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An overview of the dynamics and structure of the American political system: the Constitution, civil liberties, Congress, the Presidency, bureaucracy, interest groups, political parties, and voting behavior. Contrasts the principles of democratic action with a behind-the-scenes examination of how public policy is actually made.
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Introduction to fundamental concepts and theories of politics, with emphasis on the concepts of justice, liberty, equality and democracy. The works of theorists such as Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Rousseau, Madison, Tocqueville, Marx, Schumpeter are explored.
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Examine twentieth centruy approaches to political phenomena, including the works of thinkers such as Weber, pluralists, critical pluralist, rational choice theorists, contemporary feminists, poststructuralists and other contemporary theorists of power, class analysts and others. Specific topics, such as the relative role of market and state or the exceptional quality of American liberalism, will be examined Introduces students to a variety of modes of analysis and methods of approaching political questions.
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A methods seminar focusing on the interplay between problems and sources and the process of defining researchable historical problems. Involves study of descriptive statistical methods, their uses and abuses, and qualitative issues concerning sources, interpretation and narrative, with a concentration on examining primary sources. Considers the rise of choice theory in the social sciences - its roots in neo-classical economics - and the rise in the early 1970s of quantitative historical analyses.
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Comparative study of government and politics in European nations with major focus on Britain, France, Russia and the European Union.
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