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History of international relations theory, current debates, and applications to problems of international security and political economy.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
The analysis, theoretical and empirical, of the generation, maintenance, and breakdown of international cooperation, and its consequences. Particular attention will be paid to issues of compliance. Policy areas to be studied include trade, arms control, warfare, environmental protection, and creditor-debtor relationships.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
The specific focus of the course varies from year to year, but the principal concerns revolve around questions of what a constitutional democracy is, why a people should want to live in such a polity, and how political actors can create, maintain, and change such systems.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Explore questions of order and change in American constitutional doctrine and institutional relations and powers across time. Students will consider diverse theories of constitutional and institutional change, including those drawn from comparative politics. Emphasis will be on the relationship between paths of constitutional development and both conventions of legal and constitutional reasoning, and political, economic, social, and intellectual currents, settlements, and crises.
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This class will explore connections between formal theory and empirical analysis. A major goal of the class is to link the training students receive in methods classes to substantive questions from the literature. Readings will include articles and books that attempt these ends. In addition, we will consider a few specific topics of government decision-making, read works covering a range of methodological approaches to examining that topic, and consider how the testing of formal theory does and does not contribute to that literature. Prerequisites: Formal I and Quant I (POL 571 and 575 or equivalent)
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This is a first course in statistics for social scientists. Students will learn to explore data creatively and to conduct straightforward statistical analyses. Basic probability and statistical theory will also be taught. There is no prerequisite except high school mathematics and a willingness to learn elementary calculus.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course builds upon POL 571 and introduces students to applied regression analysis in cross-section settings. It begins with the basic principles of statistical inference, and then covers various statistical techniques including linear regression, instrumental variables, structural equation models, maximum likelihood estimation, and discrete choice models. The materials are taught at the level of Hayashi's Econometrics, and Freedman's Statistical Methods. Prerequisite: POL 502 (or permission of instructor) and POL 571.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Second course in applied statistical methods for social scientists, building on the materials covered in POL 572 or its equivalent. Course covers a variety of statistical methods including models for longitudinal data and survival data. Material covered corresponds to the quantitative part of the General Exam in Formal and Quantitative Analysis at Level II. Prerequisite: POL 572.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
An introduction to the basic analytical and computational tools of applied Bayesian statistics. Methods covered include multi-level models, mixture modeling, Bayesian model averaging, and models for missing data and causal inference; computational tools taught include the EM algorithm and the Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms. Goal of the course is to enable students to build and implement their own model in order to answer a particular research question. Course may be of interest to those in disciplines outside of political science who need to learn the basics of applied Bayesian statistics.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
An introduction to mathematical models of political processes. Course develops the analytical foundations for examining problems in collective choice. The technical development focuses on the logical structure of formal models as well as on their use to develop testable hypotheses. The presentation of technical apparatus is combined with a wide range of applications. Topics include models of majority rule, direct and representative democracy, political competition under various electoral systems, and political economy.
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