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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Holzwarth, Johnson Content: Focus on works of Enlightenment, modern, and contemporary thinkers such as Hume's political writings, Rousseau's Social Contract, Marx's political ideas, Mill's On Liberty, Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents, Rawls' Theory of Justice, feminist theory (Okin, DiStefano, Harding, Elshtain), and critical theory (Rorty, Habermas, Foucault). Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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Holzwarth Content: Normative issues in international politics, including such topics as national sovereignty, just war theory, international intervention, human rights, cultural rights, secession and self-determination, the competing ethics of patriotism, nationalism, and cosmopolitanism. Historical approaches through such thinkers as Thucydides, Hobbes, Kant, Mill, followed by contemporary readings, including such authors as Rawls, Walzer, Kymlicka, Rorty, Nussbaum. Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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Staff Content: Analysis of different theories of democratic transitions. Cases of democratic transitions from southern and eastern Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Factors such as role of the military, economic development, civil society. Prerequisites: Political Science 102. Consent of instructor. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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Holzwarth Content: Exploration of contemporary normative issues in political theory through analysis of specific arguments surrounding controversial issues and consideration of the broader ethical frameworks within which we attempt to make decisions about them. Topics may include abortion, euthanasia, punishment and the death penalty, multiculturalism, affirmative action, women's rights, gay rights, animal rights, just war theory, social welfare. Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Staff Content: Politics and governments of Southeast Asia, as a region and in terms of selected countries (varying from year to year) among the following: Australia, Brunei, Burma, Indonesia, Kampuchea, Laos, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam. The relationships among diverse histories, colonial legacies, ethnic and religious traditions, and foreign occupations in the creation of today's political dynamics and governmental configurations. Prerequisite: Political Science 102 or consent of instructor. Taught: Every third year, 4 semester credits. Not offered in 2008-09.
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Staff Content: The radical transformation of agriculture and agricultural societies over the last 300 years. Comparisons of Western and non-Western societies; contrasts between revolutionary and peaceful patterns of agrarian change. Origins of the state, models of social change and development, interpretations of the nature of peasant society, rural revolutions and peasant mobilization, agrarian reform attempts. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Recommended as a sequence with International Affairs 341. Taught: Every third year, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Staff Content: Introduction to the political, economic, and social issues that emerged during the institutionalization of communism in the Soviet Union and eastern Europe. The relationship between the institutions of communism and the challenges associated with transitions to market capitalism and democracy in postcommunist contexts. Prerequisite: Political Science 102. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Staff Content: The politics, institutions, and policy issues of the western European states and the European Union. Comparisons with the countries seeking to join. Prerequisite: Political Science 102 or consent of instructor. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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Eisinger Content: Constitutional foundations and the unfolding of various concepts of legislative power throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. The dynamics of Congress, its staffing, and how it and individual members manage different visions of legislative power. Other branches of government examined to illuminate the functioning and malfunctioning of the legislative branch. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or consent of instructor. Political Science 103 recommended. Taught: Every third year, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Eisinger Content: Constitutional foundations and the unfolding of various concepts of executive power throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. The dynamics of the presidency and the extent to which one person can be held responsible for expanded responsibilities. The organizational models and practices of 20th-century presidents. Other branches of government examined to illuminate the functioning and malfunctioning of the executive branch. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or consent of instructor. Political Science 103 recommended. Taught: Every third year, 4 semester credits.
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