Polimetrics
A.A. 2019/2020
Obiettivi formativi
This course is aimed to teach how to apply the spatial theory of voting in different settings to better understand the entire political cycle: from electoral competition to government formation. Students will also learn the main theories and the connected methods available in the literature to estimate the policy space within which political interactions occur as well as to measure the positions of political actors interacting in such space. To this aim, enrolled students will be introduced to different open-source software during the lab-classes.
Risultati apprendimento attesi
At the end of the course the student must be able to present a better knowledge of the processes producing a government formation. Enrolled students will also learn, during the lab lectures, how to link theoretical questions to empirical analysis to answer relevant political questions related for example to government stability.
Periodo: Terzo trimestre
Modalità di valutazione: Esame
Giudizio di valutazione: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Corso singolo
Questo insegnamento non può essere seguito come corso singolo. Puoi trovare gli insegnamenti disponibili consultando il catalogo corsi singoli.
Programma e organizzazione didattica
Edizione unica
Responsabile
Periodo
Terzo trimestre
Programma
This course is aimed to teach how to apply the spatial theory of voting in different settings to better understand the entire political cycle: from electoral competition to government formation. Students will also learn the main theories and the connected methods available in the literature to estimate the policy space within which political interactions occur as well as to measure the positions of political actors interacting in such space. To this aim, different open-source software will be employed during the lab-classes.
Prerequisiti
To be enrolled in this course, students must have already successfully passed two exams: "Political Science" and "Statistics"
Metodi didattici
Frontal lessons and Lab exercises
Materiale di riferimento
A companion of texts is available in the two home-pages of the course:
http://www.luigicurini.com/polimetrics.html
http://www.andreaceron.com
http://www.luigicurini.com/polimetrics.html
http://www.andreaceron.com
Modalità di verifica dell’apprendimento e criteri di valutazione
The exam aims to verify that the student has learned the concepts covered by the course and knows how to express them clearly and precisely, using the correct terminology.
For the enrolled students, the exam consists of an intermediate (written) test and a final (written) test. Both the tests will be held in the lab.
For the non-enrolled students, course grades will be based on a written exam that aims to verify that students have learnt the main topics discussed in the texts.
For the enrolled students, the exam consists of an intermediate (written) test and a final (written) test. Both the tests will be held in the lab.
For the non-enrolled students, course grades will be based on a written exam that aims to verify that students have learnt the main topics discussed in the texts.
Docente/i
Ricevimento:
Mercoledì 12:45-15:45
stanza 319 - via Conservatorio 7, Dipartimento di Scienze sociali e politiche. E' consigliato scrivere al docente per fissare un appuntamento