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GOVT 243: Ancient and Medieval Political Theory
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
This course concentrates on Greek political thought in the forms of tragedy, history, and philosophy. The nature of democracy, equality, power, limits, gender, and justice are explored in texts by Aeschylus or Sophocles, Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, and selections from the Old and New Testaments. [W] Prerequisite: Govt 104, or permission of instructor Miller
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GOVT 244: Modern Political Theory
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
An examination of selected theoretical texts from the Renaissance to the French Revolution. The separation of political theory from religious discourse, the rise of the state, and the development of liberal and democratic thought are examined. Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau are usually treated. [W] Prerequisite: Govt 104, or permission of instructor Miller, Silverstein
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GOVT 245: Early American Political Thought
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
This course studies the theoretical and political struggle to define American politics that took place among Puritans, radical democrats, liberal individualists, and liberal nationalists. Early nineteenth-century reactions to the liberal founding are also explored. Authors studied often include Winthrop, Franklin, Jefferson, Paine, the Federalists, Emerson, and Douglass. [W] Prerequisite: Govt 104, or permission of instructor Miller
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GOVT 246: Recent American Political Thought
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
The themes of racial conflict, equality, the rise of the state, social darwinism, education, and the changing role of women are explored. The course does not emphasize the historical contexts of ideas, but seeks to discover what is true and relevant for the present in texts written from the Civil War to the present. [W] Prerequisite: Govt 104, or permission of instructor Miller
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GOVT 250: Environmental Law and Policy
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
This course introduces students to major environmental laws and regulations, the forces that influence both domestic and foreign environmental policy, the process of developing environmental regulations and policy, and environmental ethics. Through case law and other reading, writing, film, debating, and role playing students consider current laws, how they have evolved, and the difficulty in developing policies and laws that safeguard the economy, the ecology, and our health. Staff
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GOVT 309: Scope and Methods of Political Science
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
Acquaints students with social science inquiry-the process by which political scientists develop research questions and attempt to find answers. The course explores various approaches to political inquiry, ways to structure and critique arguments, methods to conceptualize a research question and develop causal models, means to create a testable hypothesis, and how to evaluate various methods of data collection. The final section focuses on data processing, analysis, and introductory statistics. Helps evaluate political science material and to enables them to undertake a social science research project. Prerequisite: One introductory-level course or permission of instructor Staff
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GOVT 310: Politics,Policy,and Law in American Federalism
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
Explores American federalism as a system of democratic self-rule and share rule, and examines how federal-state-local government relations shape law, politics, and policy in the United States. Topics include: covenantal origins and constitutional theory of American federalism; historical transformations; legal, political, administrative, and fiscal dynamics of intergovernmental relations; and the impacts of federalism on such policy issues as civil rights, business and the economy, taxation, environmental protection, and foreign affairs. [W] Kincaid
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GOVT 311: Constitutional Law and Politics in the United States
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
Constitutional adjudication as a political process which generated and manages social conflicts regarding the basic allocation of governmental authority in the American system. Topics include judicial review, limits on executive and legislative power, federalism, and the court and social change. [W] Prerequisite: Govt 101 or permission of instructor Lennertz, Murphy
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GOVT 313: First Amendment in the United States:Law and Politics
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
This course examines the development of constitutional doctrine as it relates to the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights. Topics include freedom of expression, church-state relations, and freedom of the press. Prerequisite: One of the following: Govt 101, 213, 311, 314, 315, or permission of instructor Murphy, Lennertz, Silverstein
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GOVT 314: Liberty in the United States:Law and Politics
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
Many of the social conflicts that the law considers relate to claims of right grounded upon conceptions of liberty as a fundamental value of the constitutional system of the United States. This course explores the concept of liberty, its place in United States law and politics, and its application to questions of constitutional and political rights. Topics include privacy, and criminal justice. [W] Prerequisite: One of the following: Govt 101, 213, 311, 313, 315, or permission of instructor Lennertz, Murphy
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