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3.00 Credits
The theoretical, political, economic, and institutional foundations and practices of free trade are studied. Case studies are developed by students from Internet data on the issues and stakeholders in the globalization debate and the impact of their activities. Included among these are human rights, environment, and labor groups; the World Bank; the World Trade Organization; and global corporation. Offered in selected Winter Sessions.
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3.00 Credits
Offers students the opportunity to combine the study of political science with travel abroad. This faculty-led course focuses on subfields such as theory, comparative politics, international relations and/or public policy in a meaningful foreign location. Offered on demand.
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3.00 Credits
Tells the story of American foreign policy in the 20th Century, "The American Century" as Henry Luce put it,focusing not only on traditional themes and interests, such as Isolationism, Imperialism, The Open Door, Interventionism, Internationalism, and Anti-Communism, but also on the interplay of media, public perceptions and opinion, and foreign policy choices by presidents and other decision-makers in the pursuit of national security, the American way of life, and prosperity during times of peace and war. Prerequisite: junior status or consent. Offered fall of odd-numbered years.
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3.00 Credits
Government regulation of business, privacy, abortion, the origins and extent of the Supreme Court's authority, and due process of law are among the specific topics that this course considers, using the case study method in light of current historical and political analyses. We focus on the relationship of the federal government to the states and the Supreme Court to the Congress and the president, as well as the role played by the court and the judicial philosophies of individual justices. Prerequisite: junior/senior status or consent. Offered fall of even-numbered years.
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3.00 Credits
Privacy rights, rights of accused criminals, racial, economic, and sex discrimination in schools, jobs, and housing, reverse discrimination, and freedom of expression and religion are particular concerns of this course, which examines through the case study method, together with historical and political analyses, the nature of the Supreme Court's authority and its relationships to other branches of American government, equal protection of the laws, and First Amendment rights. Prerequisite: junior/senior status or consent. Offered spring of odd-numbered years.
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3.00 Credits
Examines conflict processes within and between organizations and alternative approaches to conflict management, drawing on the contributions of several disciplines and experience in organization, community and labor dispute management. Identical to CJ 373 and MBE 373. Offered each fall.
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3.00 Credits
Identical to CJ 374.
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3.00 Credits
A political history of the Arab-Israeli conflict at multiple levels of analysis. Not only does it examine traditional macro-level (interstate and national) accounts of the conflict, but it also draws from supplementary academic articles and works of fiction to illustrate a variety of additional perspectives, including individual and grouplevel experiences. Offered spring of odd-numbered years.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces students to the classic works in ancient political philosophy. The readings and discussions center on the works of ancient philosophers, historians, and playwrights. How did political philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle deal with issues such as justice, obligation, equality, the common good, the role of reason, the aims of government and the nature of politics? Many of the problems that political theorists confront in light of certain fundamental questions about society and politics are examined. The work of theorists from Plato to Aquinas are included. Prerequisite: junior status or consent. Offered each fall.
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3.00 Credits
Students analyze and evaluate some of the major themes in modern political theory such as natural rights, political equality and distributive justice. Selections include the works of Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Mill, Smith, Marx, and Nietzsche. Our goal is to consider the ideas of these authors and to understand more clearly the profound and complex role that ideas have played, and continue to play, in society. In addition, we deal with some contemporary responses to their work. Offered each spring.
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