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This course examines the phenomenon of war in its broader socioeconomic context during the years between the emergence of the modern nation-state in the late 1700s and the end of World War II. J. Mearsheimer. Winter.
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What is the relationship between the mass citizenry and government in the United States Does the public meet the conditions for a functioning democratic polity This course considers the origins of mass opinion about politics and public policy, including the role of core values and beliefs, information, expectations about political actors, the mass media, economic self-interest, and racial attitudes. We also examine problems of political representation, from the level of political elites communicating with constituents and from the possibility of aggregate representation. J. Brehm. Spring.
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This course is concerned with the theory and the historical evolution of the modern human rights regime. It discusses the emergence of a modern "human rights" culture as a product of the formation and expansion of the system of nation-states and the concurrent rise of value-driven social mobilizations. It juxtaposes these Western origins with competing non-Western systems of thought and practices on rights. The course proceeds to discuss human rights in two prevailing modalities. First, it explores rights as protection of the body and personhood and the modern, Western notion of individualism. Second, it inquires into rights as they affect groups (e.g., ethnicities and, potentially, transnational corporations) or states . M. Geyer. Winter.
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For U.S. students, the study of international human rights is becoming increasingly important, as interest grows regarding questions of justice around the globe. This interdisciplinary course presents a practitioner's overview of several major contemporary human rights problems as a means to explore the utility of human rights norms and mechanisms, as well as the advocacy roles of civil society organizations, legal and medical professionals, traditional and new media, and social movements. Topics may include the prohibition against torture, problems of universalism versus cultural relativism, and the human right to health. S. Gzesh. Spring.
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PQ: Third- or fourth-year standing. This seminar focuses primarily, but not exclusively, on American legal culture. Topics include the socialization of lawyers in law schools and firms, judicial decision making, and media representations of the law. Students conduct fieldwork in various legal settings as a foundation for class discussions about the contributions ethnographic research can make in understanding legal culture and how such research can be useful in practicing law and shaping social policy. M. Fred. Winter.
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This course explores the history of labor and laboring people in the United States. The significance of work is considered from the vantage points of political economy, culture, and law. Key topics include working-class life, industrialization and corporate capitalism, slavery and emancipation, the role of the state and trade unions, and race and sex difference in the workplace. A. Stanley. Spring.
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The abolition of torture, as well as of cruel and inhuman punishment, is one of the key standards of achievement of the modern era. This discussion course begins with the fact that torture is a remarkably persistent reality in order to explore how, in different times and places, it was contained and how it was overcome (if only temporarily). Classic European cases feature in the first part of discussion. Human rights and humanitarian campaigns against torture in the second half of the twentieth century are discussed in the second part. The United States, past and present, is the focus of the third part. M. Geyer. Autumn. 29400. Research Seminar. PQ: Consent of instructor. Class limited to fifteen students. D. Hutchinson. Autumn.
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This course concentrates on Franklin, John Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton, and Madison. R. Lerner. Autumn.
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Prior knowledge of Plato' s Republi c helpful. Enrollment limited . This course is a reading o f Plato ? Law s, with attention to the following themes: war and peace; courage and moderation; reason and law; music, poetry, drinking, and education; sex, marriage, and gender; property and class structure; crime and punishment; religion and theology; and the relation between philosophy and politic s. N. Tarcov. Autumn.
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PQ: Adequate performance on the mathematics placement test. Students who place into this course must take it in their first year in the College. Must be taken for a quality grade. Both precalculus courses together count as only one elective. These courses do not meet the general education requirement in mathematical sciences. This two-course sequence covers basic precalculus topics. The Autumn Quarter course is concerned with elements of algebra, coordinate geometry, and elementary functions. The Winter Quarter course continues with algebraic, trigonometric, and exponential functions. Autumn, Winter.
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