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4.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary study of the structure, functions, needs, and problems of urban areas. Analysis of the political, economic, sociological, and psychological aspects of the city, which is viewed as a microcosm of urbanized mass society. (Same as SOC 422.)
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4.00 Credits
An analysis of legal institutions from a sociocultural perspective with emphasis on interrelationships among law, social change, and social problems. (Same as SOC 429.)
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the ways that American foreign policy is made and to important substantive issues: containment, decision making, foreign policy crises, national security, and the future of U.S. foreign policy.
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4.00 Credits
Analysis of the development of international organizations with emphasis on current problems and structure of the United Nations. Selected case studies in the principles of international law. Prerequisite: POSC 344 or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Designed as an introduction to the dynamics of weapons competition, the basic facts of the nuclear arms race, and possible means to increase national and international security. Prerequisite: POSC 342, POSC 542, or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
A study of the impact of moral principles on international relations. Specific topics to be examined include human rights, intervention, covert action, and the pacifist and just-war traditions. Prerequisite: POSC 344 or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
A study of contentious politics. Emphasis is on theories of political contention, historical cases of revolution, social movements, and the future of protest.
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4.00 Credits
Provides an opportunity for upper-division undergraduate scholars to explore the extensive possibilities for work and research in former Soviet Central Asia and its neighboring states. Through study of diverse issues such as nationalization, territoriality, environmental crisis, economic reform, demographic shifts, women's issues, language policy, and foreign policy in the historical, political, social, and cultural contexts, students will understand the challenges of transitioning from Marxist-Leninism to capitalist democracy. (Same as INTS 552.)
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4.00 Credits
A research-oriented seminar that will engage in a sophisticated examination of the key issues connected with ethnicity, nationalism, and transnationalism. Themes to be explored include primordialist, modernist, and post-modernist views of identity; national territoriality and its catalysts; interactive nationalism and subordinate group separatism; diaspora politics; and the utility of autonomy and ethnic federalism in managing multi-national/multi-homeland states. Case studies in a variety of world regions will enable students to engage in comparative analysis of these main themes. (Same as INTS 553.)
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the political systems and issues of political development in Latin America with emphasis on Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile.
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