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3.00 Credits
Theories of international relations are plentiful, and debatable. This course examines a number of theory traditions in the study of international relations and involves the student in efforts to further develop the theory and/or to test some of its claims empirically. The theories selected vary from semester to semester, but come from such areas as structural realism, liberal internationalism, globalism, constructivism, and world systems. (Dunn, offered every year; subfield: IR)
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3.00 Credits
This course investigates and problematizes the role of the state in promoting rapid economic growth and development. Specifically, students will focus on understanding and critiquing the fierce debate between developmental state theorists, neo-liberal economists, and the market-enhancing synthesizers. The course will deal alternately with different specific cases and countries, including the Tiger Economies and the Big Emerging Asian Markets, comparative European economies, and the emerging Russian developmentalist state. (Yadav, Ost, offered alternate years; subfield: IR, COMP)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines how concepts of identity form and matter in the international system. Students consider how national, ethnic, and other identities are shaped by international incentives and constraints such as trade interests, security, cultural flows, media, communication networks, and international norms like human rights or environmental protection. Examining a range of topics varying with the latest world events, students also develop a theoretical basis for understanding the significance of identity politics in world affairs. (Staff, Dunn, offered alternate years; subfield: IR)
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3.00 Credits
This seminar deals with a major challenge faced by liberal democracies and republics: what to do in the case of an emergency Should constitutions explicitly provide for states of emergency where the latter will be used to suspend the laws and rights that govern under normal conditions This course will examine how constitutional theory, public law scholarship, and the U.S. constitutional tradition have treated the question of "states of exception" or "emergencies." The course will examine not only political or military emergencies, but other emergencies--such as economic emergencies and the response to Hurricane Katrina--as well. Finally, the course will also examine U.S. law and politics post-September 11, both in light of twentieth century institutional development and in light of the public law concept of "emergency." Is it possible to resort to states of emergency to meet temporary exigencies without producing a gradual slide towards permanently tyrannical government Is the concept of "emergency" descriptively useful or does "emergency" denote an alternative state or legal formation struggling to emerge against a previously established state or legal formation (Pa
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3.00 Credits
Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush urged Americans to hug their children, return to their daily lives, and go shopping. Why This seems a rather odd way to mobilize the population for a war on terror. Yet, perhaps it fits with an America that has forsworn saving and sacrifice for the pleasures of consumption. And, perhaps it fits as well with an America that has seen its political spaces and opportunities reconfigured through the commodification of ever more aspects of our lives. We will consider these issues by learning the history of consumption in America and engaging various theories (psychological, economic, social, political) of shopping. Our concern will be with the political effects of a privatized mobilization, that is, with the spaces and subjectivities produced within the current ideological matrix. Texts will include A Consumers Republic, A Theory of Shopping, and Confronting Consumption. ( Dean)
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3.00 Credits
Over the past decade (and long before), politically engaged Americans on the Left and the Right have derided their opponents as fascists. Some on the right, for example, condemn "fem-nazis." Many on the left interpret the politics of George W. Bush as exemplary of a new-fascism. But, does either side really know what it is talking about Or, better put, what elements of fascism reappear in the contemporary politically arena, and as elements, can they rightly be understood as fascist or must they be thought of as something new As we ask this question, we should keep in mind the ways that a view some deride as fascist is supported by others. This reminds us that there is something appealing, as least to some, in what others call fascism. So, what is appealing What is attractive or desirable about fascism How was it that fascism could become a mass political movement Thus, in this seminar, we will try to discern whether there is something we might understand as an ideology of fascist: is there a generative matrix regulating what can be seen, desired, and imagined that it makes sense to designate as a fascist What are the contours of this ideological matrix We will also try to understand what could have made fascism attractive. In what lay its appeal Finally, we will ask whether fascism is a matter of the past or whether it could return, perhaps in a different form, in the future. (Dean)
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3.00 Credits
This seminar examines the discourse of state failure that has emerged since the collapse of the bi-polar international order. The discourse is pivotal for a range of power relations that shape state-society struggles within developing countries and order the hierarchy between formally sovereign states. In particular, the concept of state failure is critical to justify neo-imperial strategies of diplomatic, military, anti-narcotic, and humanitarian intervention in weak and incapacitated states. The discourse is also useful for incumbents and dissidents in the periphery seeking to acquire foreign financial, technical, social, and military assistance. (Yadav)
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3.00 Credits
This seminar explores the nature of American loyalty to their party system. It addresses how party attachments among the public have evolved in the late 21st century and reasons behind shifting voting alignments and behaviors in the U.S. It examines the role of political, social, and economic factors in shaping contemporary political patterns. (Lucas)
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3.00 Credits
Pan-Africanism refers to the political and cultural opposition to the legacies of racial capitalism, colonization, and imperialism. With discussion shifting from intellectual writing to activities taking place in the streets, dance-halls and athletic arenas, the course probes the extent to which emancipatory ideas have been "tainted" by the powers-that-be. For example, students look at how dominant notions of gender, sexuality, class, color, leadership and religion have sometimes compromised Pan-Africanism's liberatory potential. Finally, they look at the challenges for a new Pan-Africanism posed by globalization and the technological revolution. (Johnson
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3.00 Credits
This seminar is focused on the media. In his book, The Sociology of News, Michael Schudson describes the traditional functions of the media in a democratic society. He argues that the media are here to inform us, to give us the kind of information which will allow us to make informed political and social decisions. Without the media as an "objective" conveyer of information, we are trapped by politicians who will often slant a story to support their political position (don't we all do this ). Thus, to make a rational decision, we need facts - and we also want to do much more than listen to "both" sides of the argument. In a democratic society, we depend upon the "objective" or "mainstream" media to supply us with facts. People on both the political left and the political right argue that the media are not objective. Over the last ten years, the political right in particular has been arguing that the so-called mainstream media are really left of center. Fox is really a much needed right of center station to counter the mainstream press. This class will examine whether or not the media can be "objective," and in particular, will focus on right and left of center media forms. (
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