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3.00 Credits
Examines the institution of the Supreme Court and its role in the governmental system, with a special focus on its internal decision-making process, the behavior of the justices individually and collectively, the influence of ideology on the justices, presidential selection of Supreme Court justices, media coverage of the Court, and the impact of the Court on public policy.
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Explores the origin and development of political ideas and practices in the United States from the seventeenth century to the present, with emphasis on their influence on the present. Places American political thought in the context of western political thought, and traces the tensions that have existed within it including between the individual and community, liberty and equality, liberalism and democracy, theory and practice. Other themes include rights, justice, legitimacy, and power.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the political processes of change and development in developing nations. Survey of classical and contemporary theories of political and economic development ranging from neoclassical to structural to recent endogenous growth theories. Focuses on institutions and governance as conditions for growth and development. Examines the relationship between political and economic change in selected countries as well as global patterns. (formerly POLS 0324)
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Considers some of the principal texts and themes in western political thought from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. The course focuses on the theoretical ideas and questions suggested by the texts, and how they have directly influenced contemporary notions of such concepts as liberty, equality, consent, human nature, community, the individual and the state. Selected theorists may include Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Wollstonecraft, Tocqueville, Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud.
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3.00 Credits
A study of constitutional, political, ideological, and administrative reactors which influence the formulation and execution of American foreign policy. Special emphasis on current issues.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of how the American people use the machinery of American politics - parties, elections, interest groups, community organizations and social movements - to achieve their political goals and values. The course also examines why the political system is both open and at the same time resistant to change.
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3.00 Credits
An analysis of the nature of leadership and decision making in American government. Emphasis is given to the study of executive power and the legislative process in the context of American political life, and the power relationships between these two branches of government.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the origin and development of individual rights in the United States, with special emphasis on the First Amendment rights of freedom of speech, the free exercise of religion, freedom of assembly, and freedom of the press. Students will read Supreme Court rulings addressing first Amendment issues and conflicts over religious expression in public school, the meaning of the "establishment" clause, civilliberties in times of war, government of censorship, and rightcontroversies arising from emerging technologies.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the practices of management in the public sector. Includes modeling of goal setting, interviewing, evaluation, resume writing, and leading meetings (Roberts Rules of Order) . Theories of leadership, decision-making, supervision, communication, and public relations underlie and inform the practice.
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3.00 Credits
Explores who gets what from government, who doesn't, who decides, and who influences the budget process. Taxing and spending decisions at the national, state, and local levels are examined in their ideological settings.
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