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How governments at the federal, state and local levels cope with threats to the public’s health, such as AIDS, lead poisoning, toxic waste, tuberculosis.& We will evaluate the effectiveness of government interventions, identify ethical and political pitfalls of present strategies and assess the prospects for eradicating our most pressing health problems.
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Examines the politics of trans-boundary environmental problems.
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Prerequisites: Upper-division standing An introduction to basic concepts of environmental law. The emphasis is on broad introductory themes. Cross-listed as SUS 347
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Laws and policies associated with marine resource management. The declining status and productivity of many of our marine resources has led to growing concern about human activities such as pollution, overfishing, and environmental degradation. The course explores the fundamentals of policy analysis in order to gain insights into issues including jurisdiction, harvest regulation, ecosystem approaches, and environmental protection. Cross-listed as SUS 348
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Prerequisites: PSC 101, 151, or 161, and MTH 104; or permission of instructor Students will learn how to study politics “scientifically” using theories, hypotheses, and concepts to explore the relationships among variables. Students will also learn how to define and critique concepts commonly used in professional journals. The course includes an overview of descriptive statistics using the SPSS software, exposure to some inferential statistics, and their application to data analysis in Political Science. Students learn how to present quantitative data in a manner consistent with the expectations of the discipline.
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Examines public policy making as a general process and in particular policy areas, such as health, national security, environment, science and technology. Course draws on key concepts and theories from the policy studies literature to provide an overview of the process from agenda setting to implementation to program evaluation.
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Prerequisites: Upper-division standing European political theorists from the 16th through 19th centuries. Course will focus on the development of modern liberalism with some attention to its nineteenth century critics. Readings may vary, but most likely will include the major political writings of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Bentham.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing European political theorists from ancient Greece through the 15th century. Readings may vary, but most likely will include the major political writings of Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, and others.
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Prerequisites: Upper-division standing The political philosopy of non-western thinkers whose ideas had a deep impact on the political institutions in lands outside Europe. Emphasis is on Buddhist, Hindu and Muslim thinkers who at different periods of history gave insightful expositions of human nature in politics.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing Survey of the recent ideological currents in advanced capitalist societies: neo-conservatism, neo-liberalism, syndicalism, postmarxian socialism, eco-anarchism, and corporate fascism. The course will focus on political thinkers who have made significant contributions to the interpretation of contemporary political and economic developments.
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