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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to explore issues, processes, and outcomes in U.S. public policy through the use of various tools of analysis and evaluation. The course emphasizes understanding of policy formulation, implementation, and evaluation from political, rational, and ethical per- spectives and their application to current policies, which may include education, welfare, defense, healthcare, energy, environmental protection, crime, and equal opportunity. POSC 202 is a prerequisite of this course.(4 credits)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the influence of such important historical, institutional, and political factors on the workings of Congress as separation of powers, bicameralism, chamber size, permanent committees, partisanship, and party leadership. We pay particular attention to chamber differences in legislative process, to changes in that process responsive to partisan polarization and other contextual factors, and to relations between the executive and legislative branches. POSC 202 is a prerequisite for this course.(4 credits)
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the history of the presidency with particular attention to the origins, development, and exercise of executive powers. We also examine writings on the character, policies, reputation, and rhetoric of individual presidents; presidential management of the executive branch; and presidential leadership of Congress. Note that a separate course -- POSC-321 -- covers the nomination and election of American presidents. POSC-202 is a prerequisite for this course unless waived by instructor's consent.(4 credits)
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3.00 Credits
Divided into three parts, this course deals with party nominations of presidential candidates, general election campaigns and ratification of the general election outcome by the electoral college. We spend most of our time on presidential nominating politics, beginning with the history of presidential nominations from what the founders intended to the front-loaded, primary-dominated, mediaand money-driven system currently in use. Some of the topics examined in depth include scheduling of presidential primaries and caucuses, campaign finance, media coverage of campaigns, divisive primaries, the national nominating convention, voting behavior in primaries and in the general election, and the perennial debate between critics and defenders of the electoral college. When possible, the course includes direct observation of candidates and campaigns. No prerequisites. This course counts toward the fulfillment of Lugar program requirements.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on contemporary Russian politics with some reference to post-Soviet states. Because Russian politics cannot be understood in the absence of historical context, the course will devote some time to the Tsarist and Soviet periods. Most of the course deals with the Russian Federation under presidents Yeltsin and Putin. Constitutional debates, federalism, ethnic issues, political struggles, the Chechen war, changing relations with the U.S. and NATO, and more will be covered, as well as executive, legislative, and judicial institutions.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on the political choices and dramatic changes occurring in the region since 1989. Some history will be necessary to understand these developments. The rest of the course examines contemporary politics in eastern and central Europe, with a focus on the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, and two other countries chosen by the class. We also look at democracy, representation, institutional change, ethnic issues, political struggle, foreign policy, civil war in Yugoslavia, the Kosovo crisis, the plight of gypsies, and more.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This course explores contemporary issues in African political systems from a variety of theoretical perspectives. These issues include: political stability, democracy, economic development, and structural adjustment. No prior knowledge of Africa is required, but students should be prepared to read detailed analytic and historical contexts with a view to applying their insights to contemporary problems.(4 credits)
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3.00 Credits
This course will help students comprehend the nature of ethnic conflict, as well as understand why some multiethnic states avoid ethnic wars while others do not. Using two sets of case studies, the course contrasts ethnic war in Yugoslavia and Chechnya with peaceful resolution of ethnic issues in Czechoslovakia and Tatarstan. We also look to Northern Ireland, the Kurds, Uighurs, Basques, and other groups for a more nuanced view of "ethnic conflict." 4
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4.00 Credits
The seminar will illuminate the key controversies of the Vietnam experience and trace their persistence in American politics, foreign policy and military strategy. The course will trace the development of U.S. military and diplomatic policy regarding Vietnam, assess the various lessons attributed to the Vietnam experience, and consider how application of these lessons has altered American's attitudes toward interventionism.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with the political history, international significance, and the dimensions of political life in the Middle East. Owing to the ever-present potential for conflict, the seeming intractability of disputes, and the oil factor, what happens in the Middle East is of vital importance to international politics. We examine the role that politics in the Middle East has played in world affairs as well as the region's importance in the future.(4 credits)
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