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1.25 Credits
Examines how we came, by the late 19th century, to classify humanity into racial categories. In an effort to trace emergence of this very modern phenomenon, explores historical shifts that informed Europe's representation of cultural difference from the writings of ancient Greeks to the social Darwinism of 19th-century Britain. Enrollment restricted to senior politics and Latin American and Latino studies/ politics combined majors during priority enrollment. Enrollment limited to 20. V. Seth
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1.25 Credits
Introduces central categories and material implications that underwrite discourses on modernity since the late 18th century. Students read across the disciplines in fields such as political theory, postcolonialism, history, science studies, anthropology, and feminist criticism. Prerequisite(s): any two of the following courses: 105A, 105B, 105C, 105D. Enrollment restricted to senior politics and Latin American and Latino studies/ politics combined majors during priority enrollment. Enrollment limited to 20. V. Seth
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1.25 Credits
Interrogation of the idea of development and historical examination of the development of the discourse of development. Explores the ways in which the discourse shapes the practice of development, with a focus on issues of democracy and civil society, humanitarian intervention, gender and agriculture. Enrollment restricted to senior politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics majors during priority enrollment only. Enrollment limited to 20. A. Clear
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1.25 Credits
Examines the literature on American empire, beginning with the founding parents (e.g., Jefferson), continuing through the revisionist literatures (e.g., Williams) and more recent work (e.g., Hardt and Negri), and ending with contemporary critiques and predictions. Enrollment restricted to senior politics majors. Enrollment limited to 20. R. Lipschutz
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1.25 Credits
Research seminar allows advanced students to engage in current scholarly debates in the sub-field of Latin American politics. Topics and countries covered vary from year to year but may include civil society, citizenship and cultural politics in Latin/o America, comparative perspectives on democratization, politics and culture in Brazil, feminisms and women's movements in Latin America, the politics of race and ethnicity in the Americas, and human rights and social justice in a neoliberal era. 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. Enrollment limited to 20. K. Eaton
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1.25 Credits
Draws on a variety of sources to understand metaphors of war and peace as potentially appropriate attitudes toward evil and as potentially rational compromises with evil; investigates respects in which constitutional regimes of post-traumatic societies can be understood as "peace programs" that preserve and transcend the identities of the victims and perpetrators of past atrocities while creating a new identity based on their common survivorship; explores the constraints placed on "nation in recovery" by the public commitment to create an official version of a past that must be remembered so that it will not be repeated. Prerequisite(s): two of the following: course 105A, 105B, 105C, 106, and 107. Enrollment restricted to senior politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. Enrollment limited to 20. R. Meister
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1.25 Credits
The process of globalization, the enormous growth in numbers of transnational social movements and nongovernmental organizations, and the broad reach of transnational capital and corporations has generated considerable academic and policy interest in future of global governance and role of "global civil society" in it. This senior seminar provides broad view of theory and debates behind global civil society and case studies of specific transnational networks, movements, and coalitions. Prerequisite(s): One of course 160, 160A, 160B, 162, or 173. Enrollment restricted to senior politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. Enrollment limited to 20. R. Lipschutz
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1.25 Credits
Individual studies undertaken off campus with direct faculty supervision. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
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1.25 Credits
Provides a means for a small group of students to study a particular topic in consultation with a faculty sponsor. Various topics to be announced before each quarter. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
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1.25 Credits
Preparation of a senior thesis over two or three quarters, beginning in any quarter. The grade and evaluation submitted for the final quarter apply to each of the previous quarters. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. The Staff
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