POL-UA 700 Lecture 1: Recitation 1 9.19.2016
21 Nov 2016
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Research question: how does economic development affect the level of democracy? i. ii. iii. Code countries with a binary (they have economic development or not, and they have democracy or not). b. If so, then economic development = democracy c. If so, then in order to have democracy, you must have economic development. There does not exist a democracy that is not economically developed. But, just because something is economically developed does not mean it is a. Democracy (because economic development is not a sufficient condition). But, when we see a democracy, we know it must be economically developed (because. Democracy is sufficient for economic development). d. e. Necessary & sufficient conditions: a country has a democracy if and only if there is. Another example: having the flu is sufficient for being sick. Review of expected utility calculations a. b. c. d. Rational choice process: an interest and a perception lead to an action.
