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POL 201: Policy Issues,Advocacy and Budgeting
3.00 Credits
Rider University
3 credits Surveys various domestic economic and social policy issues, the government budgeting process, and how citizens and groups advocate their interest through organizing, coalition-building and lobbying. Emphasis on developing practical skills in issue analysis, lobbying, legislative tracking, and public budgeting.
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POL 210: Public Opinion
3.00 Credits
Rider University
3 credits Public opinion as a social force and as expression of public sentiment on political and social issues. Topics include: development and dissemination of opinions, the measurement of public opinion, public opinion and governmental processes, and the reciprocal relationship between mass media and public opinion.
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POL 215: Global Politics
3.00 Credits
Rider University
3 credits The struggle for power, wealth, and order at the global level involving nation-states, intergovernmental organizations (such as the United Nations, the European Union, etc.), non-governmental organizations, transnational enterprises and other non-state entities, using military, economic, diplomatic, legal, and communication instruments. Overview of global problems such as the proliferation of weapons of destruction, ethnic and religious conflicts, human rights, and the global environment at the threshold of the 21st century. Real-time use of the Internet is an integral aspect of this course in terms of readings and assignments. (This course is a prerequisite for POL-295 Special Projects in Political Science: Model United Nations.)
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POL 216: Comparative Political Systems
3.00 Credits
Rider University
3 credits A general introduction to types of government and political regimes of the world as they try to cope with the dual challenge of ethnic micropolitics and transnational globalization. Major prototypes of democracy: the British parliamentary system, the American separation of powers system, and various combinations of these two. Traditional autocracy, totalitarian dictatorships, and late 20th-century authoritarian regimes.
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POL 218: The Pacific Rim in the 21st Century
3.00 Credits
Rider University
3 credits The internal politics and the external policies of an area where the interests of four of the world's major powers (the United States, China, Japan, and Russia) intersect. The emphasis is on the dynamics of change in China (and Taiwan), Japan, the Koreas, and the countries of Southeast Asia, and their political, military, and economic interactions within the global context.
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POL 219: Terrorism,Revolution and Political Violence
3.00 Credits
Rider University
3 credits "Revolutions are the mad inspiration of history." Trotsky's characterization callsattention to three important dimensions of violent political participation: the historical settings, ideology, and emotional fervor of the practitioners. The course focuses on these dimensions by analyzing revolutionary and terrorist movements in the 20th century. Special attention is given to the use of violence in the post-Cold War new world disorder.
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POL 225: Nationalism in World Politics
3.00 Credits
Rider University
3 credits Nations and nationalism. An overview of nationalistic manifestations in the world today. Nations, states, nation-states. Multinational states, stateless nations. Imperialism, antiimperialism; nativism vs. internationalism and globalism. Topics include nationalisms in the Holy Land; in the former Yugoslavia; in the former Soviet Union and its successor states; and economic Nationalism vs. Globalization.
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POL 230: Methods of Political Analysis
3.00 Credits
Rider University
3 credits An overview of the various qualitative and quantitative methods that political scientists use to study their discipline. Themes include analyses of political participation and support, methods of studying elections, measures of political tolerance and liberalism.
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POL 235: Race and Ethnicity in American Politics
3.00 Credits
Rider University
3 credits Examines the changing political, economic, and social situation of racial and ethnic groups in American politics since the 1950s. Topics include the relationship between race/ ethnicity and voting behavior, political parties, and election results. Includes an analysis of specific areas of contemporary racial and ethnic conflict, such as voting rights, immigration, and affirmative action.
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POL 239: Political Thinkers and Political Thought
3.00 Credits
Rider University
3 credits A survey of the most significant political thought from ancient times into the modern era. Subject matter includes discussion of such questions as the nature of freedom, natural law and right, constitutionalism, political obligation, justice, form of regime.
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