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Forms of Political Participation: Old and New

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Art: John Thomas Gilbert, GILBERT(1896) p141 THE PLAN OF THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE, DUBLIN, 1896 · Public domain

Instructor: Prof. Lily L. Tsai
Term: Spring 2005
Level: Undergraduate
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Lecture 1: Overview

Lecture 2: Class Discussion: What is the value of community? Why do we participate in public life?

Lecture 3: Class Discussion: What is the value of community? Why do we participate in public life? (cont.)

Lecture 4: What is Civil Society?

Lecture 5: What is Civil Society? (cont.)

Lecture 6: What is Civil Society? (cont.)

Lecture 7: What is Social Capital?

Lecture 8: What is Social Capital? (cont.)

Lecture 9: Debates About Civil Society and Social Capital

Lecture 10: Civil Society and Social Capital in the U.S. and Other Consolidated Democracies

Lecture 11: Civil Society and Social Capital in the U.S. and Other Consolidated Democracies (cont.)

Lecture 12: Civil Society, Social Capital, and Democratization

Lecture 13: Civil Society, Social Capital, and Democratization (cont.)

Lecture 14: Civil Society, Rebellion, and War

Lecture 15: Intertwining of State and Society

Lecture 16: State Impact on Civil Society

Lecture 17: Civil Society, Social Capital, and Obligation

Lecture 18: Civil Society and Gender

Lecture 19: Civil Society Before Democracy

Lecture 20: Positive Effects of Social Capital on State Capacity

Lecture 21: Positive Effects of Social Capital on State Capacity (cont.)

Lecture 22: Negative Effects of Social Capital on State Capacity

Lecture 23: Negative Effects of Social Capital on State Capacity (cont.)

Lecture 24: The Nonprofit Sector and Substituting for the State

Lecture 25: International NGOs and Transnational Social Movements

Lecture 26: The Dangers of “Global Civil Society”