INTL SIGNALING & COMMUNICATION
Prerequisites: Instructors permission prior to registration.
The purpose of this course is to delve into how states infer what others are likely to do in the future and how they try to project desired images of how they will behave. This involves both purposeful or intended communication, as in diplomacy, and the ways in which perceivers try to discern others' capabilities and intentions from attributes and behaviors that the senders cannot readily manipulate.
We will examine a variety of theoretical and empirical approaches to the topic, many of which could seem mutually exclusive, but the goal of this course is not to determine which approaches and theories are ‘right’ and which are wrong, but rather to equip students with the tools and background they need to consider real and hypothetical interstate signaling interactions from multiple angles.
- M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Paola Solimena
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DECISION MAKING AND DIPLOMACY
This course represents a hands-on approach to decision-making and diplomacy. It is designed to allow students to take part in diplomatic and decision-making exercises in the context of international political issues and problems. Important historical decisions will be evaluated and re-enacted. In addition, more current international problems that face nations today will be analyzed and decisions will be made on prospective solutions. Finally, various modern day diplomatic initiatives will be scrutinized and renegotiated. The class will essentially function as a working committee, considering a different problem or issue each week. Preparations for decisions and diplomatic bargaining will rely both on assigned readings as well as additional outside materials collected by the students. A significant part of the preparations and class activities will involve team work.
- M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Giulio M Gallarotti
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Firms in International Political Economy
Firms in IPE
Inspired both by advances in data availability and a growing scholarly appreciation for the political influence of the private sector, firm-level theories and research designs have grown increasingly popular among political economy scholars in recent years. While studying firms allows for the generation of new insights across a broad array of substantive topics, it carries with it several unique conceptual and empirical challenges. For example, how should we conceive of firms as political actors, given their organizational structures? What are firms’ policy preferences? How do they influence politics, and how can we measure their impact? In this course we will review political economy research that centers the firm as the actor of interest; particular focus will be given to recently published work that is innovative in terms of methodology, measurement, and/or data collection. While we will focus primarily on international political economy applications—for example, firm-level studies of trade, in-vestment, and commercial diplomacy—we will also cover less inherently international topics such as lobbying, environmental politics, and private governance/corporate social responsi-bility. In addition to providing preparation for the IR field exam, this course aims to give students the tools to conduct state-of-the-art political economy research at the firm level.
- T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Calvin N Thrall
Info - 4 points
Domestic Politics & Intl Relations
Domestic Pol & Intl Relat
This course explores the literature on domestic politics and international relations. It is intended to be an illustrative, rather than exhaustive, overview of this area of international
relations scholarship. It will concentrate on recent developments in the literature, including new understandings of the domestic politics of both authoritarian and democratic regimes
- R 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Elizabeth N Saunders
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SPECIAL RESEARCH COURSE
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Instructor:
Nadia Urbinati
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Instructor:
Erica D Borghard
h-index: 11 Info - 1-6 points