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What is the connection between democracy and gender relations Do democracy movements create possibilities for women's activism and for extending political equality to women This course uses a comparative approach to investigate cases of regime change in Latin America, east and central Europe, the Middle East, and sub-Saharan Africa in order to understand the effects of democratization on women's political lives. Students consider transitions, state-civil society relations, and their impact on gender relations. Recommended background: Politics 118, 120, 155, 161, or Women and Gender Studies 100. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 245. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 30. L. Hill.
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Two questions inform this study of politics in Southern Africa: What are the dimensions of internal political change How do they affect the prospects of building democracy in the region This course examines political, economic, and social features of anticolonial and liberation struggles, civil and regional wars, and antiapartheid resistance to discover the enduring factors underlying new state formation, regional political economy, and democratization. Close scrutiny of political change in South Africa and its impact on development in the region provides a substantial focus for the course. Recommended background: Politics 122, 155, 171, or 290. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 247. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 30. L. Hill.
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Overlapping political and ecological political boundaries, valuable resources, and indigenous politics combine to make the Arctic region an important area in international affairs. The impact of global climate change is creating new conflicts while exacerbating old ones. This course explores the linkages among the areas bordering the Arctic while discussing the political economy of resource use such as fisheries, oil drilling, mining, reindeer herding, whaling, sealing, and polar bears. Students explore the actors in the area - Canada, Greenland, Norway, Alaska, Sweden, Russia, and their respective indigenous populations - and study efforts to increase international cooperation in the area. Enrollment limited to 30. á. ásgeirsdótti
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This course introduces some key issues in current Latin American politics: economic development and social inequality, international debt, the breakdown of democracies, as well as transitions from authoritarian rule, revolutions, and the role of working-class, women's, peasant, and ethnic movements. Students learn how history, economics, culture, politics, and society shape the complex realities of Latin America today. Recommended background: Politics 120, 168, or 171. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 249. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 30. C. Pérez-Armendáriz.
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Does the Third World exist Is it underdeveloped, developing, or something else This course is an introductory exploration of the relationships, struggles, issues, and actors that drive Third World politics. Because the idea of "development" has underpinned much of the discourse in and about the Third World, the course is centered on the politics of development in poorer countries. While much of the course emphasizes the broad processes, theories, and issues of development, it also gives someattention to the ways ordinary people are affected by development, and what ordinary (and in some cases, extraordinary) people do to adapt to or confront development. Recommended background: Politics 122, 155, 222, 234, 247, or 249. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 250. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 30. Staff.
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This course examines how Islamic popular imagery and symbolic language are used to mobilize people into social protest movements that have impacted politics in several Middle Eastern countries. The course uses as a framework for analysis Barrington Moore's theories of how popular notions of justice and injustice sustain political obedience or promote protest and resistance/rebellion, and it applies these ideas to case studies in such countries as Algeria, Egypt, Iran, and Turkey. Recommended background: Politics 160. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 30. E. Hooglund.
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This course follows a thematic rather than a chronological approach to exploring the ideological underpinnings of major U.S. policy issues such as the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians; war in Iraq; containment of Iran; globalization, especially as it affects Middle East energy resources; and the war on terrorism. The course aims to understand the role of ideological perspectives in shaping U.S. policy, the impact of that policy on the Middle East, and the "blowback" effect on the United States. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 30. E. Hooglund.
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During the last quarter of the twentieth century women made a visible entry into U.S. politics. Their political influence-as decisive voters, social movement activists, persuasive legislators, and more-is increasingly recognized. Are women in government making a difference in public policy or political practice How has politics shaped women's lives, as workers, mothers, and members of communities comprising the racial, class, sexual, and cultural mosaic of America This course examines these questions and women's changing political status using a gender lens to understand citizenship, politics, and women's political lives. Prerequisite(s): one course in politics, one course in women and gender studies, or one course in American cultural studies. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 255. Enrollment limited to 20. L. Hill.
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Environmental hazards rarely recognize state boundaries; people acting to eliminate these hazards often cannot avoid them. Through a series of case studies, this course examines the obstacles to international cooperation on the environment and the strategies people use to overcome them. Case studies include the politics surrounding the depletion of the ozone layer, the depletion of international fisheries, deforestation, and urbanization. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 258. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 30. J. Richter.
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Human rights ideals deeply inform the practice of law at both the national and international levels. The history of rights discourse dates to eighteenth-century classical liberal theory, but "rights talk" has enjoyed a resurgence in the second half of the twentieth century. This course examines the early history of human rights as well as recent expansions of rights. It looks at the ways in which courts in a variety of national and international contexts have interpreted and implemented human rights. Recommended background: Politics 114, 171, or 221. Enrollment limited to 30. Normally offered every year. L. Kawar.
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