Study Guides

The following are study guides to be used in conjunction with the readings, lectures and section discussions.  It is meant to facilitate the learning process, not substitute for it.  Some of the terms and questions presented in this study guide will not be discussed directly in class; they can only be found in the readings.  You are still responsible for terms and questions not discussed in class.  There are several levels of questions on these study guides.  Some are basic questions that ask you to identify the main thesis a reading.  Other questions do not necessarily have answers that can be found in the readings or from lectures.  These questions are meant to stimulate thought and debate.  These questions also make great conversation topics at cocktail parties and coffee shops.

You should download and read these study guides prior to reading the textbooks they cover or before the material is covered in class.  Due to departmental budget constraints, we have been asked to minimize the amount of photocopying we do for classes.  There will NOT be any hard copies of these study guides printed out.

The study guides are in pdf format (Adobe Acrobat).  Adobe provides free Acrobat readers at this site.  Click the "get Acrobat reader" button and follow instructions.  Last year, the computers in many of the UW computer labs had difficulty with the button technology that I used to hotlink my files.  If the button on the right does not work, simply click the word "study guide" next to the button. 

For the First Mid-Term Exam

 Study guide for Tommasi and Ierruli's New Economics of Human Behavior.  

Study guide for first 4 weeks of lecture including introduction and rational choice assumptions (plus a few fun things to think about).

Study guide for Harold Winter's Trade-Offs.

For the Second Mid-Term Exam

   Study guide for Mancur Olson's Logic of Collective Action and related lectures (including game theory). 

  Study guide for Hirschman's Exit, Voice & Loyalty and related lectures.  This material may also be on the final exam.

For Final Exam

  Study guide for Robert Bates' Markets and States in Tropical Africa and related lectures.