DECISION MAKING
GRADO EN ESTUDIOS GLOBALES/GLOBAL STUDIES
Curso 2019/2020
1. Subject Information
(Date last modified: 25-06-19 12:38)- Code
- 109015
- Plan
- 290
- ECTS
- 6.00
- Type
- Compulsory
- Year
- 2
- Duration
- Second semester
- Language
- ENGLISH
- Area
- SOCIOLOGÍA
- Departament
- Sociología y Comunicación
- Virtual platform
Professor Information
- Profesor/Profesora
- Irene López Navarro
- Group/s
- Único
- Centre
- Fac. Ciencias Sociales
- Office
- 13.3 Edificio I+D+i
- Office hours
- To be determined
- Web address
- https://studium.usal.es/
- irene.lopez@usal.es
- Phone
- -
2. Association of the subject matter within the study plan
Curricular area to which the subject matter pertains.
Basic
Professional profile.
International organizations, political analysis, political counseling
3. Prerequisites
N/A
4. Learning objectives
The course covers three broad topics, with unequal length: the theory and research on individual decision making, the theory of collective choice, and the theory of strategic interaction. The focus is on basic models and on examples of its applications to understand real world social and political issues.
5. Contents
Theory.
Topics for lectures:
1 Perspectives on individual decision making
2 Group choice and majority rule
3 Institutional analysis of collective choice
4 Introduction to game theory
5 Cooperation and collective action
6 The selectorate model in international politics
Topics for discussions and group work (suggested, final list to be agreed in class):
Experiments on sociality and decision making across cultures.
Referendums and international politics
Voting systems in the international arena.
Eradication of hurtful practices across the world.
International organizations. Do they work?
Finding a solution for global warming.
Human rights and international law
Fair trade or free trade
International aid.
The democratic peace.
6. Competences acquired
Basic / General.
Writing skills. Spoken presentation. Discussions.
Specific.
Analysis of individual and collective decision making theory
Institutional design
Analysis of applied social change
Transversal.
Ability to reflect on theoretical issues
Ability to analyze empirical information
Ability to link empirical analyses and theoretical issues.
7. Teaching methods
Lectures
Presentations
Debates
Essays
8. Anticipated distribution of the use of the different teaching methods
9. Resources
Reference books.
- Kenneth Shespsle. Analyzing Politics: Rationality, Behavior and Instititutions (2nd ed.) Norton, 2010.
- Ken Binmore. Game Theory, a Very Short Introduction Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Daniel Kahneman,Thinking Fast and Slow, Farrar and Strauss, 2013
- Bruce Bueno de Mesquita. Principles of International Politics (5th ed.) CQ Press, 2013.
Other bibliographic references, electronic or other types of resources.
Avalilable at the Studium platform
10. Assessment
General considerations.
All information concerning the evaluation will be available at the Studium platform
Assessment criteria.
Examinations: 50%
Essays: 30%
Presentations and debates: 20%
Assessment tools.
As above
Assessment recommendations.
N/A
Guidelines in the case of failing the subject.
N/A