(NOTE: If you have questions about any of the material, make a post so that others can answer your question.)
Format: At least 30 (and no more than 40) multiple-choice questions, worth 80% of the overall grade, and 4-5 short essay/identify worth 20%.
Material Covered:
1.) Bennett and Stam, Chapters 1-5, and Russett and Oneal, Chapters 1-5.
2.) Lecture notes and all PS321 labeled posts to the class blog.
Review Materials—
Background Political Science Terms:
Theory
Hypothesis
Independent/Dependent variables
Operationalization
Measurement
Case studies
Quantitative methods
Correlation
Causation
Positive/Negative/No/Spurious relationships
Random selection
Sample bias
Endogeneity
Comparative Theory Testing
Background International Conflict Terms:
Polity Scores
Militarized Interstate Disputes (MIDs)
International Wars
Correlates of War Project
International Conflict Issues:
Democratic Peace theory (cultural, structural, and institutional)
Virtuous circles
Selectorate
Winning Coalition
Private versus public goods
Institutional incentives for leaders wanting to remain in power
Democratic Peace core findings
Democratic Peace secondary findings (war outcomes, war duration, war selection, conflict negotiations, etc…)
Trade and conflict
Intergovernmental Organizations and conflict
Theories tested by Bennett and Stam (Chapter 4)
Findings of Bennett and Stam (Chapter 5)
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