Focuses on national budget and tax policy and administration, and the parallel processes at the state and local levels. Included are discussions of: decision-making theories; budget and tax policy; and analysis of normative and empirical …

Role of administration in American government; problems of organization, bureaucracy and control; public policy as the output of the administrative process.

Analysis of key classical and contemporary theories in international political economy.

Provides an overview of the formal theory literature in international relations, including international security and international political economy.

An introduction to the tools of game theoretic analysis, with reference to the use of game theory in political science. Intended for those desiring a basic familiarity with the theory, and for those planning further …

Analyzes the concept of social identities with a focus on definition, comparison, and measurement. Explores a range of theories as well as methodological techniques for measurement. Examines classic works on race, ethnic, national, class, gender, …

Extensive treatment of multiple regression and its variants.

Introduction to the issues of statistical computing in political science using statistical packages such as STATA and R with emphasis on developing sound practices for organizing data, protocols, and results in empirical research. Enroll Info: …