Political Science 379

Problems in International Relations:

Conducting Empirical Research in International Relations

Spring 2005

Reading Assignments

Reading assignments for Poli 379 are listed here. Any changes will be announced in lecture.

Readings from Johnson and Reynolds will be referred to as J&R, and readings from Blainey will be referred to as B. Unless otherwise noted, any journal articles that are assigned will be available through Fondren Library's online journal collection.

Groups

Students are assignment to groups to share copies of readings that are put in BB 277. The groups are here. In order to reduce confusion, please be sure to pick up the reading(s) that have your group number; don't pick up a reading that has a different group number.

Next Reading Assignment

Date Due	Assignment
Monday, March 21	J&R, ch. 8
Friday, March 25	Shultz, George. 1993. Turmoil and Triumph. New York: Charles Scribner's, pp. 101-114, 221-234. Weinberger, Caspar. 1990. Fighting for Peace. New York: Warner Books, pp. 135-174.
Monday, March 28	Blainey, ch. 7
Wednesday, March 30	J&R, ch. 9
Friday, April 1	Blainey, ch. 8
Wednesday, April 6	Blainey, ch. 9
Monday, April 11	J&R, ch. 11
Friday, April 15	Blainey, ch. 10
Wednesday, April 20	Blainey, ch. 11
Friday, April 22	Blainey, ch. 13, 14.
Monday, April 25	J&R, ch. 13.
Wednesday, April 27	Blainey, ch. 17.

Links to Readings

Sandoval Bustos, Rosa. 2005. Interdependence and Militarized Conflict. You will need Adobe Acrobat to open this file.