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3.00 Credits
Kasaba, Poznanski Focuses on comparison across geographical areas including comparative political economy, comparative cultures, and comparative institutions. Provides familiarity with the comparative method of inquiry, an understanding of the interplay between area studies and cross-regional theories, and skills in conducting comparative research and writing.
Prerequisite:
ECON 200; ECON 201
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3.00 Credits
Jones Focuses on globalism, including international relations and transnational studies. Provides an understanding of the interplay of area studies with processes that transcend geographical areas and intersect political boundaries, an overview of transnationalism or international relations, and skills in undertaking a major research and writing project.
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3.00 Credits
Chirot Assumptions underlying leading methodologies for comparative study of societies and other large-scale social entities. Quantitative and nonquantitative methods illustrated by recent research.
Prerequisite:
SIS 502
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3.00 Credits
Chirot Seminar addressing a current problem in international affairs and resulting in a joint taskforce report. Results presented to, and critiqued by, a distinguished outside evaluator at end of term.
Prerequisite:
SIS 511
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5.00 Credits
Selected social scientific theories and quantitative methods for students in international and area-studies programs. Introduction to methodological neoclassicism, neo-institutional analysis, “developmentalism,” rational choice and dynamic institutionalist approaches, and selected theories from political science. Essentials of statistical analysis.
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3.00 Credits
Topics vary, but always focus on ethnic group relations and nationalism viewed from a broad, comparative, interdisciplinary perspective. Emphasis is heavily crosscultural, and the geographical coverage worldwide. .
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3.00 Credits
Provides a broad understanding of international issues and United States policy. Students explore U.S. foreign policy and theories of major international actors in international trade, security, and strategic concerns, refugee policy, conflict resolution, development assistance, and the environment. Offered: jointly with PB AF 530/POL S 534.
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5.00 Credits
Migdal Examines the mutually conditioning relationship between states and the societies they seek to govern. Studies states as large, complex organizations and their interactions with society on different levels. Shows that interactions on any level affect the nature of the state on other levels as well. Offered: jointly with POL S 542.
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5.00 Credits
Pekkanen Survey of global trade politics in the context of the World Trade Organization (WTO), with attention to positive and negative aspects of its governance. Examines the impact of the WTO legal framework on trade relations among developed and developing countries. Covers topics such as dispute settlement, development, safeguards, antidumping, intellectual property, and regionalism.
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5.00 Credits
Pekkanen Conflicts between global environmental and public health on the one hand and international trade expansion on the other in the World Trade Organization (WTO). Focuses on the state of GAITT/WTO jurisprudence and its interaction with sovereign laws and regulations. Cases include asbestos, reformulated gasoline, beef hormones, shrimp-turtle, and genetically modified organisms. Offered:.
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