Lehrende/r: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ruth Zimmerling
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
Anzeige im Stundenplan: Sem group conflict
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 30
Prioritätsschema: Senatsrichtlinie Zulassung gemäß Richtlinie über den Zugang zu teilnahmebeschränkten Lehrveranstaltungen vom 07. März 2007. Nähere Informationen hierzu entnehmen Sie bitte www.info.jogustine.uni-mainz.de/senatsrichtlinie
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches: Bereich: Politische Theorie Participants should be familiar with basic concepts and analytical tools of game theory (or at least of the rational-choice approach). The seminar is intended particularly for students in the "Aufbaumodul Pol. Theorie" who heard my Introduction to Game Theory in the summer semester 2011, but other interested students with the requisite basic knowledge are also welcome to join!
Inhalt: What societies can do to resolve group conflicts, and which (political) institutions we can expect to play a positive or negative role in the solution of this type of problems, have been prominent and urgent questions throughout the history of social and political theory. Modern analytical tools, such as those provided by game theory and the rational-choice approach, allow us to take a fresh look at these old issues. In the seminar, we will read and discuss a prominent contemporary analysis that focuses on group conflicts as problems of social coordination. The book explores reasons and causes for conflicts between groups and what could possibly be done to avoid or mitigate them. Russell Hardin, the author of this study and an internationally renowned scholar, is one of the sharpest contemporary analysts of social and political processes and institutions.
Empfohlene Literatur: Hardin, Russell (1997): "One for all: The logic of group conflict", Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press. This book should be acquired by all prospective participants before the beginning of the semester!
Zusätzliche Informationen: The seminar language is English! Written papers (Modulprüfung Aufbaumodul, Scheine in "alten" Studiengängen) may be submitted in German or English.
