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Course Criteria
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Analysis of ideas, institutions and processes of the system with frequent focus on current controversies.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the major concepts and issues in comparative politics, using a variety of case studies from different regions of the world. Topics examined include: political institutions, political culture, and political participation. Issues relating to regime types, political economy, and political development will also be examined.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of ideas, institutions and processes of the system with frequent focus on current controversies. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Credit given for this course or New College SPSG 2, not both. SSI 60020: M-Th, 11 a.m.-1:10 p.m., Himelfarb, 102 Roosevelt 60041: Distance Learning, Himelfarb SSII 70021: M-Th,8:30-10:40 a.m., Landis, 101 Brower 70638: M-Th, 6:10-8:20 p.m., Rear, 203 Brower
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring A general introduction to the political, economic, and cultural dynamics if the contemporary Middle East. Examines the legacy of colonialism and the resultant culture clash between East and West, the impact of nationalist and Islamic movements, trends of authoritarianism and democracy, the political economy of oil, and the rise of al-Qaeda.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring Investigation of the political culture of Africa which combines indigenous heritage and culture with European colonial influences; and a comparative analysis of political development in African states including struggles for democratization, nationbuilding and socioeconomic development. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Same as AFST 110.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically This course focuses on religious and political identities and institutions in Turkey as they have been formulated and contested throughout the late Ottoman Empire and Republican Turkey. We will study the religious history and the role of Islam as a cultural, societal and political force. Combining historical, sociological, and anthropological perspectives, the course aims to create a comprehensive picture of modern Turkey that allows for a deeper understanding of the country's ambivalent relationship to its Ottoman past, the Western world, and the public role of Islam. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: RELI 50 or 12, with permission of instructor. Same as RELI 117; credit received for this of RELI 117, not both.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Fall Structure and functions of the judicial-legal process; political influences upon and policy impacts of judicial decision making; judicial recruitment, roles and motivation; the legal profession as judicial context.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Spring An introduction to the concepts involved in the execution of public policy: functions of bureaucracy, theories of organization, decision making and budgeting.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Examination of criminal justice and of the meaning of due process of law, political and judicial responses to these issues.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Once a year Comparative study of selected aspects of Latin American and Caribbean political behavior, with particular attention devoted to social stratification, political elites, power structures and political change. Also examines the clash between traditional cultural values and modernizing pressures in the Latin American and Caribbean context.
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