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  • POLITICAL SCIENCE 312: Democratization in the Middle East

    3.00 Credits
    Hobart William Smith Colleges

    This course explores the theoretical and practical questions raised by recent democracy-promotion initiatives in the Middle East. Organized around five case studies, we will explore the interrelationship between international and domestic politics and the ways in which international organizations and bilateral agreements are helping and hindering local promoters of political reform. In addition, this course will explore the history and development of local practices and institutions that serve as powerful sources of democratic (if not liberal) practice and relate them to current strategies of democracy promotion. (Philbrick Yadav, offered alternate years, subfields: COMP, IR)
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  • POLITICAL SCIENCE 320: Mass Media

    3.00 Credits
    Hobart William Smith Colleges

    We live in a world of mediated political realities. Like Plato's prisoners in the cave, we see only shadows, not realities. Yet these shadows have become our reality, through the power of the mass media. This, of course, raises a fundamental question about our ability to be selfgoverning when our understanding of politics is determined not by the events themselves, but by those who create and report them. (Deutchman, offered annually; subfield: AMER)
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  • POLITICAL SCIENCE 332: American Constitutional Law

    3.00 Credits
    Hobart William Smith Colleges

    This course is concerned with the nature and development of the U.S. constitutional structure. Emphasis is placed on judicial review, the powers of national and state governments, limits on those powers, and the separation of powers. It addresses such issues as the regulation of private property, the constitutional powers of Congress and the Presidency, and the law and politics of impeachment. (Passavant, offered annually; subfield: AMER)
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  • POLITICAL SCIENCE 333: Civil Rights

    3.00 Credits
    Hobart William Smith Colleges

    This course addresses the constitutional and statutory protection of civil rights in America. It studies the gradual recognition and enforcement of civil rights, recent retreats, and contemporary difficulties in the implementation of egalitarian principles which inform citizenship in a democracy. Substantive areas of focus include desegregation, voting rights, gender discrimination, affirmative action, and the problems involved with proving discrimination that violates the Constitution. (Passavant, offered annually; subfield: AMER)
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  • POLITICAL SCIENCE 334: Civil Liberties

    3.00 Credits
    Hobart William Smith Colleges

    This course analyzes key constitutional liberties like freedom of religion, the "wall of separation" between church and state, and freedoms of speech and press. It also addresses the USA PATRIOT Act's implications for civil liberties. It studies how governments are obliged to act and the constitutional limits placed on the way governments may act. (Passavan t, offered annuall y; subfield: AMER
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  • POLITICAL SCIENCE 335: Law and Society

    3.00 Credits
    Hobart William Smith Colleges

    This course addresses the relationship of "law" and "society"  does law stand above society and adjudicate disputes in a neutral manner, or do law and society bleed into each other such that law is corrupted by social interests and therefore invariably "political" in the way that it is used to address disputes Additionally, how does law frame our perception of such issues as ownership and value How does law affect "who gets what" What are the implications of these findings for America's belief in liberalism and the value of liberalism's individual rights Substantive areas of focus may include the problems of objectivity in interpretation, whether legal rights matter, conflicts between rights to free speech and private property in the area of Intellectual Property law, the consequences for law and freedom posed by "gated communities," or other topical issues. (Passavant, offered alter nate years; subfi
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  • POLITICAL SCIENCE 348: Racism and Other Hatreds

    3.00 Credits
    Hobart William Smith Colleges

    What is the role of conflicts and hatreds in politics This course looks at various politicized hatreds around the world, based on race, nation, and religion. Students explore hatreds in a variety of contexts: antiChinese and antiBlack racism in the U.S.A; antiSemitism in Europe; ethnic hatreds in Africa; and look at topics such as the role of science; the relationship between race and class; and the nature of nationalism. The aim of the course is to understand how social conflicts can best be organized to create a more democratic society. (Ost, offered alternate years; subfield: COMP)
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  • POLITICAL SCIENCE 363: Politics and the Internet

    3.00 Credits
    Hobart William Smith Colleges

    That globally networked communications media are radically changing the world is widely accepted. What these changes mean, however, is widely debated. This course focuses on these debates, asking whether networked media enhance democratic practices or facilitate new forms of political control and economic exclusion. It takes up issues of privacy, surveillance, virtual communities, speed, and the differing logics of networks. (Dean, offered alternate years; subfield: TH)
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  • POLITICAL SCIENCE 366: Theories of American Democracy

    3.00 Credits
    Hobart William Smith Colleges

    This survey of American democratic theory covers a variety of competing ideas about politics, political identities, and political institutions. The class examines not only such issues as the roles of states and markets, but also how to balance collective goods with individual freedoms, obligations to citizenship and charity, and how particular narratives and myths have structured an American national identity. Readings span American history from the Puritans to the "New Right," from Benjamin Franklin to Malcolm X, and come in a variety of forms - e.g., manifestos, essays, speeches, memoirs, novels, Supreme Court decisions, and movies. (Staf f, offered alternate year s; subfield: TH
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  • POLITICAL SCIENCE 375: Feminist Legal Theory

    3.00 Credits
    Hobart William Smith Colleges

    This course examines the gender(s) of law. Students prepare court cases and feminist legal analyses to investigate the relationship between power and law as it establishes the boundaries separating public from private, straight from gay, qualified from unqualified, madonna from whore. Topics include workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, prostitution, pornography, abortion, rape, and child custody. (Dean, offered alternate years; subfield: TH)
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