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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Harris. What "first principles" if any, give form to--constitute, if you will--the American political order What way of life or what vision of human character was or is our constitutionalism supposed to foster And what relevance--more important, what authority--can such founding commitments or first principles have for us now
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3.00 Credits
Nagel. How do ordinary members of political systems influence policies, the election of leaders, and other outcomes Examples of participation include voting, referendums, protest movements, direct and small-group democracy, citizen involvement in public administration, and workplace democracy. The course develops a general analysis that is applicable to politics in the US and other nations, nongovernmental associations, and students' personal political experience.
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3.00 Credits
Teune. Fulfills Quantitative Data Analysis requirement. Topics include evaluation of political data; the politics of governmental information; the foundations of political polling; and the use of political records. The research methods examined are content analysis, survey research; cross- cultural and cross-national studies; case studies, and direct observation.
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1.00 Credits
Staff. Consult department for detailed descriptions. More than one course may be taken in a given semester. Recent titles have included: Globalization, Israel, Russia and the United States, and American Politics in Comparative Politics.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Examines major recent developments in Western European society, economy and politics and their implication for the viability and stability of political democracy. Focus on the principal but also some of the relatively neglected European democracies.
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3.00 Credits
Kaiser. In this course, we will examine the impact of historical context, leadership, constitutionalism, political parties, civil society, economic reform, regime legitimacy, and the international community of the democratic transition process in sub-Saharan Africa. Specific country case studies will be examined both coparatively and regionally, given the increasingly interdependent nature of political and economic transition on the continent. The goal of the seminar is to provide students with the tools necessary to understand the democratic transition process in Africa in a way that is also relevant to other regions in the world.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. This seminar is open to advanced undergraduates and graduate students. We will review and analyze the theoretical literatures on regime change and compare the experiences of countries emerging from bureaucratic authoritarianism, military rule, and socialism. How do previous regimes and economic systems, political culture, social structure and socio-economic development, and international pressures affect attempts to build democratic institutions We will employ concepts drawn from comparative and theoretical writings to investigate cases of regime change in Europe and the former Soviet Union, as well as Latin America and other areas of the developing world.
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3.00 Credits
Who Gets Elected and Why
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Tenpas. This seminar is taught in Washington D.C. for students enrolled in the Washington Semester Program. It includes an orientation to observation and research in the Washington Community and a major independent research project on the politics of governance.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. This course intends to familiarize the student with the concept of "law", its 129e as a constitutive and regulative force in the international arena, and with the expanding scope of international law through the inclusion of transnational law and human rights.
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