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Spring-Summer 2011
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Professor: Roger D. Congleton
Office : SCH 218 |
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| Office Hours: | Tuesday 2:00- 4:00 and Wednesday 11:00-12:00, and most other times by appointment | . | |
| Recommended Text: Optional Text: |
Congleton R. D. and Swedenborg, B. (2006) Democratic
Constitutional Design and Public Policy.
Cambridge Mass: MIT Press. |
Public Choice Society US Constitution / Constitutions Elections Market Gallup RDC1.Net |
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| Dates | Tentative Lecture Plan | Text Readings (See Syllabus for complete reading list) | |
| Introduction
and Method |
Web Links |
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| 17 May | PP
Title , PP: TOC PP: Chapter 1 |
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| 18 May | II. Formeteurs
and
Organizational Governance: Purposeful Behavior and the
Evolution of Institutions |
PP: Chapter 2 | |
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Analytical History: Part I
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| 24 May | III. Long
Run
Organizational Durability and the Rule of Law |
PP:
Chapter 3 |
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| 26 May |
IV Monopoly Power, Exit, and the Origins of Governance | PP: Chapter 4 | |
| 31 May | IV. The
Shifting Balance of Power between King and Parliament,
Constitutional Exchange |
PP:Chapter
5 PP: Chapter 6 |
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| 7 June |
Overview of Perfecting
Parliament Lecture in Economics Department / please attend
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slides1 |
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| 8 June | V. Expanding Suffrage, a Slippery Slope? (Homoeconomicus) | <>PP:
Chapter 7 / PP:
Chapter 8 |
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| 14 June | No Classes this week / Whit Montag | ||
| History
as Evidence: Part II |
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| 21 June | VI. Setting the Stage for Western Democracy: Economic, Political, and Philisophical Developments in the 18th Century Liberalism, Legal Equality, and Reform Movements of the 19th Century |
PP: Chapter 9 / PP: Chapter 10 |
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| 22 June |
VII. Fine Grained Constitutional Bargaining | PP: Chapter 11 | |
| 28 June |
Overview of Perfecting
Parliament Lecture for Center for Interdisciplinary
Economics (please attend) Founding Myths: The US Case |
slides PP: Chapter 18 |
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| 29 June |
VIII. The British Case | PP:
Chapter 12 / PP:
Chapter 13 |
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| 5 July |
IX. The Swedish Case |
PP: Chapter 14 | |
| 6 July | X. The Dutch Case (Dutch Time Line) | PP: Chapter 15 | |
| 12 July | XI. How well does the model work for Germany? | PP: Chapter 16 | |
| 13 July | XII.How well does the model work for Japan? | PP:
Chapter 17 |
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| 19 July |
XIII. Further Evidence,
Conclusions, and Review |
PP:
Chapter 19 PP: Chapter 20 Appendix |
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| References | |||
| 20 July |
Short Final Exam |
Study Guide |
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| 8 August |
Final Paper Due / Via Email
to congleto@gmu.edu |
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| Final Quiz 25% + Final Paper (15- 20 pages) 75% =
Grade |
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