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3.00 Credits
Approaches to public policy analysis. The nature of politics and policy with emphasis on the role of the citizen, uses of information types in the formation of public policy, the analysis of policy content, and the problems of training for policy analysis. Basic policy analysis methods including interviewing participant observation, document analysis, and surveying.
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3.00 Credits
(3 cr) Role of the Blacks in the American political system, with emphasis on strategies used to gain political power and influence decision makers; problems faced in the southern and urban political settings.
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3.00 Credits
Lec 3. Role of genes in shaping human behavior, especially political behavior. Basic principles of evolutionary psychology, brain anatomy, social behavior, and genetics.
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3.00 Credits
Selected current or otherwise important problems in international relations. Content varies but may include such subjects as weapons and security policies, human rights, multinational corporations, ideologies, etc.
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3.00 Credits
(3 cr) Core course for minors in conflict and conflict resolution. Introduction to the study of the biological, economic, politicalhistorical, and cultural bases of war and group conflict.
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3.00 Credits
Leading theories on war and peace, highlighting the causes and consequences of WWI, WWII, the Korean War, Vietnam, and the Gulf War.
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3.00 Credits
Variety of global crises and challenges that pose threats to world order. Population growth; scarcities of food, energy, and nonfuel minerals; vulnerability of industrial states to resource scarcities; nuclear proliferation; arms racing; and terrorism.
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3.00 Credits
Postwar western European politics and policy-making in comparative perspective. Political institutions and the role and behavior of political parties. European integration, environmental policy, welfare policy, regionalism, and immigration.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the politics of the Third World nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Evolution of post-colonial state, the origins and explanations of political violence, and the effects of economic weakness, cultural pluralism, and social structure on politics. Examined within the context of the international political and economic system.
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3.00 Credits
Political economy of development in the "Asian Tigers": Taiwan,South Korea, and Malaysia. Historical roots of these "developmental states." Political and economic structures associated with rapid development. Process of democratization and political change that have occurred as these states modernize.
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