Calendar

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