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Spring 2007
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Professor: Roger
D. Congleton
Office : 16 - 401b - 1 |
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| Office Hours: | Wednesday and Friday, 1:30-2:45 and most other times by appointment | . | |
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Congleton, R. D. (2003) Improving Democracy
through Constitutional Reform: Some Swedish Lessons.
Kluwer-Springer. Congleton, R.D. (2006) Perfecting Parliament: Ideas and Interests and the Emergence of Western Democracy. (book manuscript, see website links to chapters). |
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
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| 2 Feb | PP Title , PP: TOC PP: Chapter 1 |
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| 9 Feb | II. Purposeful
Behavior and the Evolution of Institutions |
PP: Chapter 2 | |
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Analytical History:
Part I
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| 16 Feb | III. Monopoly
Power, Exit, and the Origins of Governance and the Rule of Law |
PP: Chapter 3 PP: Chapter 4 |
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| 23 Feb | IV. The
Shifting Balance of Power between King and Parliament, Constitutional
Exchange |
PP:Chapter
5 PP: Chapter 6 |
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| 2 Mar | V. Expanding Suffrage, a Slippery Slope? (Homoeconomicus) | ||
| History as
Evidence: Part II |
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| 9 Mar | VI. Setting the Stage for Western Democracy: Economic, Political, and Philisophical Developments in the 18th Century |
PP: Chapter 9 |
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| 16 Mar | VII. Liberalism,
Legal Equality, and Reform Movements of the 19th Century |
PP:
Chapter 10 |
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| Alternative Parliamentary Designs: Other Bargaining Dimensions | PP: Chapter 11 | ||
| 23 Mar | VIIII. The British Case | PP:
Chapter 12 PP: Chapter 13 |
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| 30 Mar | IX.The Swedish Case |
PP: Chapter 14 | |
| 6 April | Easter Holidays /
No Classes |
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| 13 April | X. The Dutch Case (Dutch Time Line) | PP: Chapter 15 | |
| 20 April | XI. How well does the model work for Germany? | PP: Chapter 16 | |
| 27 April | XII.How well does the model work for Japan? | PP: Chapter 17 |
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| 4 May |
Fourth Friday after
Easter / Store Bededag |
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| 11 May |
XIII. How well does the model
work for the United States? |
PP: Chapter 18 |
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| Other Evidence and Related Questions: Part
III |
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| 18 May |
XIV. Statistical Evidence of the
Causes of Constitutional Reform |
PP: Chapter 19 |
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| 25 May |
XV. Overview and Sumary:
on
the possibility of peaceful but revolutionary reform |
PP: Chapter 20
Appendix |
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| May |
FINAL Exams Distributed
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References | |
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