| POLS
3137 / Spring 2000 / MWF 2:00 - 2:50 AM / Fretwell 406
Political
Corruption
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Course Outline and Timetable
| Date | Day | Unit | Topic | Readings/Assignments |
| Jan 12 | W | Getting Oriented | Introduction and Road Map | |
| Jan 14 | F | Just What is Corruption Anyhow? | How to Debate | |
| Jan 17 | M |
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| Jan 19 | W | Corruption: Some Examples | Bring in 1 news article that reports on corruption | |
| Jan 21 | F | Corruption: Some Simulations | ||
| Jan 24 | M | Corruption: The Example of Obi | Achebe:
all
Written Assignment 1 Due |
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| Jan 26 | W | Searching for a Definition | Reader: Selection 1; Selection 2: Chapter 2 | |
| Jan 28 | F | Reader:
Selection 3: Intro.
Klitgaard: Preface /Chap 1 |
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| Jan 31 | M | Debate 1 | ||
| Feb 2 | W | Analyzing Corruption | Introduction: Bad People or Bad Rules? | Reader: Selection 4 |
| Feb 4 | F | Blood and Rules: Forms of Social Organization | Reader: Selection 5 | |
| Feb 7 | M | Blood and Rules: The Widows and Orphans Problem | Reader: Selection 3: Chapter 1 | |
| Feb 9 | W | Blood and Rules: The Problem of Tying the King's Hands | Reader: Selection 6 | |
| Feb 11 | F | Blood and Rules: Contemporary Issues | Reader: Selection 7 | |
| Feb 14 | M | Rents and Rent Seeking Regimes | Reader:
Selection 9
Written Assignment 2 Due |
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| Feb 16 | W | |||
| Feb 18 | F | Debate 2 | Reader: Selection 10 | |
| Feb 21 | M | Principles and Agents: Concepts | Klitgaard : Chapter 2 and pp. 69-74 (study carefully) | |
| Feb 23 | W | |||
| Feb 25 | F | Principles and Agents: A Case from Imperial China | Reader:
Selection 8
Written Assignment 3 Due |
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| Feb 28 | M | Corruption in the US: Local-level | Introduction: Moral Foundations of the US | Freedman: Chapter 1 |
| Mar 1 | W | Evolution of Urban Political Machines | Reader: Selection 11: Chapters 2 and 3 | |
| Mar 3 | F | |||
| Spring Break | ||||
| Mar 13 | M | Debate 3 | ||
| Mar 15 | W | Contemporary Political Machines | Freedman: Chapters 2 and 4 | |
| Mar 17 | F | Patronage | Reader:
Selection 12
Freedman: Chapter 5 |
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| Mar 20 | M | Police Corruption | Reader: Selection 13 | |
| Mar 22 | W | |||
| Mar 24 | F | Klitgaard: Chapter 4 | ||
| Mar 27 | M | Corruption in the US: State-Level | Evolution of State-level Corruption | Reader: Selection 11 Chapter 7 |
| Mar 29 | W | Contemporary State Corruption | Freedman: Chapter 3 | |
| Mar 31 | F | Corruption in the US: Federal-Level | Evolution of Federal-level Corruption | Reader: Selection 11, pp. 73-79, Chapter 8 |
| Apr 3 | M | Case: Watergate | Reader: Selection 13 | |
| Apr 5 | W | |||
| Apr 7 | F | Case: Wed-Tech | Reader: Selection 2, Chapter 4 | |
| Apr 10 | M | Case: Iran-Contra | Reader:
Selection 2, Chapter 7
Written Assignment 4 Due |
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| Apr 12 | W | Reform and Good Governance | Administrative Reforms | Klitgaard: Chapters 3, 5, and 8 |
| Apr 14 | F | |||
| Apr 17 | M | Electoral Reforms | Online Readings
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| Apr 19 | W | Debate 4 | ||
| Apr 21 | F | Electoral Reforms, cont. | ||
| Apr 24 | M | International Efforts: Cross-Cultural Issues | Klitgaard: Chapter 6 | |
| Apr 26 | W | International Efforts: Legal Issues | Online readings | |
| Apr 28 | F | |||
| May 1 | M | Pulling it Together | Student Presentations | Term Project Due |
| May 3 | W | Student Presentations and Wrap Up | ||
| May 10 | W | Final Examination/ Written Assignment 5 (3:30 - 6:30 PM) | ||