ADDITIONAL READING LIST: POLI 452/412 - POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REFORM AND DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA

2ND SEMESTER 2013-2014 DR. MAAME A.A. GYEKYE-JANDOH

Additional References for POLI 412: Political and Economic Reform and Democracy in Africa

Weeks 3 & 4: Transition to Democracy in Africa -External and Internal Influences

External Influences and Transition to Democracy in Africa

Some Additional References:

Linz, Juan and Alfred Stepan. 1978. The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes: Crisis, Breakdown      and Reequilibration. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Linz, Juan and Alfred Stepan. 1996. Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

O’Donnell, Guillermo and Phillipe Schmitter. 1986. Transitions from Authoritarian Rule.

Ninsin, Kwame. 1996. Ghana’s Political Transition 1990-1993: Selected Documents. Accra, Ghana: Freedom Publications.

Ninsin, Kwame. 1998. Ghana: Transition to Democracy. Dakar, Senegal: CODESRIA; Accra, Ghana: Freedom Publications.

Bratton, Michael. 1994. “Civil Society and Political Transition in Africa.” IDR Reports. Volume 11, Number 6.

Bratton, Michael. 1994. “Civil Society and Political Transitions in Africa.” In Harbeson, John, Donald Rothchild, and Naomi Chazan.eds. Civil Society and the State in Africa. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers.

Collier and Mahoney, 1997. “Adding Collective Actors to Collective Outcomes: Labor and Recent Democratization in South America and Southern Europe.”  Comparative Politics 29. 3 April: 285-303.

Collier 1999. Paths Toward Democracy: The Working Class and Elites in Western Europe and South America.  New York: Cambridge University Press.

Huber, Evelyne, Dietrich Rueschemeyer, and John D. Stevens. 1997. “The Paradoxes of Contemporary Democracy: Formal, Participatory, and Social Dimensions.” Comparative Politics 29.3. April: 323-342.

Diamond, Larry, Juan J. Linz, and Seymour Martin Lipset. 1995. Politics in Developing Countries: Comparing Experiences with Democracy. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.

Herbst, Jeffrey. 2001. “Political Liberalization in Africa after Ten Years.” Comparative Politics 33. 3: 357-375.

Almond, Gabriel and Sidney Verba. 1963. The Civic Culture: Political Attitudes and Democracy in Five Nations.  Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Gyimah-Boadi, E. 2004. Democratic Reform in Africa.

Karl, Terry Lynn. 1990. “Dilemmas of Democratization in Latin America.” Comparative Politics 22: 1-20.

Levitsky, Steven and Lucan A. Way. 2005. “International Linkage and Democratization.” Journal of Democracy 16. 3 (July).

Levitsky, Steven and Lucan A. Way. 2002. “The Rise of Competitive Authoritarianism.”  Journal of Democracy 13 (April).

North, Douglass C. 1990. Institutions, Institutional Change, and Economic Performance. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Skocpol, Theda. 1979.  States and Social Revolutions.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Skocpol, Theda. 1985. “Bringing the State Back In: Strategies of Analysis in Current Research.” In Evans, Peter B, Dietrich Rueschemeyer, and Theda Skocpol. eds. Bringing the State Back In. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

World Bank. 1989. World Bank Sub-Saharan African Report. Washington, D.C.

World Bank. 1989. Sub-Saharan Africa: From Crisis to Sustainable Growth: A Long-Term Perspective Study. Washington, D.C.

World Bank. 1994. Adjustment in Africa: Reforms, Results, and the Road Ahead. Washington, DC: World Bank.

McFaul, Michael. 2002.  “The Fourth Wave of Democracy and Dictatorship: Non-cooperative Transitions in the Post-communist World.”  World Politics 54. 2.

Luckham, Robin. 1995. “Dilemmas of Military Disengagement and Democratization in Africa.” IDS Bulletin 26: 49-61. Sussex, England: Institute for Development Studies.

Lipset, Seymour Martin. 1960; 1981.  Political Man: The Social Basis of Politics. New York: Doubleday.

Joseph, Richard. 1998. “Africa, 1990-1997: From Abertura to Closure.” Journal of Democracy 9. 2 (April) 3-18.

Joseph, Richard. 1997. Democratization in Africa after 1989: Comparative and Theoretical Perspectives. Comparative Politics 29: 363-382.

Huntington, Samuel. 1991. The Third Wave: Democratization In The Late Twentieth Century. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press

Hutchful, Eboe. 1992. The International Dimensions of the Democratization Process in Africa. Dakar, Senegal: CODESRIA.

Haggard, Stephan and Robert Kaufmann. 1995. The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Gyimah-Boadi, Emmanuel, Mike Oquaye and Kofi Drah. 2000. Civil Society Organizations and Ghanaian Democratization. Accra: CDD-Ghana.

Drah, Francis K. 1993. “Civil Society and the Transition to Pluralistic Democracy” In Ninsin, K.A. and F.K. Drah, eds. Political Parties and Democracy in Ghana’s Fourth Republic. Accra: Woeli Publishing Services.

Diamond, Larry. 1999. Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

De Tocqueville, Alexis. 1899/1956. Democracy in America. Specially edited and abridged by Richard Heffner. New York: New American Library.

Dahl, Robert A. 1971.  Polyarchy: Participation and Opposition.  New Haven: Yale University Press.

Colomer, Josep M. 2000.  Strategic Transitions: Game Theory and Democratization.  Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Bunce, Valerie. 2000. “Comparative Democratization: Big and Bounded Generalizations.” Comparative Political Studies 33: 6/7. August/September: 703-734.

Bunce, Valerie. 1998. “Regional Differences in Democratization.” Post-Soviet Affairs 14: 187-211.

Boafo-Arthur, Kwame. 1998. “The International Community and Ghana’s Transition to Democracy.” In Ninsin, K. A. ed. Ghana: Transition to Democracy. Dakar, Senegal: CODESRIA; Accra, Ghana: Freedom Publications.

Bermeo, Nancy. 1990. “Rethinking Regime Change.” Comparative Politics 22. April: 359-377.

COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LIST: POLI 366 (POLITICS AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN GHANA)

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DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON

POLI 366: POLITICS AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN GHANA

COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LIST: SECOND SEMESTER, 2012/2013

LECTURER: KWAME ASAH-ASANTE

TEL: O241987479

EMAIL: rasahte@yahoo.com

rasah-asante@ug.edu.gh

COURSE OUTLINE AND READINGS

COURSE TITLE	POLITICS AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN GHANA
COURSE CODE	POLI 366
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES	The nexus between politics and civil society has long been established in Ghana. Beginning from pre-independence era up to-date, especially during the latter years of the first Republic through the long years of state decay and political repression, the involvement of civil society in the politics of the country has been significant. However, this feat has not been achieved without problems. In the pre-independence period for instance, due to the ethno-religious and partisan interests of some civil society organisations, their activities were generally, somehow, viewed in the negative light. However, the proliferation of civil society groups, organised around political interests in recent times, has served as a bulwark against unbridled state power. Indeed, the active participation of such organisations in the current democratic system has resulted in a transformation in civil society-state relations.
WEEK NO.	DATE	LECTURE TOPIC	TUTORIALS	VENUE	ASSESSMENT
1	12/02/14	The Concept of Civil Society		Central Cafeteria
2	19/02/14	The Concept of Civil Society		Central Cafeteria
3	26/02/14	The Concept of Civil Society		Central Cafeteria
4	05/03/14	Theories of Civil Society		Central Cafeteria
5	12/03/14	Theories of Civil Society		Central Cafeteria
6	19/03/14	Civil Society, Democracy and Good Governance		Central Cafeteria
7	26/03/14	Civil Society, Democracy and Good Governance		Central Cafeteria	Continuous Assessment
8	02/04/14	Civil Society in Ghana		Central Cafeteria
9	09/04/14	Civil Society in Ghana		Central Cafeteria
10	16/04/14	Civil Society and State Policy in Ghana		Central Cafeteria
11	23/04/14	Civil Society and State Policy in Ghana		Central Cafeteria
12	30/04/14	Civil Society and Globalization		Central Cafeteria
13	07/05/14	Civil Society and Globalization		Central Cafeteria
14	REVISION
15-17	EXAMINATION (70%)

Core Readings

1. Gyimah-Boadi, E. et al (2000) Civil Society Organisations and Ghanaian Democratization CDD-Ghana Research Paper No. 6
2. Gyimah-Boadi, E and Oquaye, M. (2000) Civil Society and Domestic Policy Environment in Ghana CDD-Ghana Research Paper No. 7
3. Drah, F.K. and Oquaye, M. (1996) Civil Society in Ghana Accra: Gold-Type Ltd.
4. Chazan, N. et al (1992) Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers. pp 1-31. 
5. Chazan, N. (1988) “Ghana: Problems of Governance and the Emergence of Civil Society” In Larry Diamond et al (eds.) Democracy in Developing Countries Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers. pp. 93-132.
6. Ninsin, K.A. (1998) “Civic Associations and the Transition to Democracy in Ghana” In K.A. Ninsin (ed.), Ghana: Transition to  Democracy: Accra: Freedom Publication pp. 20-69.
7. Drah, F.K. (1993) “Civil Society and the Transition to Pluralist Democracy”, in Ninsin, K.A, and Drah, F.K. (eds.) Political Parties and Democracy in Ghana’s Fourth Republic, Accra: Department of Political Science.
8. Bratton and Bayart, quoted in Gyimah-Boadi, E., et al., “Civil Society and Ghanaian Democratization”, CDD-Ghana Research Paper No.6, Accra, September 2000

Other Readings

1. Afolayan, F. “Civil Society, Popular Culture and the Crisis of Democratic Transitions in Nigeria” (1999) In Jonathan Hyslop (ed.) African Democracy in the Era of Globalization Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press.ppp. 72-92.
2. “Civil Society, Democratization, and State Building in Kenya and Tanzania” In Kidane Mengisteab and Cyril Daddieh (eds.) State Building and Democratization in Africa Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers. pp. 183-197.
3. Elmakki, E. M. (2003) “Role of Civil Society and Other Stakeholders in Democratic Governance in Africa” Paper presented at the 7^th Annual Conference of the Development Policy Management Forum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. pp.199-206.
4. Camay, P. And Gordon, J.A. (2004) Evolving Democratic Governance in South Africa Johannesburg: The Co-operative for Research and Education. pp. 209-226, 375-410.
5. Schraeder, P.J. (2000) African Politics and Society Boston: Bedford/ St. Martin’s. pp. 217-238.
6. Chandhoke, N. “Civil Society” Development in Practice, Vol. 17. No. 4/5 (Aug., 2007). pp. 607-614.
7. Attafuah, K., “Making Democracy Flourish Through Civic Education”, USIS, October, 7, 1998
8. Gyimah-Boadi, E. (2004) “Civil Society and Democratic Development”, in Gyimah-Boadi, E, (ed.) Democratic Reform in Africa: The Quality of Progress, Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
9. Geremek, B, (1996) “Civil Society Then and Now”, in Diamond, L, and Plattner, M.F. (eds.) The Global Resurgence of Democracy, Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
10. Lucas, J., “The State, Civil Society and Regional Elites, A Study of three Associations in Kano, Nigeria”, African Affairs, Vol. 93, Jan, 1994
11. Clausen, T. (1996) “Minding the Gap?: State-Civil Society Relations in Ghana’s Fourth Republic”, in Ayee, J.R.A., (ed). The 1996 General Elections and Democratic Consolidation in Ghana, Accra: Gold Type Ltd.
12. Gyimah-Boadi, E. (2000) “Stakeholders Participation and Civic Inclusiveness and Sustained National Development”, Paper Presented at ECOWAS Ministerial and Anti-Corruption Meeting, Accra.
13. Schmitter, R.C. (1997) “Civil Society East and West”, in Diamond, L. (ed) Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies: Themes and Perspectives, Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
14. Ayee, J.R.A., “Introduction”, in Ayee, J.R.A (ed) The 1996 General Elections and Democratic Consolidation in Ghana, Accra, Gold Type Ltd, 1996
15. Linz, J.J. and Stepan, A. (1997) “Toward Consolidating Democracies”, In Diamond, L., (ed) Consolidating The Third Wave Democracies: Themes and Perspectives, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
16. 40. Drah, F.K. (2003) “Civil Society and Grassroots Participation in Ghana”, In Amponsah, N, and Boafo-Arthur, K. (eds.) Local Government in Ghana: Grassroots Participation in the 2002 Local Government Elections, Accra: Uniflow Publications Ltd.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

1. The course will last for thirteen weeks. 
2. Each class will have a two-hour lecture in addition to a one-hour tutorial per week.
3. To ensure effective teaching and learning, lectures will be organized in an interactive manner. Students will be allowed to ask and answer questions in class.
4. There will be a Continuous Assessment (CA) test and end of semester examination. The test will take place at the end of the Seventh week. The CA test will carry 30 per cent of the final examination mark. The end of semester examination will carry 70 per cent. During this examination, students will be required to answer three essay questions.