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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Address ethical issues directly related to national and international politics. Primary focus on international level, primary medium film (feature and documentaries). Topics realpolitik, idealism, pacifism, torture, just war theory, genocide, impunity for mass murder, and international justice.
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3.00 Credits
Current political issues in Selected Latin American countries. RESTRICTIONS: May be taken twice for credit when topics vary.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to persuasion and political propaganda. We will first define propaganda and discuss the primary theories in persuasion and propaganda that could be applied to designing and analyzing propaganda campaigns. We will then apply these theories to analyze WWI and WWII propaganda posters, propaganda films, and political campaign commercials (primarily from the U.S.), and misinformation and Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign and beyond.
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3.00 Credits
Course will cover topics in Urban Politics. Topics will vary. RESTRICTIONS: May be taken twice for credit when topics vary.
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3.00 Credits
Overview of debates in Comparative Political Economy, with a focus on Europe and advanced industrial countries. Topics include different analytical tools and approaches for studying CPE, debates over Varieties of Capitalism, and capitalism itself. RESTRICTIONS: May be taken twice for credit when topics/countries vary.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the history and contemporary role of Latinx people in the American political system. In tracing the historical and political processes of Latinx people in the U.S., we will grapple with questions of ethnicity and identity, immigration and belonging, assimilation and incorporation, and examine the impact of Latinx voters on campaigns and elections.
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3.00 Credits
Why do some states develop economically faster than others? What explains different strategies of growth and development? How do different states manage diverse societies and liberalization processes? This class investigates these questions in the context of East and especially Southeast Asia by looking at the relationship between states, markets, and societies. The second part of the course will give particular attention to the politics of Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines.
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3.00 Credits
The course explores the portrayal of social movements in literature and film, foregrounding gender-based activism across a range of social movements. We will focus on activism linked to labor, women's suffrage, civil rights, reproductive rights, environmentalism, and white nationalism. The course will provide opportunities for students to engage with questions about responsible citizenship and to explore the relationship between democratic values, democratic institutions, and social justice in American society. This focus on literature and film provides a unique opportunity to consider social movements from the perspective of the activists.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the political history, politics and economy of contemporary Russia. Topics include why the Soviet Union broke up, how Putin dominated the nominally democratic Russian political system, Russian political culture and ethnic diversity, Russia's economic problems, and its foreign policy.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the regulation of sexual practices and identities through the law with a specific focus on how the development of political policy and legal norms at the state and federal level reflects changes in sexual norms as a consequence of social movement activity.
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