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3.00 Credits
M. Teodoro The United States is an urban society: today nearly 80 percent of Americans live in urbanized, metropolitan areas. These urban areas are governed by a dizzying array of local, state, and federal institutions whose policies affect citizens' lives enormously and in myriad ways. This course explores the politics of urban America in the context of the contemporary metropolis. The legal and philosophical origins of local American government are discussed, along with the political economy of the city and classic theories of urban politics. The course traces the history of urbanization and the accompanying growth of government institutions, and addresses issues of suburbanization, regional balkanization, and federalism. Other issues addressed in the course include land use, segregation, housing, economic development, and poverty. Prerequisite: POSC 150.
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3.00 Credits
M. Hayes This course examines the nature and extent of poverty in the United States, with particular emphasis on public policies designed to alleviate poverty and recent proposals for reform. Political factors affecting the formulation and implementation of poverty policies are examined, drawing on case studies of selected issues such as the war on poverty, Medicare, food stamps, aid to families with dependent children, and negative income tax proposals.
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3.00 Credits
M. Johnston Politics is a distant and dimly understood process for most people; still, they must somehow come to terms with the threats and reassurances it offers, and reach assessments of personalities and policies about which they often know little. This course is an analysis of politics and the media from the inside out, beginning with the ways people receive, interpret, or ignore the media messages directed at them. News reporting and questions of bias are treated in the context of a group analysis of important stories. The class also considers the evolution and refinement of media campaigning techniques. Those who cannot purchase time or space in the mass media may resort to protest, terror, and violence in order to air their views. The class discusses these cases along with the ethical issues they pose.
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3.00 Credits
N. Moore This course focuses on the causal dynamics of judicial behavior. It introduces students to the study of courts as political institutions and, in doing so, provides some understanding of the political nature of the role of courts in American society. The course departs from the view that landmark national decisions such as Roe v. Wade, Baker v. Carr, and Brown v. Bd. of Education, along with their more recent conservative corollaries, are solely the product of adherence to constitutional standards of interpretation. Instead, it posits that these controversial rulings and judicial policy in general can be explained through careful examination of certain political factors. In short, the course is based on the premise that the judiciary is a permeable structure that is responsive to democratic processes and that, in turn, exerts influence upon those processes. Two major theoretical concerns integrate the lectures and materials covered in the course: 1) the dynamic relationship between court decision-making processes and major features of the larger American political arena, and 2) the inherent tensions between judicial independence and democratic politics.
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3.00 Credits
(IR) D. Epstein This course examines the globalization of economic ideas and practices in the movement from state socialism to market capitalism. The course focuses on the countries of the former Soviet Union but addresses a wide range of states where similar transformations have occurred. It explores the politics, implementation, and impact of neoliberal economic reform strategies. Students devote particular attention to the relationship between local economies and processes of globalization and development.
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3.00 Credits
E. Fogarty This course looks at the historical and theoretical development of the international political economy. Some of the major topics considered include the interaction between politics and economics in trade and protectionism, capital flows, exchange rates, debt, globalization, and problems in development. Prerequisite: POSC 232.
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3.00 Credits
A. Pitcher This course examines relations between African states and between African and foreign states. Major topics include the effects of the international system on economic and political development, African states' use of foreign policy to achieve development goals, the role of the major outside powers, intra-African conflicts, African organization, the role of African thought in foreign policies, and the international relations of southern Africa.
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3.00 Credits
Staff This course is a survey of East Asian international relations from the breakdown of the traditional Chinese world order to the emergence of the Pacific Rim system. Emphasis is on foreign policies of East Asian nations, security, and trade issues.
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3.00 Credits
F. Chernoff The course examines the nature of defense policy making in the United States. Problems of the defense policy process are considered, including the estimation of defense requirements, budget formulation, the roles of Congress, the armed services, the President, and other actors. Major issues in the defense budget are examined, including estimation of force levels, strategic programs, manpower, and conventional weapons. Prerequisite: POSC 232.
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3.00 Credits
F. Chernoff This course discusses and analyzes the idea of national security in theory and practice, as well as the impact of nuclear weapons on contemporary statecraft topics including deterrence theory, arms control and disarmament, nuclear proliferation, and recent strategic developments. An optional three-week extended study in New York City, POSC 383, deepens students' understanding of several issues that are treated in class during the term. Prerequisite: POSC 232 or permission of instructor.
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