Course # 30800 Section Number 3 Day(s) M- W Time(s) 1:30pm-2:50pm Term Fall 2025 Course Instructor Alexander Fouirnaies Syllabus Syllabus 10/2/24 Must be a Harris masters student to enroll. No exceptions for non-Harris students, even by consent. This course is designed to serve three interrelated goals. It is an introduction to core concepts in the study of political economy. These concepts include collective action, coordination, and commitment problems; externalities and other forms of market failure; principal-agent relationships; problems of preference aggregation; and agenda setting and voting. The course also introduces basic concepts in game theory, including Nash equilibrium, subgame Perfection, and repeated games. It is not, however, a suitable substitute for a game theory course for doctoral students in the social sciences. Finally, the course provides an overview of some of the key insights from the field of political economy on how institutions shape and constrain the making of public policy, with special attention to various ways in which governments can and cannot be held accountable to their citizens. Notes Students must register separately for both a lecture (PPHA 30800) and a discussion (PPHA 30802). Attendance at discussion sessions is optional for this course, unless there is a scheduled assessment. Course Prerequisite Must be a Harris masters student to enroll. Course Sections Quarter Course # Title Instructor Day(s) Time(s) Syllabus Fall 2025 PPHA 30800/1 Analytical Politics I: Strategic Foundation Alexander Fouirnaies Monday, Wednesday 9:00am-10:20am Syllabus Fall 2025 PPHA 30800/2 Analytical Politics I: Strategic Foundation Alexander Fouirnaies Monday, Wednesday 10:30am-11:50am Syllabus Fall 2025 PPHA 30800/3 Analytical Politics I: Strategic Foundation Alexander Fouirnaies Monday, Wednesday 1:30pm-2:50pm Syllabus Fall 2025 PPHA 30800/4 Analytical Politics I: Strategic Foundation Gregory Lane Tuesday, Thursday 9:30am-10:50am Syllabus Fall 2025 PPHA 30800/5 Analytical Politics I: Strategic Foundation Gregory Lane Tuesday, Thursday 11:00am-12:20pm Syllabus Fall 2025 PPHA 30800/6 Analytical Politics I: Strategic Foundation Anna Denisenko Tuesday, Thursday 2:00pm-3:20pm Syllabus Fall 2025 PPHA 30800/7 Analytical Politics I: Strategic Foundation Gregory Lane Tuesday, Thursday 2:00pm-3:20pm Syllabus Recent News More news New Series to Examine Shifting Powers in U.S. Government Tue., July 29, 2025 Mapping the Mortality Gap: New Evidence from Robert Kaestner on Racial Disparities in Death Rates Mon., July 28, 2025 The Lightbulb Moment That Lit a Career in Public Finance: The 2025 CC DuBois Alumni Service Award Winner Tells Her Story Mon., July 28, 2025 Upcoming Events More events UChicago Summer Send-Off in Tokyo Thu., July 31, 2025 | 7:30 PM DevilCraft-Hamamatsucho, Risewell Building, 1F, Minato-ku Tokyo 105-0013 Japan Harris Summer Campus Visit Mon., August 04, 2025 | 10:00 AM Harris School of Public Policy 1307 E 60th St Chicago, IL 60637 United States Harris Student Send-Off in India (Virtual) Tue., August 05, 2025 | 7:00 AM