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IRP705 Syllabus Fall 2008
Aug27 | Sep03 | Sep10 |
Sep17 | Sep24
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Oct01 | Oct08 |
Oct15 | Oct22
Oct29 | Nov05 |
Nov12 | Nov19 |
Nov26 | Dec03
Aug27 Simulation Design
Overview
Designing and Implementing Policy Simulations
Uses of simulations for conflict
analysis and policy research
Simulation models
Steps in Designing
Simulations
Steps in Implementing Simulations
Introduction to the
SIIRAN
Simulation of Complex Negotiations
Purposes of SIIRAN
Briefing for SIIRAN
Practice Session
Resources:
J. L. Taylor and R Walford. Simulation in the Classroom. New York: Penguin Books. [Blackboard | Documents]
C. Walcott (with A. Walcott). Simple Simulations: A Guide to the Design and Use of Simulation/Games in Teaching Political Science. Washington, DC: American Political Science Association. [Blackboard | Documents]
B. Steinwachs. "How to Facilitate a Debriefing," Simulation and Gaming. 23:186-195. [Blackboard | Documents]
SIIRAN: A Simulation of Complex Negotiation in the Middle EastSIIRAN Briefing
Play of the SIIRAN beginning at 4:00 PM in Eggers 034
Resources:
SIIRAN Handbook:
Click Here
SIIRAN
De-Briefing
Lessons Learned
Application to other types of negotiation
Sep10 Decision-Making
The rational actor model
Classroom exercise on decision-making
Resources:
Rational Calculations for Hostage Crisis (PowerPoint 126KB)
Director of Central Intelligence, "The
Situation in South Vietnam," Special National Intelligence Estimate
53-2-64, 1 October 1964.
Secret (Declassified).
PDF
The Underlying Model SNIE 53-2-64
Use this declassified National Intelligence Estimate to map the underlying cognitive model. Focus on the perceived causes of the continued political deterioration in South Vietnam, its consequences for decision-making in Saigon, military morale and effectiveness, the situation in the countryside, and relations with the USG. In addition, map out the possible consequences of a Montagnard uprising, as well as Viet Cong activity.
Sep 17 Consensus-Building
Classroom exercise on consensus-building
Resources:
Sep24 The Role of
Culture
Classroom exercise on culture
Resources:
Oct01 Presentation I
Resources:
Oct08 Presentation II
Class Presentations
This session will involve an exercise in which you will make a short presentation on a topic of interest. Other students will be encouraged to make constructive comments.
Oct15 Research: Observation
What do I see and why do I see it? Observation of an intergovernmental group
Final Negotiation Session
Beijing 1995 (Play
QT Introduction)
Kim's Game from "Kim"
Levels of Observation
Resources:
Schensul, Stephen, Jean Schensul, and Margaret LeCompte. Essential Ethnographic Methods. Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press, 1999. Chapters 5. �Exploratory or Open-Ended Observation,� pp. 91-120. [Blackboard | Documents]
Goffman, Erving. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. New York: Doubleday, 1956, pp. 22-30 and 70-76. [Blackboard | Documents]
Trunbull, Colin. "Sex and Gender" in T. Whitehead and Mary Conaway (eds.) Self, Sex, and Gender in Cross-Cultural Fieldwork. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, pp. 17-27. [Blackboard | Documents]
Bonham, G. Matthew,
Michael J. Shapiro, and Daniel Heradstveit.
"Group Cognition. Using an Oil Policy Game to Validate a Computer
Simulation." Simulation and Games, 19, 1988, pp. 370-407 (PDF)
Norwegian Oil Policy
Simulation Recordings
Part 1:
Download (8.9MB) |
Streamed
Part 2:
Download (14.0MB) |
Streamed
Part 3: Download
(21.7MB) |
Streamed
Part 4:
Download (9.1MB) |
Streamed
Transcript of the Oil Policy Simulation:
PDF
Completed Pre and Post-Simulation
Questionnaires:
PDF
Additional Reading:
Johnson, Allen, and Ross Sackett. Direct Systematic Observation of Behavior. In Bernard, H. Russell, ed. Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology. Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press, 1998.
DeWalt, Kathleen M., Billie R. DeWalt, and Coral B. Waylan, Participant Observation. In Bernard H. Russell, ed., Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology. Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press, 1998, pp. 259-299.
Skills Exercise Assignment: Observation (Due 29 October):
Oct22 Research: Interviewing I
Structured and Elite Interviewing
Resources:
Schensul, Stephen, Jean Schensul, and Margaret LeCompte. Essential Ethnographic Methods. Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press, 1999. Chapters 6 and 7, In-Depth, Open-Ended Interviewing, and Semi-structured Interviewing, pp. 121-164.
Levy, Robert I., and Douglas W. Hollan. Person-Centered Interviewing and Observation. In Bernard, H. Russell, ed. Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology. Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press, 1998, pp. 333-364.
Daniel Heradstveit and G. Matthew Bonham, "Decision-Making in the Face of Uncertainty." PDF
Northern Areas Interviews: NSC-1 | DoD-1 | State-1
Interviewing in Another Language: Lost in Translation (A film by Sofia Coppola) Chapters 4 and 7 (Santory time).
Interview | Transcript (JP) | Translation
Skills Exercise Assignment: Interviewing
Oct29 Research: Interviewing II
Nov05 Research: Focus Groups I
Introduction to Focus Groups
Resources:
Krueger, Richard A. Focus Groups. A Practical Guide for Applied Research. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1988, pp. 1-150.
Nov12 Research: Focus Groups II
Focus Group Meetings and Critique
Nov19 Simulation Workshop I
Simulations of Alternative Futures
Overview of policy analysis: The Breathalyser Crackdown: PDF
Experimental and quasi-experimental design
Counterfactual analysis
Constructing simulations of alternative futures
Application to policy analysis
Resources
Fearon, James D. Counterfactuals and Hypothesis Testing in Political Science. World Politics, 43, 1991, pp. 169-195.
Sylvan, David and Stephen Majeski. A Methodology for the Study of Historical Counterfactuals. International Studies Quarterly, 42 1998, pp. 79-108.
Nov26 Thanksgiving (No Class)
Dec03 Simulation Workshop II
Design of the simulation, including a statement of the purposes of the simulation; the rules of play; background material, including statistical data; a scenario; an agenda; and a debriefing plan.
Scenario Design
Oil Policy Simulation Scenario:
PDF
Examples of Simulations:
PILPG
All of the final documentation should be posted on Blackboard | Communication | Group Pages | Simulation by 5 May
The Final Paper is due at 5:00 PM on 10 December
� 2008 G. Matthew Bonham