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Teaching
Undergraduate Courses
POLISCI 4: Introduction to Comparing Political Systems (Spring 2008)
Politics in major regime types including democratic, authoritarian, and communist; how types of politics affect economic development and state/society relations. SYLLABUS
POLISCI 46N: Contemporary African Politics (Fall 2006)
Focus is on the last decade. Patterns of economic collapse and recovery; shifts toward more democratic political
systems; and increasing levels of political violence and civil conflict including warlordism and genocide. Trends across the continent, with emphasis on Liberia’s emergence from conflict and Uganda’s political and economic decline. Students design strategies for diplomatic engagement to be presented to former U.S. policy makers at the conclusion of course. SYLLABUS
POLISCI 244R: The Political Economy of Disease: AIDS in Historical Perspective (Winter 2005)
Demographic, economic, cultural, and political changes
in the wake of AIDS. The social dimensions of infectious diseases and
epidemics; the impact of epidemics on political and economic institutions;
and the political economy of responses to the AIDS crisis. Students
conduct original research on causes and/or consequences of AIDS or
AIDS-related policies. SYLLABUS
Graduate Courses
POLISCI 343R: African Civil wars in Comparative Perspectives: A Research Seminar (Fall 2005)
Taught jointly with Columbia University via videoconferencing. Topics include causes of civil war, patterns of recruitment and participation, organization of rebel groups, strategies of warring factions, bargaining in the context of peace processes, and civil war termination. Required research paper using original datasets from instructors. Prerequisites: econometric modeling and graduate course work in comparative politics, international relations, and statistics. SYLLABUS
POLISCI 440C: Comparative Political Analysis (Spring 2006)
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. SYLLABUS
POLISCI 442: Seminar: Qualitative and Field Methods (Spring 2007)
Qualitative methods
for data gathering and analysis in political science. Theoretical literature
on research design; challenges associated with analysis; techniques for
fieldwork. Topics include case selection, levels of analysis, process
tracing, ethical concerns in the field, participant observation, interviewing,
archival research, survey design, and field experiments. SYLLABUS