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3.00 Credits
This course will examine immigration as a social as well as an economic process, with particular attention to its political and policy dimensions. Special attention will be paid to the interaction between immigrants and contemporary American social and political institutions, and to how the contemporary context differs from earlier periods in our history. The various dimensions (social, cultural, economic, and political) of the assimilation process will be examined. The course will culminate in an examination of various policy responses to the continuing controversy over immigration.
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3.00 Credits
This course uses the greatest book on American politics, Tocqueville's Democracy in America, as a guide for studying perennial issues in American politics. We will read Democracy in America in conjunction with contemporary studies that address such key themes as individualism and "self interest rightly understood" law and mores, tyranny of the majority and "soft despotism," local government and the art of association. Some of these recent works build upon Tocqueville's insights. Others claim that the contemporary U.S. bears little resemblance to Tocqueville's America. Each week the Monday class will be devoted to lecture, the Wednesday class to discussion.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the ways in which citizens acquire political knowledge and attitudes, and how they act on these beliefs in the political arena. Topics covered include political learning, socialization, group influence, news media effects, evaluation of candidates, voter turnout, and political activism. While the course will focus primarily on research conducted within the United States, many of its findings are more broadly applicable.
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3.00 Credits
This seminar will examine the historical and contemporary dynamics of the candidate nomination process in the United States, focusing in particular on the practice of nominating presidential candidates. We will consider scholars' and practitioners' differing views of the nomination system, trace the development and institution of procedural reforms over time, and evaluate the events and outcome of the 2012 nomination process in light of these debates.
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3.00 Credits
This course serves as an introduction to the relationship between religion and politics in the United States. We will examine such topics as the rise of conservative Christianity, the changing nature of American Catholicism, the relationship between faith and party identification, and legislative and judicial responses to the role of religion in the public sphere.
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3.00 Credits
Since at least the 1960s, pundits and social scientists have talked about the existence of a profound culture war in the United States. On issues ranging from abortion to immigration to homosexuality, we have been told, America is divided into two major camps, one leaning to the left and the other to the right. This course will examine the evidence behind such assertions, concentrating on some of the key issues around which theories of America's culture war are organized.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines a series of political controversies in which at least one--and usually more than one--side makes a claim on the basis of rights. The political controversies we investigate involve demands made in the name of, among others, property rights, First Amendment rights, the rights of the accused, and the right to vote as well as rights-based assertions on behalf of the disabled, students, and even animals.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the demographic, social, cultural, religious, and political forces that are shaping the emergent American Muslim community. Intergenerational family dynamics, Muslim schools, mosque governance, civil religion in America, advocacy group politics, and voting patterns will be examined. So will ethnic, linguistic, national-origin, and sectarian differences among immigrant-origin Muslims, particularly their political implications. African-American Muslims will also be considered, especially their relations with immigrant-origin Muslims. Attention will be paid both to the impact of Muslims on American society and to the impact of American institutions and policies, especially post-9/11 initiatives such as the Patriot Act, on Muslims.
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3.00 Credits
A consideration of modern constitutional doctrine concerning individual liberties as formulated by the U.S. Supreme Court. Topics include the freedom of speech, press, and association, religious liberty and non-Establishment, criminal punishment, and claims on behalf of economic freedom, and sexual and bodily autonomy.
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6.00 Credits
No course description available.
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