Course Week
Week
# Day Date Theme
1
12 Thu 23/3 Intro
2
13 Mon 27/3 Conceptualizing Concept
& Measuring
formation
Democracy
Wed 29/3 Weekly Paper
Thu 30/3
3
Subject
Content
Course
Usual admin and formalities,
introduction introduction to course paper.
Introduction to course content.
14 Mon 3/4
Concept (Mis)Formation,
Stretching, Classification,
Dichotomies, Typologies
Required Readings
Syllabus
Plattner, Marc. 2015. "Is Democracy in Decline?" Journal of
Democracy 26(1): 5-10.
Levitsky, Steven &Lucan Way. 2015. "The Myth of Recession."
Journal of Democracy 26(1): 45-58
Diamond, Larry. 2015. "Facing Up to the Democratic Recession."
Journal of Democracy 26(1): 141-155.
Teacher
Staffan I. Lindberg
Adcock, Robert and David Collier. 2001. “Measurement Validity: A Staffan I. Lindberg
Shared Standard for Qualitative and Quantitative Research”. APSR
95(3): 529-546.
Collier, David, and James E. Jr. Mahon, 1993. ”Conceptual
’Stretching’ Revisited: Adapting Categories in Comparative
Analysis.” American Political Science Review. 84(4): 845-855.
Sartori, Giovanni. 1970. “Concept Misformation in Comparative
Politics”. APSR 64(4): 1033-1053 (read mainly 1033-1046).
Sartori, Giovanni. 1991. ”Comparing and Miscomparing”. Journal of
Theoretical Politics. 3(3): 243-257.
DEADLINE 17.00
Paper #1
Seminar #1 Seminar, presentation &
discussion
the above
Staffan I. Lindberg
Peers' weekly papers
Staffan I. Lindberg
Democracy What is a democracy, a
democratic process and which
are the limits of “power by the
people”? Polyarchy in theory
and practice – how do I know
one when I see it?
Coppedge, 2012, Ch. 1-3
Staffan I. Lindberg
Teorell, 2010, pp. 31-38
Dahl, Robert 1971. Polyarchy , pp. 1-16
Dahl, Robert. 1989 pp. 213-231.
Collier, David, and Robert Adcock. 1999. “Democracy and
Dichotomies: A Pragmatic Approach to Choices about Concepts.”
Annual Review of Political Science 2: 537-565.
Collier, David, and Steven Levitsky. 1997. ”Democracy with
Adjectives: Conceptual Innovation in Comparative Research.” World
Politics 49: 430-451.
Schedler, Andreas. 1998. “What is Democratic Consolidation?”
Journal of Democracy 9(2): 91-107.
Tue 4/4
Thu 6/4
Fri
4
Weekly Paper
7/4
Autocracy & What is authoritarianism and
Dictatorship how do we distinguish the
different forms nondemocratic rule can take?
Geddes et al. A New Dataset (forthcoming) PoP
Geddes et al. Autocratic Regimes Codebook, pp. 1-21
Paper #2
Coppedge, 2012, Ch 5
Anna Lührmann
Mahoney, James and Gary Goertz. 2006. A Tale of Two Cultures:
Contrasting Quantitative and Qualitative Research, Political Analysis
14:3 (Summer 2006): 227-249.
Various: individual sources
DEADLINE
Seminar #2 Seminar, presentation &
discussion
15 Mon 10/4 Conceptualizing Measuring Concept Operationalization,
& Measuring
Democracy Measurement, Indicators
Democracy
Mon 10/4
Mon 10/4 Weekly Paper
Varieties of Rationale, theory,
Democracy methodological approach, and
data
Coding
START: Get email, sign up,
Exercise
receive coding id and
instructions, start coding
Peers' weekly papers
Anna Lührmann
Anna Lührmann
Alvarez, Mike, Jose A. Cheibub, Fernando Limongi, Adam
Staffan I. Lindberg
Przeworski. 1996. “Classifying Political Regimes.” Studies in
International Comparative Development 31(2): 3-36.
Marshall et al. Polity IV Codebook
Freedom House 2014. Methodology
Coppedge, Michael, and Wolfgang H. Reinicke 1990. “Measuring
Polyarchy.” Studies in Comparative International Development.
25(1): 51-73.
Munck, Gerardo L., and Jay Verkuilen. 2002. “Conceptualizing and
Measuring Democracy: Evaluating Alternative Indices.”
Comparative Political Studies 35(1): 5-34.
Mahoney, James and Gary Goertz. 2006. A Tale of Two Cultures:
Contrasting Quantitative and Qualitative Research, Political Analysis
14:3 (Summer 2006): 227-249.
Schedler, Andreas. 2001a. “Measuring Democratic Consolidation.”
Studies in Comparative International Development 36(1): 66-92.
Coppedge et al. 2015. V-Dem Methodology
Anna Lührmann
Coppedge et al. 2015. V-Dem Code Book
V-Dem Coding Instructions.
V-Dem Countries Document
Josefine Pernes,
Natalia Stepanova
Thu 13/4 Weekly Paper
5
6
Paper #3
DEADLINE: finsih coding before Various: individual sources for coding decisions regarding your two Josefine Pernes,
this time and submit paper
countries
Natalia Stepanova
comparing your coding with
existing data.
16 Tue 18/4 Explaining
Endogenous Varieties of Democracy:
Democratizatio Democratiza Sequencing, Family Trees,
n
tion
Waves and Diffusion, Critical
Institutions (political parties,
civil society, the executive and
legislature, the judiciary);
Sequencing in accountability
building; Critical Institutions
(elections)
Thu 20/4 Weekly Paper
Paper #4
Fri
Seminar #4 Seminar, presentation &
discussion
21/4
17 Mon 24/4 Course paper
Wed 26/4
DEADLINE
Copeddge 2012, Ch 7-8
Bermeo, 1997
Lindenfors et al. 2015. Investigating Sequences in Ordinal Data. VDem Working Paper Series #18, V-Dem Institute
Wang et al. 2015. No Transition without Women's tights. V-Dem
Working Paper Series #14, V-Dem Institute
van Ham & Lindberg 2015. Vote Buying is a Good Sign. V-Dem
Working Ppaper Series #3
Posner, Daniel N. and Daniel J. Young. 2007. “The
Institutionalization of Political Power in Africa.” Journal of
Democracy 18(3): 126-140.
Coppedge, 2012, Ch 5
Mahoney, James and Gary Goertz. 2006. A Tale of Two Cultures:
Contrasting Quantitative and Qualitative Research, Political Analysis
14:3 (Summer 2006): 227-249.
Various: individual sources
Peers' weekly papers
Valeriya
Mechkova
Valeriya
Mechkova
Valeriya
Mechkova
Sketch
DEADLINE Course Paper Idea
Sketch (1-2 pages)
Various: individual sources
Staffan I. Lindberg
/Anna Lührmann
Seminar
Course Paper Sketches
Peers' sketches
Staffan I. Lindberg
/Anna Lührmann
Work on Course Paper Ideasweek
Fri
7
28/4 Explaining
External
Democratizatio Factors
n
18 Tue 2/5
Thu 4/5
8
Fri
5/5
Fri
5/5
Explaining
External
Democratizatio Factors
n
Weekly Paper
Course paper
Teorell 2010, Ch. 5
Anna Lührmann
Carothers, Thomas. 2015. "Democracy Aid at 25." Journal of
Democracy 26(1): 59-73
Finkel, Steven E.; Pérez-Liñán, Aníbal; Seligson (2007): The Effects of
U.S. Foreign Assistance on Democracy Building, 1990–2003. World
Politics 59 (03), pp. 404–439.)
Structural factors (geography,
inequality, modernization,
demography, natural
resources, religion, culture,
and colonial heritage)
DEADLINE
Coppedge 2012, Ch 9-10
Teorell, 2010, all the rest of the book
Constanza
Petrarca
Coppedge, 2012, Ch 5
Constanza
Mahoney, James and Gary Goertz. 2006. A Tale of Two Cultures:
Petrarca
Contrasting Quantitative and Qualitative Research, Political Analysis
14:3 (Summer 2006): 227-249.
Various: individual sources
Seminar #5 Seminar, presentation &
Peers' weekly papers
discussion
Outline
DEADLINE: Course Outline 3-5
pages
Constanza
Petrarca
Staffan I. Lindberg
/Anna Lührmann
19 Mon 8/5
Conference
V-Dem
Various topics
Conference papers
Staffan I. Lindberg
Tue 9/5
Conference
V-Dem
Various topics
Conference papers
Staffan I. Lindberg
Paper #6
DEADLINE
Review of one conference paper
Staffan I. Lindberg
n/a
Staffan I. Lindberg
Various: individual sources
Staffan I. Lindberg
n/a
Staffan I. Lindberg
n/a
Staffan I. Lindberg
n/a
ALL
Thu 11/5
9
Paper #5
International Actors
20 Mon 15/5 Course paper
10
21
Course paper
11
22 Tue 30/5 Examination
Fri
2/6
Fri
2/6
Writing
Aim, methodology, etc
criteria
Write
Students work independently
papers
Final Paper DEADLINE
Evaluation, Papers back and
Course Grades
Informal - Reception V-Dem
Instute