Foundations of Comparative Politics

Fictional island nation Atlantinha needs a new constitution. Students read background information on Atlantinha and articles on institutional design before class. During section, the instructor divides them into two or three discussion groups, and the...

Is it better to cooperate or defect? In this game, students participate in a real life prisoner's dilemma game. Each student has a partner and a red and black playing card to indicate which of two choices the student prefers. Each choice corresponds to a...

Revolutions require collective action. This simple activity, used during the week on revolutions, demonstrates the difficulty of carrying out collective action. This activity is used in a class on comparative politics, during the unit on revolutions. It...