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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the history of European political theory through an investigation classic Greek and pre-modern Christian writings. Texts to be explored include Aeschylus's Oresteia, Thucydides Peloponnesian War, Plato's Republic, Aristotle's Politics, St. Augustine's City of Gold, St. Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologica, and Ibn Khaldunas the Muqadima.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an intro to major works of American political theory from the founding to the present. We confront core philosophical questions about politics in general and politics in the US specifically, including the following: What are the purposes of government? How can the American polity be democratic while preventing the tyranny of the majority? How has American Nationally defined through the exclusion of certain social groups, how do historically excluded groups gain political power and inclusion?
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the central actor in the American political drama-the American presidency. The presidency is unquestionably the most visible institution in the American republic, but it is also perhaps the most perplexing, and often least understood. In this course students will examine the key questions that surround this office. What is the constitutional design of the presidency, and why did the Framers structure it such? How does the presidency relate to the other branches of government-and how should it? What constraints do history and context place on a president?s ability to act? This course will examine these questions most extensively by taking an in depth look at a selection of men who have held the office of President. One of the guiding themes of the class will be that the strengths, weaknesses, conflicts and coping mechanisms that mark these men are in many ways indicative of the time in which they lead the nation. So we will learn about larger issues in American politics by learning about its Presidents.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a general introduction to the United States Constitution and its enormous influences over American Jurisprudence. Concepts treated during the courses include the nature and sources of the Supreme Court's authority and both the framework of and preconditions for federal judicial review; a basic overview of constitutional issue arising from the federal nature of our government including the development and use of the Commerce Powers of the federal government, the constitutional limitations on state regulation of commerce, and federal preemption of state authority; a brief overview of the separation of power within the federal government; and an introduction to the constitutional protection of individual rights which focuses on both the 14th Amendment and the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure pursuant to the 5th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide an overview to the methods of conducting research in the field of political science. It will introduce students to each step in the process of conducting original research--indentifying an interesting question; creating a plan to shed new light on it; finding the appropriate sources, information, and data; organizing that information; and writing it up in a clear and persuasive manner. The course will introduce students to the methodologies most common to the various subfields in political sicence. Students will meet in person or remotely with researchers in each field, and be offered a chance to hear about how these researchers developed their own methodological approach to political questions.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
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3.00 Credits
Analysis and interpretation of trends in American foreign policy since WWII. After a discussion of contending theories of foreign policy and a review of developments during the Cold War, we will focus on current issues in American foreign policy, including arms control, nuclear proliferation, human rights, regional intervention and conflict management, foreign aid, environmental policy and relations with other great powers, including German and European Community states, Japan, Russia, and China.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the study of state government and politics in the U.S. It focuses on the political structures, processes, and policies of the state government through a comparative analysis of the 50 states. Particular attention is paid to federalism, electoral politics, parties, interest groups, lobbying, media, the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary. The first half of the course focuses on competing theories and understandings of these concepts; the second half applies the concepts and theories to the state of Maine. Particular attention will be paid to the 2000 legislative and gubernatorial elections in Washington State.
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3.00 Credits
In the period following September 11, 2001, the idea that certain people are evil has taken a central place in American political rhetoric-helping to justify two foreign wars and doctrine of pre-emption, perhaps the most dramatic shift in American foreign policy since the first world war. It is clear that defining a person or a group of people as evil can be a powerful political maneuver-one that opens up possibilities for actions and policies that would not otherwise be possible. This course examines the long human tradition of thinking about evil and labeling people as evil. We will look at the religious origins of the western concept of evil, and the way thinking about evil changed with the Protestant revolution. The bulk of the course will examine the way ideas about evil became integrated into modern politics. We will do this by looking at political theorists that have thought about evil, particularly Machiavelli, Nietzsche, and Arendt. We will also look at political events that have centered upon rhetoric about evil, including the Inquisition, the Salem witch trials, Nazi Germany, the cold war and the red scare and finally contemporary rhetoric about terrorism and Islam.
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3.00 Credits
This is an interdisciplinary course focusing on the relationship between and political theory and literature through the trilogy of the Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz. Mahfouz is the most important and popular Arabic fiction writer of this century. In 1988, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. After an introduction to theories of colonialism and nationalism, the course will focus on Mahfouz's treatment of colonialism, nationalism, gender, family, and humor in his famous Cairo trilogy. The trilogy tells the story of three generations of an urban middle class family in Cairo between 1914 and 1945.
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