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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Further development of the analytical tools used in formal political analysis, with special attention given to the role of information, uncertainty, and dynamics in the design and performance of political institutions. Readings emphasize the current research literature. Typical applications include participation, legislative structure, political campaigns, multiparty government, and the interaction of economics and politics.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Selected problems in the application of formal theory to the study of politics. Normally its preprequisite is POL 576 or the equivalent, or by permission of the instructor.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
A broad introduction to the state of the art of the research in formal comparative political economy (CPE), in which the topic of the economic role and of the economic origin of political institutions is perhaps the most central. A number of models are viewed in detail, discussing their substantive results and how the models can improve our understanding of important questions of comparative political economy.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Course focuses on modeling the interaction of politics and economics, with applications to a variety of substantive areas. Topics include: poltics of taxation and redistribution; governmental structure, political economy of constitutional arrangements, development, and growth. Familiarity with microeconomic theory and POL 575 or the equivalent are prerequisites.
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The seminar focuses on selected topics in international security that have not been sufficiently covered in other courses and seminars offered by the department. These include topics such as power, military effectiveness, signaling and interstate communication, beliefs and emotions, the role of reputation etc. Each session, the group will discuss the evolution in a particular body of literature in the field, while placing the emphasis on issues such as conceptualization and measurement of key variables, case selection criteria, research strategy and execution.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Course surveys major topics and theoretical contributions in the construction of political order, the choice of constitutional regimes and the sources of citizens' compliance and examines: the formation and development of the modern state; democracy; authoritarianism; revolution and political stability; legitimacy and compliance; nationalism; and macro theories of political change. Each session assigns readings from both traditional macrohistorical and qualitative research and more recent analytical models, with the goal of exploring how research in comparative politics should be pursued in the future.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Explores the study of social movements as well as other forms of unconventional collective action aimed at achieving or preventing social and political change (riots, demonstrations, strikes, terrorist movements, etc.). After examining various approaches to the field, we will investigate a number of issues of abiding concern within the field: repertoires, violence, repression, and the transnational dimensions of mobilization. Finally, we will turn to empirical applications in the study of revolutions, democratization, and nationalism.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Enrolled graduate students in residence will attend one of these seminars each year and present their research. First-year students sign up for 593; second-year students for 594; third-year students for 595; fourth-year students for 596; and fifth-year students for 597. The seminars are offered in four fields: political philosophy, comparative politics, American politics, and international relations.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This seminar is concerned with the professional obligations of political science researchers. This course is designed to raise those concerns and develop in students an appreciation for the issues that they might confront as they do their work. Topics addressed includes the relationship of political science as an academic discipline to democratic politics and institutions, advocacy and objectivity in political science, plagiarism and academic misconduct, human subjects and fieldwork in research, institutional review boards, funding sources and intellectual integrity, collaboration, and mentoring.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Source materials used in the study of population; standard procedures for the measurement of fertility, mortality, natural increase, migration, and nuptiality; and uses of model life tables and stable population analysis and other techniques of estimation when faced with inaccurate or incomplete data are studied.
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