Classes

Government 2160. Politics and Economics

Semester: 

Fall
http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/7780

Catalog Number: 7780 Enrollment: Limited to 15.
James E. Alt and Torben Iversen
Half course (fall term). W., 12–2.
Covers the political economy of policymaking and institutional change. Readings include a mixture of foundational approaches and recent research, covering a variety of methodological perspectives. The topical emphasis is on democracy, accountability, inequality, redistribution, and growth.

Government 2126. Political Corruption (Graduate Seminar in General Education)

Semester: 

Spring
http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/23456

Catalog Number: 23456 Enrollment: Limited to 15.
James E. Alt and Daniel F. Ziblatt
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Addresses the definition, causes, patterns, consequences, and control of political corruption, and its relationship to political and economic development. The seminar will design and develop a General Education course on these themes for undergraduates.
Note: Expected to be omitted in 2011–12.

Government 90a (formerly Government 1172). Contemporary British Politics: Seminar

Semester: 

Spring
http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/6263

Catalog Number: 6263 Enrollment: Limited to 16.
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Focuses on changes in economy, society, and politics in the transition from empire to small country. Topics include the evolving party system, electoral behavior, and a range of policy questions involving economic management, the welfare state, the European Community, race relations, and Northern Ireland.