Main group 1

Part I: Democracy in Crises - The End of Modernization theory?

• Berman, Sheri, Democracy and dictatorship in Europe: from the Ancien régime to the present day, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, [2019]Compulsory*
• Guriev, Sergei; Treisman, Daniel, Spin dictators: the changing face of tyranny in the 21st century, Princeton, Princeton University Press, [2023]Compulsory*

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Part II: Decentralization, Corruption and Social Capital - Determinants for Modernization

• Widmalm, Sten, Decentralisation, corruption and social capital: from India to the West, Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications, 2008Compulsory*
• 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 III: Modern China

• Dickson, Bruce J., The party and the people: Chinese politics in the 21st century, Princeton, Princeton University Press, [2021]Compulsory*

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Part IV: The role of political mobilization - the social and political change

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* Compulsory