Calendar

LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
Introduction
1 Overview
2 Class Discussion: What is the value of community? Why do we participate in public life?
3 Class Discussion: What is the value of community? Why do we participate in public life? (cont.)
Key Concepts
4 What is Civil Society?
5 What is Civil Society? (cont.)
6 What is Civil Society? (cont.)
7 What is Social Capital?
8 What is Social Capital? (cont.)
9 Debates About Civil Society and Social Capital First paper due
Participation and Democracy
10 Civil Society and Social Capital in the U.S. and Other Consolidated Democracies
11 Civil Society and Social Capital in the U.S. and Other Consolidated Democracies (cont.)
Participation and Regime Change
12 Civil Society, Social Capital, and Democratization
13 Civil Society, Social Capital, and Democratization (cont.) First paper rewrite due
Participation in Non-Western Contexts
14 Civil Society, Rebellion, and War
15 Intertwining of State and Society
16 State Impact on Civil Society
17 Civil Society, Social Capital, and Obligation
18 Civil Society and Gender
Civil Society Before Democracy
19 Civil Society Before Democracy Second paper due
Social Capital and State Capacity
20 Positive Effects of Social Capital on State Capacity
21 Positive Effects of Social Capital on State Capacity (cont.)
22 Negative Effects of Social Capital on State Capacity
23 Negative Effects of Social Capital on State Capacity (cont.)
24 The Nonprofit Sector and Substituting for the State
Participation and International Politics
25 International NGOs and Transnational Social Movements Third paper due
26 The Dangers of "Global Civil Society"