Main group 1

Part I: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Perspectives on Development

• Kohli, Atul., State-directed development: political power and industrialization in the global periphery, Cambridge, UK ; a New York, Cambridge University Press, 2004Compulsory*
• Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Duflo, Esther, Poor economics: a radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty, 1. ed., New York, Public Affairs, c2011Compulsory*

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Part II: Civil Society, Democratic Consolidation and Regime Change in Eastern Europe

• Howard, Marc Morjé, The weakness of civil society in post-communist Europe, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2003Compulsory*
• Bunce, Valerie; Wolchik, Sharon L., Defeating authoritarian leaders in postcommunist countries, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2011Compulsory*

Part III: Decentralisation, Corruption and Social Capital - Determinants for Modernisation

• Widmalm, Sten, Decentralisation, corruption and social capital: from India to the West, Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications, 2008Compulsory*
• Rothstein, Bo, The quality of government: corruption, social trust, and inequality in international perspective, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2011Compulsory*

Part IV: The role of political mobilisation in a modern world

• Luders, Joseph E., The civil rights movement and the logic of social change, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2010Compulsory*
• From contention to democracy, Lanham, Md., Rowman & Littlefield, cop. 1998Compulsory*

Articles will be added

Part V: Modern China

• Fewsmith, Joseph, The logic and limits of political reform in China, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2013Compulsory*

Articles will be added

* Compulsory