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3.00 Credits
Examines U.S. city and/or state governments, including their political institutions, processes, and decision-makers. Considers their interaction with other governmental, organizational, and individual actors. Includes case studies focused on rustbelt versus sunbelt, crime, poverty, growth and decline, fiscal crisis, tax policy or other contemporary issues.
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Prerequisite(s): INT major, international student, or instructor's permission; no prerequisite for use as an elective. Looks at the various types of political systems in the modern world ("Western democracies," one-party states, military regimes, etc.) and compares them in terms of public policy processes, social and economic structures and basic institutions. Focuses on how each type of system deals with common problems such as the connection between domestic and foreign policy, economic modernization and competition.
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Prerequisite(s): GO 100, GO 105 or GO 120, or instructor's permission Looks at the changing role of parties and interest groups in the American political system. A central concern is whether their influence over elections and public policy serves or subverts the public interest and our democratic system. General and specific examples will be used to consider membership, organization and the impact of money from Political Action Committees (PACs).
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Prerequisite(s): GO 100, GO 105 or GO 120, or instructor's permission An examination of the role of the Supreme Court in our political system. By studying representative cases and selected topics (with the emphasis on contemporary issues rather than historical development), the course seeks to focus on the impact constitutional law has on our political system.
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Prerequisite(s): GO 100, GO 105 or GO 120, or instructor's permission Considers the central role the presidency plays in our political system. Topics studied include the growth of presidential power, the instruments of presidential control and their limitations, the "Presidential Establishment," the rise and possible fall of the "Imperial Presidency," and relationships with Congress, the media and the bureaucracy.
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Prerequisite(s): GO 100, GO 105 or GO 120, or instructor's permission Examines the role of the press in American politics as it investigates, interprets and influences public affairs and opinion. Also addresses government's impact on the press through laws, leaks and lies. The focus will be on government/press relations under recent presidential administrations.
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Prerequisite(s): GO 100, GO 105 or GO 120, and permission of the instructor Introduces the student to governments, politics and major current issues that concern the people of the European Union. Through its "virtual classroom," students will be able to discuss the issues brought up in class with their colleagues at other European universities and thus be able to hear their opinions first hand. By examining the European Union and its effect on the disparate group of major countries, the course will focus on several policy areas to explore the positive and negative effects of integration. During spring break, the class will travel to Brussels to visit the EU institutions themselves, hear guest lecturers on EU integration, and possibly meet up with some of the European students with whom they have been corresponding. After the trip, the class will participate in a simulation where the students will represent the EU member states in a mock session of the Maastricht negotiations on the Common Foreign and Security Policy. I
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Prerequisite(s): GO 100, GO 105 or GO 120, or instructor's permission Focuses on a specific current event or public policy debate at the forefront of U.S. or international politics. The course will examine current issues in their political context, with emphasis on the actors, institutions or organizations, and processes that shape them. Topic changes: With department approval, course may be taken more than once.
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Prerequisite(s): GO 100, GO 105 or GO 120, or instructor's permission Momentous events occurred in 1989 when the Communist regimes of east Europe collapsed and the Soviet government instituted major reforms. Clearly, with the end of the Cold War, the world was entering a new era of a new order. This course offers an overview of the critical international issues with which policymakers will grapple in the years leading into the 21st century. The course pays special attention to the controversies that illuminate the more perplexing questions that confront U.S. foreign policy, which range from international competitiveness to the conditions requiring U.S. military intervention. I
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Prerequisite(s): GO 100, GO 105 or GO 120, or instructor's permission Examines briefly the historical trends in U.S. foreign relations. Devotes major attention to the forces affecting the development of foreign policy and the problems facing the United States worldwide since World War II.
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