Government 685 International and Comparative Political Economy Peter Katzenstein Fall 2007 White Hall 321 Monday 7p.m. office hours:posted by Monday morning for the coming week White Hall 104 0:255-6257:h:277-2971 email:pjk2@cornell.edu This seminar provides an overview of the fields of international and comparative political economy two fields that are inextricably linked.Our main analytical task is to explore the divide between economic(rationalist)and sociological(constructivist)approaches to various topics. Research Paper:Students are required to write a research paper (of about 25 pages length) I have the greatest interest in your finishing the work for the seminar by the end of the semester; but only you can make this actually happen.Throughout the semester you will have the opportunity to get my feedback on your paper-in-progress: September 17th(Week 4):I expect a 5-7 page prospectus in which you describe the research area you will focus on as well as a one-page bibliography October 15(Week 7):I expect a research design in which you spell out in about 5-7 pages each your research question(or"dependent variable")as well as the main hypotheses(or"independent variables");this memo should be 12-15 pages in length, including a reading list of about 3 pages in length in which you mark with an asterisk the readings that you have been able to do so far. November 12(Week 11):I expect a full draft of the paper(about 25 pages in length) Drafts will be discussed during week 13(November 26th and possibly one additional session to be scheduled in the first half of that week).The final paper is due during the middle of the examination period(3pm on December 10th,2007). I will grade all papers that come in after December 10th as an Incomplete;I promise to do so as quickly as possible,normally within one to two weeks.The rules of the Graduate School will determine when your Incomplete gets frozen. Readings:Required readings are italicized and our discussions will focus on those readings only Some of the other readings may be useful for those wishing to explore some of the topics more deeply. Memos:In addition students will take turns in preparing short(maximum 2 single-spaced pages) memos on specific readings.These memos will be circulated by email and will serve the purposeGovernment 685 International and Comparative Political Economy Peter Katzenstein Fall 2007 White Hall 321 Monday 7p.m. office hours: posted by Monday morning for the coming week White Hall 104 o:255-6257; h:277-2971 email: pjk2@cornell.edu This seminar provides an overview of the fields of international and comparative political economy two fields that are inextricably linked. Our main analytical task is to explore the divide between economic (rationalist) and sociological (constructivist) approaches to various topics. Research Paper: Students are required to write a research paper (of about 25 pages length). I have the greatest interest in your finishing the work for the seminar by the end of the semester; but only you can make this actually happen. Throughout the semester you will have the opportunity to get my feedback on your paper-in-progress:  September 17 th (Week 4): I expect a 5-7 page prospectus in which you describe the research area you will focus on as well as a one-page bibliography  October 15 (Week 7): I expect a research design in which you spell out in about 5-7 pages each your research question (or “dependent variable”) as well as the main hypotheses (or “independent variables”); this memo should be 12-15 pages in length, including a reading list of about 3 pages in length in which you mark with an asterisk the readings that you have been able to do so far.  November 12 (Week 11): I expect a full draft of the paper (about 25 pages in length)  Drafts will be discussed during week 13 (November 26 th and possibly one additional session to be scheduled in the first half of that week). The final paper is due during the middle of the examination period (3pm on December 10 th , 2007).  I will grade all papers that come in after December 10 th as an Incomplete; I promise to do so as quickly as possible, normally within one to two weeks. The rules of the Graduate School will determine when your Incomplete gets frozen. Readings: Required readings are italicized and our discussions will focus on those readings only. Some of the other readings may be useful for those wishing to explore some of the topics more deeply. Memos: In addition students will take turns in preparing short (maximum 2 single-spaced pages) memos on specific readings. These memos will be circulated by email and will serve the purpose