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3.00 Credits
This course studies the evolution of postwar Europe-from radicalism to globalism, the welfare state to Blairist Thatcherism, Stalinism to the fall of the Berlin wall, American domination to the rise of the European Union. The focus of the course is the rise and fall of class politics. It explores what capitalism and socialism have meant to Europe, and contrasts European with U.S. politics. Topics include the crisis of prewar Europe, Keynesianism and communism, the meaning of 1968, radicalism, populism, the new right, and the New Europe. (Ost, offered alternate years; subfield: COMP)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines contending historical and contemporary explanations for the phenomenon of entrenched global poverty and critically assesses proposed policy solutions to ending absolute poverty in our time. The courses contrast micro-level approaches, which seek to build an "inclusive capitalism" through the extension of property rights and the enhancement of individual capacity with macro-level approaches that seek to restructure the international regime on debt relief and international development organizations. (Yadav , offered alternate years ; subfields: IR, COMP)
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3.00 Credits
This is a course in "unconventional" politics around the globe. In recent years, movements have become an inexorable part of the current political system. What are movements How and why do they come about What are their aims and purposes How have movements changed over the past century Why and when do movements become revolutions Topics include the Russian Revolution, the lure of communism, the civil rights movement in the U.S., the struggle against communism in Eastern Europe, transnational social movements, and the "alternative globalization" movement. The course also includes theoretical social science readings on the causes, nature, and consequences of protests and movements. (O st, offered alternate yea rs; subfields: AMER, COM
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3.00 Credits
This course looks at five themes: global economics, global migration, global civil society, global human rights, and global institutions. Students examine how international mobility of both capital and labor transforms both lives and politics, and in different ways in different places. Questions include: Who do jobs and people go abroad Who does it help and who does it hurt What are the politics of the Caribbean nanny in the middle-class New York home How does globalization weaken the state, and why is that so dangerous for democracy Can transnational civil activism make things better Can the UN or World Bank do a better job Do "global human rights" exist Should they (Ost, Yadav , offered alternate years ; subfields: COMP, IR)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines how politics in Latin American countries have been shaped by their differing historical role in supplying raw materials for First World consumption, tracing how the production of various crops (coffee, bananas, wheat) or goods (tin, beef) have led countries to develop different social structures and corresponding political systems. It also considers how recent efforts by social groups (women, indigenous people) to gain a greater voice in government have been both inspired and impeded by neoliberal reforms. (Staff, offered alternate years; subfield: COMP)
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the evolution and transformation of these two great powers over the last century. Students begin with trying to understand communism, through a close look at Soviet practices for building the "new society." Students follow Russia's trajectory from superpower to beleaguered nation, then turn to parallel developments in China and the reverse evolution from struggling nation to potential world power today. Why has China evolved so differently than Russia What do the differences mean for the people who live there What do these experiences tell about the nature of communism What do they tell about America with its historic fears of communism (Os t, offered alternative years
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the complex and shifting relationships between state and society in the late colonial and post-colonial Middle East. Paying particular attention to questions of state-building and development, it explores the ways in which state legitimacy is variously supported and challenged by alternative sites of authority in society. Course topics will address a variety of secular and religious movements, the role of state and anti-state violence, and the impact of economic and cultural globalization, among others. (Philbrick Yadav, offered annually, subfield: COMP)
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3.00 Credits
The course traces the evolution of the African state from its colonial creation to its modern day "crisis" through an examination of how political, economic and social considerations have shaped and transformed African politics. The first section of the course examines the historical creation of contemporary African polities from the era of European colonization. In the second section, attention is paid to the creative solutions that African societies have employed as a response to both unique and universal problems of governance. (Dunn , offered alternate years ; subfield: COMP)
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the application of empirical, quantitative methodology to political analysis. The goal is to acquaint students with the analytical and statistical tools used to understand the political process, to evaluate various theories of politics, and to assess the cause-effect relationships within the political system. This course is designed to introduce undergraduate students to the basic principles of research design and analysis, and to provide them with the tools to do their own empirical research. (Lucas, offered occasionally; subfield: TH)
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3.00 Credits
This course addresses the relationship between liberalism and democracy, as well as the question of law's relation to justice. The course engages in a critical inquiry into the values and weaknesses of law as a mechanism for seeking justice. Among the questions asked: is it possible or desirable for independent law to serve as a neutral ground for resolving conflict What is the value of rights Is liberal law inclusive and tolerant of diversity Is democracy Should we aspire to tolerance and diversity What is democracy and does liberalism assist or hinder it Should we assist or hinder democracy Should we seek to escape the limits of law in order to do justice (Passavant, offered alternate years; subfield: TH).
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