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This examination of the individual and the Court pays direct attention to Supreme Court decisions regarding civil liberties, including freedoms of speech, press, religion, and assembly.It also examines the rights of accused persons and the 14th amendment equal protection, emphasizing the political implications of these decisions as well as the political environment in which the Court functions.Three credits.
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This course examines various linkage models that describe representation of citizens by leaders.Moreover, it examines political parties, interest groups, and public opinion in terms of their contributions to popular control of American politics.What mechanisms do citizens have to gain compliance for their policy preferences How responsive are decision makers in the American system to citizens' demands The course considers these and other questions .This course meets the U.S. diversity requirement. Three credits.
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This course examines the policy process in the United States by assessing a variety of contemporary policy issues.Students investigate different policy domains to uncover the politics and societal myths affecting different stages of the complicated policy process, paying special attention to people and institutions that formally and informally influence public policy in the United States, including media, elected officials, bureaucrats, consumers, private citizens, workers, political activists, corporations, interest groups, lobbyists, and political parties.Three credits.
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This course examines the impact of the media on the American political system and, conversely, how government attempts to influence the media for its purposes, and implications of the electronic media for a democratic and informed society.The course pays close attention to the media's impact on national elections and analyzes the media as an agent of political socialization.Three credits.
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This course surveys the political aspects of American popular culture by examining the relationship between sports and politics, the politics of rock music, political humor, and satire of American politics.Mass popular culture often serves as a regime-maintaining diversion.What values and political positions do organized sports in the United States convey What is the political impact of American popular music How have citizens used political humor and satire of American politics to develop an outlook toward government The course explores these and other questions.Three credits.
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This course explores advanced topics in feminist theory, examining a number of trends in contemporary feminist theory.Topics include conceptions of the female body in Western culture, feminist theories of the family, Third World feminisms, theories of feminist subjectivity and gender performativity, and the intersections among gender, race, class, and sexuality. This course meets the U.S. diversity requirement. ( Prerequisite: PO 119 or WS 101, or permission of instructor) Three credits.
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This seminar course uses an interdisciplinary approach, political science, sociology, and modern British drama and novels to look at the structure and changing nature of British society and politics.It focuses on the role of class, racial problems, declining economy, devolution, and secessionist problems, as well as solutions offered to these problems by contemporary Labour and Conservative governments.(Prerequisite: permission of the instructor) Three credits.
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This course examines the major problems of contemporary Chinese society, with a particular emphasis on political socialization and the Chinese political culture, and the role(s) of such groups as students, peasants, and women.The seminar analyzes political philosophy, short stories, novels, plays, and biographies by Chinese writers and Western scholars and observers. This course meets the world diversity requirement. ( Prerequisite: permission of the instructor) Three credits.
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This survey of Russian political, economic, and social developments under Communism sets the scene with a review of conditions that preceded the Revolution.The course then examines changes wrought by the Revolution and some of their unanticipated consequences, giving special attention to the dilemmas in Mikhail Gorbachev's and Boris Yeltsin's efforts to restructure and open the society.The course reviews United States/ Soviet relation s.This course meets the world diversity requirement. (Prerequisite: permission of the instructor) Three credits.
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Politics majors participate in the Connecticut General Assembly Legislative Internship Program, where students become acquainted with the legislative process by serving as aides to a legislator.Students complete a required research paper.(Prerequisites: 3.0 GPA, completion of PO 11 and two other politicscourses, and departmental approval) Six credits.
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