Forms of Political Participation: Old and New

Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
Introduction
1	Overview
2	Class Discussion: What is the value of community? Why do we participate in public life?
3	Class Discussion: What is the value of community? Why do we participate in public life? (cont.)
Key Concepts
4	What is Civil Society?
5	What is Civil Society? (cont.)
6	What is Civil Society? (cont.)
7	What is Social Capital?
8	What is Social Capital? (cont.)
9	Debates About Civil Society and Social Capital	First paper due
Participation and Democracy
10	Civil Society and Social Capital in the U.S. and Other Consolidated Democracies
11	Civil Society and Social Capital in the U.S. and Other Consolidated Democracies (cont.)
Participation and Regime Change
12	Civil Society, Social Capital, and Democratization
13	Civil Society, Social Capital, and Democratization (cont.)	First paper rewrite due
Participation in Non-Western Contexts
14	Civil Society, Rebellion, and War
15	Intertwining of State and Society
16	State Impact on Civil Society
17	Civil Society, Social Capital, and Obligation
18	Civil Society and Gender
Civil Society Before Democracy
19	Civil Society Before Democracy	Second paper due
Social Capital and State Capacity
20	Positive Effects of Social Capital on State Capacity
21	Positive Effects of Social Capital on State Capacity (cont.)
22	Negative Effects of Social Capital on State Capacity
23	Negative Effects of Social Capital on State Capacity (cont.)
24	The Nonprofit Sector and Substituting for the State
Participation and International Politics
25	International NGOs and Transnational Social Movements	Third paper due
26	The Dangers of “Global Civil Society”