| Part I: Concepts and context |
| 1 | Introduction to the course |
| 2 | Setting the context: Globalization and development |
| 3 | Setting the context (2): Globalization and cities |
| 4 | Setting the context (3): Decentralization |
| Part II: Normative visions |
| 5 | Normative approaches (1): Civil society |
| 6 | Normative approaches (2): Social capital |
| 7 | Normative approaches (3): Deliberation and the public sphere |
| Part III: Cases and debates |
| 8 | Case studies and debates (1): Empowered participatory governance |
| 9 | Case studies and debates (2): Non-governmental organizations |
| 10 | Case studies and debates (3): Political concatenates |
| 11 | Latin American cases |
| 12 | South Asian cases |
| 13 | African cases |