Political Science 7975
Seminar in Comparative Political Behavior
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Spring
2004 |
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Instructor: Leonard Ray |
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Classroom: |
234 Stubbs Hall |
Office: Stubbs 232 |
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Class
Time: |
M. 1:10 4:00 |
Telephone: 578-2542 |
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Office
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T. W. Th: 1:00 3:00 |
Email: lray2@lsu.edu |
Course Description:
¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ This seminar will survey the
literature on comparative political behavior. Political behavior is
distinctive in its focus on the actions and attitudes of individuals, rather
than the study of rules, institutions, social classes, or other
aggregates.¦ Political behavior is also
generally studied empirically, often through opinion surveys or analyses of
voting behavior.¦ Because of the nature
of the available data in this area and the expertise of this instructor, the
course focuses on industrialized democracies, especially Europe.¦ Part I will review the literature on
attitudes, especially political culture and support for democratic
government.¦ Part II focuses on non
electoral participation.¦ Part III
examines voting behavior.¦ Part IV
shifts the emphasis from mass behavior to political elites in parties,
legislatures, and the bureaucracy.
Requirements:
This
is a seminar course, which means that students are expected to participate
actively through class presentations and discussion. ¦This course provides an opportunity to practice the essential
skill of oral presentation of ideas.¦
The course will require a substantial amount of reading, which must be
completed prior to the class period so that you may participate actively and
intelligently.
There
is also a substantial writing component for this course.¦ Students will write three short papers
analyzing all the readings assigned for three weeks of their choosing.¦ Students will also summarize and present two
of the recommended readings to the class.¦
There will also be a research paper due before the end of the term.¦ Students are encouraged to integrate the
assigned research paper into their overall research agenda.¦ As such, they may use portions of this paper
for other projects, or rewrite and refine a paper from a previous course.¦ However, in both cases, the student should
obtain written permission from both instructors before beginning to write the
paper.¦ The final exam will be a take
home essay exam.
Relative weights of course requirements:
Attendance
and Participation¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ 10%
2
Class Presentations¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ 10%
3
Weekly Summaries¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ 10% each
First
Literature review¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ 15%
Research
Paper or 2nd Literature Review 15%
Take
Home Final Exam ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ 20%
Plagiarism:
Graduate students are expected to follow
professional norms and ethics.¦ All
written work submitted for this course must be original, and cannot have been
used for a previous or concurrent course without my prior written approval.¦ The unacknowledged use of material written
by someone else constitutes plagiarism, and is grounds for a students
separation from the university.¦ If
you have questions about what constitutes plagiarism,¦ feel free to ask me, or consult the Universitys policy on
plagiarism available online at: http://appl015.lsu.edu/slas/judicialaffairs.nsf/$Content/Understanding+and+Avoiding+Plagiarism?OpenDocument.
Readings:
Some
readings will be drawn from books on reserve in the main library, or for sale
at the bookstore.¦ Other readings are
taken from journal articles, most of which are available electronically through
e-reserves or JSTOR, as well as in hardcopy at the Middleton reserve desk.¦ Students would be wise to make copies of the
required reading over the course of the semester, as they will be expected to
discuss some of these readings on their final exam, and eventually
comprehensive exams.¦
¦ The following books are required for the
course:
Michael Lewis Beck. Economics and elections : the major western
democracies Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1990 ISBN: 0472081330
Robert Putnam, Making
Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy Princeton 1993.
ISBN: 0-691-07889-0.
Sidney G. Tarrow. 1998¦ Power in
Movement : Social Movements and Contentious Politics (Cambridge Studies in
Comparative Politics) 2nd edition
Cambridge University Press; ISBN: 0521629470
Pippa Norris ed. 1999. Critical Citizens: Global Support for Democratic
Government.¦ Oxford
University Press.¦ ISBN 0-19-829568-5.
Reading Schedule:
Key,¦ B =
Available from the Bookstore, R = available in the
Middleton Library Reserve Room, JSTOR = Journal Article
available online from JSTOR
Jan 26.¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ Introduction
Part I.
Attitudes: Political Culture and Regime Support
Feb. 2.¦ Political Culture I: Capacity, Trust, Tolerance, and National
Character
Robert Putnam Making
Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy Princeton 1993.
Chapters 1, 4, 5, 6. B
Robert Rohrschneider
Institutional Learning versus Value Diffusion: The Evolution of Democratic
Values among Parliamentarians in Eastern and Western Germany The Journal of Politics, Vol. 58, No. 2.
(May, 1996), pp. 422-446 JSTOR
Cross-National Variation in
the Political Sophistication of Individuals: Capability or Choice? ¦Stacy B. Gordon, Gary M.
Segura The Journal of Politics,
Vol. 59, No. 1. (Feb., 1997), pp. 126-147. JSTOR
Lucian W. Pye, Nathan Leites
Nuances in Chinese Political Culture Asian
Survey, Vol. 22, No. 12. (Dec., 1982), pp. 1147-1165. JSTOR
Samuel H. Barnes, Giacomo
Sani Mediterranean Political Culture and Italian Politics: An Interpretation ¦British
Journal of Political Science, Vol. 4, No. 3. (Jul.,
1974), pp. 289 - 303. JSTOR
Recommended:
Young C. Kim The Concept of
Political Culture in Comparative Politics The
Journal of Politics, Vol. 26, No. 2. (May, 1964), pp. 313-336. JSTOR
Clark D. Neher Asian Style
Democracy Asian Survey, Vol. 34,
No. 11. (Nov., 1994), pp. 949-961. JSTOR
Thomas M. Franck¦ Is Personal Freedom a Western Value? American Journal of International Law,
Vol. 91, No. 4. (Oct., 1997), pp. 593-627. JSTOR
Feb. 9.¦ Political Culture II: The Postmaterialism Debates
Inglehart,
Ronald. 1971. The Silent Revolution in Europe: Intergenerational Change in
Post-Industrial Societies. American Political Science Review 65,
991-1017. JSTOR
Inglehart,
Ronald. 1988. The Renaissance of Political Culture. American Political Science Review
82, 1203-1230. JSTOR
Raymond
M. Duch, Michaell A. Taylor Postmaterialism and the Economic Condition American Journal of Political Science,
Vol. 37, No. 3. (Aug., 1993), pp. 747-779. JSTOR
Robert
W. Jackman, Ross A. Miller¦ 1996 A
Renaissance of Political Culture? American
Journal of Political Science, Vol. 40, No. 3. (Aug., 1996), pp.
632-659. JSTOR
Darren
W. Davis, Kathleen M. Dowley, Brian D. Silver Postmaterialism in World Societies:
Is It Really a Value Dimension? American
Journal of Political Science, Vol. 43, No. 3. (Jul., 1999), pp.
935-962. JSTOR
Recommended:
Paul
R. Abramson, Ronald Inglehart.¦
Education, Security, and Postmaterialism: A Comment on Duch and
Taylor's Postmaterialism and the Economic Condition American Journal of Political Science,
Vol. 38, No. 3. (Aug., 1994), pp. 797-814.¦
JSTOR
Raymond M. Duch, Michaell A.
Taylor. 1994. A Reply to Abramson and Inglehart's Education, Security, and
Postmaterialism American Journal of
Political Science, Vol. 38, No. 3., pp. 815-824. JSTOR
Jim
Granato, Ronald Inglehart, David Leblang Cultural Values, Stable Democracy,
and Economic Development: A Reply
American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 40, No.
3. (Aug., 1996), pp. 680-696. JSTOR
Feb 16.¦ Support for Democratic Regimes: Early Work
Almond,
Gabriel, and Sidney Verba. 1963. The Civic Culture: Political Attitudes and Democracy
in Five Nations. Princeton: Princeton University Press.¦ Chs. 1,2,10,11,15. R
David
Easton.¦ 1975.¦ A Re-Assessment of the Concept of Political Support British Journal of Political Science, Vol.
5, No. 4., pp. 435-457. JSTOR
Almond,
Gabriel, and Sidney Verba. 1980. The Civic Culture Revisited. Boston:
Little Brown and Co. Chs. 1,2,10. R
Werner
Levi The Fate of Democracy in South and Southeast Asia Far Eastern Survey, Vol. 28, No. 2. (Feb.,
1959), pp. 25-29. JSTOR
Feb 23. Mardi Gras holiday.
First Literature review due March
1.
March 1. Recent Work on Support/
Satisfaction
Pippa Norris ed. Critical Citizens: Global Support for Democratic
Government.¦ Oxford
University Press. B¦ (Chapters 1-4 and 8-10)
Robert Putnam Making
Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy Princeton 1993.
Chapters 2 and 3 pp 64-61, and 76-82. B
Gabel.
Matthew.¦ 1998 Interests and
Integration Michigan University Press. Chapter 2.
Recommended:
Christopher
J. Anderson, Christine A. Guillory Political Institutions and Satisfaction
with Democracy: A Cross-National Analysis of Consensus and Majoritarian Systems
The
American Political Science Review, Vol. 91, No. 1. (Mar.,
1997), pp. 66-81. JSTOR
Part II.
Mass Behavior: Participation, Protest, and Turnout
March 8. Participation and Protest
Samuel Barnes and Max Kaase Political Action: Mass Participation in Five Western
Democracies.¦ Sage
Publications.¦ (Chapters 1, 2, and 3.) R
Sidney
G. Tarrow. 1998¦ Power in Movement : Social Movements and Contentious
Politics (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) 2nd edition Cambridge University Press. B
Robert
A. Dahl¦ A Democratic Dilemma: System
Effectiveness versus Citizen Participation Political
Science Quarterly, Vol. 109, No. 1. (Spring, 1994), pp. 23-34. JSTOR
Kitschelt,
Herbert. 1986. Political Opportunity Structures and Political Protest British
Journal of Political Science 16, 57-86. .JSTOR
Recommended:
Peter
McDonough, Doh C. Shin, Jose Alvaro Moises Democratization and Participation:
Comparing Spain, Brazil, and Korea The
Journal of Politics, Vol. 60, No. 4. (Nov., 1998), pp. 919-953. JSTOR
Stephen
G. Brush Dynamics of Theory Change in the Social Sciences: Relative
Deprivation and Collective Violence The
Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 40, No. 4. (Dec., 1996), pp.
523-545 JSTOR
M.
Kent Jennings, Ellen Ann Andersen Support for Confrontational Tactics among
AIDS Activists: A Study of Intra-Movement Divisions American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 40, No. 2. (May,
1996), pp. 311-334.JSTOR
March 15. Why do Voters Vote?
G.
Bingham Powell, Jr. American Voter Turnout in Comparative Perspective The American Political Science Review,
Vol. 80, No. 1. (Mar., 1986), pp. 17-43. .JSTOR
Robert
W. Jackman. 1987. Political Institutions and Voter Turnout in the Industrial
Democracies The American Political Science
Review, Vol. 81, No. 2. (Jun., 1987), pp. 405-424. .JSTOR
John
H. Aldrich (1993) Rational Choice and Turnout American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 37, No. 1.
(Feb., 1993), pp. 246-278. .JSTOR
Donald
Green and Ian Shapiro.¦ 1994.¦ Pathologies
of Rational Choice Theory: A Critique of Applications in Political Science.
Chapter 4 .
Part III.
Mass Behavior: Voter choice
March 22. Models of voter behavior
I: Sociological and Socialization
Models
Seymour
Martin Lipset and Stein Rokkan Cleavage Structures, Party Systems, and Voter
Alignments Party Systems and Voter
Alignments: Cross National Perspectives The Free Press 1967. Ch. 1 R
Russell
J. Dalton Cognitive Mobilization and Partisan Dealignment in Advanced
Industrial Democracies The Journal of
Politics, Vol. 46, No. 1. (Feb., 1984), pp. 264-284. JSTOR
Samuel
H. Barnes, Peter McDonough, Antonio Lopez Pina The Development of Partisanship
in New Democracies: The Case of Spain American
Journal of Political Science, Vol. 29, No. 4. (Nov., 1985), pp.
695-720.JSTOR
Anders
Westholm, Richard G. Niemi Political Institutions and Political Socialization:
A Cross-National Study Comparative Politics,
Vol. 25, No. 1. (Oct., 1992), pp. 25-41. JSTOR
Christopher
J. Fleury, Michael S. Lewis-Beck Anchoring the French Voter: Ideology versus
Party The Journal of Politics,
Vol. 55, No. 4. (Nov., 1993), pp. 1100-1109. JSTOR
Recommended:
Annick
Percheron, M. Kent Jennings Political Continuities in French Families: A New
Perspective on an Old Controversy Comparative
Politics, Vol. 13, No. 4. (Jul., 1981), pp. 421-436. JSTOR
Bradley
M. Richardson European Party Loyalties Revisited The American Political Science Review, Vol. 85, No. 3.
(Sep., 1991), pp. 751-775. JSTOR
Hans-Dieter
Klingemann, Martin P. Wattenberg Decaying versus Developing Party Systems: A
Comparison of Party Images in the United States and West Germany¦ British
Journal of Political Science, Vol. 22, No. 2. (Apr., 1992), pp.
131-149. . JSTOR
March 29.¦ Models of voter behavior II Spatial Models of Issue Voting
Otto A. Davis, Melvin J. Hinich,
Peter C. Ordeshook An Expository Development of a Mathematical Model of the
Electoral Process The American Political
Science Review, Vol. 64, No. 2. (Jun., 1970), pp. 426-448. JSTOR
Stokes,
Donald. 1963 Spatial Models of Party Competition,¦ The American Political Science
Review, Vol. 57, No. 2. (Jun., 1963), pp. 368-377. JSTOR
Rabinowitz, George and
Stuart McDonald. 1989 A Directional Theory of Issue Voting APSR 83: 93-121. JSTOR
Iversen, Torben. 1994.
"The Logics of Electoral Politics: Spatial, Directional, and
Mobilizational Effects." Comparative Political Studies, 27: 155-189. A
Recommended:
Anthony
Downs. Economic
Theory of Democracy 1957 Chapters 3, 4, 8 R
Anders Westholm 1997
Distance versus Direction: The Illusory Defeat of the Proximity Theory of
Electoral Choice The American Political
Science Review, Vol. 91, No. 4. (Dec., 1997), pp. 865-883. JSTOR
April 5 Spring Break.
April 12. Models of voter behavior
III: Pocketbook Voting
Michael Lewis Beck. Economics and elections : the major western
democracies Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1990 ISBN: 0472081330 B
G. Bingham Powell, Jr., Guy
D. Whitten, A Cross-National Analysis of Economic Voting: Taking Account of the
Political Context American Journal of
Political Science, Vol. 37, No. 2. (May, 1993), pp. 391-414. A
Part III.
Elite Political Behavior
April 19. Elite Recruitment and
Socialization
Chong Lim Kim, Samuel C.
Patterson Parliamentary Elite Integration in Six Nations¦ Comparative
Politics, Vol. 20, No. 4. (Jul., 1988), pp. 379-399. JSTOR
John L. Sullivan, Pat Walsh,
Michal Shamir, David G. Barnum, James L. Gibson Why Politicians Are More
Tolerant: Selective Recruitment and Socialization among Political Elites in
Britain, Israel, New Zealand and the United States British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 23, No. 1. (Jan.,
1993), pp. 51-76. JSTOR
Martin Holland British
Political Recruitment: Labour in the Euro-Elections of 1979 British Journal of Political Science, Vol.
17, No. 1. (Jan., 1987), pp. 53-70. JSTOR
Recommended:
Mark Kesselman Recruitment
of Rival Party Activists in France: Party Cleavages and Cultural
Differentiation The Journal of Politics,
Vol. 35, No. 1. (Feb., 1973), pp. 2-44.¦
JSTOR
April 26.¦ Politics within Parties.
Robert
Michels Political
Parties 1915
Part Two Chapters IV, VII
Part Six, Chapter II R
Herbert Kitschelt The Logics
of Party Formation Ecological Politics in Belgium and West Germany
Cornell University Press 1989.
Chapter 6 R
Andrew Appleton "The
Formal versus Informal Rules of French Political Parties" in Kay Lawson
ed. How Political
Parties Work: Perspectives from Within. Praeger 1994 R
Reccomended:
Kaare Strom¦ "A Behavioral Theory of Competitive
Political Parties" American Journal of Political Science, 34:
565-98. A
May 3. Legislative
and Bureaucratic Behavior
Donley T. Studlar, Ian
McAllister Constituency Activity and Representational Roles among Australian
Legislators The Journal of Politics,
Vol. 58, No. 1. (Feb., 1996), pp. 69-90. JSTOR
Robert Putnam Making Democracy
Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy Princeton 1993. Chapter 2. B
Shigeko N. Fukai, Haruhiro
Fukui Introducing Japan into the Comparative Politics Curriculum:
Elite Recruitment and Political Leadership PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 25, No. 1. (Mar.,
1992), pp. 25-36.JSTOR
Liesbet Hooghe.¦ 2000.¦ Euro-Socialists or Euro-Marketeers? EU Top
Officials on Capitalism The Journal of Politics, Vol. 62, No. 2.
(May, 2000), pp. 430-454.
Recommended:
The Electoral System and
Constituency-Oriented Activity in the European Parliament Edward L. Scholl International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 30,
No. 3. (Sep., 1986), pp. 315-332. JSTOR
Research Paper or 2nd Literature Review¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ due May 7.
Final Exam hand in by 4:30 PM May 13.