (English version available)..

Oct 09 State and Nation

Anthony D. Smith (1991), National Identity. London: Penguin Books. Chapter 1: National and Other Identities; Chapter 2: The Ethnic Basis of National Identity, 1-42

Liah Greenfield (1999), "Is Nation Unavoidable? Is Nation Unavoidable Today?" In Hanspeter Kriesi et al., Nation and National Identity: The European Experience in Perspective. Chur: Rüegger, 37-54.

Rogers Brubaker (1999)., "The Manichaen Myth: Rethinking the Distinction Between ‘Civic’ and ‘Ethnic’ Nationalism". In Hanspeter Kriesi et al., Nation and National Identity: The European Experience in Perspective. Chur: Rüegger, 55-71.

Oct 16 Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Democracy

Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner, eds. (1994), Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Democracy. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Introduction, IX-XXX.

Ghia Nodia (1994), "Nationalism and Democracy". In Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner, eds., Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Democracy. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 3-22.

Carol Skalnik Leff (1999), Democratization and Disintegration in Multinational States. The Breakup of the Communist Federations. World Politics 51 (1): 205-235.

Oct 23 The Problem of Subnational Loyalties

William Zimmerman (1998), "Is Ukraine a Political Community?" Communist and Post-Communist Studies 31 (1): 43-55.

Kathleen M. Dowley and Brian D. Silver (2000), "Subnational and National Loyalty: Cross-National Comparisons." International Journal of Public Opinion Research 12 (4): 357-371.

Donald L. Horowitz (1994), "Democracy in Divided Societies". In Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner, eds., Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Democracy. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 35-55.

Oct 30 The Power of Ethnicity: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches

Tatu Vanhanen (1999), Ethnic Conflicts Explained by Ethnic Nepotism. Stamford: Connecticut. Chapters 1: Theoretical Background; Chapter 2: Research Design; Chapter 3: Empirical Analysis, 1-77.

Ted R. Gurr and Will H. Moore (1997), Ethnopolitical Rebellion: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the 1980s with Risk Assessment for the 1990s. American Journal of Political Science 41 (4): 1079-1103.

Nov 06 Democratization and Nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe

Sten Berglund et al. (2001). Challenges to Democracy. Eastern Europe Ten Years after the Collapse of Communism. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Chapter 4: Democratization and Nationalism, 79-118.