Week 1. Introduction

In the first class, I introduce the students to the seminar in general, give a brief outline of the course, and address organizational issues related to the course.
We, then, have a short introduction to what political behavior means. For that, we read and discuss the book chapter by Clark, Golder, and Golder (2017), in which an Exit, Voice, and Loyalty (EVL) Game, based on the seminal work of Albert Hirschman (1970), is presented.

Week 2. Political Formation and Party Identification. (Slides in PDF)

Week 3. Political Knowledge and Sophistication. (Slides in PDF)

Week 4. Mobilization and Campaign Effects. (Slides in PDF)

Week 5. Political Participation and Voter Turnout. (Slides in PDF)

Week 6. Spatial Models of Vote Choice. (Slides in PDF)

Week 7. Economic Voting. (Slides in PDF)

Week 8. The Limits of Political Accountability. (Slides in PDF)

Week 9. Voters’ Party Perceptions and Representation. (Slides in PDF)

Week 10. Compulsory Voting. (Slides in PDF)

Week 11. Ethnicity and Identity. (Slides in PDF)

Week 12. Foreign Policy and War Voting. (Slides in PDF)