| Introduction |
| 1 | Organizational Meeting | |
| 2 | Why Should we Care about Civil Society and Social Capital | |
| What Are Civil Society and Social Capital? Concepts and Conceptual Evolution |
| 3 | Civil Society and Associations | |
| 4 | Social Capital, Networks, and Norms | |
| 5 | What Factors Affect Civil Society and Social Capital? | |
| What Effects Do Civil Society and Social Capital Have? |
| 6 | Development | |
| 7 | Regime Change and Democratization | |
| 8 | Governmental Performance, Public Goods Provision, and State Capacity | Prospectus for research proposal due |
| 9 | International Politics and Globalization | |
| 10 | Domestic Politics and Policymaking | |
| How Do Civil Society and Social Capital Work? Causal Mechanisms |
| 11 | Political Voice, Skills, and Participation | |
| 12 | Trust, Reciprocity, and Obligation | |
| How Do We Use These Concepts? Issues of Application and Measurement |
| 13 | Operationalization and Hypothesis Testing | Research proposal due six days after Week #13 |