Due Dates for Democratization Course

All Democratization Course Students--

Please be aware of the following due dates:
1.) By this coming Monday, December 4, every student needs to hand in a typed, 1 page report describing all the work they did on each of the group presentations. This paper is essential for grading the projects. NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED!
2.) The term paper that develops one country, analyzing all aspects of democratization for that country, is due by Friday, December 8, at 1pm.
3.) The final exam will be take-home and will be handed out in class next week. Your typed, double-spaced, normal font responses are due by the Final Exam data, which is Tuesday, December 12, 2006, at 11:30am.

Due Dates for International Conflict Course

International Conflict Class--

Please be aware of the following:

1.) The due date for Project #2 is December 8, 2006, but I will accept the project up until 4pm, December 11, 2006, without penalty.
2.) The take-home final will be handed out in class at some point during the next two weeks. Your typed, double-spaced, normal font responses are due by the time of the final exam for this course, which is Friday, December 15, at 11:30am.

Background Readings...

...for my lectures during the last two weeks of classes can be found here, here, and here. Enjoy!

Territorial Threat and International Alliances

Here are the notes for today's class.

Group Presentations -- Fourth Week

Here are the presentation slides for this week:

Group A: Latvia and Lithuania
Group B: Belarus and Ukraine
Group C: Bulgaria and Romania
Group D: Greece and Turkey

GINI coefficient

Here is a link to a nice explanation of the Gini coefficient measuring income (and potentially asset) inequality. Note the list of countries at the bottom.

Territorial Threat, State Development and Implications from the Theory

Here are today's class notes.