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GOV 98el: Political Science and the U.S. Constitution
4.00 Credits
Harvard University
This seminar is designed for juniors who are considering a thesis related to the U.S. Constitution. No prior background in constitutional law is required. The course broadly examines three ways in which political scientists approach the Constitution: (1) the study of judicial behavior, (2) studies of institutional development that engage constitutional law, and (3) the normative enterprise of regime maintenance via constitutional interpretation.
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GOV 98fg: Presidents, Governors, and Mayors: Chief Executive Power in Comparative Perspective
4.00 Credits
Harvard University
Analyzes the foundation, development, and exercise of chief executive power at the national, state, and local levels of government in the United States. Examines the applicability of different political science theories of presidential power to the broader exercise of chief executive power. Explores the sources and limits of executive authority, the roles and responsibilities of political chief executives at different levels of government, and the way in which institutions affect the exercise of chief executive power.
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GOV 98fh: Politics at the Grassroots: Rights, Resources, and Democratic Equality in Brazil
4.00 Credits
Harvard University
Introduces students to researching politics and society in Latin America's largest and most unequal country through an examination of an array of grassroots movements and initiatives organized to redress inequality, including women's, landless, environmental, and religious movements; racial quotas, and participatory budgeting experiments. Seminar focuses on citizenship rights under neoliberalism and how social movements intersect with formal political institutions, political parties, and unions and other organizations to reorder the national political and policy agendas.
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GOV 98hk: The Early Development of American Political Institutions and Organizations
4.00 Credits
Harvard University
Survey of developments in the party system, social movements, Congress, the presidency and the bureaucracy from the colonial period through the Civil War. Rise of the two-party system, the mass party and changes in voting rights; congressional committees and their power; building of the Constitution and the federal judiciary; abolitionism and new social movements, the emergence of early bureaucratic institutions, and the presidency -- studied using three theoretical approaches (rational choice, historical institutionalism, and critical theory).
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GOV 98jk: International Organizations in the Twentieth Century and Beyond
4.00 Credits
Harvard University
The rise of international organizations in the twentieth century has given rise to vigorous debate over their purposes and their actions. This course will acquaint students with the formal structure of the League of Nations, the United Nations, the European Union, and NATO, as well as examining the activies of these organizations. In addition, as a research seminar, this course will help prepare students to write a senior thesis in the Department of Government.
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GOV 98jm: Comparative Constitutional Law and Religion
4.00 Credits
Harvard University
Introduction to key constitutional concepts using a cross-national examination of religious freedom issues. Topics include: processes of constitution-making, constitutional accommodation of diversity and the relationship between societies and their constitutions. Drawing upon legal cases from the US, Turkey, India, Israel, Spain, Canada, and England, the seminar will also familiarize participants with contemporary debates involving religion: the wearing of Islamic headscarf, religion and education, the funding of religious institutions, etc.
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GOV 98mb: Rationalist Sources of International Conflict and War
4.00 Credits
Harvard University
How do we explain war and peace among states? Why do states resort to violent means and fight costly wars in international relations? In answering these fundamental questions, this seminar will examine theories that focus on strategic interaction of rational actors in international politics.
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GOV 98mg: The Politics of Migration
4.00 Credits
Harvard University
This seminar examines the challenges posed by global migration and the political responses of local communities. We first consider the history of migration, and theoretical understandings that attempt to explain the dynamics of migration, border control and integration. We next engage in a variety of policy debates about migrants and their inclusion, labor, rights, families, and legal status. We then apply this knowledge to four contemporary case studies which showcase divergent histories and approaches to immigration.
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GOV 98mi: Interpreting Adam Smith
4.00 Credits
Harvard University
This course uses the moral, political, and economic writings of Adam Smith as a case study for learning how to interpret canonical texts. We will closely read Smith's own work while also examining the many conflicting ways Smith's ideas have been read and applied. Our goal will not only be to understand Smith better, but also to explore the various ways to conduct original research on any such important author.
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GOV 98nk: Voters, Parties, and Elections in Comparative Perspective
4.00 Credits
Harvard University
Why do people vote the way they do? What role do parties play in democracies? Which electoral system is 'best'--- and why? This seminar seeks answers to these questions and is divided into three sections dealing with the fundamentals of modern democracy: voters, parties and elections. Readings will be both theoretical and empirical, and will cover voting behavior, party organization and strategy, electoral systems and electoral reform. Substantive focus will be on Western Europe.
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