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  • POLI 257: Legacies of Violence

    1.00 Credits
    Vassar College

    A comparative analysis of the legacies of political violence for both democratic and democratizing regimes. Legacies expressed through "formal" political institutions (i.e., constitutions, laws, political parties), and through more "informal", or cultural, expressions of authoritarianism (i.e., collective memories, symbolic acts and phenomena, day-to-day social relations) which together influence the scope and depth of democracy in post-authoritarian politics. Case studies include Italy, Germany, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the former Yugoslavia, and the Czech Republic. Ms. HitNot offered in 2008/09.
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  • POLI 258a: Latin American Politics

    1.00 Credits
    Vassar College

    An examination of major political issues and challenges facing contemporary Latin America, from ongoing processes of democratization and economic liberalization, to new efforts at regional integration and peace-keeping. The course also explores movements for socially sustainable development and citizenship rights on the part of non-governmental organizations and networks. The course uses country cases from throughout the region, including the Southern Cone, the Andes, Central America, and Mexico. Ms. Hite. Not offered in 2008/09.
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  • POLI 259a: Human Rights and Politics

    1.00 Credits
    Vassar College

    (Same as Africana Studies 259) This course examines the growing international influence of human rights principles, documents, and organizations on politics. We study how human rights discourse has emerged as a major factor in modern politics and review the documents that serve as a basis drawn from Africa and the United States to explore issues such as universality versus cultural specificity of human rights discourses, civil and political rights versus cultural versus economic, social, and cultural rights, individual versus group rights, the crime of genocide, efforts to expand human rights law to include rights for children, women, gays, lesbians and others, and the activities of national and international human rights organizations. Mr. Longman.
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  • POLI 261b: Theories of War and Peace

    1.00 Credits
    Vassar College

    An inquiry into the causes of war and peace among states. Explanations at various levels-human, societal, governmental, international-are considered. The course aims at an understanding of those factors which lead individual states into conflict with one another as well as those which incline the broader international system toward stability or instability. Mr. Rock.
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  • POLI 262a: India,China and the State of Postcoloniality

    1.00 Credits
    Vassar College

    (Same as Asian Studies 262) As India and China integrate themselves deeply into the global economy, they raise issues of crucial importance to international politics. As nation-states that were shaped by an historical struggle against colonialism, how do they see their re-insertion into an international system still dominated by the West What understandings of the nation and economy, of power and purpose, of politics and sovereignty, shape their efforts to join the global order How should we re-think the nature of the state in the context Are there radical and significant differences between colonial states, capitalist states and postcolonial ones What are some of the implications for international politics of these differences Drawing on contemporary debates in the fields of international relations and postcolonial theory, this course explores some of the changes underway in India and China and the implications of these changes for our current understandings of the international system. Mr. Muppidi.
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  • POLI 263: Critical International Relations

    1.00 Credits
    Vassar College

    The study of world politics is marked by a rich debate between rationalist and critical approaches. While rationalist approaches typically encompass realist/neo-realist and liberal/neo-liberal theories, critical approaches include social constructivist, historical materialist, post-structural and post-colonial theories of world politics. This course is a focused examination of some of the more prominent critical theories of international relations. It aims to a) familiarize students with the core concepts and conceptual relations implicit in these theories and b) acquaint them with the ways in which these theories can be applied to generate fresh insights into the traditional concerns (such as war, anarchy, nationalism, sovereignty, global order, economic integration) and security dilemmas of world politics. Mr. Muppidi. Not offered in 2008/09.
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  • POLI 264b: The Foreign Policy of the United States

    1.00 Credits
    Vassar College

    Key factors which shape the formulation and execution of American foreign policy are identified, primarily through a series of case studies drawn from post-World War II experience in world affairs. Normative issues concerning the decision-making process and foreign policy goals and means are also discussed. Mr. Rock.
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  • POLI 265: International Political Economy

    1.00 Credits
    Vassar College

    This course addresses the relationship between power and wealth in the international arena. The interaction between politics and economics is explored in historical and contemporary subjects that may include the rise and decline of empires; economic sanctions; international institutions such as the IMF; regional integration in the European Union; globalization and its discontents; mercenaries and military corporations; education and internationalization. Ms. Haus. Not offered in 2008/09.
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  • POLI 266b: Defense Policy and Arms Control

    1.00 Credits
    Vassar College

    An examination of American defense and arms control policy since 1945. Particular attention is given to the theory and practice of conventional and nuclear deterrence, and to the analysis of such contemporary issues as proliferation, the role of women and gays in the military, and the problem of economic conversion. Mr. Rock. Not offered in 2008/09.
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  • POLI 268a: The Politics of Globalization

    1.00 Credits
    Vassar College

    Globalization is increasingly seen as a new and powerful force in world politics, but there is intense debate over what this new force is and what its effects are. This course introduces students to some of the more prominent ways of theorizing globalization and explaining the politics underlying the economic, social and cultural effects it generates. Mr. Muppidi.
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