Suchergebnis: Katalogdaten im Herbstsemester 2018

Nummer	Titel	Typ	ECTS	Umfang	Dozierende
Comparative and International Studies Master
Kernfächer
857-0001-00L	Methods I: Research Design, Qualitative Methods, and Data Collection Only for MA Comparative and International Studies (MACIS).	O	6 KP	2U + 2S	A. Baysan, F. Schimmelfennig, D. Schraff
Kurzbeschreibung	The seminar covers basic issues of research design, small-n research, and data collection. It deals with issues of causality, conceptualization, case study design and QCA. Data collection includes interviews, surveys, text analysis, and experimental research.
Lernziel	This MACIS core seminar covers basic issues of research design, small-n research, and data collection. It familiarizes students with general research design problems such as defining research questions, analyzing causality, and designing single and comparative case studies. It then introduces them to basic issues in small-n research. Students acquire an understanding of the specific challenges and design problems in qualitative analysis. Finally, students are introduced to exemplary methods of data collection. By the end of the course, students should be able to use the principal methods of data collection used by political scientists;have a critical understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of the methods, and should be able to reflect on and discuss the methods in light of research questions of their interest.
857-0007-00L	Democracy Only for MA Comparative and International Studies.	W	8 KP	2S	F. Schimmelfennig, D. Kübler
Kurzbeschreibung	The seminar focuses on seminal books and articles as well as brand new analyses on topical issues of democratic theory and practice. After reviewing theoretical models and different types of democracy, the seminar deals with core problems of democratic governance and with challenges to democracy stemming from globalization and international institutions.
Lernziel	At the end of the seminar, students are familiar with the relevant theoretical and empirical literature on democracy and democratization in national and international contexts. They are able to reflect on contemporary challenges to democracy, in particular those stemming from the internationalization of politics.
Inhalt	see http://www.cis.ethz.ch/education/macis/courses
Literatur	see http://www.cis.ethz.ch/education/macis/courses
857-0009-00L	Political Violence Only for Comparative and International Studies MSc.	W	8 KP	2S	A. Wenger, L.‑E. Cederman
Kurzbeschreibung	This course offers an introduction to political violence in domestic and international politics. The course covers explanations of interstate wars, theories of civil and ethnic wars and regional conflict. Other topics include new threats, including transnational terrorist networks and other non-state actors, and the relationship between conflict and nation-building and democratization processes.
Lernziel	This course offers an introduction to political violence in domestic and international politics. The course covers explanations of interstate wars, theories of civil and ethnic wars and regional conflict. Other topics include new threats, including transnational terrorist networks and other non-state actors, and the relationship between conflict and nation-building and democratization processes.
857-0091-00L	Methods II: Quantitative Methods Nur für Comparative and International Studies MSc und UZH MA in Poltitikwissenschaften.	O	6 KP	1U + 2S	D. Hangartner
Kurzbeschreibung	This class provides an introduction to quantitative methods for social science and policy analysis. The class covers statistical inference, introductory probability, descriptive statistics, regression, and statistical and database programming.
Lernziel	After this course, students should be able to assemble a dataset, prepare descriptive statistics, develop and test hypotheses, and present their results in a high-quality presentation or paper.

Forschungsseminare
Nummer	Titel	Typ	ECTS	Umfang	Dozierende
857-0103-00L	Topics in Public Policy: Governing the Energy Transition Only for MA Comparative and International Studies.	W	8 KP	2V + 2S	T. Schmidt, S. Sewerin
Kurzbeschreibung	This course addresses the role of policy and its underlying politics in the transformation of the energy sector. It covers historical, socio-economic, and political perspectives and applies various theoretical concepts to specific aspects of governing the energy transition. On this basis, students develop their own research project and produce a research paper.
Lernziel	- To gain an overview of the history of the transition of large technical systems - To recognize current challenges in the energy system to understand the theoretical frameworks and concepts for studying transitions - To demonstrate knowledge on the role of policy and politics in energy transitions - To develop own research question and address it in research paper
Inhalt	Climate change, access to energy and other societal challenges are directly linked to the way we use and create energy. Both the recent United Nations Paris climate change agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals make a fast and extensive transition of the energy system necessary. This course introduces the social and environmental challenges involved in the energy sector and discusses the implications of these challenges for the rate and direction of technical change in the energy sector. It compares the current situation with historical socio-technical transitions and derives the consequences for policy-making. It then introduces theoretical frameworks and concepts for studying innovation and transitions. It then focuses on the role of public policy and policy change in governing the energy transitions, considering the role of political actors, institutions and policy feedback. The course has a highly interactive (seminar-like) character. Students are expected to actively engage in the weekly discussions and to give a presentation (15-20 minutes) on one of the weekly topics during that particular session. In addition to weekly lectures and student presentations, students will write a research paper of approximately 6000 words. The presentation and participation in the discussions will form one part of the final grade (20%), the final exam another (20%), with the research paper forming the rest (60%).
Skript	Slides and reading material will be made available via moodle.ethz.ch (only for registered students).
Literatur	A reading list will be provided via moodle.ethz.ch at the beginning of the semester.
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes	This course is intended for the MA Comparative International Studies programme.
857-0104-00L	Topics in Public Policy: The Politics and Policies of International Migration Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 18 MACIS Studierende haben Priorität.	W	8 KP	3S	D. Hangartner, J. Pianzola
Kurzbeschreibung	This course covers both classic and recent topics of international migration, including: economic and political effects of immigration, explanations for anti-immigrant attitudes, methods to assess economic and political discrimination, integration policies (immigrant voting rights and naturalization), and asylum policies.
Lernziel	Upon completion, course participants will have a through understanding of the politics and policy of migration as well as knowledge of how to apply advanced quantitative methods for migration policy analysis.
Literatur	The reading materials consist of a series of academic papers (see detailed syllabus)
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes	Essential: Familiarity with applied statistics (up to and including OLS regression). Ideal: Familiarity with statistical methods for causal inference from observational data, in particular difference-in-difference, instrumental variables, and regression discontinuity designs.
857-0052-00L	Comparative and International Political Economy Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 15 MACIS Studierende haben Priorität. Anmeldung an koubi@ir.gess.ethz.ch	W	8 KP	2S	V. Koubi, L. Beiser-McGrath
Kurzbeschreibung	This research seminar complements the MACIS core seminar in Political Economy. It covers topics such as international trade, environmental policy, international finance and foreign direct investment, and welfare state policy. Students will, based on reading assignments and discussions in class, develop a research question, present a research design, and write a paper.
Lernziel	Students will acquire an advanced understanding of some of the key issues and arguments in comparative and international political economy. They will also prepare the ground for a high-quality MA thesis in political economy.
Inhalt	Because the number of students will be very small, the Political Economy core course runs in parallel, and research interests will be heterogeneous, the general approach will be informal and decentralized. Before the seminar starts we will identify what research topics - within the broader field of Comparative and International Political Economy - the participating students are most interested in. In the first two weeks of the semester, we will meet twice for two hours each as a group to discuss how to write a good research seminar paper, and to identify more closely what each student will be working on. Each student will then receive a reading list, so that she/he can get familiar with the state-of-the-art in her/his area of interests and develop a research design in close consultation with Profs. Bernauer and Koubi as well as postdocs from Prof. Bernauer's group. The group as a whole meets again ca. in week 7 of the semester to discuss the provisional research designs. Research then continues in a decentralized fashion - again in consultation with Profs. Bernauer and Koubi as well as postdocs from Prof. Bernauer's group. The group as a whole meets again in the second to last week of the semester. Each student reports on progress in her/his research during that meeting. The research seminar paper must be finalized and submitted by the end of July 2015.
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes	This seminar is restricted to students enrolled in the MACIS program.
857-0098-00L	Technology Governance and International Security Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 15 MACIS Studierende haben Priorität.	W	8 KP	2S	M. Dunn Cavelty, M. Leese
Kurzbeschreibung	This research seminar at the intersection between Security Studies and Science and Technology Studies focuses on how sociotechnical innovations (cyberspace, chemical and biological agents and robots) impact security politics and military strategy, and will look at the possibilities and limitations for international governance and arms control, with specific attention on the challenge of 'dual-use'
Lernziel	The aim of this course is to introduce students to fundamental concepts from Science and Technology Studies and Security Studies that are useful in understanding current issues in national security. In specific, they will learn to understand how technological innovation impacts security politics and military strategy, with a particular focus on the issue of 'dual-use'. Students will learn about national technostrategic projects such as strategic bombing, the creation of cyberspace, the weaponization of chemical and biological agents, and the move towards 'Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems'. Furthermore, students will learn about problems and solutions for the international governance of technologies and arms control. By the conclusion of the course, students should be able to frame problems related to technology and security in an analytical framework that makes clear their complexity as well as the points at which policy might intervene successfully.

Wahlfächer
Nummer	Titel	Typ	ECTS	Umfang	Dozierende
860-0023-00L	International Environmental Politics Besonders geeignet für Studierende D-ITET, D-USYS	W	3 KP	2V	T. Bernauer
Kurzbeschreibung	This course focuses on the conditions under which cooperation in international environmental politics emerges and the conditions under which such cooperation and the respective public policies are effective and/or efficient.
Lernziel	The objectives of this course are to (1) gain an overview of relevant questions in the area of international environmental politics from a social sciences viewpoint; (2) learn how to identify interesting/innovative questions concerning this policy area and how to answer them in a methodologically sophisticated way; (3) gain an overview of important global and regional environmental problems.
Inhalt	This course deals with how and why international cooperation in environmental politics emerges, and under what circumstances such cooperation is effective and efficient. Based on theories of international political economy and theories of government regulation various examples of international environmental politics are discussed: the management of international water resources, the problem of unsafe nuclear power plants in eastern Europe, political responses to global warming, the protection of the stratospheric ozone layer, the reduction of long-range transboundary air pollution in Europe, the prevention of pollution of the oceans, etc. The course is open to all ETH students. Participation does not require previous coursework in the social sciences. After passing an end-of-semester test (requirement: grade 4.0 or higher) students will receive 3 ECTS credit points. The workload is around 90 hours (meetings, reading assignments, preparation of test). Visiting students (e.g., from the University of Zurich) are subject to the same conditions. Registration of visiting students in the web-based system of ETH is compulsory.
Skript	Assigned reading materials and slides will be available at http://www.ib.ethz.ch/teaching.html (select link 'Registered students, please click here for course materials' at top of that page). Log in with your nethz name and password. Questions concerning access to course materials can be addressed to Dennis Atzenhofer at dennis.atzenhofer@ir.gess.ethz.ch). All assigned papers must be read ahead of the respective meeting. Following the course on the basis of on-line slides and papers alone is not sufficient. Physical presence in the classroom is essential. Many books and journals covering international environmental policy issues can be found at the D-GESS library at the IFW building, Haldeneggsteig 4, B-floor, or in the library of D-USYS.
Literatur	Assigned reading materials and slides will be available at http://www.ib.ethz.ch/teaching.html (select link -Registered students, please click here for course materials- at top of that page). Log in with your nethz name and password. Questions concerning access to course materials can be addressed to dennis.atzenhofer@ir.gess.ethz.ch).
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes	None
857-0027-00L	International Organizations (Field Trip) Nur für Comparative and International Studies MSc.	W	2 KP	1S	F. Schimmelfennig
Kurzbeschreibung	A three-day visit to international organizations in Geneva - e.g., the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Teams of 2-3 students prepare a 2-3 page background reading for the group on a specific international organization and lead the discussion with representatives of that organization during the visit.
Lernziel	Become familiar with the work and challenges of international organizations based in Geneva.
Inhalt	A three-day visit to international organizations in Geneva - e.g., the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Teams of 2-3 students prepare a 2-3 page background reading for the group on a specific international organization and lead the discussion with representatives of that organization during the visit.
Literatur	Karen A. Mingst, Margaret P. Karns. The United Nations in the Twenty-First Century, Third Edition (Dilemmas in World Politics). Westview Press, 2007. Briefing papers prepared by the students.
860-0001-00L	Public Institutions and Policy-Making Processes Number of participants limited to 25. Priority for Science, Technology, and Policy MSc and MAS students.	W	3 KP	3G	T. Bernauer, S. Bechtold, F. Schimmelfennig
Kurzbeschreibung	Students acquire the contextual knowledge for analyzing public policies. They learn why and how public policies and laws are developed, designed, and implemented at national and international levels, and what challenges arise in this regard.
Lernziel	Public policies result from decision-making processes that take place within formal institutions of the state (parliament, government, public administration, courts). That is, policies are shaped by the characteristics of decision-making processes and the characteristics of public institutions and related actors (e.g. interest groups). In this course, students acquire the contextual knowledge for analyzing public policies. They learn why and how public policies and laws are developed, designed, and implemented at national and international levels, and what challenges arise in this regard. The course is organized in three modules. The first module (Stefan Bechtold) examines basic concepts and the role of law, law-making, and law enforcement in modern societies. The second module (Thomas Bernauer) deals with the functioning of legislatures, governments, and interest groups. The third module (Frank Schimmelfennig) focuses on the European Union and international organisations.
Inhalt	Public policies result from decision-making processes that take place within formal institutions of the state (parliament, government, public administration, courts). That is, policies are shaped by the characteristics of decision-making processes and the characteristics of public institutions and related actors (e.g. interest groups). In this course, students acquire the contextual knowledge for analyzing public policies. They learn why and how public policies and laws are developed, designed, and implemented at national and international levels, and what challenges arise in this regard. The course is organized in three modules. The first module (Stefan Bechtold) examines basic concepts and the role of law, law-making, and law enforcement in modern societies. The second module (Thomas Bernauer) deals with the functioning of legislatures, governments, and interest groups. The third module (Frank Schimmelfennig) focuses on the European Union and international organisations.
Skript	Reading materials will be distributed electronically to the students when the semester starts.
Literatur	Baylis, John, Steve Smith, and Patricia Owens (2014): The Globalization of World Politics. An Introduction to International Relations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Caramani, Daniele (ed.) (2014): Comparative Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Gilardi, Fabrizio (2012): Transnational Diffusion: Norms, Ideas, and Policies, in Carlsnaes, Walter, Thomas Risse and Beth Simmons, Handbook of International Relations, 2nd Edition, London: Sage, pp. 453-477. Hage, Jaap and Bram Akkermans (eds.) (2nd edition 2017): Introduction to Law, Heidelberg: Springer. Jolls, Christine (2013): Product Warnings, Debiasing, and Free Speech: The Case of Tobacco Regulation, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 169: 53-78. Lelieveldt, Herman and Sebastiaan Princen (2011): The Politics of European Union. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Lessig, Lawrence (2006): Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, Version 2.0, New York: Basic Books. Available at http://codev2.cc/download+remix/Lessig-Codev2.pdf. Schimmelfennig, Frank and Ulrich Sedelmeier (2004): Governance by Conditionality: EU Rule Transfer to the Candidate Countries of Central and Eastern Europe, in: Journal of European Public Policy 11(4): 669-687. Shipan, Charles V. and Craig Volden (2012): Policy Diffusion: Seven Lessons for Scholars and Practitioners. Public Administration Review 72(6): 788-796. Sunstein, Cass R. (2014): The Limits of Quantification, California Law Review 102: 1369-1422. Thaler, Richard H. and Cass R. Sunstein (2003): Libertarian Paternalism. American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings 93: 175-179.
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes	This is a Master level course. The course is capped at 25 students, with ISTP Master students having priority.
851-0609-06L	Governing the Energy Transition Number of participants limited to 25. Primarily suited for Master and PhD level.	W	3 KP	2V	T. Schmidt, S. Sewerin
Kurzbeschreibung	This course addresses the role of policy and its underlying politics in the transformation of the energy sector. It covers historical, socio-economic, and political perspectives and applies various theoretical concepts to specific aspects of governing the energy transition.
Lernziel	- To gain an overview of the history of the transition of large technical systems - To recognize current challenges in the energy system to understand the theoretical frameworks and concepts for studying transitions - To demonstrate knowledge on the role of policy and politics in energy transitions
Inhalt	Climate change, access to energy and other societal challenges are directly linked to the way we use and create energy. Both the recent United Nations Paris climate change agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals make a fast and extensive transition of the energy system necessary. This course introduces the social and environmental challenges involved in the energy sector and discusses the implications of these challenges for the rate and direction of technical change in the energy sector. It compares the current situation with historical socio-technical transitions and derives the consequences for policy-making. It then introduces theoretical frameworks and concepts for studying innovation and transitions. It then focuses on the role of policy and policy change in governing the energy transition, considering the role of political actors, institutions and policy feedback. The course has a highly interactive (seminar-like) character. Students are expected to actively engage in the weekly discussions and to give a presentation (15-20 minutes) on one of the weekly topics during that particular session. The presentation and participation in the discussions will form one part of the final grade (50%), the remaining 50% of the final grade will be formed by a final exam.
Skript	Slides and reading material will be made available via moodle.ethz.ch (only for registered students).
Literatur	A reading list will be provided via moodle.ethz.ch at the beginning of the semester.
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes	This course is particularly suited for students of the following programmes: MA Comparative International Studies; MSc Energy Science & Technology; MSc Environmental Sciences; MSc Management, Technology & Economics; MSc Science, Technology & Policy; ETH & UZH PhD programmes.
860-0006-00L	Essential Tools and Statistics for Impact and Policy Evaluation Number of participants limited to 20. Science, Technology, and Policy MSc and MAS students have priority. This lecture had been offered until autumn semester 2017 with the title "Applied Statistics and Policy Evaluation". Students who has completed that lecture cannot take credit points for this lecture again.	W	3 KP	2G	L. Beiser-McGrath
Kurzbeschreibung	This course aims to equip students with the basic knowledge and skills to both understand and conduct the evaluation of policies. This will involve both learning about statistical models and their appropriateness for estimating causal effects, as well as developing skills using statistical software to implement these models.
Lernziel	Students will: - know strategies to test causal hypotheses using regression analysis and/or experimental methods - be able to critically interpret results of applied statistics, in particular, regarding causal inference - be able to critically read and assess published studies on policy evaluation - learn to use the statistical software R
Inhalt	This course aims to equip students with the basic knowledge and skills to both understand and conduct the evaluation of policies. The first part of the course offers a thorough treatment of the classical linear regression model, the workhorse model for quantitative data analysis, and the program R that will be used for statistical analysis. The second part of the course focuses on more advanced methods that aim to estimate causal effects from observational data.
851-0739-00L	Fiscal Policy and Inequality	W	2 KP	2V	E. Ash
Kurzbeschreibung	This course provides an introduction to the political economy of fiscal policy-making. We first analyze policy inputs, with a focus on how elections select and incentivize different types of policymakers. Second, we analyze major fiscal policy outputs: choices of taxes, public goods, tax evasion, and inequality. Methods are from economics and applied statistics.
Lernziel	Government policies on how to raise revenue and direct expenditures are critical for economic performance and for the fair distribution of income across society. Yet these policies must be designed and implemented by individuals whose interests may diverge from the people they represent. This course provides an introduction to the political and economic factors determining fiscal policies, and the resulting impacts on economic performance and income distribution. We compare three systems for choosing policies: direct democracy (decision by voters), representative democracy (decision by politicians), and tenured bureaucracy (decision by judges). More democratic systems are likely to align policies with the preferences of the median voter, while more bureaucratic systems tend to engage technical expertise and protect minority rights. We use applied game theory models to clarify the differences across these systems. We then ask how different institutions might lead to different fiscal policies. The major policy outputs considered are those from public finance: taxation, public goods, and redistribution. For each of these policy choices, we ask what insights are generated by economic theory and then consider how different governance systems might approach or diverge from these insights. Some reasons for divergence include lobbying and corruption, tax loopholes and evasion, and the tradeoff between efficiency and inequality. The analytical framework is economic theory, which represents voter and policymaker decisions as optimization problems. We will see that the predictions generated by the economic models are sensitive to the assumptions made, and therefore empirical evidence is needed to choose between models. To this end, students will implement the standard methods in applied statistics and policy evaluation, including fixed effects regressions, instrumentral variables, regression discontinuity designs, and randomized control trials.

Master-Arbeit
Nummer	Titel	Typ	ECTS	Umfang	Dozierende
857-0019-00L	Master's Thesis Colloquium Only for Comparative and International Studies MSc. Permission to begin master thesis is required to take part in Colloquium.	O	4 KP	3K	M. van der Velden, M. L. Aberceb Carvalho Gatto
Kurzbeschreibung	In this colloquium, students enrolled in the MACIS program first present and discuss research design and methods issues concerning their prospective MA theses. Towards the end of the semester they present preliminary findings from their MA thesis work.
Lernziel	It is the goal of the colloquium to help students with the initial steps of writing their master theses. During the colloquium, they will develop a relevant research question and hypotheses and select appropriate methods and data.
857-0021-00L	Master's Thesis Zur Master-Arbeit wird nur zugelassen, wer: a. das Bachelor-Studium erfolgreich abgeschlossen hat; b. allfällige Auflagen für die Zulassung zum Master-Studiengang erfüllt hat.	O	26 KP	56D	Professor/innen
Kurzbeschreibung	The Master Thesis is an independent piece of research on an issue in comparative and international politics. It combines theory, methods, and empirical work.
Lernziel	The Thesis should demonstrate the students' ability to conduct independent research on the basis of the theoretical and methodological knowledge acquired during the MA program.

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