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What accounts for who votes and their choice of candidate? Would universal health insurance improve the health of the poor? Researchers and policy makers use statistics to answer these questions. However, the validity of their conclusions depends upon underlying assumptions and correct application of statistical methods. The course will introduce basic principles of statistical inference and programming skills for data analysis. The goal is to provide students with the foundation necessary to analyze data in their independent research at Princeton and to become a critical consumer of news articles and academic studies that use statistics.
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This course provides working knowledge of data analysis using regression models. Topics include multiple regression techniques, probit and logit models for discrete outcomes, and panel data analysis. Students will learn how to build regression models to answer substantive questions, how to draw statistical inference for regression coefficients, and how to overcome situations when the basic model assumptions are violated by observational data. Coursework will involve using R to analyze real data sets.
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An introduction to the use of formal game-theoretic models in the study of politics. Applications include: voting, legislative institutions, party formulation, and international relations. Familiarity with mathematical reasoning is helpful.
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Legislatures aggregate the preferences of their members into a series of policy decisions. The particular way in which this aggregation comes about will in general depend on the internal institutions regulating the working of legislatures: be it the delegation of power to committees, the redistribution of power to the leadership of the party or the chamber, or the use of decision rules such as simple- or super-majorities. In this course we develop a formal apparatus to study how these different institutions alter individual and collective choices.
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Examines the role of political institutions in facilitating or hindering economic prosperity. We start with the basic tools of political economy - collective action, elections, and delegation. These tools are then applied to the problems of controlling rulers, and the persistence of inefficiency.
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This is the introductory undergraduate course in research methods for Politics majors, designed to help prepare students for junior papers and the senior thesis. The material is chosen to convey an understanding of research design, choice of methods, and analysis. Both qualitative and quantitative methods will be taught. However, this is not a statistics course, and the material is different from what a statistics class or qualitative research class would teach. Rather, it is an introduction to a range of research methodologies as they are applied to political science topics.
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The focus of this course will be on the origins and economic impact of political institutions (e.g. Democracy vs. Autocracy, different types of Democracy). We shall argue that these are not "neutral", as different institutions allocate political power differently among social groups with conflicting goals, who then have naturally different preferences on them. Special attention shall be paid to the influence of international relations (and particularly international conflicts) on domestic institutions and policy outcomes. Occasionally, we will also make use of some simple formal models of political economy.
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This course offers students an overview of modern Middle Eastern politics. The course will first provide a historical analysis outlining the conditions that shape the formation and consolidation of authoritarian rule in modern Middle Eastern states. We will examine the political economy of the region, Islamic politics, state-society relations, wars, and other topics as probable explanatory variables to authoritarian persistence. Through case studies, the course will also focus on the impact of authoritarian rule on the political economy, civil societies, and opposition movements in the region.
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This course provides an introduction to the study of African politics. The lectures and readings briefly review the social and historical context of contemporary political life. They then profile the changes of the early post-Independence period, the authoritarian turn of the 1970s and 80s, the second liberation of the 1990s, and problems of war, state-building, and development. Although the lectures trace a narrative, each also introduces a major analytical debate and an important policy problem. Broadly comparative with some special attention to selected countries.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Two of the most studied questions in political science are, "Why have some countries developed and others haven't?" and "What are the causes and consequences of democracy?" In this class we will explore competing answers to these questions, and the relationship between the two. We will look at competing definitions and measures of democracy and development, then look at the relationship between democracy and various features of development including economic growth, income inequality, and education, and the relationship between democracy, development, and related issues such as foreign aid, globalization, violence, and corruption.
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