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DECISION MAKING

GRADO EN ESTUDIOS GLOBALES/GLOBAL STUDIES

1. Subject Information

(Date last modified: 08-04-21 10:03)

Code: 109015
Plan: 290
ECTS: 6.00

Type: Compulsory
Year: 2
Duration: Second semester

Language: ENGLISH

Area

Departament: Sociología y Comunicación

Virtual platform: Campus Virtual de la Universidad de Salamanca

Professor Information

Profesor/Profesora: Julián Alejandro Martínez Ramos
Group/s: Único

Centre: Fac. Derecho

Office: Área de Ciencia Política, Facultad de Derecho.

Office hours: -

Web address: -

E-mail: jamr@usal.es
Phone: 923294500 ext: 1678

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

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