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TRANSPARENCIES, PSCI 102, FALL 2003

On this page, you will be able to find many of the transparencies that are used in class. The Questions of the Day will normally be posted on this page.

FIRST TRANSPARENCY, FIRST DAY
AUGUST 27, 2003

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27TH
1. THREE BASIC QUESTIONS

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. PHOTO OF GAVRILO PRINCIP

3. MAP OF EUROPE - 1914

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. AGGRESSIONS OF THE 1930S

3. STATEMENT BY HARRY TRUMAN, 1941

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. STATEMENT BY STOESSINGER

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. STRUCTURAL REVOLUTION

3. TENETS OF REALISM

4. EXPLAINING PARADOX OF UNREALIZED POWER

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. TENETS OF LIBERALISM

3. PRISONERS' DILEMMA GAME

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. DEFINITION OF INCREMENTALISM

3. PUBLIC OPINION AND VOTES IN CONGRESS

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2003

1. REVIEW FOR FIRST MIDTERM

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2003

FIRST MIDTERM EXAMINATION

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. FIVE TRAGIC MISTAKES

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. DEFINITION OF EXPLANATION

3. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERNAL
UNREST AND WAR

4. RATIONAL POLITICAL AMBITION THEORY

5. DEFINITION OF SELECTORATES
AND WIN SETS

MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. THE BALFOUR DECLARATION

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. ANALYSIS OF COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE

MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. RECORD AND ESTIMATES OF
US FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICITS

3. ANALYSIS OF TRENDS IN
RICH-POOR GAP

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. DEFINITION OF IMPERIALISM

3. ROOSEVELT COROLLARY

4. EXAMPLES OF AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. EXAMPLES OF SOVIET IMPERIALISM

3. DEFINITION OF ECONOMIC IMPERIALISM

4. STATEMENT BY AMARTYA SEN

5. BUENO DE MESQUITA ON
ECONOMIC GROWTH

6. TRACING FLOWS OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT

MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. REVIEW FOR MIDTERM EXAMINATION

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2003

SECOND MIDTERM EXAMINATION

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. "CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE"

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. LEVELS OF ANALYSIS DEFINITIONS

3. LEVELS OF ANALYSIS EXAMPLE

4. AN EXAMPLE OF A SYSTEM LEVEL STUDY

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. EVIDENCE IN FAVOR OF "DEMOCRATIC PEACE"

3. SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DEMOCRACIES
AND AUTOCRACIES

4. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALLIANCES AND WAR

5. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRADE AND PEACE

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. KENNETH WALTZ ON THE
END OF BIPOLARITY

3. STATEMENT BY CONDOLEEZA RICE

4. A.F.K. ORGANSKI ON CHINA (1968)

5. DEFINING TERRORISM

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. BEGINNERS AND WINNERS,
INTERSTATE WARS,
20TH CENTURY

3. DEFINING THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

4. COLLECTIVE SECURITY

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. STRUCTURE OF THE GAME

3. TWO GAME THEORY CONCEPTS
(PARITY NORM AND PIVOTAL POWER)

4. CALCULATING PIVOTAL POWER - GAME #1

MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. SECOND GAME

3. THE LADDER OF INTEGRATION

A. UNINTEGRATED STATES

B. FREE TRADE AREA

C. CUSTOMS UNION

D. COMMON MARKET

E. ECONOMIC UNION

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. EXPANSION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

3. CANDIDATE MEMBERS OF THE EU

MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. MORGENTHAU ON INTERNATIONAL LAW

3. SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

4. THE ROOSEVELT COROLLARY

5. THE OAS ON NON-INTERVENTION

6. THE ICJ DECIDES (ON NICARAGUA)

7. THE UN ON THE USE OF FORCE

8. THE UN RESPECTS REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

9. THE SECURITY COUNCIL SUBORDINATES REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

LAST DAY!! WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2003

1. QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

2. NATIONAL TRENDS IN AIR QUALITY

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