The II test for the students of Decision Making and Policies in Democracy will take place on Monday, 15th December 2025, h 14:30, Aula Caioli, Building A, 2nd floor, right wing. 

The test consists of open questions based on the content of the lectures and the following readings:

Reading List Decision-Making and Policies in Democracy

2025-26

Part II

1.        Veto players and Cyclical Majorities

G. Tsebelis, ‘Decision Making in Political Systems: Veto Players in Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, Multicameralism and Multipartysm’, British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Jul., 1995), pp. 289-325.

https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/tsebelis/wp-content/uploads/sites/246/2015/03/decision_making_in_political_systems_1995_bjps.pdf

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2.    Mathematics of decision and game theory

Game Theory

https://moodle2.units.it/pluginfile.php/785423/mod_resource/content/1/Game%20theory.pdf

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https://moodle2.units.it/pluginfile.php/791182/mod_resource/content/1/Punto%20di%20equilibrio%20Game%20Theory%20IMG_20240503_083902.jpg

3.   Complex Organizations and Public Policies

      A. Etzioni, A System Analysis of Complex Organizations

https://moodle2.units.it/pluginfile.php/784562/mod_resource/content/1/ETZIONI%20A%20Comparative%20Analysis%20Complex%20Organizations.pdf

      J.Q. Wilson, Political Organizations

https://moodle2.units.it/pluginfile.php/796810/mod_resource/content/1/JQ%20Wilson%20Organizations%20and%20Public%20Policy006.pdf

4. Public Policy Analysis

T. Lowi, The End of Liberalism

https://moodle2.units.it/pluginfile.php/796812/mod_resource/content/1/Lowi%20the%20end%20of%20liberalism008.pdf

P.A. Sabatier, Advocacy Coalition Approach

https://moodle2.units.it/pluginfile.php/796811/mod_resource/content/1/Sabatier%20Advocacy%20coalitions.pdf

5. Cases in Decision-Making and policy-Making

G. Ieraci, Scientific Committees and Government in Italy       

https://moodle2.units.it/pluginfile.php/785430/mod_resource/content/1/IERACI%20in%20RIPP%20Scientific%20Committees%2C%20Government%20and%20Emergency.pdf

G. Ieraci and G. Ripamonti, Democracy through crises: state, regions and the influence of technocracy and expertise in Italy

https://moodle2.units.it/pluginfile.php/785428/mod_resource/content/1/FINAL%20PUBLISHED%20IERACI%20RIPAMONTI%20Democracy-through-crises-state-regions-and-the-influence-of-technocracy-and-expertise-in-italy-2008-2020.pdf

S.B. Redd and A. Mintz, Policy Perspectives on National Security and Foreign Policy Decision Making

https://moodle2.units.it/pluginfile.php/786806/mod_resource/content/1/Policy%20Perspectives%20on%20National%20Security%20and%20Foreign%20Policy%20Decision%20Making%20-%20Redd%20-%202013%20-%20Policy%20S.pdf

J. Renshon and S.A. Renshon The Theory and Practice of Foreign Policy Decision Making

https://moodle2.units.it/pluginfile.php/786807/mod_resource/content/1/The%20Theory%20and%20Practice%20of%20Foreign%20Policy%20Decision%20Making.pdf