Questions and Topics We Can Help You To Answer:
Paper Instructions:
Why has democracy consolidated in some countries but others have experienced democratic stalling or reversal?
Roughly 900 words.
This is a comparative analysis, please ensure the answer sticks well with the question
Thematic Readings:
Bunce, Valerie “Comparative Democratization. Big and Bounded Generalizations,” Comparative Political Studies 33, 6/7 (2000): 703-734.
Carothers, Thomas “The End of the Transition Paradigm,” in Journal of Democracy 13, 1 (January 2002), 5-21.
Ross, Michael Lewin “Does Oil Hinder Democracy?” World Politics 53, 3 (April 2001): 325-61
David Collier, Steve Levistky, ‘Democracy with adjectives: conceptual innovation in comparative research’, World Politics 49 (3), April 1997, p.430-51
Diamond, Larry. Leonardo Morlino, ‘The quality of democracy: an overview’, Journal of Democracy, 15(4), October 2004, p20-31.
Grugel, Jean, Democratization: A Critical Introduction (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), 1-67 & 217-237.
