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  • PLTC 227: Judicial Power and Economic Policy

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    An introduction to the political nature and policy-making role of the U.S. Supreme Court. The course concentrates on 1) the establishment of judicial review and some limits on the exercise of this power and 2) the role of American courts in making public policy with respect to such matters as taxation, labor unions, and the regulation of business and industry. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 227. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 30. L. Kawar.
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  • PLTC 228: Constitutional Freedoms

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    An analysis of judicial interpretations of freedoms provided in the First Amendment. Topics may include subversive advocacy, obscenity and pornography, libel, fighting words, hate speech, and commercial expression. Students read and discuss Supreme Court opinions and commentaries. Recommended background: Politics 118 and/or 227. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 228. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 30. Staff.
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  • PLTC 229: Race and Civil Rights in Constitutional Interpretation

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    An examination of judicial responses to issues of race and civil rights throughout United States history. Topics may include slavery, segregation in public accommodations, school desegregation, employment discrimination, and affirmative action. Students read and discuss Supreme Court opinions and commentaries. Recommended background: Politics 227 and/or 228. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 229. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 30. Staff.
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  • PLTC 230: The U.S.Congress

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    This course explores the U.S. Congress and legislative politics. Students examine the practice and significance of congressional elections and the organization and behavior of congressional institutions, including their historical development, with a special emphasis on the connection between electoral behavior and lawmaking. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 230. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 30. J. Baughman.
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  • PLTC 231: Leaders and Leadership

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    Philip of Macedon (350 B.C.E.) wrote, "There is more to be feared from an army of deer led by a lion than from an army of lions led by a deer." This course draws from multiple disciplines to focus on the theories and practice of leadership through case studies. The essence of the inquiry is to discover the qualities of leaders, whether those qualities can be learned, and how the qualities are put into practice (or not) in real-life situations. Ernest Shackleton, Martin Luther Kind Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Sanger, Winston Churchill, and Abraham Lincoln are among those studied. Classes are augmented by such films as Apollo 13, On the Waterfront, Thirteen Days, and Twelve Angry Men. Enrollment limited to 30. Offered with varying frequency. A. King.
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  • PLTC 232: The Politics of Post-Communism

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    The collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and Asia provide a unique opportunity to examine why things change and why things stay the same. This course examines how Russia and at least one other post-communist country have dealt with the three fundamental challenges that all such countries had to face: the transformation of political institutions; the transformation of economic institutions; and the redefinition of national identity. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 232. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 30. J. Richter.
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  • PLTC 233: Chinese Political Economy

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    The course focuses on the 1978-1979 Deng Reforms in China and their effects on domestic, regional, and world politics. These effects include the struggles of workers, farmers, and migrant laborers in relation to the party-state; the political exchange between the overseas Chinese diaspora and the People's Republic of China in the reintegration of the East Asian region; and the larger geopolitical effects of China's economic ascent. Enrollment limited to 30. One-time offering. G. Trichur.
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  • PLTC 235: Black Women in the Americas

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    This course focuses on the political and feminist thought and activism of women of African descent in the Americas. In some years, the course features only one sociopolitical location: the United States or the Caribbean and Latin America; in other years, multiple regions form the locus of inquiry. Students use a historical lens to review Africana women's experiences in the context of struggles to democratize politics and society, and a comparative lens to better understand their location in social, cultural, legal, and economic structures. Examining testimonies of black women, students review their collective efforts to extend democracy and justice in some cases, or support the status quo in others. The course explores the tensions, affirmations, critiques, and contributions made by Africana women to gender, race, sexual, and national politics in their home countries and globally. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 235. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 30. L. Hill.
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  • PLTC 243: Politics and Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    This course explores the links between politics and literature, focusing on the unique powers of fiction for understanding and expressing politics. Students read and discuss novels, short stories, and plays drawn from diverse historical and cultural settings, including the Middle East and China. Topics include the construction of authority; women and politics; war, violence, and narratives; change of regime and political power; the construction of alternative realities; private and political virtue; and the relationship between stories and democratic and authoritarian politics. Students also write short stories of their own. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 243. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 30. A. MacLeod.
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  • PLTC 244: Political Imagination

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    Has our society lost the ability to imagine and create alternative political arrangements This course uses theoretical and cross-cultural materials to explore the nature of political imagination. What are the sources of political imagination What constraints limit the envisioning of alternative polities How do identity differences shape imagining, and who typically voices alternatives What is the relationship between art, popular culture, and politics This course explores the politics of ideology, consciousness, and change in the West, the Middle East, and China to better understand the nature of political creativity. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 244. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 30. A. MacLeod.
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