Executives, Bureaucracies and Courts

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Executives, Bureaucracies and Courts

• Ph.D. in Political Studies
• Fabio Franchino
• Graduate School in Social, Economic Political
  Sciences, University of Milan

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Aims and Objectives

• To develop the ability to understand and evaluate
  the most advanced research on the three most
  important institutions of modern democracies
• executives
• bureaucracies
• courts
• To cover some of the most advanced theoretical
  perspectives and evaluate the most recent
  empirical findings
• To develop the ability to
• interpret this knowledge theoretically and
  analytically through the main theories in
  political science
• present concisely theories and arguments
• assess critically theories and empirical evidence

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Expectations

• Students are expected to
• read some background literature if they need to
• read all the articles in the syllabus prior to
  each session
• develop a critical understanding of these
  readings
• critically present some of these works
• actively and constructively participate to class
  discussions

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Topics

• Executives government formation, operation and
  termination
• Bureaucracies delegation and bureaucratic
  discretion, control mechanisms
• Courts the establishment of courts, judicial
  activism, judicial-executive relations, judicial
  review

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Structure of the articles

• Introduction
• Literature review
• Expectations
• Data
• Operationalization
• Methodology
• Analysis of results
• Conclusions

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Presenters and Discussants

• Martin, 2001, AJPS
• Thies, 2001, AJPS
• Martin, 2004, AJPS
• Martin Vanberg, 2005, APSR

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Presenters and Discussants

• Strom Swindle, APSR, 2002
• Huber Shipan, 2001, AJPS
• Shipan, 2004, APSR
• Keefer Stasavage, 2003, APSR

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Presenters and Discussants

• Garrett et al., IO, 1998
• Steunenberg, 1997, BJPS
• Vanberg, 2001, AJPS
• Staton, 2006, AJPS

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