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1.00 Credits
This course analyzes the substance and sources of American foreign policy since World War II and examines the complexity of interests and issues that affect U.S. relations with selected countries and regions. Prerequisite: One of POLI 214, POLI 216 or POLI 218 or consent of instructor Offering: Annually Instructor: Marks
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This course introduces students to various important theoretical approaches to the study of international security and cooperation. It also applies these approaches to empirical cases and concrete issues of international harmony and discord. Among the strategies of cooperation examined are strategic interaction and institution-building. These approaches will be analyzed in light of traditional theories that focus on military relationships and armed conflict. Special emphasis is placed on security and cooperation in the post-Cold War world. Prerequisite: POLI 214 or consent of instructor Offering: Annually Instructor: Marks
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This course identifies the constant and variable factors that shape and influence the politics of selected Asian nations and which color these countries' foreign policy choices and international postures within the region and the international system. Intraregional interaction and superpower involvement in the region will be examined within national, regional and global perspectives. Prerequisite: POLI 214 or POLI 218 or consent of instructor Offering: Alternate years Instructor: Felker
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This course examines selected 20th-century Latin American revolutions. Historical and comparative approaches to the causes and outcomes of revolution are used. Not open to freshmen. Prerequisite: Any POLI or HIST course beyond the 100 level Offering: Alternate years Instructor: Staff
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1.00 Credits
Examination of the processes of political, economic and cultural forces in the post-Cold War era and consideration of the reciprocal nature of change these forces unleash within and across national boundaries. Not open to freshmen. General Education Requirement Fulfillment: Writing centered Prerequisite: POLI 214 or POLI 218 or consent of instructor Offering: Annually Instructor: Felker
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1.00 Credits
[Crosslisted with LAS 379] This course looks at the role of Latino national origin groups in shaping state and national politics in the United States. It examines the political history, voting behavior, and non-electoral political mobilization of the three largest Latino groups in the United States -- Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban, and questions the degree to which it is useful to conceive of a single Latino politics and Latino community. The course also focuses on specific public policies of concern to Latinos, and it pays particular attention to the transnational hemispheric processes that link U.S. Latinos to their countries of origin. Not open to freshmen. Prerequisite: One POLI 100 or 200 level course, or one 200 level LAS course or consent of instructor Offering: Alternate falls Instructor: Staff
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Comparative examination of political systems and political economies in Asia, including China, Japan, India, and select countries in Northeast, Southeast and South Asia. Explores key historical and contemporary controversies in Asian politics. Highlights similarities and contrasts in patterns of change in pursuit of an over-arching intellectual inquiry: to what extent, and in what ways, does Asia's experience reflect distinct forms of political and economics modernization? Prerequisite: Any one of POLI 214, POLI 216, POLI 218; or one modern Asian societies (e.g. ANTH 233; HIST 118, HIST 282, HIST 381, HIST 383, HIST 445; JAPN 201); or instructor consent Offering: Alternate falls Instructor: Felker
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This course examines the nature of the relationship between capitalism and democracy, in various areas of the world including the U.S.A., from a range of theoretical and historical perspectives. Student will critically assess theories of the development of democracy in capitalist societies as well as of the market's effects on political representation and policy making, and review debates about the tensions and affinities between those systems in the contemporary period. Questions to be addressed include: What explains democratic and authoritarian pathways to economic modernization in the 19th and early 20th centuries? Does the relationship between capitalism and democracy show distinct regional variations, and if so, why? In what ways do capitalism and democracy function in harmony or in friction, and why? What role does market consolidation play in democratic transitions, and vice versa? Are welfare states and distinct national patterns of capitalist organization viable in the 21st century? Mode of Inquiry: Understanding Society Prerequisite: Any 200-level POLI course Offering: Annually Instructor: Felker
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3.00 Credits
Opportunity to conduct a major research project, which cannot be satisfied through any existing course in the department's curriculum, under faculty supervision. Proposed projects must be submitted to the Department Chair and must be approved by the department faculty. Offering: Every semester Instructor: Staff
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1.00 Credits
Supervised internships in state and local government. Interns are placed only in positions which provide academic learning opportunities and the availability of such positions may be limited. A student is accepted for internship at the discretion of the instructor on the basis of demonstrated capabilities, including research and writing skills. Interns are expected to work 12 hours a week, meet regularly with the instructor, attend periodic seminars, and write a final research paper. Prerequisite: POLI 210 and sophomore status Offering: Spring of even-numbered years Instructor: Michaux
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