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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course describes and analyzes political patterns in the Third World. It
provides a descriptive overview, analyzes domestic political trends within the
context of the global system, and reviews current trends.
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3.00 Credits
Students read short stories and poetry written by dissident authors in the Soviet period and the post-Soviet period to understand the social and political context of authoritarianism and post-authoritarian cultural control, dissent, and the power of literature. Many of the works on the reading list were never published officially in the Soviet Union, but rather were works published in samizdat (unofficial or underground publication) or tamizdat (published abroad and smuggled back into the USSR). The course ends with the reading of a contemporary Russian novel for which the author was put on trial in 2004. Students also read some background on the historical, political, social and economic context of Soviet literature.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the institutions established in West European nations intended to preserve social stability, produce economic prosperity, and guarantee
democracy, asking whether these goals are complementary or contradictory. A country-by-country examination of post-war political development in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Sweden. Emphasis on the political problems of the present. Accordingly, the course closes with an examination of the European integration process and the sweeping changes of East Europe affecting all of Europe.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the relationships between western nations and the changing politics of Eastern European nations.
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3.00 Credits
A comparative consideration of selected Latin American political systems.
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3.00 Credits
The seminar will focus on the factors that explain political outcomes and their consequences in comparative perspective. Three basic issues we explore are: 1) How do policies differ?; 2) Why do policies differ?; and 3) What impact do the different policies have? Scholars have divergent views regarding which factors account for different policies and analyses of their impact is regularly colored by ideological position that may or may not have anything to do with the real policy goals. The topics that we will study include: What is the role of political leaders during transitions to democracy or during the passage of difficult legislation in democratic polities? Under what circumstances can a corrupt polity be prosperous and an honest one poor? Is there a relationship between religion and a country’s economic success? Are diamonds and oil a blessing or a curse for a country’s economy? Why did some mature economies respond differently to the global financial crisis of 2007-2009? Some of the countries we will be studying include: Chile, England, France, Spain, Singapore, United States, and Venezuela.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the problem of war and peace from both empirical and theoretical perspectives. Sources of war and peace studied include: the balance of power, deterrence, arms races, misperception, hegemony, nationalism, international institutions, democracy, law, and economic interdependence.
Prerequisite:
POL SCI 1301 (C053) or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the debate over the changing meaning of security and the contemporary international security environment. Topics include: the nature of security, the international environment, postmodern terrorism, information warfare, global economic instability, the persistence of American hegemony, quasi-states, and the possible demise of the nation-state.
Prerequisite:
POL SCI 1301 (C053) or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
This course studies competing explanations for the evolution and operations of the international political economy from the origins of the industrial era in the late 18th century through the “information economy” of the 21st. It focuses on four functional areas: international trade in goods and services, the management of currency exchange and international monetary policy, the pattern and flow of investment capital, and the pattern and structure of global production.
Prerequisite:
POL SCI 1301 (C053) or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
This course considers the development and current roles of regional and universal international
organizations with an emphasis on the United Nations. The major international conflicts of recent decades in the organizational context will also be examined.
Prerequisite:
POL SCI 1301 (C053) or permission of instructor
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