|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
3.00 Credits
Students taking part in the department's Washington, DC, study group will be placed in a twelve-week internship in an American federal governmental or a political office matching the student's interest. Most placements are in the executive branch of the federal government; but under special circumstances students are placed in Washington-area interest groups, think tanks, media organizations, or on Capitol Hill. The readings and research course (POSC 412 ) is designed to enhance and complement this internship experience. Students taking part in the department's Geneva, Switzerland, study group may be placed in internships of varying length in international organizations, non-governmental organizations, or private concerns with interests related to international relations or comparative politics. This course is graded as satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U) and provides one university credit toward graduation
-
3.00 Credits
S. Brubaker, T. Byrnes This Washington, DC, study group course is an inquiry into the contemporary process by which policy is developed and enacted, with special attention to a case study of a subject currently under consideration in Washington. Previous topics have included reforms of welfare, Medicare and Medicaid, Social Security, and campaign finance. Questions include a) the role of interest groups, parties, political action committees, and the press; b) the impact of constitutional and contemporary structures and processes of decision making; and c) the desirability of reform of the constitutional system itself. This class meets as a daily seminar for the first two weeks after the term break, then in semi-weekly seminars for the next five weeks.
-
3.00 Credits
M. Johnston What are the chances that the new democracies established around the world in the past quarter century will survive Most have had relatively free and honest elections; some have even had peaceful transfers of power later on; most are somewhere in the process of changing to market economies. But in many places, the quality of life has deteriorated in important respects, and democratization is stalemated by economic crises, ethnic and religious conflicts, low levels of political participation, crime, and other problems. This seminar explores democratic transitions - the removal of repressive regimes and the establishment of new democratic institutions - and democrati c consolidation - the process of "deepening" democracy and making it sustainable. Major topics include the role of civil society, relationships between wealth and power, ethnic conflicts and national identity, political participation and accountability, building democratic cultures, and models of democracy appropriate for different societies. Each student specializes in a particular country but also analyzes more general issues. Students make extensive use of online resources for research, sharing information and discussion materials, and perhaps conferring with other scholars off campus. Prerequisite: POSC 1
-
3.00 Credits
M. Johnston In this seminar, students consider both the life cycles of American industrial cities and the rise and fall of "urbanism" - informal, interpersonal processes of leadership, problem solving, and street-level self-government that took root as such cities developed and then eroded as they declined. Urbanism is one important variety of "social capital" and "civil society," and helps students understand such concepts in detail. With strong urbanism in place, an unambitious local government can succeed; without it, even the best ideas backed by generous funding are likely to fail. The class focuses on the city of New Haven, Connecticut, and close reading of several classic texts. Students use the "Sim City 4" urban simulator to explore the processes outlined in the readings, and build and analyze simulated cities of their own. More recent readings on urban trends and styles of development round out the class's consideration of the ways in which cities once governed themselves and of the problems they face in the future. Prer equisite: POSC 150 or permission of ins
-
3.00 Credits
(IR) Staff This course looks at the challenge nationalism has posed to the international community in the 20th century and beyond, the collapse of the USSR and Yugoslavia, and the growing assertiveness of "rejected nationalities" such as the Irish, Palestinians, and Kurds.
-
3.00 Credits
T. Byrnes Exciting new ideas and research have emerged in the past decade, dealing with the complex relationship between religion and politics. At the empirical level, that research examines the role played by religious leaders and groups in democratic politics, while at the theoretical level it assesses the degree to which "religious politics" either supports or undercuts democratic values and principles. This seminar considers the many ways both politics and political science can be fruitfully analyzed by looking at them through the prism of religion.
-
3.00 Credits
(IR) Staff This seminar examines a selected set of problems and issues in the post-Mao reform of China's political system, including the role of ideology, mechanisms of control, the personnel and economic planning systems, the decision-making process, the character and role of the Communist Party, economic development strategies, and the succession of leadership.
-
3.00 Credits
E. Fogarty The seminar analyzes the political implications of economic trends and developments that affect the operation of the international system and its constituent parts: North-North, North-South, and South-South relations.
-
3.00 Credits
F. Chernoff This course is an analysis of contemporary conceptual approaches to international politics and of the trends and developments that are altering some traditional assumptions about the nature of the international arena. It is recommended for all international relations honors students and for students going to graduate school.
-
3.00 Credits
B. Rutherford This seminar examines the politics of democratic transition and the political and economic performance of existing Third World democracies. The class pays particular attention to the distinctive challenges of democratizing amidst globalization and resurgent nationalism, and analyzes the effects of democratization on international and internal conflict, economic development, equity, and political stability. Students evaluate the current debate over how the U.S. can aid democratization in the developing world. Countries studied include Russia, Mexico, Turkey, and South Korea.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2025 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|