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3.00 Credits
D. Macdonald This course examines America's role in East and Southeast Asia from 1900 to the present. After an overview historical introduction to that role, the course deals with the current issues affecting American interests such as globalization, human rights, and terrorism. There is an emphasis on security issues, both regional efforts and those with extra-regional countries such as the U.S., Australia, Japan, China, and India. Prerequisite: POSC 366 (may be taken concurrently). Prior study of Asia, either in the Liberal Arts Core Curriculum or the Asian Studies Program, is strongly recommended.
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3.00 Credits
F. Chernoff, E. Fogarty, D. Macdonald This course provides students with both an historical overview of modern U.S. foreign policy (since Pearl Harbor) and a review of current thinking on issues of the day since 9/11 and how they are shaped and driven by traditional American political culture, such as globalization, the "long war" on terror, policies toward the Third World, relations with traditional allies following the Cold War, civil-military relations, and competing ideologies. The analytical emphasis is on elite decision making and security issues. Prerequisite : POSC 232 . Students wishing to learn more about the domestic processes of American foreign policy should tak e POS C 360, Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy.
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3.00 Credits
(IR) E. Fogarty This course examines the development and consequences of European unification after World War II. Major topics include the nature and history of integration, concepts of sovereignty and the nation-state, the role of international organizations in world politics, the institutional structure of the EU, major initiatives such as the Common Agricultural Policy and the Common Market, the meaning and repercussions of the Maastrict Treaty, and the development of a single currency. The course includes the opportunity to participate in a model European union with American and European students.
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3.00 Credits
(IR) Staff China has been a major concern for American foreign policy makers for many years. The course begins with a historical review of American relations with China and then considers World War II, the Communist takeover, the Korean War and the ensuing Cold War, and the Nixon and post-Nixon eras. Other topics include the Taiwan and Hong Kong issues, current economic relationships, and questions of arms control.
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3.00 Credits
F. Chernoff, E. Fogarty The end of the Cold War and the introduction of a large number of non-traditional issues (environmental, economic, and normative) to the international agenda have raised very serious questions about the discipline of international relations itself. How new or old will the new international relations be What conceptual framework should be used to explore these issues What issues should be the focus The course begins with a reassessment of the grand tradition in international relations and of how the order, upon which it was based, fell. The emerging world order and the agenda of new issues with which it confronts us, the likely new patterns of cooperation and conflict those issues will foster, and the possibilities for a new consensus are considered. Prerequisite: POSC 232.
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3.00 Credits
E. Fogarty This course looks at the history and political development of Britain, France, Germany, and Italy. The course studies these countries within the context of not only their distinct histories but also provides a comparison of how these histories impacted the development of diverging domestic interests, the creation of societal cleavages, and consequently the construction of political institutions to mediate and regulate internal conflict. Major policies within the countries are considered, including their involvement with NATO and the European Union.
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0.50 Credits
E. Fogarty This 0.50-credit, three-week extended study course examines the origins and development of European cooperation within the context of the European Union (EU). The EU is often viewed primarily as an economic venture. This course helps students understand the political roots of European cooperation by visiting sites in European conflict from the first two World Wars in Germany and France. The students then have the opportunity to see how far the countries of the EU have come by visiting EU institutions in Brussels, Belgium. Most importantly, students see how these EU institutions work by participating in the Model European Union, an annual activity sponsored by the New York State European Union Simulation Studies consortium of which Colgate has been a participant for over 10 years. Prerequisite: POSC 367 and permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
M. Hayes This course examines how the executive and legislative branches of government interact to formulate public policies. The influence of political parties, interest groups, business organizations, and public opinion on these institutions is explored in depth. The course also highlights the impact of federalism within the American political system, pointing both to intergovernmental implementation of national policies and to policy innovation at the state level. An overarching theme of the course is the inevitable tension between oligarchy and democracy in a system where only a few actors wield direct influence over policy decisions.
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3.00 Credits
J. Wagner How do the forces that shape personality and motivation affect the political behavior of individuals What role do factors such as schooling, religion, social class, mass media, race, and gender have upon individual beliefs and attitudes How does the use of stereotypes and political symbols shape the popular understanding of politics and affect the relationship between the rulers and the ruled By employing an individualistic perspective, this course investigates the formation of public opinion and the structure of political beliefs, values, and attitudes.
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3.00 Credits
R. Kraynak This course examines the claims of reason and revelation as sources of ultimate truth and as guides for the political world. Readings are from the great theologians of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
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