1 | Introductory class |
Part I: Theory and Method |
2 | Explaining social action |
3 | Rationality |
4 | Psychological approaches, relative deprivation |
5 | Norms |
6 | Emotions |
7 | Structural explanations |
8 | In-class quiz |
Part II: Contentious Politics |
9–11 | Dynamics of Contention |
Part III: Riots |
12 | U.S. Riots I |
13 | U.S. Riots II: Relative deprivation and the 1960's urban riots |
14 | U.S. Riots III: The Rodney King riots in LA |
15 | Threshold-based models |
16 | Student presentations of agent-based modeling exercises
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Part IV: Rebellion |
17 | Background to Eastern European cases |
18 | Cascade models applied to Eastern Europe |
19 | Violent rebellion in Kosovo |
Part V: Revolutions |
20 | Revolutions I |
21 | Revolutions II |
22 | Revolutions III |
Part VI: Arab Spring |
23 | Readings from the October 2011 edition of the Journal of Democracy
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24–25 | Student presentations of comparative analyses of some aspect of the Arab Spring |
26 | Final exam |