POLISCI 420C: American Political Institutions
Field seminar. Major theoretical perspectives, controversies, and literature on the substance of American politics, including Congress, the Presidency, federalism, bureaucracy, and the courts. Preparation for performing publishable research. Prerequisites: 420A,B.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Moe, T. (PI)
POLISCI 422: Workshop in American Politics
Research seminar. Frontiers in mass political behavior. Sources include data sets from the 2004 election cycle. Prerequisite: 420B or equivalent.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Jackman, S. (PI)
;
Segura, G. (PI)
POLISCI 422F: Seminar on Electoral Change
This seminar will examine American public opinion and elections in the 2000s using a variety of databases, several of which have become newly available to scholars this decade (eg. Annenberg, KN, Polimetrix). Department faculty will present research and some visitors will appear. Students will be expected to complete a significant research paper.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Brady, D. (PI)
;
Fiorina, M. (PI)
POLISCI 433: Workshop in Political Theory
For graduate students. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Cohen, J. (PI)
;
Reich, R. (PI)
POLISCI 436: Rational Choice
The scope and limits of rational choice theory. Possible topics: explanatory and normative uses of rational choice; self-interest versus altruism; the nature of social norms; incommensurable choices; and bounded rationality.
Instructors:
Stone, P. (PI)
POLISCI 440A: Theories in Comparative Politics
Required of Political Science Ph.D. students with comparative politics as first or second concentration; others by consent of instructor. Theories addressing major concerns in the comparative field including democracy, regime change, the state, revolutions, national heterogeneity, and economic performance.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Laitin, D. (PI)
POLISCI 440B: Political Economy of Development (HISTORY 378E)
Required of Political Science Ph.D. students with comparative politics as a first or second concentration; others by consent of the instructor. The origins of political and economic institutions and their impact on long run outcomes for growth and democracy. Emphasis is on the analysis of causal models, hypothesis testing, and the quality of evidence.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Haber, S. (PI)
POLISCI 440C: Methods in Comparative Politics
Required of Political Science Ph.D. candidates with comparative politics as a first or second concentration; others by consent of instructor. Current methodological standards in comparative politics. Students develop their own research design that meets these standards.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Jusko, K. (PI)
;
Laitin, D. (PI)
POLISCI 440D: Workshop in Comparative Politics
Faculty, guest speakers, and graduate students conducting research in comparative politics present work-in-progress. Graduate students may enroll for up to 5 total units apportioned by quarter. Auditors welcome. Graduate students whose major or minor field is comparative politics must make at least one presentation to the seminar.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Jusko, K. (PI)
;
Rodden, J. (PI)
POLISCI 443S: Political Economy of Reform in China
Content, process, and problems of China¿s post-Mao reforms. Changes in property rights, markets, credit, and the role of the state in economic development. Comparative insights about reform in the Chinese communist system that distinguishes it from the experience of regimes in E. Europe and the former Soviet Union.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Oi, J. (PI)
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