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1.25 Credits
Explores the role of law in both enabling and constraining the actions of elected politicians in the U.S. Among issues examined are voting rights, redistricting, and campaign finance. Course asks how the law shapes and limits our ability to choose our elected leaders, and in turn, how the law is shaped by political forces. (Also offered as Legal Studies 133. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. The Staff
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1.25 Credits
Explores the political and economic systems of advanced industrialized societies. In addition to specific comparisons between the countries of western Europe and the United States, covers important themes and challenges, including immigration, globalization, and the crisis of the welfare state. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority period. E. Pasotti
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1.25 Credits
Comparative study of revolutionary transformations of East European, Soviet, and former Soviet nations to post-Communist political orders. Focus on reemergence of political society, social and economic problems of transition, and maintenance of many cultural norms and authority patterns associated with previous regime. M. Urban
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1.25 Credits
Overview of major approaches to the study of Latin American politics. Introductory survey of historical and contemporary democratic, populist, authoritarian, and revolutionary regimes. Special attention to local, national, and global forces shaping development strategies and public policies; changing institutional arrangements and shifting discourses of domination; and social movements and strategies of resistance among subaltern social groups and classes. Students cannot receive credit for this course and course 241. Prerequisite(s): course 140C. Enrollment restricted to senior politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. Students with equivalent course work may enroll with permission of instructor. (General Education Code(s): E.) K. Eaton
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1.25 Credits
Explores dynamics of political and economic development in Northeast and Southeast Asia following WWII. Students apply theories of comparative politics to empirical case studies, integrating statist, social, and cultural factors into their understanding of development. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. (General Education Code(s): E.) A. Clear
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1.25 Credits
Politics and foreign policy of the People's Republic of China since 1949. Emphasis on unification, political movements, and decision; social policy; collectivization, decollectivization, and economic reform; foreign and military policy. Democratization, suppression of the Tiananmen demonstrations, and post-Tiananmen political and cultural policy. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. (General Education Code(s): E.) B. Read
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1.25 Credits
Historical-political survey of Russia within the U.S.S.R. is followed by examination of the 1991 revolution, the attempt to recover a national identity and establish a unified Russian state. Highlighted in this course are cultural and political factors central to the Russian experience: personalistic modes of political organization, a remote and corrupt state apparatus, collectivist forms of thought and self-defense. M. Urban
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1.25 Credits
Comparative study of contemporary sub-Saharan African states. Selected issues and countries. Internal and external political institutions and processes are studied in order to learn about politics in contemporary Black Africa and to learn more about the nature of politics through the focus on the particular issues and questions raised by the African context. Enrollment restricted to politics majors during priority enrollment only. (General Education Code(s): E.) The Staff
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1.25 Credits
Overview of social movements by analysis of specific theories and examples. Course connects the study of theories and movements to larger political processes. Topics may include: New Social Movement theory; gender and social movement; democratic, historical, transnational, global and/or local social movements. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. The Staff
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1.25 Credits
Explores democratization processes from a variety of historical and geographical perspectives. Examines the role of foreign influences, economic development, civil society, elites, and institutions in the transition and consolidation of democratic systems. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics majors during priority enrollment only. E. Pasotti
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