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An introduction to the philosophical study of political and moral life through a consideration of various topics of both current and historical interest. Topics include environmentalism, ancients and moderns, male and female, nature and nurture, race and ethnicity, reason and history, and reason and revelation. 1.00 units, Lecture
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No Course Description Available. 1.00 units, Lecture
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No Course Description Available. 1.00 units, Lecture
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The course will examine the nature of tribal societies in the Middle East and Africa and the legal systems they have devised, in the absence of established governmental authority, to regulate human relations. The Bedouin of the Middle East and North Africa will be the core group studied. 1.00 units, Lecture
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An examination of the dynamics of the Arab/Israeli conflict, especially since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. The Course will focus on the changing interests and positions of the parties involved: Israel, the Palestinians, the Arab states and the important international players. It will also highlight contradictions within the major camps. 1.00 units, Lecture
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An examination of the political structures, processes, and cultures of the major Western European states and the socio-economic forces that shape them. Emphasis will be placed on Great Britain, France, West Germany and Italy, as well as on the European Economic community. 1.00 units, Lecture
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No Course Description Available. 1.00 units, Lecture
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No Course Description Available. 1.00 units, Lecture
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In this course, students will be exposed to the several layers of government specific to the United States, from small villages and municipalities, to counties, legislative districts, and states. Case studies in local government management will be read, as will studies of local government as a microcosm of social and political organization in America; Federalism as a desirable concept will be discussed, as will issues of routine public budgeting at all levels of government, concentrating on contemporary examples of partisan negotiations of statewide budgets in modern America. 1.00 units, Lecture
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What can be done to restore political, legal, and social order in the aftermath of war What are the benefits of trials, reparations, and truth commissions This course takes a philosophical approach to answer questions of justice, reparations, amnesty, and forgiveness through the writings of Hannah Arendt, Jon Elster, Martha Nussbaum, and others. The course will also focus on the historical cases of World War II, the Vietnam War, apartheid in South Africa and the Rwandan genocide. 1.00 units, Lecture
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