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What is human happiness? What factors increase or decrease it? Why are some countries and cultures happier than others? How can government policies promote happiness? This course considers:
-- the nature of happiness from the major philosophical traditions, --the cognitive biases that impede our ability to maximize happiness, --the empirical literature on subjective well-being from the fields of economics, political science, and psychology, --recent trends in capitalist societies and their effects on happiness, and --government policies that might improve human happiness. (Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning.) Prerequisite, One course in statistics, from any discipline. (Same as Public Policy 247.) Wyckoff.
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The study of policy analysis using and comparing a variety of disciplinary and analytic traditions. Consideration of controversies over particular policies at the national and local level and the premises underlying them. Examination of methods and principles used in formulating and evaluating public policy. (Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning.) Prerequisite, Economics 101. Open to seniors with consent of instructor. (Same as Economics 251 and Public Policy 251.) Anechiarico.
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Examines the fate of the nation state as globalization, the information revolution, and technology have made inroads on state sovereignty and states have become increasingly dependent on the actions of others for economic growth and political stability. Investigation of the future role of sovereign states, and especially the impact on the US role in the world. Considers the changing system of international relations and estimates the impact on the US of the changing landscape of power distribution in the world and what we should do about it to protect our interests and our society. Prerequisite, 112 or 114. Walker.
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An overview of environmental politics, domestic and global. Topics include the environmental movement and its history and values, anti-environmentalism, environmental policy analysis, the relation between environmental science and politics, the domestic and international environmental policy processes, the North-South debate, globalization, race and environmental justice, and the implications of environmental politics for liberal democracy. Students will explore these topics directly and through selected policy issues, including forest politics, sprawl and climate change. Cannavo.
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The major problems of American foreign policy since the republic's founding and the varying approaches U.S. leaders have adopted to cope with American power and principles. Theories are illustrated with detailed examples since WWI. Some attention given to how foreign policy is shaped by government structure, political culture, organizational dynamics, individual psychology, economic interests and other causes. Students will analyze the limitations of various types of explanations and why policy implementation at times diverges from the intentions of decision-makers. Prerequisite, 114. Lehmann.
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Examination of the development and evolution of the modern global economy and its political impact. Issues include global trade relations, the monetary system and international debt, the role of multinational corporations, foreign aid, imperialism and dependency, industrial competitiveness and the rise and impact of newly industrializing countries such as South Korea and Taiwan. Prerequisite, 114. Lehmann.
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Analyzes contemporary American politics by examining the development of political ideologies, institutions and policies throughout American history. Topics include the role of religion in American politics, the transformation of party ideologies, the dynamics of presidential power, the evolution of American foreign policy, among others (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, one 200-level course in American politics or permission of instructor. Not open to students who have taken 220. Maximum enrollment, 20. Klinkner.
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Investigation of democracy in theory and practice through an analysis
of transitions to democracy in post-communist authoritarian regimes.
Case studies will be drawn from the countries of the former Soviet
Union and East-Central Europe. Topics include the importance of
elites in transition, the resurgence of civil society, the role of
ethnicity and nationalism, problems with democratic consolidation, and
the impact of geography. (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, one 200-level course in comparative politics. Maximum enrollment, 20. S Rivera.
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Analysis of the representation of interests in American national government. The history of the role of lobbyists in the Washington community and the contemporary profession of government relations in legislative, regulatory and political contexts. Strategies of lobbying Congress and the executive branch. Issues of reform, including ethics rules and campaign finance. Emphasis on exploring theories and practice of lobbying/government relations through use of academic research, case studies and engagement of the class in practical "real world" lobbying exercises. Prerequisite, Open to senior concentrators or with permission of the instructor. Maximum enrollment, 12. Baker and Vlossak.
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Examination of the major transformations unfolding in a Latin America no longer dominated by the U.S.: The rise of Brazil; China's growing involvement; battles for control of the region's rich resources, from energy, water, and minerals to coca and cocaine; transnational criminal networks in Mexico and Central America; radical reforms in Cuba under Raul Castro; and the nature of new multilateral institutions. Student analysis of how the U.S. is adapting to its diminished influence, the role of domestic politics, and the debates in the government that are shaping U.S. policy. Prerequisite, Open to senior concentrators or with permission of the instructor. Maximum enrollment, 12. Sweig.
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