|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
3.00 Credits
The course focuses on the political, social and economic institutions that have driven the economic development of these East Asian countries which are increasingly creating competitive problems for the United States. Extensive discussion of the role of government planning and group structures such as the keiretsu and chaebol. Also analyzed are the determinants and extent of the development of democratic government in Confucian societies.
-
3.00 Credits
Study and analysis of the politics of the European Union (EU). Topics include: theories of international organization and functional integration; the EU institutions (e.g., EU Commission, Parliament, Council of Ministers, European Council); and the treaties and substantive policies. Students may participate in a model EU at SUNY Fredonia or in Europe in alternate years.
-
3.00 Credits
Examination in-depth of current topics in comparative politics not falling within any other comparative politics course. May be taken more than once as topics change.
-
3.00 Credits
Comparative course focusing on the political development of Western Hemisphere countries, encompassing North, Central, South America and the Caribbean. Examines the Americas as a continent of contrasts and similarities, sources of conflict, and the potential for cooperation in the region. Special emphasis on the political/economic relations between the United States, Mexico and South America; also explores the new role played by Canada as a conflict mediator in the continent.
-
3.00 Credits
Examination of the ways humans have arranged the territory of the Earth's surface, including how personal space, territoriality, and perception inform an understanding of politics; the analysis of countries within a geopolitical framework; case studies of how geography has impacted empires, civil divisions, and international relations; comparison of distribution of major political systems and their applications to territory.
-
3.00 Credits
Examination of the role of public international law in regulating relations among sovereign states. Explores the sources of international law as well as its institutions, such as international organizations and international tribunals. Includes topics such as the use of force, the conduct of war, human rights, economics and the environment.
-
3.00 Credits
Analysis of Middle East politics, society, and international conflicts. Covers the historical and cultural background of Middle East states, the rise of Arab, Israeli, and other nationalisms, and the contemporary politics and political economy of major Middle East states. Assesses three entangled dimensions of conflict: inter-Arab struggles, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the contest for influence by external powers.
-
3.00 Credits
Focuses on the dynamics of the international economy, economic policies and problems of major states, postwar international institutions, and trade and monetary systems. Considers theories and practices of the role of major powers and multinational corporations in the international economy. Interest in the dramatic changes in the division of world productive power, impact of globalization of capital and production upon the well-being of countries and outbreak of crises, and developing country struggles to change their economic relationships with the world economy. ECON 202 recommended.
-
3.00 Credits
Analysis of U.S. foreign policy in the post-World War II period. Assesses the corporate, ideological, institutional, and strategic influences in policy-making. Studies patterns of U.S. relations with the U.S.S.R., Europe, Latin America, and the Third World up to the present in the context of the Cold War, the arms race, Third World struggles, U.S. responses to revolutionary change, and U.S. efforts to maintain a world order.
-
3.00 Credits
Examination in-depth of current topic in international politics not falling within any other international politics course. May be taken more than once as topics change.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2024 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|