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Political Science 2287A/B
PLAYING GAMES
This course conceptualizes politics as a set of interactive games and investigates the successful strategies for playing these games. The games, which students will play, include the prisoner's dilemma, chicken, stag hunt, ultimatum, and the dollar auction game. The course uses games to understand and resolve such key political situations as war, negotiations, overpopulation, and the provision of public goods.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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CATEGORY A
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Subject Code: POLISCI
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