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What, if any, norms of justice apply to the institutions and practice of world politics? Topics include "political realism" and skepticism about global morality; just wars and justice in warfare; ethics of humanitarian intervention; the nature and basis of human rights; world poverty and global distributive justice; democracy and accountability in global institutions. Readings chosen from recent works in political philosophy.
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What is the Constitution? Who are its authoritative interpreters? How should they go about the task of interpretation?
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An exploration of how the United States has grappled with the limits on government power. The rights of individuals, and the justification for the use of force from the founding period to today. Topics include religious liberty, free speech, economic liberty, equality and personal autonomy, and security issues.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the political science of law and courts. Topics typically include: bargaining and decision making on the U.S. Supreme Court; political struggles over doctrine within the judicial hierarchy; the politics of Supreme Court nominations; juries as political institutions; court packing, jurisdiction stripping and judicial intimidation.
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This course is an introduction to the study of American public opinion. We pay particular attention to the questions of where people get their opinions, to inequalities in public opinion, and to the public's competence to govern.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the US Congress with a focus on understanding what determines the laws Congress enacts. Among the factors examined will be the characteristics and incentives of legislators, rules governing the legislative process and internal organization, separation of powers, political parties, Congressional elections, and interest group influence. Special attention will be paid to interpreting recent historical events using modern theoretical and empirical scholarship. This term the course will be taught as a seminar and structured as a mix of lecture and student-led discussion.
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This is a course on American politics viewed from the perspective of democratic theory. We will begin with recent political events that raise perennial issues, and then proceed to the history of the American party system. The course material is primarily historical and theoretical.
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Examines how election campaigns affect voters by presenting an overview of the different explanations of how people make voting decisions, from stable long-term factors (partisan identification and socioeconomic status) to short-term influences of campaigns, media and interpersonal communication. The primary focus will be on the nature of modern elections campaigns and their impact on people's political reasoning and voting behavior. The goal of this class is to provide a theoretical understanding of campaign conduct and effects. We will use that understanding to analyze recent presidential elections, with special emphasis on 2000 and 2008.
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This course explores the political biography, principles, and practices of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, as a means of understanding 19th-century American politics through the life of an American president. The issues to be examined include grass-roots politics in the 19th century Republic, the international context of liberal democracy in the 19th century, the war powers of the presidency, the contest of Whig and Democratic political ideas, the relation of the executive branch to the legislative and judicial branches, diplomacy, and the presidential cabinet.
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Like other disasters in American history, Hurricane Katrina provides a lens for understanding many of the fault lines within American society and politics. This course uses disaster and its racial consequences to analyze a wide range of topics in the study of American politics. Using disaster as a focal point, this course will cover topics that include: African American literary responses to disaster; American racial history; the contemporary racial divide in American public opinion; the role of the media in politics; federalism; urban politics; religion and politics; and civil society in the U.S.
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