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3.00 Credits
PhD Field Seminar in Comparative Politics Fall 2008. Three credits. Mala Htun The course is an advanced survey of the field of comparative politics. We analyze important scholarly works on politics and government in advanced democracies, developing countries, and dictatorships, among others. Each week of the course focuses on a specific topic and/or theoretical approach. The course is intended for PhD students who plan to write dissertations in comparative politics and for students preparing for qualifying exams.
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3.00 Credits
Theorizing Visibility: Witnessing, Showing, and Granting Regard in the Visual Media Fall 2008. Three credits. Daniel Dayan The seminar is organized around four themes: First, we consider Hannah Arendt's version of the public sphere and Roger Silverstone's notion of a"mediapolis." What is today's visual public sphere What does "appeariin public" mean in this new context How is this appearing relayed by the media How do we conceptualize morality in the mediapolis The second part of the seminar addresses the instructor's work on the pragmatics of showing "monstration." Are there ways reformulate the deontologyof journalism, especially in reference to visual journalism, or in relation to performative utterance If one recognizes that visibility involves a combination of performances, is there any place left for the construct of "objectivity " Should we, on the contrary, invent a new normative approachbased on other concepts such as "truthfulness" or "loyalty" in terms of speeact theory The third part of the seminar explores this issue by bringing together questions of ethics (deontology) and the problems of performance. The central idea is that of journalists as witnesses. An examination of historically established witnessing practices-from "eyewitness," t"martyr"-allows discussion of the dimensions involved in the witnessinrole of journalists. Finally the issue of "social visibility" will be discussedin relation to the work of Axel Honneth, and that of his disciple Olivier Voirol. What is the connection between "social visibility" and the issue ofrecognition Is social invisibility the equivalent of social death What is the connection between the French meaning of "regard" (to watch) and theEnglish meaning of the same word (to respect, to esteem) Can one suggest that news, more than a simple practice of watching, is always connected to a problem of regard in the English sense Cross listed as GSOC 6381.
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3.00 Credits
Civil Society and Democratic Life in the Post-Colonial World: A Toquevillian Perspective Spring 2009. Three credits. Carlos Forment This course introduces graduate students to the current debates about the changing relationship between civil society and democratic life in the postcolonial world of Latin America, India, Africa, and the Middle East. In order to make sense of the different socio-historical trajectories, particular institutional configurations and divergent forms of civic democracy that emerged in this part of the world, we adopt a common framework based on the work of Alexis de Tocqueville. During our discussions, we develop a Tocquevillian account of postcolonial democracy as well as a postcolonial reading of Tocqueville. Cross-listed as GSOC 5046.
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3.00 Credits
Transnationalism: Theory and Experiences Spring 2009. Three credits. Riva Kastoryano This course broadens inquiries begun in Transnationalism I, taught in spring 2008. However, Transnationalism I is not a prerequisite for this course. Transnationalism does not only relate to national spaces but adds a global-transnational-dimension that is beyond national societies. Tostudy this phenomenon specialists in international relations, anthropologists, and sociologists have applied the methods and approaches of their fields. Transnationalism, whether cause or consequence of globalization, is characterized by world wide networks of identities, solidarity, and action. Its institutionalization requires a coordination of activities based on common references-objective or subjective-and common interestamong individuals and groups; it also requires coordination of resources, information, technology and sites of social power across national borders for political, cultural, economic purposes. It therefore creates a new space of participation beyond territorially defined nation-states; it brings to light multiple membership and multiple loyalties leading to confusion between rights and identity, culture and politics, states and nations, citizenship and territoriality. Many questions with regard to membership, allegiance and affiliation arise from this development. How can transnationalism give new strength to the national question and becomes a stake of legitimacy in the international system Transnationalism I focused on questions of: - Diasporas and nationalism - Space and territories in political actions - Identity politics and its effects on the identification of groups and people beyond borders, on the relationship with states, on international politics. - The role of supranational institutions in promoting transnationalism (values, norms and mobilization) Transnationalism: Theory and Experiences will revisit these themes with an emphasis on concepts such as transnational public space, transnational civil society, and cosmopolitan citizenship. Discussion will follow case studies on participation beyond borders, global mobilization, international terrorism, and international minority rights and their implications with regard to state, nation, territory and membership. Cross listed as GSOC 6391.
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3.00 Credits
19th-Century Political Theory: Marx, Mill, and Hegel Fall 2008. Three credits. Phil Green What can we learn today from the great 19th-century master narratives of oppression and rebellion, freedom and justice, and the state of ethical life Is the discourse of politics about the inexorable progress of history the underlying, determining phenomena of our material lives improvement in the quality of our moral ideals Or is it all merely a matter of opinion The course approaches these and other fundamental questions about human existence in the early 21st century through an extensive reading of such classic texts of radicalism and liberalism as Marx's early manuscripts and Capital; Mill's On Liberty, Utilitarianism, and The Subjection of Women; and Hegel's Philosophy of Right.
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3.00 Credits
Doing Justice to the Past Fall 2008. Three credits. Ross Poole "The past is not dead. It is not even past." (Faulkner)How much of the past survives in the present Do members of the present generation have a responsibility to address past crimes and injustices How extensive are our responsibilities to the past What are the possibilities and the limitations of historical justice Is there a place for forgetting for forgiveness In the past 60 years, there have been three main ways in which societies have tried to deal with past crimes: 1) Trials for war crimes and human rights violations; for example, the Nuremberg trials, the Eichmann trial, and recent proceedings of the International Court of Criminal Justice. 2) Truth and reconciliation commissions, especially in transitional societies, for example, South Africa, Chile, Peru, etc. 3) Commemoration practices; for example, memorials, museums, commemorative rituals. In this course, we discuss the advantages and limitations of each of these ways of dealing with crimes of the past. We will look at particular examples, we will also explore some of the theoretical questions involved. These include: the relationship between individual and collective responsibility; the choice between punishment, pardon and amnesty, and between remembering and forgetting; the relationship between memory and history. Authors discussed include by Arendt, Jaspers, Benjamin, Habermas, Derrida.
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3.00 Credits
Theories of Fascism and Totalitarianism (Latin American and Europe) Fall 2008. Three credits. Federico Finchelstein This seminar examines theories of fascism and totalitarianism from a historical perspective. We study the history of these theories in their relation to major historical ruptures, including the Holocaust, the Spanish Civil War, and fascist imperialism. The approach of this seminar is topical and transnational rather than national or regional; however, we do emphasize specific cases that include Soviet communism, Italian fascism, Nazism, and French fascism. The seminar emphasizes differences and similarities among these historical cases in terms of their past, their recent past, and their present. Other topics to be studied include Latin American fascism and populism, political religions, ideology and violence, and the aestheticization of politics. The seminar stresses the use of primary sources (particularly some major political texts by fascist and antifascist intellectuals), as well as the most recent analytical studies on these questions. Cross-listed as GHIS 6487.
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3.00 Credits
Politics & Political Theory in the United States: Power, Participation, and Choice Spring 2009. Three credits. David Plotke In the last half-century political scientists, political theorists, and public figures in the U.S. have made a number of contributions to contemporary thought about politics. These contributions have come both from political science and from politics in the U.S. (most but not all of the participants have been U.S. citizens). The authors range widely in their political views and aims. They share a preference for democratic political arrangements, though their views of democracy and its advantages vary greatly. They also share a temperament that might be described as analytical-empirical- linking general claims about the dynamics of political processes with relevant empirical work. We will consider the following subjects and authors: power (Dahl, Gaventa); political and social choice (Arrow, Riker, Olson); participation and representation (Pitkin, Mansbridge); protest and civil disobedience (King, Jr., Malcolm X, Rawls); equality (Hochschild, Okin, Young); and justice (Rawls, Walzer). We will examine the relations between these efforts and politics in the United States in the last half-century, with a focus on this question: Under what conditions do people manage to create theoretically original and practically significant works about politics Cross-listed as GHIS 6455.
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3.00 Credits
Gender Politics: State, Economy and Family Spring 2009. Three credits. Mala Htun Gender is a social position occupied by men and women and an attribute of social structures including the sexual division of labor, normative heterosexuality, and war and militarism. In this course, we will explore these institutions and ideologies of gender and how they vary across societies. The focus will be primarily on how the state and labor market interact with family roles and relationships to uphold the sexual division of labor. We'll study these processes in advanced welfare states such as the U.S. and Japan, socialist societies such as Cuba and China, and developing countries such as Brazil and Mexico. Some experience with gender or feminist theory is desirable but not required.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Independent Study Fall 2008, Spring 2009. One, two, or three credits. This student-initiated course gives students the opportunity to pursue advanced research on a specific topic with the guidance of a faculty member. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
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