Comparative Political Science

Problem Set 3 Reference

All of the questions come from the problem sets in the relevant textbook chapters. Below I list the minimal amount of readings you need for each question. The page numbers might be a bit different, depending on the versions of your textbook.

1. Question 1 comes from chapter 8, question 6. For reference, see pg. 303-307, Box 8.6 “Transition Game with Incomplete Information”. See also pg. 318-323, “Preparation for Problems Dealing with Incomplete Information Games.” And also “Problem 6 Answer Key” on iLearn – Course Materials.

2. Question 2 comes from chapter 9, question 1. For reference, see pg. 338-343, “Why Democracy Might Not Hurt Property Rights”, especially Fig. 9.3. “The Potential Trade-off Between Growth and Equality”.

3. Question 3 comes form chapter 10, question 3. For reference, see pg. 382-387, “Selectorate Theory”.

4. Question 4 comes from chapter 10, question 5. For reference, see pg. 387-396, “Government Performance”.

5. Question 5 comes from chapter 12, question 1. For reference, see pg. 454-458, “Classifying Democracies”.

6. Question 6 comes from chapter 12, question 9. For reference, see pg. 462-467, “Government Formation Process”.

7. Question 7 comes from chapter 13, question 5. (Make sure you write your answer with a separate table that demonstrates the calculation process for each question , following the example of Table 13.7 or 13.14 in the textbook). For reference, see pg. 551-554, “List PR Systems”, especially Table 13.6 and Table 13.7

8. Question 8 comes from chapter 14, question 1. For reference , see pg. 593-599, “Party Systems”, as well as pg. 633-639, “Summarizing Duverger’s Theory”.

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