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  • PLTC 290: Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    In the 1990s the promise of political transformation emerged in Africa, giving cause for both optimism and pessimism about the continent's political and economic future. While some states have realized unprecedented degrees of political stability, others have fragmented into civil chaos. Novel democratic experiments have persisted while authoritarian impulses remain entrenched. And despite some of the highest levels of poverty in the world, Africa as a whole witnessed economic growth for the first time in decades. This course exposes students to the diverse mosaic of political life in Africa and examines factors that have shaped development and governance since the close of the colonial era. Attention is given to Africa's historical experiences, economic heritage, and the international context in which they are embedded. Students also explore the unfolding patterns of change witnessed at the opening of the twenty-first century and the way that Africans continue to shape their own political and economic situations. Recommended background: Politics 115, 122, or 171. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 290. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 30. L. Hill.
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  • PLTC 295: Reading Marx,Rethinking Marxisms

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    Students practice different ways of reading and rethinking the work of Karl Marx. The first part of the course permits unrushed, close reading and discussion of Marx's best-known texts. The second part emphasizes recent efforts by critical theorists to revise the original doctrine without abandoning radical politics. Topics for reading and discussion include various Marxist feminisms, Marxist literary theory, and other Marxist interventions against capitalism. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 295. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 30. W. Corlett.
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  • PLTC 296: Contract and Community

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    Western political thought frequently explores relationships-including contracts and community-between individuals and the state, but the terms of this discourse are hotly contested. Why do "contracts" so often seem to ignore the unequal power of the parties involved Must terms like "community" erase the politics of human difference How do categories such as "individual" and "state" restrict even the politics of privileged men as well as neglect considerations of gender, race, and class Students read and discuss a variety of texts, including Hobbes, Rousseau, and contemporary theorists. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 296. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 30. W. Corlett.
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  • PLTC 297: The Household and Political Theory

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    Western political theories often acknowledge, either implicitly or explicitly, the importance of domestic considerations-such as child bearing, sexual relations, and issues of home economics-but rarely appreciate their political significance. And sometimes theorists who acknowledge that the personal is political miss the significance of the so-called racial classification or class position of the domestic situations they study. Drawing from Western and non-Western feminist, socialist, and other sources, this course stresses close reading of theories that highlight the politics of domestic life. Because many of these arguments involve criticism of Western political thought, students also examine how various Western classics (for example, Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau, or Hegel) situate domesticity. Recommended background: Politics 191. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 297. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 30. W. Corlett.
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  • PLTC 298: Sexuality and the Politics of Difference

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    Picture females and males learning how to be women and men by distancing themselves from each others' prescribed gender roles. What's missing from this picture Identity politics often gives the impression that patterns of self and other are fixed in nature, culture, or both. The politics of difference marks a refusal to reduce life's ambiguities to orderly patterns. Various gay and lesbian constructions of sexuality provide suggestive terrain for exploring how theories of difference undermine fixed patterns of sexuality. Students read, discuss, and write about recent work in political theory within a context of difference influenced in part by Foucault, Lacan, and Derrida. Recommended background: Politics 191. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 298. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 30. W. Corlett.
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  • PLTC 307: Historical Capitalism,Hegemonic Transitions

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    This seminar considers three long-term global dynamics. The first is the endless accumulation of capital on a world scale. The second is war-making and state-making in the nation-state system. World hegemonic systems combine these two dynamics to produce order in the world-system. The counter-movements-workers' movements, anti-colonial struggles, and other movements for the protection of society-represent a third long-term dynamic that undermines hegemonic orders to produce crises of transition. Students evaluate some of the key dimensions of the current systemic transition to suggest possible political futures in the new century. Enrollment limited to 15. One-time offering. G. Trichur.
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  • PLTC 310: Public Opinion

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    An analysis of controversies concerning the formation, nature, and role of public opinion in American politics. The course examines attitudes on selected current issues among persons with a variety of social and economic backgrounds. Students learn the methodology of sample surveys (polls), appropriate statistics, and the use of computers to analyze data. No previous knowledge of statistics or computing is assumed. Prerequisite(s): Politics 115, 211, or 215. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 310. Enrollment limited to 16. [Q] J. Baughman.
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  • PLTC 315: International Cooperation

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    In this course students analyze the dual questions of why nations cooperate and how they cooperate. The course begins with the problems of cooperation in an anarchic world and investigates how nations overcome these problems. In the process, the course examines different analytical perspectives such as realism, liberalism, and regime theory, as well as solutions to cooperative problems proposed by game theory and negotiation analysis. Substantively, the course examines cooperation over trade issues, financial affairs, global commons, and the environment. Recommended background: Politics 171, 222, and 234. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 315. Enrollment limited to 15. Normally offered every year. á. ásgeirsdóttir
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  • PLTC 325: Constitutional Rights and Social Change

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    An exploration of relationships between constitutional rights and movements for social change. Rights are examined as legal declarations that empower the oppressed, as ideological constructions that reinforce privilege, and as resources of unknown value that may be employed in political struggle. The utility of rights is examined in the civil rights and women's rights movements. Prerequisite(s): one of the following: Politics 118, 227, 228, or 329. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 325. Enrollment limited to 15. [W2] Staff.
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  • PLTC 328: Representation in Theory and Practice

    3.00 Credits
    Bates College

    Are citizens in a representative democracy more like stage directors or probation officers This course is an analysis of the purpose and limits of political representation. Topics include the role of formal representation in democratic government, the ways citizens hold governments accountable, the responsiveness of political leaders, representation of and by women and minorities, and alternative mechanisms for ensuring accountability. Students consider historical and contemporary sources on the United States, Europe, and Latin America. Prerequisite(s): one of the following: Politics 115, 122, 211, 230, or 249. Not open to students who have received credit for Political Science 328. Enrollment limited to 15. J. Baughman.
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