Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflict
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Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflict
Political Science 597A: The Scientific Study of ConflictFall 2005Scott Bennettsbennett@psu.eduClass Time Tuesday 9:00 - 12:00, 218 PondOffice Hours: W Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of ConflictWednesday 1:30 - 4:00, 318 PondThis seminar is a graduate level survey of theories of international conflict. We will read and critically evaluate portions of the political science literature on the causes of conflict and war in international politics. The readings will cover central theoretical per Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflictspectives, debates, and empirical research in the field. We will examine both classic/traditional theories of conflict and more recent peispectlves, bPolitical Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflict
ut topic selection has been made with an eye towards the direction of current research. As a result, and due to the time limits in the class, some arePolitical Science 597A: The Scientific Study of ConflictFall 2005Scott Bennettsbennett@psu.eduClass Time Tuesday 9:00 - 12:00, 218 PondOffice Hours: W Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflicts aie included at the end of the syllabus. In addition, our focus will be primarily on the causes of conflict, although we will briefly discuss on the expansion of conflict. Other topics that are examined in more detail in other courses include those topics that come later in the course of war. incl Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflictuding war duration, casualties and the destructiveness of war, and conflict settlement and outcomes.Although different research methodologies will bePolitical Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflict
seen in the readings, the emphasis of discussion each week will be for the class to come up with a properly specified theoretical model and appropriatPolitical Science 597A: The Scientific Study of ConflictFall 2005Scott Bennettsbennett@psu.eduClass Time Tuesday 9:00 - 12:00, 218 PondOffice Hours: W Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflicts in existing work on international conflict, think about what questions need to be addressed in future research, and to develop an understanding of methods for testing theories of international conflict.ReadingsThe required books for this seminar are:Reiter. Dan. and Allan Siam. 2002. Democracies a Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflictr War. Princeton.Bueno de Mesquita. Bruce, and David Lalman. 1992. birr and Reason. YaleLemke, Douglas. Regions of War and Peace. Cambridge.Bennett, DPolitical Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflict
. Scott, and Allan Stam. 2004. The Behavioral Origins of War. Michigan.There is also a set of articles which you are required to read. You may borrow Political Science 597A: The Scientific Study of ConflictFall 2005Scott Bennettsbennett@psu.eduClass Time Tuesday 9:00 - 12:00, 218 PondOffice Hours: W Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflictrom week to week. You probably want to plan ahead for weeks that look like they will take more time than others. All participants in the seminar will be expected to do (he required reading, since (he course is a seminar. I( is assumed that everyone will have completed the reading before each class. Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of ConflictThe reading list is broken down into required and optional readings. The optional readings will be particularly useful when in comes to picking out rePolitical Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflict
adings and topics for your major research project.Assignments1I expect this course to have significant discussion, and while I will lead discussion, 1Political Science 597A: The Scientific Study of ConflictFall 2005Scott Bennettsbennett@psu.eduClass Time Tuesday 9:00 - 12:00, 218 PondOffice Hours: W Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflicting out of the week's readings and topics ahead of time, and raise them as topics for discussion. These could be real questions (e.g. "What exactly did Organski mean by the term 'power’?") or merely observations intended to spark discussion (e.g. "I think Zinnes Is exactly right when she said balanc Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflictes are essential ). The more of these points you have written down before class, the more Interesting our discussions will be. In addition, as we movePolitical Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflict
through the class, different students will be serving as co-discussion leader with me each week.In order to encourage discussion, facilitate interactPolitical Science 597A: The Scientific Study of ConflictFall 2005Scott Bennettsbennett@psu.eduClass Time Tuesday 9:00 - 12:00, 218 PondOffice Hours: W Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflictll Sign up for weeks that you choose. Helping to lead discussion will just involve collecting and writing down questions and important issues coming out of the week's readings and topics, giving them to me before class, and helping me to raise these questions for discussion. As discussion leader, yo Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflictu may want to collect questions from your classmates each week. I would like the discussion leaders to think about initial answers or reactions on thePolitical Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflict
questions you raise, too. I will look over and distribute the questions to the class, and so I piefer for you to give me questions and issues the dayPolitical Science 597A: The Scientific Study of ConflictFall 2005Scott Bennettsbennett@psu.eduClass Time Tuesday 9:00 - 12:00, 218 PondOffice Hours: W Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflictalyses of articles or chapters we read and raising important questions. You must turn In 5 short papers over the 14 weeks of the semester. You may choose any piece in a given week to write on, but you can do no more than one analysis per week. These reviews are due to me no later than I PM on Monday Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflict the day before we discuss the piece. I encourage you to turn in the reviews early when you can. Having the reviews by 1 PM ensures that I can tie youPolitical Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflict
r comments in to class. We will use the papers to help structure discussion each week, and so students should be prepared to talk about their argumentPolitical Science 597A: The Scientific Study of ConflictFall 2005Scott Bennettsbennett@psu.eduClass Time Tuesday 9:00 - 12:00, 218 PondOffice Hours: W Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflictould directly critique the arguments or methods of the work in a stand-alone fashion, for instance discussing why the measures or methods used do not serve to prove the author's point. Alternatively, your critique could compare or tie that work Into other literature that we have discussed, and comme Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflictnt on other literature that could have been used to improve the piece. Finally, your paper could suggest questions or issues raised by the piece thatPolitical Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflict
must be analyzed further, for instance alternative hypotheses, alternative theoretical perspectives, or suggest comparisons to other readings that wouPolitical Science 597A: The Scientific Study of ConflictFall 2005Scott Bennettsbennett@psu.eduClass Time Tuesday 9:00 - 12:00, 218 PondOffice Hours: W Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflictd then offer suggestions about how to improve it. The most successful papers will not just throw stones or raise complaints.[Note that in general an academic review contains three sections: 1) a brief summary of the major theory, method(s), and evidence; 2) a critique of the work on its own terms (e Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflict.g. does it answer the question it asks, is the method used correctly, is the evidence convincing, what improvements could be made); 3) a critique ofPolitical Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflict
the book from a broader perspective (e.g. is the question important, is the method the right one to use. does it tie into other work, what contributioPolitical Science 597A: The Scientific Study of ConflictFall 2005Scott Bennettsbennett@psu.eduClass Time Tuesday 9:00 - 12:00, 218 PondOffice Hours: W Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflictem in mind as another guide. 1Finally, as the final semester assignment, students must prepare and present a roughly 15-30 page (double spaced) research paper consisting of either a replication and extension of some paper we have read along with some extension. OR an original analysis paper. We will Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflict discuss these options further within a fewweeks. and I will require all of you to meet with me to discuss what option you have chosen mid-semester. IPolitical Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflict
n general, though, these are the options:1) Replication.'extension. Select one piece we have read for this class. Attempt to replicate the analysis (uPolitical Science 597A: The Scientific Study of ConflictFall 2005Scott Bennettsbennett@psu.eduClass Time Tuesday 9:00 - 12:00, 218 PondOffice Hours: W Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflicten, extend the project by noting some problem or limitation and conducting additional analysis. You might note that one or more variables are operationalized inappropriately and measure them differently. You might note a modification or limitation to the theoretical argument that can be made, or not Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflicte some possibly collinear explanation that must be controlled for. Or, you might expand the data set temporally or spatially with newly available dataPolitical Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflict
. The literature review is likely to be smaller in this type of paper than in a research design, and (he attention to operational details (and analysiPolitical Science 597A: The Scientific Study of ConflictFall 2005Scott Bennettsbennett@psu.eduClass Time Tuesday 9:00 - 12:00, 218 PondOffice Hours: W Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflictanalysis testing your argument(s). You might note that two literatures tit together and propose a unified test, tor instance. Or you might propose a variant on a hypothesis in the literature, or variant on a measure or research design, and explore whether you get different results with the alternati Political Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflictve. The difference between this type of assignment and assignment type 1 is ihdl you need nut focus your attention on replicating an already publishedPolitical Science 597A The Scientific Study of Conflict
work. However, while you are nor tied to some other specific work in this type of project, you must pay close attention to operational details and reGọi ngay
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