Course-Related Working Papers
Indiana University
Y565/V690: Approaches and Issues to the Study of Public Policy
Global Conflict Policy Networks, Feb. 9, 2006
Y204: Religion, Rationality, and Public Policy
Adam Smith on Religious Policy, selections from The Wealth of Nations
"Faith, Conflict, and Reconciliation: Religion's Contribution to Political Violence and Its Resolution," sabbatical proposal.
Y673: Conflict Management and Self-Governance in Africa (And Other Regions)
Spring 2004
McGinnis, Michael. Identifying Research Questions for Institutional Analysis: The DECIDERS Framework, working paper, updated April 19, 2006.
McGinnis, Michael. Dispute Resolution Mechanisms: A Preliminary Institutional Analysis, PowerPoint presentation, Dec. 29, 2003.
Spring 2003
McGinnis, Michael. 2003. "Conflict Resolution and Institutional Analyses: An Overview of Relevant Literatures," PowerPoint presentation.
McGinnis, Michael. 2003. "Organizing for Rebellion and for Peace: Lessons from the Horn of Africa," draft book prospectus. Updated version, Oct. 15, 2003, Organizing for Rebellion and for Peace in the Horn of Africa: An Institutional Analysis of a Regional Conflict System (chapter 1)
"Some Thoughts About Language and Institutional Analysis," memo distributed March 10, 2003
Y569: Approaches and Issues: International Relations (Y569) Fall 2002
"A Guide to Distinctions and Debates in International Relations Theory"
Overview of Arguments Reported by Students in Hot Topics Assignment
Institutions for Dispute Resolution, Conflict Management, and Governance
(from Spring 2002 version of Y673: Research in Institutional Analysis, Development, and Governance)
"Identifying Research Questions for Institutional Analysis: The DECIDER Classification Scheme" updated Dec. 29, 2003: Varieties of Institutional Analysis: The DECIDERS Framework
"Choice and Selection in the Evolution of Law"
"Polycentricity and the Core of Governance"
"Changing Patterns of Political Contention in International Law"
"A Spatial Model of Peace Coalitions"
"Institutions for Conflict Management: A Framework for Analysis"
Other papers from Y673
McGinnis, Michael, Kenneth Bickers, and Brian Shoup, 2002. "Participatory Production of Public Services in Insecure Settlements: Squatters, Refugees, and Resettlement in Comparative Perspective," draft working paper, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis.
Memo on Language and Self-Governance, Feb. 2002
"Some Thoughts on Religion and Institutional Analysis" (memo from earlier seminar)
Power Point Presentation on Institutional Approach to Substitutability in Rebellions
Terrorism and Homeland Security:
Power Point Presentation on Terrorism and Homeland Security
(revised version of lectures originally presented in Prof. Christine Barbour's course: Y200: Sept. 11 Before/After (Spring 2002).
Initial reaction to Sept. 11 attacks (Y391 course)
updated April 19, 2006