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3.00 Credits
Examines the role of Congress in the process of making and overseeing public policy. The course will also focus on the politics of legislation and the dilemma of the "constant campaign."The course provides preparation for the Model Senate program held in spring.
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3.00 Credits
Roles of American courts and judges in the processes of formulating public policy. Emphasis is placed on the interplay of politics and jurisprudence in the operation of the courts.
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3.00 Credits
Through an analysis of such primary texts as Plato's The Republic, Augustine's City of God, and Machiavelli's The Prince, this course traces thdevelopment of political thought from its ancient concerns with virtue and political community to the modern emphasis on freedom and statecraft. In learning how others thought about the role of politics in human society, students will better understand their own value preferences and philosophical orientations in politics.
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3.00 Credits
This course begins with texts that reveal the origins of modern American and European democratic theories. After an assessment of the conservative arguments against these theories, the course tackles the development of the two dominant political ideologies of the 19th and 20th centuries, liberalism and Marxism. Texts to be studied include Leviathan by Hobbes, On Liberty by Mill, and The Communist Manifesto by Marx.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to key concepts in hypothesis formulation and the application of basic statistical techniques. The course covers descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression analysis, and their application in political analysis. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing (or permission of the Department).
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3.00 Credits
Provides a comparative perspective on what states do in three critical areas of public policy. The major policy focus is health care policy but substantial attention is given to education policy and different aspects of income maintenance policies. The U.S., Britain, German and Sweden are the major countries studied because they represent four major approaches to how states respond to these basic societal demands. We discuss values behind the policies, structures and processes, political forces at work, and results of the policies for quality of life.
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3.00 Credits
The study of European politics provides comparative analysis of countries with similarities in political cultures, institutions and processes, but with significant differences also. Students will examine which political behavior traits are unique and which are similar among industrialized, democratic nations. Students will also study the European Union.
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3.00 Credits
Long a peripheral region of European and Asian empires, Central Asia is now reclaiming its own identity in the wake of the collapse of the USSR. The primary focus of the course is on politics, society, and foreign policies in the new Central Asian states of Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, though some attention will also be given to the Turkic regions of western China as well as Iran and Afghanistan. Among the topics to be examined are Islamic revivalism, ethnic conflict, national security, the attempts to construct modern national identities as well as modern political and economic systems.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the domestic politics of theUSSR and its successor states. The central concern of the course is the perennial dominance of authoritarianism over democracy in Russian political culture and behavior. Through a study of relations between ethnic groups, political institutions, citizen and the state, and the center and provinces, the course illustrates the tortuous path toward political change in Russia and the neighboring lands of Eurasia.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces the student to the study of the political systems of Latin America. Presents some elements and characteristics common to most states of the region, examining subsequently the great political revolutions that Latin America has experienced in this century. The central focus is on the description of the political systems of selected states of the region.
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