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4.00 Credits
(Also MGT 323) 4 hours; 4 credits A study of how government deals with problems in such areas as health, energy, environment, education, crime, and economic stability. In addition to focusing on substantive policies in these fields, the course will examine how problems come to government’s attention and analyze various techniques for determining whether a governmental program is successful. Prerequisite: POL 100 or ECO 101
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4.00 Credits
(Also PHL 331) 4 hours; 4 credits The nature of legal principles and, in particular, their application to moral and political life. Such topics as freedom of speech, the control of sexual behavior, the distribution of property and income, punishment, the morality of war, the choice of political means. Particular attention will be paid to the question of the extent to which the state should employ the technique of law in enforcing the community’s moral and political principles. Prerequisite: At least one 200-level course in philosophy or two POL courses or permission of the department.
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4.00 Credits
(Also ECO 331) 4 hours; 4 credits Fundamental concepts of economics, especially efficiency, will be utilized to explain and evaluate legal rulings. The tools of economics will be employed to analyze not only tort, contract, and property principles, but also marriage and divorce law, criminal law, and constitutional issues such as abortion, the death penalty, and racial and gender-based discrimination. Prerequisites: ECO 101 and BUS 160 or any two POL courses or ECO 210
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12.00 Credits
12 credits Students spend an entire semester in Albany interning for the New York State Senate, New York State Assembly, or an interest group dealing with the New York State legislature. Internship duties average 35 hours a week and may include research, memoranda and bill writing, lobbying, talking with lobbyists, and meeting constituents. All students write a term paper of 12-15 pages based upon their experiences and assigned readings. Students interning for the State Assembly must attend a course on New York State politics given by a professional social scientist employed by the Assembly. Majors in Political Science may apply these 12 credits toward their major. Minors in Political Science may apply eight of these credits toward their minor. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing, permission of the instructor, prior acceptance by the internship program.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits An examination of how the Supreme Court has interpreted the economic and military powers of the federal government, how it deals with state attempts to regulate business, and how it has resolved disputes about the proper jurisdiction of the three branches of the federal government. The problems facing the U.S. court systems, and the variables affecting the formulation of judicial policy are considered. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of the instructor
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits A normative and empirical analysis of the behavior and decisions of the Supreme Court in the area of civil rights and liberties. Emphasis on freedom of speech and association, church-state relations, racial problems, and the rights of the criminal defendant. (p&d) Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of the instructor
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits The course focuses on the post-1945 movement toward the economic, monetary, and political union of European states. It examines the origins of European integration, the evolution from a six-nation common market in the 1950s to a single European market with a common currency. Analyzes the European Union’s distinctive political system—its governinginstitutions, policy process, party politics, the problems created by expanding membership, persisting tensions between national and European interests—as well as Europe’s external relations and role as global actor.Prerequisite: A college-level course in political science, preferably POL 240, or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits This course examines Germany’s political development after 1945. Major topics: formation of East and West Germany as two distinctive political systems; the collapse of communist East Germany; German unification and its domestic as well as external impact; united Germany’s new international role. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits A study of political systems of developing countries; some theories and problems of political and economic development. Countries in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia will be studied as examples. (p&d) Prerequisite: A previous college-level course in politics or economics or permission of the instructor. The course POL 240 is recommended.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits Designed to examine the social, economic, and political conditions needed for democracy to emerge; the nature and problems of transitions to democracy in different settings; the difficulties of consolidating democracies; why democracies survive or break down. The original emergence of democracy will be compared to recent democratic transitions in Southern Europe, former communist nations, and the Third World. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of instructor
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