Democratization in the Global South

PART I: TRANSFORMATIVE POLITICS IN HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 1. Transformative Democratic Politics; K.Stokke & O.Törnquist 2. The Relevance of the Scandinavian Experiences; K.Stokke & O.Törnquist 3. Participation and Democratic Transformation: Building Effective Citizenship in Brazil, India and South Africa; P.Heller 4. Social Movements and the 'Pink Tide' Governments in Latin America: Transformation, Inclusion and Rejection; B.Bull 5. Paradigmatic Failures of Transformative Democratic Politics: Indonesia and Sri Lanka in Comparative Perspective; K.Stokke& O.Törnquist PART II: TRANSFORMATIVE POLITICS IN THE CONTEXT OF GROWTH ECONOMIES 6. Accumulation and Inequality in China: What Spaces for Inclusion and Welfare?; K.Nordhaug 7. Globalisation and Democracy: The Equivocality of a Relationship; N.Chandhoke 8. Transformative Democratic Politics in Liberalising India?; J.Harriss 9. Trade Unions and Transformative Democratic Politics: Political Representation and Popular Mobilisation during Local Government Reform in South Africa; D.C.Jordhus-Lier 10. Transformation Institutionalized? Making Sense of Participatory Democracy in the Lula Era; G.Baiocchi, E.Braathen & A.C.Teixeira PART III: POTENTIALS FOR POST-CLIENTELIST TRANSFORMATIONS 11. Post-clientelist Initiatives; J.Manor 12. From Populism to Democratic Polity: Problems and Challenges in Solo, Indonesia; P.Lay & C.Lay 13. Re-politicizing Local Government for Politics of Transformation: Arguments from Sri Lanka; J.Uyangoda 14. Experiences and Strategic Intervention in Transformative Democratic Politics; K.Stokke & O.Törnquist