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  • GOV 1280: Government and Politics of China

    4.00 Credits
    Harvard University

    General introduction to the politics of contemporary China. Basic objectives are to provide a working knowledge of Chinese political programs and practices, and to encourage a critical evaluation of the positive and negative aspects of China's socialist experiment.
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  • GOV 1291: The Politics of Social Policy in Brazil

    4.00 Credits
    Harvard University

    Assesses Brazil's social policy failures and successes, focusing on education, health, social security, and poverty alleviation. Introduces students to Brazil's political institutions; political and social actors; and state reforms. Identifies factors, including program design, power of privileged groups, and widespread political clientelism in the social services, that have contributed to Brazil's weak social welfare state and policy failures, and examines changes that have improved social policy outputs and the lingering obstacles to further progress.
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  • GOV 1294: Latin American Politics and Economy in the Long Run

    4.00 Credits
    Harvard University

    This course examines political and economic change in Latin America. It focuses on five macro-processes: the creation of states and markets in 1850-1900, the design of oligarchic power-sharing institutions at the beginning of the 20th century, industrialization and the emergence of mass politics in 1920-1950, the widespread collapse of democracy and establishment of military regimes in 1960-1980, and contemporary processes of democratization and economic liberalization. In the search for causes and consequences, we consider multiple theoretical perspectives.
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  • GOV 1310: Introduction to Congress

    4.00 Credits
    Harvard University

    This course seeks to provide students with a comprehensive introduction to Congress. The first half of the course addresses the nuts and bolts of how Congress operates in terms of foundational theories, the committee system, congressional elections, and congressional procedures. In the second half of the course we will apply this knowledge to an exploration of how and why Congress pays attention to certain issues rather than others. Students are encouraged to view Congress not only as an institution unto itself but also as an institution that interacts with a variety of actors to shift public policy.
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  • GOV 1328: Electoral Politics

    4.00 Credits
    Harvard University

    Elections are the foundation of American democracy. This course focuses on the simple questions: Who wins elections and why? Answers to these questions guide the interpretation of elections and evaluation of how well government represents the public preferences. The first half of the course presents the basic explanations and models of elections and voting behavior, and asks students to make their best forecast of the election. The second half of the course will examine why the models worked or didn't work. Students will learn how to interpret and analyze surveys and other data, to estimate models and make forecasts, and test arguments and models using predictions.
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  • GOV 1358: Presidential Power in the United States

    4.00 Credits
    Harvard University

    Analyzes the origins and evolution of presidential power in the United States. Studies the powers of the President and how those powers translate into power. Examines and evaluates the most prominent political science theories, scholarly debates, and public controversies about presidential power. Explores the strategic choices available to modern American presidents in their efforts to augment the power of the presidency and provide active leadership to the political system.
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  • GOV 1362: Democratic Citizenship Public Opinion and Participation in the US

    4.00 Credits
    Harvard University

    Course examines the nature of public opinion and political participation. Considers how people acquire, organize, and apply their political beliefs; historical and contemporary patterns of public opinion, with emphasis on conflicts of values and social groups; who votes and why; the role of the media and political campaigns in mobilization and in formation of public opinion; and linkage between opinion, participation, and policy, with attention to whether citizens can discharge the responsibilities of democratic citizenship.
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  • GOV 1368: The Politics of American Education

    4.00 Credits
    Harvard University

    This course examines the politics of education in the United States. It considers the key institutions (e.g. school districts, mayors, states, Congress, and courts) and actors (e.g. elected officials, parents, teachers, interest groups, and the general public) shaping the American K-12 education system in order to understand recent reform efforts and their consequences for students. We will look closely at past conflicts over education governance, ongoing policy challenges, and the forces shaping current reform efforts.
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  • GOV 1372: Political Psychology

    4.00 Credits
    Harvard University

    This course examines the psychological mechanisms behind political behaviors and institutions. Topics covered will include voting behavior, campaigns and media, partisanship, political violence, and racial attitudes. For these and other topics we will not only ask what happens but examine how human psychology makes it happen.
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  • GOV 1511: The Constitution and the American Political System

    4.00 Credits
    Harvard University

    The course will examine American constitutions regarding both the normative and empirical assumptions they make about political life and the specific kinds of politics they help constitute through the institutions they establish. Although the United States Constitution will inevitably be the central focus, state constitutions will also be receive considerable attention, not least because they are often strikingly different from the national constitution and each other. Occasional attention will also be directed at foreign constitutions.
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