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Course Syllabus

Course Information:

Political Science 5352-001

Spring 2008
Empirical Democratic Theory
Class Time: M 1:00-3:45PM
Office Hours: M 4:00-5:00PM

Professor Contact Information

Edward J. Harpham
972-883-6729 or 2044
harpham@utdallas.edu
www.utdallas.edu/~harpham
GC 1.208A
Office hours: M 11:00-12:00; F 11:00-12:00 and by appointment (call Gina Felts at 972-
883-4297)

Course Pre-requisites, Co-requisites, and/or Other Restrictions

none

Course Description

This is a course in empirical democratic theory. Its goals are threefold: first, to make
students conversant in some of the major controversies in normative democratic theory
over the past 200 years; second, to train students to understand how this theory has
shaped empirical investigations in contemporary political science; and third, to
understand how the findings of empirical research, in turn, have contributed to normative
and empirical theory about democracy in political science.

Student Learning Objectives/Outcomes

On completing this course, students will be able to:

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1. explain how empirical and normative work come together in empirical democratic
theory;
2. assess critically the theoretical assumptions that underlie empirical work in
democracy theory;
3. assess the state of the research literature in various fields involving empirical
democratic theory, including participation and representation.

Required Textbooks and Materials

Locke’s Second Treatise (Hackett Publishers)
J.J. Rousseau’s Social Contract (Hackett Publishers)
J.S. Mill Considerations on Representative Government (Everyman Library)
Joseph Schumpeter, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy (Harper)
Robert Dahl, On Democracy (Yale University Press)
Robert Dahl, How Democratic is the Constitution? (Yale University Press)
Dan Held, Models of Democracy, 3rd edition (Stanford University Press)
Amy Gutman and Dennis Thompson (Princeton University Press)
Morris P. Fiorina, Culture War?: The Myth of a Polarized America. 2nd edition (Pearsons
Longman)

Suggested Course Materials

Resources on the Internet

World Audit of Democracies: www.worldaudit.com

Democratic Audit: www.democraticaudit.com
Freedom House: www.freedomhouse.com
Initiative and Referendum Institute: www.iandainstitute.org
National Endowment for Democracy: www.ned.org
Global Barometer: www.globalbarometer.org
University of Maryland Data Set: www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/polity
World Bank Indicators: www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance/govdata
Dictionary of the History of Ideas.
www.etext.lib.virginia.edu/DicHist/analytic/anacV.htm

Other Recommended Resources:

Arbladter, Anthony. Democracy. 2nd. Edition. Minneapolis: University of

Minnesota Press, 1994.

Bachrach, Peter. The Theory of Democratic Elitism: A Critique.

Beetham, David. Democracy: A Beginner’s Guide. Oxford: Oneworld, 2005.

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Carter, April and Geoffrey Stokes, Democratic Theory Today. Cambridge, Polity
Press, 2002.

Crick, Bernard. Democracy: A Short Introduction.

Dahl, Robert A. The Democratic Sourcebook

Dahl, Robert A .Democracy and Its Critics Yale University Press

Dunn, John ed. Democracy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.

Dunn, John. Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1979/1993.

Lijphart, Arend. Democracies: Patterns of Majoritarian and Consensus

Government in 21 Countries. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1984.

Lijphart, Arend. Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in

Thirty-six Countries. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999.

Mayo, Henry B. An Introduction to Democratic Theory. New York: Oxford

University Press, 1960.

Pennock, J.Ronald. Democratic Political Theory. Princeton: Princeton University

Press, 1979.

Posner, Richard A. Law, Pragmatism and Democracy. Cambridge: Harvard

University Press, 2003.

Plamenatz, John Democracy and Illusion: An Examination of Certain Aspects of

Modern Democratic Theory. London: Longman: 1973.

Powell, G. Bingham, Jr. Contemporary Democracies: Participation, Stability, and

Violence. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

Sartori, Giovanni. The Theory of Democracy Revisited 2 vols. Chatham, N.J.:

Chatham House,1987.

Shapiro, Ian. The State of Democratic Theory Princeton: Princeton University

Press, 2005.

Political Science Journals:

American Political Science Association Journals:

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American Political Science Review

Perspective on Political Science
PS Political Science and Politics

Regional Association Journals:

American Journal of Political Science (Midwestern Political Science

Association)
Journal of Politics (Southern Political Science Association)
New England Journal of Political Science (New England Political Science
Association)
Political Research Quarterly (Western Political Science Association)
Polity (Northeastern Political Science Association)
Social Science Quarterly (Southwestern Political Science Association)

Political Theory Journals:

Critical Review
European Journal of Political Theory
History of Political Thought
Journal of Political Philosophy
Journal of Theoretical Politics
Political Theory
Review of Politics

Other Political Science Journals:

American Politics Research

American Review of Politics
American Review of Politics
British Journal of Political Science
Canadian Journal of Political Science
Comparative Political Studies
Democracy and Society
Democratization
Electoral Studies
Illinois Political Science Review
Journal of Comparative Politics
Journal of Democracy
Journal of Legislative Studies
Journal of Political Science
Midsouth Political Science Review
Political Science Quarterly
Political Studies
Public Choice

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Social Science Journal

Women and Politics

Assignments & Academic Calendar

Democracy: Government by the people; that form of government in which the sovereign
power resides in the people as a whole, and is exercised either directly by them (as in the
small republics of antiquity), or by officers elected by them. In modern use often more
vaguely denoting a social state in which all have equal rights, without hereditary or
arbitrary differences in rank or privilege. From the ancient Greek: demos: people and
kratos: rule (Oxford English Dictionary).

Republic: a state in which supreme power rests in the people, and their elected
representatives or officers, as opposed to being government by a king or similar ruler.
From the Latin res: thing or affair and publica: public. (Oxford English Dictionary).

This is a graduate seminar. Students are expected to attend class and participate in
classroom discussion. Students are expected to come to class prepared to discuss the
material assigned for the day. They also are expected to complete all assignments in a
timely manner.

Exams:

The goal of the exams is to get students to integrate the material considered in class.
Exams will be take- home, open-book exams comprised of questions given out in class.
The Midterm will be due on March 12 at the beginning of class. The final will be due on
April 30 at the beginning of the final exam period. Papers that are late will be lowered by
one whole grade per day. If you can not get a paper in on time due to personal
circumstances, contact Dr. Harpham immediately. There will be page limits to each
question. Students may not talk to any one else about the questions except the professor.
Failure to answer the questions by yourself will result in a grade of F. Questions will be
handed out one week before the exam.

Literature Review:

Each student will write a 10-12 page literature review on a topic in empirical democratic
theory approved by the instructor. Topics will be assigned on January 28 and be
completed by April 7. Students are encouraged to pursue topics that might help them
research a dissertation topic or a conference paper. The goal is to bring together the
theoretical controversies and empirical findings in a particular area of research. Literature
reviews will be based upon a survey of relevant books and leading journals in political
science and political theory over the past 25 years. Ten minute presentations
summarizing these reviews will be delivered to the class in the final two class periods.

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Students must be able to justify why certain journals were used and others were not. The
literature review should:

Identify clearly a major topic in democratic theory.

Identify the major themes and issues on this topic raised in the journal
literature over the past 25 years.

Identify and summarize the major approaches and methods used to

analyze the themes and problems in the literature.

Explain what you believe are the key ideas and problems that will shape
the literature in this field in the future.

Provide a fully annotated bibliography at the end using APSR style with
embedded references.

Students will deliver a 10-minute presentation summarizing their literature review at the
end of the semester. Presentations will be graded based upon a student’s ability to (1)
identify the key themes and concerns found in the literature (2) and, clarity of expression.
Students are encouraged to develop power point presentations and handouts where
appropriate.

Class Presentations:

Each student will be assigned at least 3 brief (5 minute) class presentations drawn from
the readings in the class. Some presentations may be group presentations. The goal of
these presentations is to engage critically the readings under discussion. Students should
discuss their presentations with Dr. Harpham prior to class.

Topics and Assignments:

January 7: Course Overview

Additional Reading:

Sen, Amartya "Democracy as a Universal Value." Journal of Democracy 10.3

(1999) 3-17.

Crick, Bernard. Democracy: A Short Introduction.

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Graubard, Stephen R. "Democracy." Dictionary of the History of Ideas.

etext.lib.virginia.edu/DicHist/analytic/anacV.htm

Hanson, Russell L.. "Democracy." In Terence Ball, James Farr, and Russell L.
Hanson eds. Political Innovation and Conceptual Change. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1989.

OAS: Inter-American Democratic Charter

www.oas.org/charter/docs/resolution1_en_p4.htm

Palmer, R.R."Equality." Dictionary of the History of Ideas.

etext.lib.virginia.edu/DicHist/analytic/anacV.htm

UN Resolution on Promoting and Consolidating Democracy

www.demcoalition.org/pdf/55unga_promotion_democ.pdf

Universal Declaration of Human Rights www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

US Department of State: "What is Democracy?"

www.usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/whatsdem/

Warsaw Declaration 2000 www.demcoalition.org/pdf/warsaw_english.pdf

January 14: Liberalism

Required Reading:

§ Locke, Second Treatise Chapters 1-5, 7-13, 18-19

Additional reading

Harrington, James. The Commonwealth of Oceana

Sidney, Algernon. Discourses Concerning Government

Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations

Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence

Tom Paine, Common Sense

Tom Paine, Rights of Man

J.S. Mill, On Liberty

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Boulding, Kenneth E. "Economic Theory of Natural Liberty." Dictionary of the

History of Ideas. www.etext.lib.virginia.edu/DicHist/analytic/anacV.htm

Foriers, Paul and Chaim Perelman, "Natural Law and Natural Rights." Dictionary
of the History of Ideas. www.etext.lib.virginia.edu/DicHist/analytic/anacV.htm

Levin, Michael. "Social Contract." Dictionary of the History of Ideas.

www.etext.lib.virginia.edu/DicHist/analytic/anacV.htm

Plamenatz, John. "Liberalism." Dictionary of the History of Ideas.

www.etext.lib.virginia.edu/DicHist/analytic/anacV.htm

Post, Gaines "Ancient Roman Ideas of Law." Dictionary of the History of Ideas .
www.etext.lib.virginia.edu/DicHist/analytic/anacV.htm

January 21: Martin Luther King Holiday

January 28: Republicanism and Classical Democratic Theory

Required Reading:

Rousseau, Social Contract (all)

Held: Chapters 2-3

Additional Reading:

Marini, Frank. "Popular Sovereignty but Representative Government: The

Other Rousseau." Midwest Journal of Political Science (Renamed
American Journal of Political Science) (Summer: 1967).

Putterman, Ethan. "Rousseau on Agenda Setting and Majority Rule."

APSR. Vol. 97, no. 3 (August 2003): 459-469.

Putterman, Ethan. "Rousseau on the People as Legislative Gatekeepers,

Not Framers." APSR. Vol. 99, No. 1 (February 2005): 145-51.

Scott. John T."Rousseau’s Anti- Agenda-Setting Agenda and

Contemporary Democratic Theory." APSR. Vol. 99. No. 1 (February
2005): 137-44.

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February 4: The Idea of Representative Government

Required Reading:

Mill, J.S. Considerations on Representative Government

Additional Reading:

Mill, J.S. On Liberty

Mill, J.S. On Utilitarianism

February 11: Rethinking Democracy in the 20th Century

Required Reading:

Schumpeter: Part IV

Held: Chapters 5-6

Additional Reading:

Backer, Gary S. "Competition and Democracy." Journal of Law and

Economics. 105, 108 (1958)..

Downs, Anthony. An Economic Theory of Democracy.

Medearis, John. Joseph Schumpeter’s Two Theories of Democracy.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2001.

Planematz, John. "Schumpeter and the Free Competition of Power." In

Democracy and Illusion. London: Longman, 1973. Pp. 95-129.

Posner, Richard A. Law, Pragmatism and Democracy. Cambridge:

Harvard University Press, 2003.

Riker, William. Liberalism v. Populism: A Confrontation between the

Theory of Democracy and the Theory of Public Choice Waveland 1982.

February 18: Modern Democratic Theory

Required Reading:

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Dahl: On Democracy (all)

Held: Chapter 1

Additional Reading:

Dahl, Robert A. Preface to Democratic Theory. New Haven: Yale

University Press.

Dahl, Robert A., Ian Shapiro and Jose Antonio Cheibub eds., The
Democracy Sourcebook

Dahl, Ronbert A and Edward R. Tufte. Size and Democracy. Stanford:

Stanford University Press, 1973.

May, J.D. "Defining Democracy: A Bid for Coherence and Consensus."

In Political Studies, March 1979

Plamenatz, John. "Democracy Misconceived: A Paradox." In Democracy

and Illusion. London: Longman, 1973. Pp. 27-33.

February 25: Hand out Exam 1.

February 25: Representation

Required Reading:

Amy, Douglas J. "How Proportional Elections Work."

www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/polit/damy/BeginnningReading/howprwor.htm

Amy, Douglas J. "Types of Voting Systems."

www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/polit/damy/BeginnningReading/types.htm

Amy, Douglas J. "What is Proportional Representation: Do We Really

Need It?"
www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/polit/damy/BeginnningReading/whatispr.htm

Amy, Douglas J.. "What are Voting Systems and Why are They
Important."

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www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/polit/damy/BeginnningReading/why_are_votin
g_systems_important.htm

Amy’s, Douglas J., Proportional Representation Library."

www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/polit/damy/prlib.htm

Eulau, Heinz, John C. Wahlke, William Buchanan, and Leroy C.

Ferguson, "The Role of the Representative: Some Empirical Observations
on the Theory of Edmund Burke." American Political Science Review.
VOl 53, No. 3 (September 1959): 742-56.

Additional Reading:

Amy, Douglas J. Real Choices/New Voices: How Proportional

Representation Elections Could Revitalize American Democracy 2nd
Edition.

Amy, Douglas J. Proportional Representation Library."

www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/polit/damy/prlib.htm

Bowler,Shaun, Todd Donovan, and David Brockington, Electoral Reform

and Minority Representation: Local Experiments with Alternative
Elections

Gerring,John Strom C. Tacker, and Carola Moreno, Centripetal

Democratic Governance: A Theory and Global Inquiry." American
Political Science Review. Vol. 99. No. 4 (November 2005): 567-581.

National Conference of State Legislatures. "Redistricting Information.."

www.ncsl.org/programs/legman/elect/redist.htm

Rush, Mark E. and Richard L. Engstrom , Fair and Effective

Representation? Debating Electoral Reform and Minority Rights

Kukathas, Chandran. "Are There Any Cultural Rights?" Political Theory

(February 1992)

Kukathas, Chardran. "The Rights of Minority Cultures: Rep;y to

Kukathas." Political Theory. (November 1992)

Kymlicka, Will. "The Rights of Minority Cultures: Reply to Kukathas".

Political Theory. (November 1992).

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Pitkin, Hannah. "Representation." In Terence Ball, James Farr, and

Russell Hardin eds. Political Innovation and Conceptual Change.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989.

Pitkin, Hannah. On the Concept of Representation. Berkeley: University

of California Press, 1978.

Pole, John R. Gift of Government. Athens: University of Georgia Press,

1983.

Pole, John R. Political Representation in England and the Origins of the

American Republic, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971.

Rosenthal, Alan, Bardett A. Loomis, John R. Hibbing, and Karl T Kurtz,

Republic on Trial: The Case for Representative Government. CQ Press,
2002.

March 3: Exams due at beginning of class

March 3: Democratic Theory, Federalism, and Texas Politics

Topics and readings to be assigned.

March 10-15: Spring Break

March 17: Constitutionalism

Required Reading:

Dahl: How Democratic is the Constitution? (all)

The Federalist Papers: Federalist 10, 39, 51, 63

US Constitution

Additional Reading:

Buchanan, James and Gordon Tulluck, The Calculus of Consent.

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Dahl, "James Madison: Republican or Democrat?" Perspectives on

Politics. Vol. 3. No. 3 (September 2005): 439-48.

Habermas, Jurgen. "Constitutional Democracy: A Paradoxical Union of

Contradictory Principles." Political Theory Vol. 29, No. 6 (December
2001): 766-81.

Rawls, John A Theory of Justice

Rawls, John. Political Liberalism

Sheehan, Colleen. "Madison v. Hamilton: The Battle over Republicanism

and the Role of Public Opinion." APSR. Vol. 98, No. 3 (August 2004):
405-24.

Whittington, Keith E. "Interpose Your Friendly Hand: Political Supports

for the Exercise of Judicial Review by the United States Supreme Court."
American Political Science Review. Vol. 99 No. 4 (November 2005): 583-
96.

Wood, Gordon. "Democracy and the American Revolution." In John Dunn

(ed.), Democracy: The Unfinished Journey 508-1993. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1993. Pp. 91-105.

March 24: Elections in a Democratic State

Required Readings: to be announced

Special Assignments:

Berelson, Bernard, Paul Lazarfeld and Mcfee’s Voting: Final Chapter

Berry, Brian J.L., Euel Elliott, Edward J. Harpham, and Heja Kim.
Rhythms of American Politics. University Press of America, 1998.

Burnham, Walter Dean. Critical Elections (selected chapters)

Highton, Benjamin. "Voter Registration and Turnout in the United states."

Perspectives on Politics. Vol. 2 No. 3. (September 2004): 507-15.

Downs, Anthony. An Economic Theory of Democracy

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Jones, David R. and Monika L. McDermott, "The Responsible Party

Model in House and Senate Elections." AJPS. Vol. 48. No. 1 (January
2004): 1-12.

Key, V.O. Responsible Electorate (selected chapters)

McDonald, Michel P. and Samuel L. Potkin, "The Myth of the Vanishing

Voter." APSR vol. 95, No. 4. (December 2001): 963-74.

Meffert, Michael F.,Helmut Norpoth, and Anirudh V.S. Ruhil,

"Realignment and Macropartianship." APSR vo.l 95. no.4. (December
2001): 953-62.

Niemi, Richard and Paul Herrnson. "Beyond the Butterfly: The

Complexity of U.S. Ballots." Perspectives on Politics Vol. 1. No. 2 (June
2003): 317-26.

Symposium: Assessments of the 2004 Presidential Vote Forecasts." Vol.

XXXVIII. No. 1 (January 2005): 23-40.

Symposium: Forecasting the 2004 Presidential Election." PS. Vol

XXXVII. No, 4 (October 2004): 733-68.

Thompson, Dennis F. "Election Time: Normative Implications of

Temporal Properties of the Electoral Process in the United States." APSR.
Vol. 98, No. 1 (February 2004): 51-64.

Wlezian, Christopher. "On Forecasting the Presidential Vote." PS. Vol.

XXXIV. No. 1 (March 2001): 25-31.

March 31: Special Interests and the Democratic State

Required Readings:

Held: Chapter 4

Special Assignments:

Dahl., Robert A. Who Governs? New Haven: Yale University Press, 1960.

Gunnell, John G.. "The Real Revolution in Political Science." PS Vol

XXXVII. No. 1 (January 2004): 47-50.

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Key, V.O. Politics, Parties, and Pressure Groups. 5th edition. New York:
Thomas Crowell, 1942-67.

Lowi, Theodore J.: End of Liberalism 2nd edition (1979)

McConnell, Grant. Private Power and American Democracy. New York,

Knopf, 1967.

Olsen, Mancur. Logic of Collective Action

Schattsneider, E.E. The Semi-Sovereign People.

Truman, David. Governmental Process (selected chapters)

Warren, Mark. "What Does Corruption Mean to Democracy?" AJPS Vol.

48, No. 2 (April 2004): 328-43.

April 7: Deliberative Democracy

Required Reading:

Gutman and Thompson Why Deliberative Democracy?(all)

Additional Readings:

Barber, Benjamin J. Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New

Age. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984, 2003.

Bohman, James. "Deliberative Toleration." Political Theory. Vol. 31. No.

6 (December 2003): 757-79.

Chambers, Simone. "Deliberative Democratic Theory." Annual review of

Political Science. Vol. 6 (June 2003): 307-26.

Dryzek, John S. "Deliberative Democracy in Divided Societies:

Alternatives to Agonism and Analgesia." Political Theory. Vol. 33. No.2
(April 2005): 218-42.

Fung, Archon. "Deliberation Before the Revolution: Toward an Ethics of

Deliberative Democracy in an Unjust World." Political Theory. Vol. 33,
No. 3 (June 2005): 397-419.

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Gutmann, Amy and Dennis Thompson, Why Deliberative

Democracy?(2004)

Mueller, John. Capitalism, Democracy and Ralph’s Pretty Good Grocery

Store (1999)

Nino, C.S. The Constitution of Deliberative Democracy. New Haven: Yale

University Press, 1996.

Pateman, Carol. Participation and Democratic Theory (1970).

Pateman, Carole. Participation and Democratic Theory

Sanders, Lynn M. "Against Deliberation." Political Theory. Vol. l, 25. No

3 (June 1997): 347-76.

Urbinati, Nadia. "Representation as Advocacy: A Study of Democratic

Deliberation." Political Theory. Vol. 28, No. 6 (December 2000): 758-86.

Warren, Mark. "What Can Democratic Participation Mean Today?"

Political Theory. Vol. 30. No. 5 (October 2002): 677-701.

Warren. Mark E. "What Should We Expect From More Democracy:

Radically Democratic Responses to Politics." Political Theory. Vol. 24,
No. 2 (May 1996):241-70.

Suggested Readings:

Center for Deliberative Democracy http://cdd.stanford.edu

April 14: American Democracy, Culture, and the Culture Wars and Class
Presentations I

Required Reading:

Tocqueville, Alexis de. Democracy in America (Selections)

Morris P. Fiorina, Culture War: The Myth of a Polarized America (2nd

edition)

Held; Chapter

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Additional Reading:

"Culture War in America: Myth or Reality" In The Forum.

www.bepress.com/forum/vol3/iss2/

Abizadeh, Arah. "Does Liberal Democracy Presuppose a Cultural Nation?

American Political Science Review (September 2002): 495-503.

Ansolabehere, Stephen, Jonathan Rodden, and James M. Snyder, Jr.

"Purple America." Massachusetts Institute of Technology (September
2005).www.iq.harvard.edu/NewsEvents/Seminars-
WShops/PPBW/ansolabehere.pdf

Fleisher, Richard and Jon R. Bond. 2004. "The Shrinking Middle in the
US Congress." British Journal of Political Science. 34: 429-451.

April 21: Second Exam handed out.

April 21: Illiberal Democracy and Class Presentations II

Special Assignments:

Barber, Benjamin R. Jihad vs. McWorld: Terrorism’s Challenge to

Democracy. New York: Ballintine Books, 1995/2001.

Diamond, Larry and Marc F. Plattner, eds. Global Resurgence of

Democracy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.

Plattner, Marc "Globalization and Self Government." Journal of

Democracy. (July 2002).

Plattner, Marc. "From Liberalism to Liberal Democracy." Vol. 10. No. 3

(July 1999): 121-34.

Plattner, Marc. "Liberalism and Democracy: Can’t Have One Without the
Other." Foreign Affairs. (March/April: 1998).

Shattuck, John and J. Brian Alwood, "Defending Democracies: Why

Democrats Trump Autocrats." Foreign Affairs. (March/April 1998).

Zakaria, Fareed. "The Rise of Illiberal Democracy." Foreign Affairs.

(November/December 1997).

Additional Reading:

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Benhabib, Seyla. "Borders, Boundaries, and Citizenship." PS Political

Science and Politics. Vol. 38, No. 4 (October 2005): 673-77.

Esquith, Stephen L. "Toward a Democratic Rule of Law." Political

Theory. Vol. 27, No. 3 (June 1999): 334-56

April 28: Second Exam due.

April 28: Previewing comprehensives and thesis.

Grading Policy

Exam 1: 30%
Exam 2: 30%
Literature Review: 25%
Literature Review Presentation: 5%
Class Presentations and Contributions: 10%

Course & Instructor Policies

(make-up exams, extra credit, late work, special assignments, class attendance,
classroom citizenship, etc.)
Special assignments will be given in class. Students must contact the faculty member 24
hours before any exams or assignments that will be late. Failure to turn inn material in a
timely manner will result in an F for the assignment. Students are expected to attend class
and to participate in classroom discussion.

Field Trip Policies

Off-campus Instruction and Course Activities

Off-campus, out-of-state, and foreign instruction and activities are subject to state law and University policies and
procedures regarding travel and risk-related activities. Information regarding these rules and regulations may be found at
the website address http://www.utdallas.edu/BusinessAffairs/Travel_Risk_Activities.htm. Additional information is
available from the office of the school dean. Below is a description of any travel and/or risk-related activity associated
with this course.

Student Conduct & Discipline

The University of Texas System and The University of Texas at Dallas have rules and regulations for the orderly and
efficient conduct of their business. It is the responsibility of each student and each student organization to be
knowledgeable about the rules and regulations which govern student conduct and activities. General information on
student conduct and discipline is contained in the UTD publication, A to Z Guide, which is provided to all registered
students each academic year.

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The University of Texas at Dallas administers student discipline within the procedures of recognized and established due
process. Procedures are defined and described in the Rules and Regulations, Board of Regents, The University of Texas
System, Part 1, Chapter VI, Section 3, and in Title V, Rules on Student Services and Activities of the university’s
Handbook of Operating Procedures. Copies of these rules and regulations are available to students in the Office of the
Dean of Students, where staff members are available to assist students in interpreting the rules and regulations (SU 1.602,
972/883-6391).

A student at the university neither loses the rights nor escapes the responsibilities of citizenship. He or she is expected to
obey federal, state, and local laws as well as the Regents’ Rules, university regulations, and administrative rules. Students
are subject to discipline for violating the standards of conduct whether such conduct takes place on or off campus, or
whether civil or criminal penalties are also imposed for such conduct.

Academic Integrity

The faculty expects from its students a high level of responsibility and academic honesty. Because the value of an
academic degree depends upon the absolute integrity of the work done by the student for that degree, it is imperative that a
student demonstrate a high standard of individual honor in his or her scholastic work.

Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, statements, acts or omissions related to applications for enrollment or
the award of a degree, and/or the submission as one’s own work or material that is not one’s own. As a general rule,
scholastic dishonesty involves one of the following acts: cheating, plagiarism, collusion and/or falsifying academic
records. Students suspected of academic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary proceedings.

Plagiarism, especially from the web, from portions of papers for other classes, and from any other source is unacceptable
and will be dealt with under the university’s policy on plagiarism (see general catalog for details). This course will use the
resources of turnitin.com, which searches the web for possible plagiarism and is over 90% effective.

Email Use

The University of Texas at Dallas recognizes the value and efficiency of communication between faculty/staff and students
through electronic mail. At the same time, email raises some issues concerning security and the identity of each individual
in an email exchange. The university encourages all official student email correspondence be sent only to a student’s U.T.
Dallas email address and that faculty and staff consider email from students official only if it originates from a UTD
student account. This allows the university to maintain a high degree of confidence in the identity of all individual
corresponding and the security of the transmitted information. UTD furnishes each student with a free email account that
is to be used in all communication with university personnel. The Department of Information Resources at U.T. Dallas
provides a method for students to have their U.T. Dallas mail forwarded to other accounts.

Withdrawal from Class

The administration of this institution has set deadlines for withdrawal of any college-level courses. These dates and times
are published in that semester's course catalog. Administration procedures must be followed. It is the student's
responsibility to handle withdrawal requirements from any class. In other words, I cannot drop or withdraw any student.
You must do the proper paperwork to ensure that you will not receive a final grade of "F" in a course if you choose not to
attend the class once you are enrolled.

Student Grievance Procedures

Procedures for student grievances are found in Title V, Rules on Student Services and Activities, of the university’s
Handbook of Operating Procedures.

In attempting to resolve any student grievance regarding grades, evaluations, or other fulfillments of academic
responsibility, it is the obligation of the student first to make a serious effort to resolve the matter with the instructor,
supervisor, administrator, or committee with whom the grievance originates (hereafter called “the respondent”). Individual
faculty members retain primary responsibility for assigning grades and evaluations. If the matter cannot be resolved at that
level, the grievance must be submitted in writing to the respondent with a copy of the respondent’s School Dean. If the
matter is not resolved by the written response provided by the respondent, the student may submit a written appeal to the
School Dean. If the grievance is not resolved by the School Dean’s decision, the student may make a written appeal to the
Dean of Graduate or Undergraduate Education, and the deal will appoint and convene an Academic Appeals Panel. The
decision of the Academic Appeals Panel is final. The results of the academic appeals process will be distributed to all
involved parties.

Copies of these rules and regulations are available to students in the Office of the Dean of Students, where staff members
are available to assist students in interpreting the rules and regulations.

Incomplete Grade Policy

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As per university policy, incomplete grades will be granted only for work unavoidably missed at the semester’s end and
only if 70% of the course work has been completed. An incomplete grade must be resolved within eight (8) weeks from
the first day of the subsequent long semester. If the required work to complete the course and to remove the incomplete
grade is not submitted by the specified deadline, the incomplete grade is changed automatically to a grade of F.

Disability Services

The goal of Disability Services is to provide students with disabilities educational opportunities equal to those of their non-
disabled peers. Disability Services is located in room 1.610 in the Student Union. Office hours are Monday and Thursday,
8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; and Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The contact information for the Office of Disability Services is:

The University of Texas at Dallas, SU 22
PO Box 830688
Richardson, Texas 75083-0688
(972) 883-2098 (voice or TTY)

Essentially, the law requires that colleges and universities make those reasonable adjustments necessary to eliminate
discrimination on the basis of disability. For example, it may be necessary to remove classroom prohibitions against tape
recorders or animals (in the case of dog guides) for students who are blind. Occasionally an assignment requirement may
be substituted (for example, a research paper versus an oral presentation for a student who is hearing impaired). Classes
enrolled students with mobility impairments may have to be rescheduled in accessible facilities. The college or university
may need to provide special services such as registration, note-taking, or mobility assistance.

It is the student’s responsibility to notify his or her professors of the need for such an accommodation. Disability Services
provides students with letters to present to faculty members to verify that the student has a disability and needs
accommodations. Individuals requiring special accommodation should contact the professor after class or during office
hours.

Religious Holy Days

The University of Texas at Dallas will excuse a student from class or other required activities for the travel to and
observance of a religious holy day for a religion whose places of worship are exempt from property tax under Section
11.20, Tax Code, Texas Code Annotated.

The student is encouraged to notify the instructor or activity sponsor as soon as possible regarding the absence, preferably
in advance of the assignment. The student, so excused, will be allowed to take the exam or complete the assignment within
a reasonable time after the absence: a period equal to the length of the absence, up to a maximum of one week. A student
who notifies the instructor and completes any missed exam or assignment may not be penalized for the absence. A student
who fails to complete the exam or assignment within the prescribed period may receive a failing grade for that exam or
assignment.

If a student or an instructor disagrees about the nature of the absence [i.e., for the purpose of observing a religious holy
day] or if there is similar disagreement about whether the student has been given a reasonable time to complete any missed
assignments or examinations, either the student or the instructor may request a ruling from the chief executive officer of the
institution, or his or her designee. The chief executive officer or designee must take into account the legislative intent of
TEC 51.911(b), and the student and instructor will abide by the decision of the chief executive officer or designee.

These descriptions and timelines are subject to change at the discretion of the Professor.

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