Beyond the prisoners' dilemma: Making game theory a useful part of undergraduate international relations classes

International Studies Perspectives

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-74

  Ehrhardt, George ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Game theory; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; GAME THEORY; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; PRISONER DILEMMA; TEXTBOOK;

EID: 38949153790     PISSN: 15283577     EISSN: 15283585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-3585.2007.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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