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3.00 Credits
A survey of the history of political theory. Intended to introduce students to the major theoretical answers to fundamental questions of political life. Readings may include selections from Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Tocqueville, Marx and Nietzsche. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credits for POL300 or POL302.
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3.00 Credits
Following a survey of relevant basic concepts and analytical frameworks, the first part of this introductory course focuses on the contending theories of world politics and the major actors in world affairs. The second half of the course introduces students to the major issue-areas of international politics--security, political economy, social welfare, and governance. Note that this course does not provide in-depth analysis of specific issues in world politics, which is undertaken in POL352 for which POL251 is a prerequisite. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for POL351.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the frameworks and concepts of comparative politics using industrialized democracies, communist and excommunist countries and less developed countries as case studies. Topics include the origins and development of different political, economic and social structures; key political issues in various countries and the impact of globalization. This course provides a background for students taking other comparative courses and will assist them analyzing unfamiliar political systems and being able to make independent judgments about them. Three lecture hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
As an introduction to the fundamentals of scientific inquiry as they apply to political science, this course will explore the nature and process of social science research generally, and applied political science research with a focus on methodologies particularly prominent within our discipline. Representative political science research examples will be critically analyzed to illuminate course topics and establish frameworks for assessing the validity and utility of various forms of political research. The practical application of research methodologies to the study of empirical political questions will be emphasized. Three lecture hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
With popular alienation from conventional politics rising, ordinary citizens are increasingly turning away from their elected representatives and trying to influence political decision making through their own activism. This course explores various manifestations of grassroots politics, especially mass movements on behalf of causes such as civil rights, women's rights, environmental protection, taxation, and abortion. Particular attention given to the impact of grassroots activism on the vitality of American democracy. Offered in alternate years, fall semester only. Three lecture hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to a broad set of themes in environmental politics and political ecology. Issues include: epochal transformations in human-environment relations; various approaches to contemporary environmental conditions and their political ramifications; sustainability; the impacts of environmental movements, and the character of environmental institutions, policies, and politics on the local, state, national, and global scales. Three lecture hours per week. Offered in alternate years.
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3.00 Credits
Examinations of the concepts, assumptions, paradigms, measurement techniques, research methodologies and empirical analysis for the study of political power. Study of the processes by which people are taught and learn about power and politics. Emphasis will be placed upon the agents, tactics, subjects, content and environment of political socialization. Three lecture hours per week. Offered in alternate years.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of attitude change, public opinion, propaganda, mass media, and other aspects of communication as they affect the politics of a society. Special emphasis upon the effects of political communication in the decision making processes of democratic and totalitarian systems, and in the international community. Three lecture hours per week. Offered in alternate years.
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3.00 Credits
This course will identify and explain core issues and writings in Feminist political theory. The goal is threefold. First, it will introduce students to a theoretical framework with which to analyze the power relationships and political structures of society. Second, it will familiarize students with the body of literature that forms the core of this framework. Third, students will be encouraged to think about politics and political life from the perspective of these works. This course differs from Women in Politics in that it focuses on theory and normative issues rather than on current politics.
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3.00 Credits
Sometimes described as a mere tool for special interests, sometimes as the most democratic branch of the United States government, Congress remains a perplexing institution for many citizens. This course offers a comprehensive introduction to the Congress, its internal modes of operation, its social and political context, and its impact on policy. The course is particularly concerned with assessing the Congress from the standpoints of democratic representativeness and consistency in policy making. Three lecture hours per week. Offered in alternate years.
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