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4.00 Credits
An examination of contemporary American politics and policy dealing with environmental issues. Current controversies in the legislative and regulatory areas will be covered to examine environmental issues and the political process. Significant portions of the course readings will be taken from government publications. Wurth (SS)
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4.00 Credits
The role of propaganda and mass media in sustaining hegemony in the United States. Emphasis on television, advertising and mass culture, public relations, news media, and political propaganda pertaining to U.S. foreign and domestic policy. Students compare critical counter-hegemonic theories to political speeches, documents, news reports, and media encounters that shape much of American political life. Morgan (SS)
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4.00 Credits
Integrated fieldwork and academic study. Seminar, research paper, and journal; internship with government and social service agencies, political groups, elected officials, and law offices. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Olson (ND)
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4.00 Credits
Political behavior viewed from a psychological and social psychological perspective. Prerequisite: Any one of the following introductory courses: ANTH 1, ANTH 11, ANTH 12, SSP 5, SSP 21, or department permission. Rosenwein (SS)
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4.00 Credits
Democratic, authoritarian and revolutionary paths to contemporary political issues. Political, economic and social implications of contemporary "democratic"regimes and neo-liberal economic policies. Discussion groups and student presentations on prospects for democratic peace and prosperity in the future. Prerequisite: POLS 3. (ND)
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4.00 Credits
U.S. historical relationship with Central America, Caribbean and South America with emphasis on economic and military dominance. Contemporary issues such as U.S. invasions of Panama and Grenada, U.S. Cuban relations, the militarization of the "drug war,"counterinsurgency. Written analysis of competing U.S. interests across time and regions. Prerequisite: POLS 3. (ND)
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4.00 Credits
Indigenous and "imported" religious structures, theprominent role of the Catholic Church in Latin America, and the recent explosion of Protestant/ Pentecostal churches. Emphasis on the intersection of religious belief and power (i.e., gender, local politics, national development, etc.). Short papers integrate material with students' knowledge of religious/political phenomena. Discussion groups analyze philosophical foundations of belief. Prerequisite: POLS 3 and 336. (ND)
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4.00 Credits
The exploration of the various ways in which markets shape cultural, social, ethical, and political practices in contemporary society. Normative justification for mar- ket as an institutional arrangement that is neutral between different views of "the good". Ethical critiqueof this normative justification and implications of the critique for law and policy. Holland (SS)
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4.00 Credits
Focus on gender implications of contemporary strategies for Third World economic growth, neo-liberalism. How do economic theories affect 'real people ' How do economictheories affect men vs. women What is the role of people who want to 'help ' Some background in economictheories and/or Third World politics desired, but not required. Prerequisite: POLS 1 or WS 1. (SS)
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4.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the issues of Land Use Planning, Community, Growth Management, and Sprawl. It examines the history of urban development in America in all its forms, from the earliest settlements to the auto suburbs of today. The course explores such planning and development factors as comprehensive plans, zoning, and the influence of infrastructure on development, as well as problems related to sprawl. It concludes with an assessment of the revival of city centers, alternatives to sprawl, and comparisons to development patterns in other countries. Freeman (SS)
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