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3.00 Credits
Paarlberg An examination of linkages between agricultural production, population growth, and environmental degradation, especially in the countries of the developing world. Political explanations will be sought for deforestation, desertification, habitat destruction, species loss, water pollu-tion, flooding, salinization, chemical poisoning, and soil erosion-all of which are products of agriculture. These political explanations will include past and present interactions with rich countries, as well as factors currently internal to poor countries. Attention will be paid to the local, national, and international options currently available to remedy the destruction of rural environments in the developing world. This course may qualify as either a comparative politics or an international relations unit for the political science major, depending upon the student's choice of research paper topic . Prerequisite: 204 or 323. Not open to students who have taken [POL3 332]. Enrollment limited; interested students must fill out a seminar application available in the political science department office or on the department Web site. Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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Murphy An exploration of historical and contemporary relations between advanced industrial countries and less developed countries, with empha-sis on imperialism, decolonization, interdependence, and superpower competition as key variables. Consideration of systemic, regional, and domestic political perspectives. Stress on the uses of trade, aid, investment, and military intervention as foreign policy instruments. This course may qualify as either a comparative politics or an international relations unit for the political science major, depending upon the student's choice of research paper topic. Prerequisite: One unit in international relations or permission of instructor. Enrollment limited; interested students must fill out a seminar application available in the political science department office or on the department Web site. Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. Explores the challenge of global institutions in the new century within a larger historical context. Considers the function and role of the League of Nations, the International Labor Organization, the United Nations, the Bretton Woods institutions, the GATT and the World Trade Organization. Special emphasis on comparing and contrasting international organizations in the three main periods of institution building: post-World War I, post-World War II, and post-Cold War. Discusses radical, liberal internationalist and realist approaches. Prerequisite: One unit in international relations. Not open to students who have taken [ POL3 351]. Enrollment limited; interested students must fill out a seminar applica-tion available in the political science department office or on the department Web site. Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. This course examines the interrelationships among military technology, strategy, politics, and war. How have these forces shaped warfare from the introduction of gunpowder to the present How, in turn, have developments in warfare influenced societies and politics The course emphasizes select cases from World Wars I and II and the development of nuclear weapons strategy. How, for example, did the development of chemical weapons affect the battlefield What ethical choices, if any, guided the strategic bomb-ing of civilians in World War II How did nuclear weapons change ideas about fighting war The class concludes with an examination of the ?war on terror? and its implications for strategy and politics . Prerequisite: 221; recommended: 224 Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. International politics is mostly talk. Diplomats cooperate, coerce, and deter, all under the shadow of power and war. This course examines the role of diplomacy and negotiations in international politics. We explore whether actors behave rationally in crisis situations, such as in the Cuban Missile and Berlin Crises. The course analyzes the role of rhetoric and identity in negotiations. How is it that actors might use rhetoric to persuade or coerce at the bargaining table In examining cases, the course will use primary ma-terials, such as transcripts of the Cuban Missile Crisis, in addition to interpretive texts, to examine negotiations over issues of alliance poli-tics, conflict resolution, and crises on the brink of war. Prerequisite: One unit in international relations. Enrollment limited; interested students must fill out a seminar application available in the political science department office or on the department Web site. Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Goddard Power transitions are among the most dangerous moments in international politics. Scholars argue that when new great powers rise, they threaten the interests of other states, provoking balancing coalitions, arms races, and even major power war. When a great power de-clines, it can topple existing international institutions, and undermine the existing world order. In this seminar, we will undertake a theoreti-cal, historical, and contemporary examination of rising and declining great powers, looking at historical case studies (such as the rise of Germany, Japan, and the United States), as well as contemporary cases (the decline of Russia, American hegemony, and the posited rise of China, India, and the European Union). Prerequisite: POL3 221. Enrollment limited; interested students must fill out a seminar application available in the political science department office or on the depart-ment Web site. Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Grattan An introduction to the study of political theory, and specifically to the problems of political action. Exploration of questions about civil dis-obedience, authority and accountability, ethics and politics, and the challenge of creating a just order in a world characterized by multiple beliefs and identities. Discussion of the social contract, liberalism, democracy, nationalism and globalization, decolonization, violence and revolution, universalism and cultural relativism, and differences of race, class, and gender. Authors include Plato, Hobbes, Rousseau, Locke, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Fanon, and Boaventura de Sousa Santos. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. Study of selected Classical, Medieval, and early modern writers. Authors may include Sophocles, Thucy-dides, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Epictetus, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Machiavelli, Luther, and Calvin. Emphasis on the logic of each theorist's argument, questions regarding the nature of human sociability, possible-and best-forms of government, extent and limits of human agency, the purpose of politics, the nature of political wisdom, and why government should be obeyed, as well as limits to that obedience. Exploration of diverse understandings of the concepts of justice, freedom, and equality. Attention is paid to the historical context within which a political theory is written. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Grattan Study of the development of Western political theory from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. Among the theorists read are Machia-velli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Burke, Mill, and Marx. Emphasis on the logic of each theorist's arguments and on their different under-standings of the following concepts and relationships: human nature; individual and society; morality, political economy, and the state; reason, authority, and sovereignty; equality, justice, and freedom. Attention is paid to the historical context within which each theorist writes, and especially to how their works respond to and treat questions of class, race, gender, and colonialism. Attention is also paid to how these works influence and/or challenge contemporary assumptions, visions, and movements across the ideological spectrum. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Krieger Study of several twentieth-century traditions that raise fundamental questions about the human condition, processes of historical and per-sonal transformation, and our capacity to understand them. Exploration of contemporary political and social theories, including existential-ism, contemporary variants of Marxism, postmodern theory, alternative theories of power, and the ethics of war. Prerequisite: One unit in political theory, social theory, or political philosophy, or permission of instructor. Distribution: Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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