POLS 5336

817.272.2991

PO Box 19539

University of Texas at Arlington

Arlington, TX 76019

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POLS 5336, Professor Dale Story

Fall 2009

449 University Hall

272.3994

story@uta.edu

Hand-outs

Articles, Fyi, etc.

Assignments

Student Reports, 5-10 minute summary of certain organizations, declarations, etc. (for Tues., Sept. 1). Click here.

By Tues., Sept. 1:
- Read Ch. 1 and 2 in Millet
- Read Ch. 1 and 2 in Smith
Student Reports, 5-10 minute summary of certain organizations, declarations, etc. (for Tues., Sept. 8). Click here.
By Tues., Sept. 8:
- Read Ch. 3 and 4 in Smith
By Tues., Sept. 15, collect the requested data, begin a codebook, and email both files to Professor Story.
By Tues., Sept 15:
- Read Ch. 3 and 4 in Millet
Regime Change Project
- By Tues., Sept. 22, have prepared a basic outline for your first country--be prepared to present questions.
- By Tues., Sept. 29, present your final report on your first country--and submit electronic versions of your spread-sheet and time line.
- By Tues., Oct. 6, have prepared a basic outline for your second country--be prepared to present questions.
- By Tues., Oct. 13, present your final report on your second country--and submit electronic versions of your spread-sheet and time line.
By Tues., Oct. 6, add the Freedom House and Fitzgibbon data to your data set. Insert a column for the mean values as indicated. Run a correlation between CPI Mean and Failed States Index Mean.
By Tues., Oct 13, add 8 socio-economic variables to your data set and to your codebook. This will be your final data set. Email the files for the data and the codebook to Professor Story.
Summary of Data Set
By Tues., Oct. 27 (Mid-Term):
- Read Ch. 5 and 6 in Millet
- Read Ch. 5 and 6 in Smith
By Tues., Nov. 2, each student will present a prospectus of their Research Paper.
Statistical Project, Due at the time of the Final Exam (50% deduction if late).
Research Paper, Due at the time of the Final Exam (50% deduction if late).
Nov. 17--Venezuela
Nov. 24--NO CLASS
Dec. 1--Summary and Overview
For the Final Exam, read the remaining chapters in both books (Millet and Smith). Be prepared to discuss any Latin American country of your choice with regards to:
- History, description, facts, and the like related to overviews of regime change, revolutions, human rights, coups, repression, insurrections, political violence, extra-constitutional change, and the like
- Factors explaining any critical events, qualitative changes, and general trends