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3.00 Credits
POL 295 - Special Topics in American Politics FDR: SS2 Credits: 3 in fall and winter, 4 in spring Prerequisites: First-year or sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. A seminar in political science for students at the introductory or intermediate level. Topic, hour, and instructor are announced prior to registration. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Staff.
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3.00 Credits
POL 296 - Special Topics in Global Politics FDR: SS2 Credits: 3 in fall and winter, 4 in spring Prerequisites: First-year or sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. A seminar in political science for students at the introductory or intermediate level. Topic, hour, and instructor are announced prior to registration. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
Topic for Winter 2011:
POL 296: Negotiation Analysis. (3). No prerequisites. Open to majors and non-majors. Meets the global politics field requirement or elective credit in the major. Recommended for students interested in diplomacy, labor-management relations, conflict-resolution, law, public policy or social science graduate study. We derive negotiation outcomes from elementary fair division analysis which emphasizes distributive justice norms, settlement rules, bargaining power, negotiating strategies, contested goods and two or more disputants (litigants). Cases cover comparative and international politics. (SS2) McCaughrin
Topics for Fall 2010:
POL 296A: Islam and Politics (3). Prerequisite: Politics 105. This course provides a broad and thorough introduction to the contemporary global “Islamic Resurgence.” We shall respect cultural diversity. Themes treated include: religion, politics, and society; Islamic revival and reform; nationalism; the modern state; contemporary politics; and terrorism. Particular attention will be given to political Islam and to its radical and extremist manifestations past and present. The world view, strategy and tactics of selected contemporary terrorist organizations will be investigated. Implications of sectarian issues such as the Sunni-Shia split will be considered. Kiracofe.
POL 296B: Strategic Studies (3). No prerequisites. Open to majors and non-majors of all classes. Meets the global politics field requirement or elective credit in the major. Recommended for students interested in diplomacy, military science, national (homeland) and international security policy, or graduate study in public policy analysis. This course covers the factors behind political (strategic) outcomes at the international level, namely: national economic and security interests; political risk and risk insurance; psychological (cognitive mapping and risk-assessment) profiling; distance-adjusted national power; trade and security alliance portfolios; false and fuzzy signaling. Cases span all levels of strategic / tactical escalation from strict cooperation or supra-nationalization (European Union) to pure conflict or mutually assured destruction (MAD). The course also covers easily accessible and usable data-sets plus introductory analytical skills in this field. Student assignments simulate US Homeland Security Department task force reports; see www.dhs.gov/index.shtm (SS2) McCaughrin.
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3.00 Credits
POL 297 - Special Topics in Political Philosophy FDR: SS2 Credits: 3 in fall and winter, 4 in spring Prerequisites: First-year or sophomore standing or permission of the instructor A seminar in political science for students at the introductory or intermediate level. Topic, hour, and instructor are announced prior to registration. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
Topic for Fall 2010:
POL 297: Feminist Legal Theory (3). Prerequisite POL 111, WGS 120, or permission of the instructor. This course explores the complex ways in which leading feminist theorists have interpreted the role of law in constituting and deconstructing gender inequality in society. We examine theorists’ struggles to sort out the gendered effects of law in a range of challenging social and political issues including violence against women, reproductive rights, workplace equality, the over-representation of men in elected office, and ongoing debates about same-sex marriage. Attention is paid to feminists’ claims that law perpetuates masculine, race, and class privileges and to their attempts to re-imagine law as a force for change. (SS2) Le Blanc
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3.00 Credits
POL 327 - Japanese Political System FDR: SS2 Credits: 3 Prerequisite: POL 105, 227, or permission of the instructor. An examination of the origin, structure, operation, and evolution of Japanese political institutions. Students discuss the importance of Japan’s international position and historical experience to contemporary politics and address the development of the modern Japanese electoral system, political party system, and policy-making processes. The relationships between political leaders and their constituents on the national and local levels are also examined. LeBlanc.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POL 100, 111, or permission of the instructor. A survey of legal theories and the problems of reconciling such theories with the realities of administering a legal system. The course draws upon readings from literature, philosophy, legal scholarship, and political science. Topics include the nature of law and justice, constitutionalism, the role and power of courts and judges, and the function of a legal system. Harris. Note: re-numbered from POL 237.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: At least sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. The goal of the seminar is to discern the social and political implications of Ralph Ellison’s conception of America. Students read his classic novel, Invisible Man (1952), as well as many of his other works of fiction and non-fiction, as a way to examine the American Dream in the context of the gap between American political principle and practice. Morel.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POL 100. This seminar examines the political thought and practice of Abraham Lincoln. Emphasis is on his speeches and writings, supplemented by scholarly commentary on his life and career. Morel.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: POL 100 or 111. An examination of classic themes and current issues in American political thought. Depending on the instructor, emphases may include the Federalists, Anti-Federalists, Alexis de Tocqueville, Abraham Lincoln, and voices from the Progressive and civil rights eras. Course readings stress primary sources including speeches, essays, and books by politicians and theorists. The course explores the effort to reconcile liberty and equality, individualism and community, liberalism and republicanism, politics and religion, among other themes. The course highlights the contemporary relevance of the enduring tensions between political principles and practice. Staff.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Sociology 102 or permission of the instructor. This course is designed as a group research project devoted to the art and the science of survey research. Students prepare a list of hypotheses, select indicators, construct a questionnaire, conduct interviews, analyze data, and write research reports. When appropriate, the course may include service-learning components (community-based research projects). Jasiewicz.
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3.00 Credits
Counts toward the politics major’s global politics field requirement. This course introduces students to the basic problems and proposed solutions in the field of international security. Students become familiar with the basic scholarly approaches to understanding the causes of war and peace in the international system - Realism, Liberalism, Socialism and Constructivism - and test the explanatory power of each of these approaches on historical and contemporary security problems in international relations. Through case studies, students also get a detailed understanding of the complex histories of major conflicts in international relations. Lastly, students learn the art of writing analytical research papers on international relations questions. Zarakol. Note: May not be taken for credit by students who have taken POL 295 by the same course name.
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