Lecture Notes: click here.

Reading Materials:

• Re-read Mitchell and Bernauer from the Lecture #2 reading material (Mitchell, Ronald B., and Thomas Bernauer. 1998. “Empirical research on international environmental policy: designing qualitative case studies.” Journal of Environment and Development 7:1 (March), 4-31).

Internet Research Materials:

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Discussion Questions:

• How can you identify that a theoretical question that you are asking is interesting, new, and appealing?
• Discuss the right, appropriate way to select cases for your study. Choose a treaty or an issue and do this exercise in class.