What is a public good? What is the public good? Why do people pollute? Are there too many cows grazing your pasture? What can be done about it? This module provides students with theoretical and empirical insights to understand and analyze problems of collective action – i.e. situations in which members of communities need to coordinate shared interests. We will focus on the political dilemmas and solutions societies face in various political fields. The module introduces the analytical concepts of collective action and presents applied local and global cases e.g. about police violence, the Anti-vaccination movement, international climate change, or cattle management in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania.
The module is two hours long. The first hour consists of an interactive lecture, and the second hour gives students the opportunity to apply what they learned in small groups. It is crucial that students do the required readings assigned for each lecture as it is expected that students will participate in discussions.
This module is a key part of the BA in Political Economics. It is open to all undergraduate students in the Department of Government and serves as a good complement to our module Institutions of Democracy (GV121). It also provides an excellent foundation to the more advanced third year module in Political Economy (GV307).
The module is two hours long. The first hour consists of an interactive lecture, and the second hour gives students the opportunity to apply what they learned in small groups. It is crucial that students do the required readings assigned for each lecture as it is expected that students will participate in discussions.
This module is a key part of the BA in Political Economics. It is open to all undergraduate students in the Department of Government and serves as a good complement to our module Institutions of Democracy (GV121). It also provides an excellent foundation to the more advanced third year module in Political Economy (GV307).