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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Surveys feminist International Relations literature from classic works to contemporary research, problematizing how gender permeates the study and practices of global politics. Class intersects/engages postcolonial, poststructural and other critical approaches while also providing an introduction to the variety of feminist methodologies in the field.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys broad range of international relations theory including realism, neo-realism, interdependence, unit-level analysis, regime theory, world system theories, post-structuralism, feminism and normative theory. Epistomological and conceptual problems associated with international relations research are explored.
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3.00 Credits
Brings together theoretical debate in contemporary political theory and contemporary international relations (IR) theory. As a follow up to introductory courses in those fields, this course will focus entirely on the current literature, issues, and debates in critical IR . Intended to include critical theory generally, post-structuralism, post-colonial IR, feminist IR, neo-constructivism, "critical liberalism" and IR scholarship based around key authors such as Bourdieu, Foucault, Habermas, Said, and others.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores legislative politics from an American perspective focusing on the Congress. It offers exposure to the historical development of American legislatures, committees, parties, legislative rules and processes, congressional campaigns and elections, campaign finance, interactions with the executive branch, congressional oversight, interest groups and lobbying, and member behavior.
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3.00 Credits
Examines some of the most influential attempts to provide the theoretical foundations of democracy. Explores various critical perspectives that highlight the limitations and dangers of democracy.
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3.00 Credits
Considers the political underpinnings and effects of the interaction of political and economic processes at the global level. Reviews schools of thought and various topics including long cycles, foreign investment, monetary and trade regimes, and the political dilemmas of growth and stagnation.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces key theories of regionalism and regional integration including economic and political-security based analysis, examining questions from a comparative perspective. Topics include: variations in regional integration efforts and institutions across regions, different ways of conceptualizing regional space, interactions between regional developments and global processes, and how regional developments in one part of the world inform others.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to theories of international organization. Focuses on the organization and governance of the international system. Areas of inquiry include the role of norms in structuring interactions in world politics, international regimes, formal international organization and international law.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the theoretical, empirical and policy-relevant literatures connected with international security affairs, defined as issues connected with the use or threat of force in international affairs. Topics include nuclear deterrence and proliferation, grand strategy, ethnic violence, peacekeeping, and terrorism and counterterrorism.
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3.00 Credits
A seminar that surveys international human rights issues with a special focus on those dimensions of rights most relevant to global governance. Topics include (but are not limited to) cosmopolitan ethics, just war theory, cultural relativism, and human rights regimes.
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