SES #	TOPICS
Part I: Concepts and context
1	Introduction to the course
2	Setting the context: Globalization and development
3	Setting the context (2): Globalization and cities
4	Setting the context (3): Decentralization
Part II: Normative visions
5	Normative approaches (1): Civil society
6	Normative approaches (2): Social capital
7	Normative approaches (3): Deliberation and the public sphere
Part III: Cases and debates
8	Case studies and debates (1): Empowered participatory governance
9	Case studies and debates (2): Non-governmental organizations
10	Case studies and debates (3): Political concatenates
11	Latin American cases
12	South Asian cases
13	African cases