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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Cross-listed with WC-107., An analysis of the political culture, political, institutions, and organizations in Central, Europe. This course will focus on the communist, era, as well as the transition to democracy, and, current affairs. In addition to comparisons, across countries, issues such as democratization,, dual transition, and democratic consolidation, will, be discussed.
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3.00 Credits
An analysis of the factors of national power and, interests as they operate in the international, system through various foreign policies.
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3.00 Credits
A study of major public policies and the methods, used to analyze them. Topics considered include, major policy areas salient in American politics., The course seeks to provide students with skills, used by policy analysts. Emphasis is placed on, processes and methods of policy development and, evaluation.
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3.00 Credits
An analysis of the development of Western, constitutionalism and its protection of human, rights, from the Greek philosophers, the Roman, lawyers, and medieval theologians to the British, and American constitutions. Not open to, students who have taken HI 201.
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3.00 Credits
An analysis of the development of modern political, thought from the Renaissance through the, Enlightenment to its actualization in, contemporary regimes. A broad cultural overview, of these periods is provided. Not open to, students who have taken HI 202.
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3.00 Credits
An analysis of the range and complexity of, political and economic developments in Central, and South America. This course will focus on, historical and contemporary events taking, place in the region. Democratization, economic, development, and geopolitics are just some of, the major concepts that will be examined.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the constitutional and practical roles, that Congress and the presidency play both as, separate pollitical institutions and as members of, the power sharing arrangement of the American, Federal government. Taking both an historical and, contemporary view of executive-legislative, relations, students identify and analyze how the, features of this relationship have evolved in the, pastand how they are likely to develop in the, future.
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3.00 Credits
Analyzes public welfare policy in the United, States, and the role played by public welfare, agencies in the delivery of services. Particular, attention is given to the concept of social, justice as it relates to poverty and the poor.
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3.00 Credits
Cross-listed with LG-270., A study of the development of the American health, care system and its impact on American law,, economics, and politics. Emerging health care and, biomedical policies and laws are examined in terms, of their social import.
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3.00 Credits
Cross-listed with LG-280., A study of American environmental policies and, laws as they have developed from the 1960s to, the present. Topics include policies pertaining, to clean water and air, solid waste, toxic, substances, resource conservation, climate, change, and worker health and safety. Major, court cases in environmental law are examined,, as is the impact of politics on the formation of, environmental policy.
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