Comparative Politics
V53.0500
T-TH - 11:00 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.
Location: Cantor 101

You can pick up your exams in the Politics Department (715 Broadway, 4th Floor) in Room 448 at the following times:

Thursday, May 16, 2:00 - 4:00
Monday, May 20, 10:00 - 12:00 and 2:00 - 4:00
Thursday, May 23, 3:00 - 5:00

Syllabus

Some interesting websites on elections and electoral rules:

http://www.aceproject.org/main/english/es/

http://dodgson.ucsd.edu/lij/

http://www.electionworld.org/

http://accuratedemocracy.com/a_intro.htm

Homework assignments

Homework 1 (assigned Feb 7, due in recitation after Feb 13)

Homework 2 (assigned Feb 19, due in first recitation on or after Feb 28)

Homework 3 (assigned April 2, due in first recitation on or after April 11)
     (Note: This homework assignment is on the website of Prof. Kaare Strom at UCSD)

Lecture notes

What is Political Science? (January 24)

• Lecture Notes

The Comparative Method (January 29)

• Short Version (6 slides on a page)
• Long version (1 slide per page)

What is Politics? (January 31, February 5)

• Short Version (6 slides on a page)
• Long version (1 slide per page)

The Creation of the Modern State ( February 7)

• Short Version (6 slides on a page)
• Long version (1 slide per page)

Game Theory Review ( February 7)

• Short Version (6 slides on a page)
• Long version (1 slide per page)

What Do States Do? (February 14)

• Short Version (6 slides on a page)

Introduction to Group Choice ( February 19)

• Short Version (6 slides on a page)
• Long version (1 slide per page)

Problem with Majority Rule ( February 21)

• Short Version (6 slides on a page)
• Long version (1 slide per page)

Median Voter Theorem ( February 26)

• Short Version (6 slides on a page)
• Long version (1 slide per page)

Strategic Manipulation ( February 28)

• Short Version (6 slides on a page)
• Long version (1 slide per page)

Democratization I (March 19)

• Short Version (6 slides on a page)
• Long version (1 slide per page)

Democratization II (March 21)

• Short Version (6 slides on a page)
• Long version (1 slide per page)

Constitutional Design (March 26)

• Lecture Notes (guest lecturer Marcelo Lacombe)

Electoral Systems & their Consequences (March 28)

• Short Version (6 slides on a page)
• Long version (1 slide per page)

Political Parties I (April 2)

• Short Version (6 slides on a page)
• Long version (1 slide per page)

Political Parties II (the Mechanical Effect of Electoral Rules) (April 4)

• Long version (1 slide per page)

Political Parties III (the Strategic Effect of Electoral Rules) (April 9)

• Long version (1 slide per page)

The Effects of Party Competition (April 11)

• Short Version (6 slides on a page)
• Long version (1 slide per page)

Parliamentary Government (April 16)

• Short Version (6 slides on a page)
• Long version (1 slide per page)

Presidential Systems (April 18, April 23)

• Short Version (6 slides on a page)
• Long version (1 slide per page)

Bureaucracy and Bureaucratic Reform (April 30)

• Short Version (6 slides on a page)
• Long version (1 slide per page)

Corrections to Lecture Notes (updated 5/2/02)