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A survey of the various approaches to the study of international relations. Analysis of the various actors in the international arena such as nation-states, international organizations, multinational corporations, and human rights groups. Covers nuclear strategy and arms control, conventional war, superpower rivalry, north-south confrontation, and international human rights. Fl-3-
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Studies the theoretical foundations of public policy and administration. Introduces the major concepts of the field and examines their practical implications. Interaction between theory and practice is illustrated primarily through discussions of case studies of national, state and local governments. Fl, Sp-3-
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This course introduces students to major traditions of political theory by reading important historical texts. Students will read selected original texts by theorists such as Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Rousseau, Adam Smith, Marx, Nietzsche, and Max Weber. The course will integrate a historical and thematic approach. In a concluding section of the course students will read essays by major contemporary political theorists applying the historical theory to the contemporary context. Sp-3-
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Topics will vary with current interest of faculty and students. Specific topics will be announced. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: junior standing. Fl, Sp-3-
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This course studies selected texts of important political theorists from ancient Greece, Rome, and the European middle ages which continue to be important reference points in contemporary political thought. The course focuses especially on the emergence of the concept of sovereignty, the conditions which make citizenship possible, the relation of religious faith to politics, the gendered nature of political theory, and the controversies over authority and power in the rise of modern state. Prerequisites: Pol 203 and 213 or permission of instructor. Ir-3-
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Forms, functions and services of state governments; intergovernmental relations; representative local governments; State Constitution and Bill of Rights. Prerequisite: Pol 205 or permission of instructor. Ir-3-
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An examination of the political systems and political processes of the West European democracies. Emphasizes the government and politics of Great Britain, France, Germany, and Italy. Prerequisite: Pol 207 or permission of instructor. Fl-3-
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Surveys the rules, procedures, and practices that regulate the various actors in the international arena. Emphasizes the post World War II era and new perspectives such as the control of the use of force, redistribution of world resources, and international protection of human rights. Prerequisite: Pol 209 or permission of instructor. Ir-3-
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Studies the theoretical foundations and alternative models of the policy process. Covers topics such as education, health, welfare, energy, and environmental policy. Prerequisite: Pol 211 or permission of instructor. Fl-3-
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This course studies selected texts of important political theorists from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution. It focuses specifically on the political theory of the enlightenment, the emergence of the modern theory of democracy, rationalizations of the sovereignty of the nation-state, and the development of critical theories of capitalism and modernity in the late nineteenth centuries. Theorists studied will include Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Montwequieu, Burke, Mill, Marx, and Nietzsche. Ir-3-
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