Year: 2016

This class is an introduction to polling and survey research. We will brie y cover all aspects of survey research including: questionnaire design, question wording, survey mode (in person, mail, telephone, online), sample size, nonresponse, …

Human rights constitute a central and inescapable ideal in the contemporary world. Governments around the globe routinely commit themselves to upholding human rights, and many states have signed landmark international human rights agreements. The promotion …

In this course, we will read, discuss, and engage the modern literature on international institutions, regimes, and organizations. The focus will be on intergovernmental institutions and agreements. International politics is increasingly institutionalized in all issue-areas. …

This course is an overview of the politics of post-­communist states, primarily focusing on Eurasia. More than 25 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union and its satellite regimes in Eastern Europe, the post-­communist …

Political equality is a normative ideal, and is thought to have positive consequences on citizens’ socio-economic outcomes such as income, health and education. As a result, many societies have sought to correct political inequality through …

As the title indicates, this is a course centered on reading Machiavelli. Little needs to be said about why such a course is worthwhile for a student of political theory, Italian or English literature, social …

Beyond the fact that over the years a number of graduate students have asked me to teach a course such as this one, another reason for offering this course stems from a long-standing fascination with …

In-depth examination of selected topics on American politics and governmental institutions.

The purpose of this seminar is to introduce the core questions, concepts, and theories of the field through the “classic” works. We developed this seminar in response to graduate students who believed that too many …

This graduate seminar provides an examination of political parties in the United States. The literature on parties is vast and is connected to almost every subfield. Our goal is survey what the best and most …