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0.00 Credits
Discussion Group for PO021. Students must register for one discussion section.
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3.00 Credits
This is an introduction to governments, political ideas and theories, and the study of politics. Each of the course instructors uses a different set of reading materials in his or her own section. Some draw from political philosophy texts, some from the arena of international politics, some from an examination of politics and government in other countries, but none draws primarily on American politics, which is the sphere of PO 042. All sections focus on important questions and truths about the nature of politics.
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3.00 Credits
This is an introduction to governments, political ideas and theories, and the study of politics. The principal emphasis of this course is on American government and politics, with the aim of understanding American institutions and political processes. But each of the course instructors will also draw on other materials aimed at providing some comparative perspective, and especially an understanding of the ways in which the American system is different or unique.
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3.00 Credits
An overview of contemporary American government and politics focusing on how the institutions envisioned by the Framers of the Constitution (Congress, the judiciary, the executive) function today. Particular emphasis will be placed on how developments since the 1960s have affected the interaction of national, state, and local governmental actors, political participation, the articulation of interests, and policy formulation and implementation. Topics covered will include the media, public interest and advocacy organizations, campaign technologies and consultants, and public policy research institutes (think tanks). Whenever possible, comparisons between the U.S. and other advanced industrial democracies will be explored.
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0.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
What does it mean to live in solidarity with the poor and marginalized? How has your education prepared you for this? We will explore solidarity as a commitment of faith and politics through analysis of faith-based movements linking the US and Latin America: Sanctuary Movement, Witness for Peace, and School of the Americas Watch. We will examine the meaning of faith and solidarity in our lives through previous and future service, advocacy, relationships, work, and spirituality.
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3.00 Credits
Focusing on the study of politics and government in Africa, this course surveys the different approaches used to examine the history of political development on the African continent as well as the institutional structure of the African states. We will explore some of the dimensions of social change and poltical reform in Post-Colonial Africa, with special reference to factors such as nationalism, ethnicity, state dysfunctionality, the problem of political order, democratization, and development, doing so against the backdrop of the debate between Afro-pessimism and Afro-optimism as we grapple with the fate of the continent -- the subject of various controversies.
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3.00 Credits
This is a one-semester research course directed by a Department member that culminates into a long paper or some equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
This is a one-semester research course directed by a Department member that culminates into a long paper or some equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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