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4.00 Credits
A survey of the major environmental, resource, energy and population problems of modern society, focusing on the United States. The politics of man's relationship with nature, the political problems of ecological scarcity and public goods, and the response of the American political system to environmental issues. Wurth (SS)
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4.00 Credits
The purpose of the course is to consider the nature- and desirability-of citizenship, both as an ideal and as applied (if possible) in the global context. What exactly does it mean to be a "citizen " Does citizenship requireparticular actions, thoughts, or values What are the legal, political, and moral obligations of this designation What exactly do you owe to your neighbor, or to someone on the other side of the world Readings range from Socrates to the Manefesto of the Unabomber. Pinaire (SS/GC)
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4.00 Credits
Relationship of technology and technological change with politics and public policy. Review of theories of political significance of technology, including technological determinism, technology assessment, technological progress and appropriate technology. Specific issues in technology with emphasis on U.S. Wurth (ND)
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4.00 Credits
Principles governing the interaction between the economic and political components of international phenomena. Political causes and consequences of trade and investment. Foreign economic policy in its relationship to domestic economic policy and other aspects of foreign policy. Determinants of foreign economic policy. Prerequisites: Economics 1 or 11 or 12; IR 10. Moon, Barkey (SS)
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4.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary, team-taught course focusing on history, politics, economics and international relations. Topics covered will include Canada's historical development, recent politics and foreign policy, and economic and trade issues. Special attention will be given to contemporary affairs and to Canada's relations with the United States. (SS)
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4.00 Credits
Selected social and political issues relating to the role of women in American society. Focuses on such questions as economic equality, poverty, and work roles, the older woman, gender gap, political leadership, reproduction technology, and sexual violence. Olson (SS)
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4.00 Credits
The lessons and legacies of 1960s social and political movements. Students examine civil rights, black power movements, the New Left, campus protests, the Vietnam war and antiwar movement, the counterculture, women's and ecology movements and assess their connection to democracy, today's world and their own lives. Morgan (SS)
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4.00 Credits
Examines the meaning of the American war in Vietnam as interpreted and disputed in American politics, the mass media, and private and public memory. Reviews the political history and context of the war, personal experiences and critical perspectives on the war, and characterizations of the war in mainstream news media and popular film. Morgan (SS)
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4.00 Credits
This course explores the legal and political consequences of various theories of crime, punishment and social control in the United States. Topics include policing, racial profiling, trial court proceedings and the administration of justice, growing incarceration rates and the prison industry, capital punishment, the jury system, and the nature of legal obligation. Pinaire. (ND)
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4.00 Credits
Study of the organization, functions and behavior of political parties in the United States. Includes voting behavior, campaigns and elections, polling, interest groups, public opinion and the role of the media. (SS)
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