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The course will consider some of the key legal, political, and philosophical issues at the heart of contemporary debates about marriage, sexuality, and public morality.
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This course examines how presidents use power, focusing on the strategic context of the presidency and the tools of presidential governance: what they are, how they work, how to use them effectively, and with what consequences. The emphasis is on the "nuts and bolts" of what modern presidents do. Students conduct case studies of presidential power in action.
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This course investigates the politics of race in the U. S. with particular attention to the political status of African Americans. We will cover topics including the meaning of race, the civil rights movement and collective action, gender, class and regional differences, racial prejudice, racial identity, and various public policy issues such as residential segregation and political representation. The focus will be on student participation and student research projects involving direct observation and rigorous qualitative analysis, or analysis of quantitative data.
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Over the course of Africa's history, countries in the region have suffered from a number of challenges, including poor governance, economic stagnation, and political violence. In this class we will examine these and other issues relevant to Africa using the modern political economy approach, which applies tools from economics to questions from political science. We will identify relevant political actors and their interests, and analyze how these actors combine in particular institutional settings to affect social outcomes such as civil war, democracy, economic growth, and stagnation.
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At the end of the Cold War democracy appeared to sweep across the globe. However, new democracies have fallen to military coups, leaders remain president for life in spite of multiparty elections, and China is a rising power under single-party rule. In this class, we will explore how various dictators are able to hold onto power, how and when democratization occurs, and the consequences of authoritarian rule. In addition to learning about examples of each type of authoritarian regime (e.g., personalist, military, single-party, and hegemonic party), students will research a dictator of their choosing for the final research project.
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This course will survey U.S. and Canadian law governing the relationship between the federal and state/provincial governments and Indian Nations, and will focus on the constitutional, statutory and jurisprudential rules of US Federal Indian law. Topics to be addressed include: the history of federal-tribal relations; the origin and scope of federal power over Indian affairs; the source and scope of tribal powers recognized under federal law; the limits of state authority in Indian country; and contemporary Indian policy. The course will be comparative in nature, with frequent reference to Canadian law.
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Examines the Constitutional issues raised by the American Civil War, beginning with nullification and secession, and surveying the presidential war powers, emancipation, confiscation, war crimes, international law, and the contrasting constitutions of the U.S. and Confederate states.
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Basic mathematical concepts essential for formal and quantitative analysis in political science research. Course prepares students for advanced courses offered in the Department, e.g., POL 573-576. Topics will include calculus, linear algebra, and probability theory. Some applications to political science will be introduced. The course is aimed for both students with little exposure to mathematics and those who have taken some but wish to gain a more solid foundation. No prerequisite.
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Contemporary liberal democracies are characterized by various forms of diversity, including racial, religious, cultural, and linguistic diversity. The course focuses on recent work in normative political theory that debates how liberal democracies ought to respond to these different forms of diversity. How should concepts of << race, >> << religion, >> and << culture,>> be understood by political theorists intersted in these debates? Do racial, religious, cultural, and/or linguistic minorities have rights to recognition or accomodation? And what would be the basis of such rights in the principles of liberal democracy?
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Seminar offers graduate students the opportunity to explore the historical meaning of Machiavellis thought in the context of Italian Renaissance political and intellectual life. Special attention dedicated to refining interpretive skills necessary to understand texts of the XVth and XVIth centuries and learning to avoid the most common misinterpretations that have historically affected the comprehension of Machiavelli's thought.
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