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3.00 Credits
An exploration of domestic and international attempts to answer difficult questions about justice, collective memory, and democratic transition, particularly as they relate to whether and how a society should address a difficult past. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Four credit hours. YODER
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3.00 Credits
Understanding key problems such as the transition from authoritarianism to democracy, the role of various actors in this process, and the challenges for the consolidation of democracy. A theoretical analysis of these issues will be combined with an in-depth study of specific cases to understand how democracy re-emerged and how it works in Latin America. Prerequisite: Government 151 or 253. Four credit hours. I.
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3.00 Credits
Students familiarize themselves with the vast literature on revolutions, political violence, and ethnic conflict and are exposed to a variety of theoretical perspectives and case studies. How to draw on theoretical approaches to make sense of specific instances of political turmoil and, conversely, how to use case studies to assess the validity of different theories. Prerequisite: Government 151. Four credit hours. I. DENOEUX
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4.00 Credits
Listed as Environmental Studies 453. Four credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
An inquiry into why some developing nations have managed to achieve industrialization and rising standards of living while others have not, with special attention to the relationship between state and society as one of the key factors in the development process. Cases to include South Korea in the 1970s, India in the 1980s, Latin America in the 1990s, and sub-Saharan Africa today. Prerequisite: Government 151. Four credit hours. I. HATCH
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3.00 Credits
A careful analysis of a single major writing or a single author's thought. The topic for 2006-2007 was Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America. Prerequisite: Government 171, 273, or 371. Four credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
May the state legitimately use the law to impose a certain conception of morality on its citizens Or must the state aim, rather, to remain neutral when its citizens disagree strongly about the best way of life, protecting its citizens' freedom to choose their own visions of the good life An examination of these issues as they are developed in works by Rawls, Dworkin, Sandel, Raz, George, and others as well as in selected Supreme Court opinions. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Four credit hours. U.
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3.00 Credits
Individual and group meetings of seniors and faculty members participating in the government honors program. Prerequisite: Admission to the honors program. Four credit hours. FACULTY
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3.00 Credits
A study of government through individual projects. Prerequisite: Government major and permission of the instructor. One to four credit hours. FACULTY
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3.00 Credits
Individual study of modern Hebrew. Prerequisite: Special arrangements with Rabbi Krinsky. Three credit hours. KRINSKY
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