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3.00 Credits
This course provides a study of the structure and development of the global political economy. To this end, the course will cover topics including: the structure of the international system, historical and present globalization, international trade policies, exchange-rate policies, and domestic and international institutions. The course is designed to stress theory, in addition to key events and developments in the world economy. We will explore theoretical and substantive explanations found in the international system as well as those found within domestic political-economies.
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3.00 Credits
War as a social institution; causes of war and the conditions of peace; prospects and proposals for a peaceful world order.
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3.00 Credits
Evolution of international law from theological statements to modern jurisprudence; ramifications of the state as the single most important international person and its multifaceted activities; case briefing as a method of studying international law.
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3.00 Credits
Investigation of terrorism, beginning with the problem of definition. Origins and evolution of terrorism as well as motivation and inspirations of those who have embraced terrorism. A selection of terrorist organizations will be studied.
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3.00 Credits
Description and analysis of the important changes in traditional American foreign policy that have occurred since World War II; the international responsibilities that the United State has shouldered as a world power; the political, economic, and social factors that are conditioning and limiting American foreign policy today.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the nature and structure of the world economy and the role played by the U.S. in the post-World War II economy. Topics such as the Bretton Wood System, the Gold Window and flexible echange rates and their political, social, economic and strategic dimensions.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a conceptual foundation for understanding the intensifying global system and its impacts on politics, economics, cultures, and transnational relations. In particular, the course explores the effects of economic globalization - and political responses to economic globalization - in nations of Latin America, Africa, and Asia; examines the roles and possible reforms of major global financial institutions; extends analysis to the cultural and ideologial aspects of globalization; and assesses prospects for transnational cooperation on human rights and for expanded global governance and citizenship.
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3.00 Credits
Struggles for power and peace in this strategic region of the world; nature and frequency of interactions between the nations of the region and between these nations and the great powers.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of the concept of a political community in terms of obligations, rights, the public interest, the just state, and the just individual. Selected writing of Plato, Aristotle, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Xenophon, and others.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of the tensions between the individual and society. Concepts of society, natural rights, political obligation, consent, the rule of law, social contract, and revolution examined through selected writings of Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Burke, Mills, Marx and Pateman.
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