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In a globalizing world, understanding the link between wealth and power is increasingly important.This course seeks to explore the international and global context of the intersection of politics and the economy today.It examines the impact of globalization on states, markets, societies, businesses, and people by posing such questions as "in whose interest " and "who benefits " Three credit
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This course analyzes the nuclear arms race and efforts to end it.It focuses on the major weapons systems, nuclear strategies, and comparative strengths of the two superpowers.The course re-examines American attitudes toward the Soviet Union including its history and its security concerns; evaluates and debates the various arms control and disarmament proposals; and examines other implications of the arms race including the morality of nuclear weapons policies and the economic impact of large-scale military expenditures.Students consider the role citizens can play in attempting to reverse the arms race and establish peace.Formerly listed as PO 114; closed to students who have taken PO 114.Three credits.
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This course introduces students to the field of Western political theory.It analyzes the liberal political theories of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and J.S.Mill, and compares and contrasts them to a variety of communitarian, socialist, and anarchist political theories.Three credits.
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This analysis of political institutions and dynamics of Great Britain, France, Germany, and Italy emphasizes the relationship between the political culture and the political system and analyzes alternate methods of dealing with societal problems.Three credits.
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This course examines political patterns in Africa with an emphasis on the relationships between politics and culture, and politics and economy.Themes and concepts, not country studies, structure the course, which extracts patterns that are universal or typical in sub-Saharan Africa, examines the colonial legacy on which contemporary states build, and considers the political problematic that the colonial experience imparts with respect to cultural issues of identity, tribalism, and ethnicity in Africa.The course also examines the role of force and violence in consolidating political rule, the economic constraints that fetter Africa, and considers prospects for Africa's political .This course meets the world diversity requirement. Three credits.
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Building a strong political system seems an impossibility in a setting of economic underdevelopment and socio-cultural disunity.This course studies the political systems of selected countries of mainland Latin America such as Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil.In particular, it examines the revolutionary method of change; reviews the policy dilemmas of land reform, industrialization, and control of natural resources; and reviews U.S.foreign policy toward the area - past and present.Students complete research projects .This course meets the world diversity requirement. Three credits.
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Racism and ethnic conflict, colonialism and neocolonialism, grating poverty and bustling tourism all have their impact on the politics of these struggling countries.This course examines migration across the first world's borders in countries that include Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad, Guyana, and Suriname.Students complete a research project .This course meets the world diversity requirement. Three credits.
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This course offers an overview of important thematic issues in Middle Eastern politics, economy, and society.Themes and concepts, not country studies, structure this course, which makes sense of the modern Middle East by familiarizing students with the most significant contemporary problems and controversies in the region.Students examine the process of state formation and the impact of colonialism in the Middle East; study topics pertaining to religion, family, and sexuality; and analyze the international relations of the region (war and peace), patterns of economic development (economic reforms, migration), and structures of power and prospects for democratization. This course meets the world diversity requirement. Three credits.
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This course analyzes politics in contemporary China (including Taiwan), Japan, and Korea, emphasizing the relationship between each nation's political culture and political system and giving considerable time to the different paths to modernization taken by each nation .This course meets the world diversity requirement. Three credits.
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This course explores the roots of American involvement in Vietnam, analyzes conflicting theories surrounding America's involvement, and investigates the clash of cultures raised by the war and the war's impact on American and Southeast Asian societies.Three credits.
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