|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Civil society is the arena of voluntary organizations (churches, social welfare organizations, sporting clubs) and communal activity. Scholars now tell us that such voluntary and cooperative activities create "social capital" -- a stock of mutual trust that forms the glue that holds society together. The course will be devoted to the study of the history of these concepts, and to the analysis of their application to the United States and other societies. This will be an interdisciplinary effort, embracing history, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, and other disciplines.
-
0.00 - 4.00 Credits
The course is designed for students preparing to incorporate statistical analysis in their policy research. In the context of case studies, it will cover the principal methods of data analysis and applied statistics in social science and policy research, including multiple regression, analysis of variance and nonparametric methods. Students are expected to have some knowledge of basic probability and statistical concepts.
-
0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Students will learn such basics of policy research as formulating researchable questions, designing studies, and using empirical evidence to evaluate claims. Students will examine substantive problems and both qualitative and quantitative research approaches, through critical reading of social science research, review of WWS senior theses, and examples drawn from the professor's experience conducting policy research with the World Bank. The course will also cover such practical aspects of research as ethics and regulations concerning human subjects, use of library and reference search tools, resources for acquiring and presenting data.
-
0.00 - 4.00 Credits
An examination of what we can learn from the study of historical financial crises. When is speculation rational? How does regulation affect the development of bubbles? How do contagion and spillover occur? How does a lender of last resort affect pre-crises behavior and post-crisis resolution? How can lenders be coordinated in work-outs? What are the appropriate tasks of central banks in dealing with crises? How does the architecture of the international financial system affect response to crises? What issues arise from bond finance and from bank lending? What are the harmful, and what are the beneficial effects of crises?
-
0.00 - 4.00 Credits
In policy task forces, students work in groups of 8 to 10, first formulating the general problem, then engaging in individual research on subtopics, and finally presenting their inferences for discussion and debate and producing a collective policy report.
-
0.00 - 4.00 Credits
New technologies have changed the way we communicate with each other and learn about our world. They have also raised public policy dilemmas in every area they touch: communications, regulations, privacy, national security, intellectual property, and many others. This course is predicated on the belief that we can only productively address the social and policy dimensions of the Internet if we understand the technology behind the Internet; the social-science concepts and research that illuminate the likely effects of policy options; and tradeoffs among fundamental values that different policy options imply.
-
0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This seminar examines various types of human inequalities and considers several thought-provoking explanations for their occurrence. The focus is primarily conceptual and philosophical, although the discussions will include references to current instances of inequality and policies designed to alleviate them. The readings include both classics in political theory and more contemporary works.
-
0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Examines the roles of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons in international security historically, at present, and in possible futures. The technical basis for these weapons will be presented at a level suitable for the non-scientist, and the challenges of state and non-state acquisition or development will be assessed. Topics to be examined include dissuasion, deterrence, defense, preventive war, preemption, arms control, nonproliferation, counterproliferation, and terrorism. Discussions will be rooted, where appropriate, in international relations theory.
-
0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course will focus on the dynamics of urban revitalization. Beginning in the 1950s, many neighborhoods that were home to the working class and a stepping stone to the middle class began to decline economically and became densely concentrated with the urban poor. In recent years, many neighborhoods have been rejuvenated. We will examine the lifecycle of these communities, the forces behind their decline, the policies and players that have spearheaded their revival, the reasons some neighborhoods have yet to recover, and the policy conflicts and community tensions that arise when gentrification gains a foothold in the inner city.
-
0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course will focus on the continual tension between international law and international politics. It will examine the impact of this tension on issues of intervention and also on other issues of substantive importance, including environmental protection, trade, human rights, laws of war applicable to the "war on terror," and crimes of state. It will discuss recent developments affecting international institutions and recent changes in international law, such as the changing conception of "sovereignty."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2024 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|