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  • POLI 269b: National Model United Nations

    1.00 Credits
    Vassar College

    Prepares students to participate in the National Model United Nations in New York City. Students represent a country, research its history, its political, economic and social systems, and its foreign policy. There is also a comprehensive evaluation of the UN system, and the role of states and non-state actors, such as NGOs. Participation in the Model UN simulation occurs in the spring. Mr. Reitano. Prerequisite: by permission of instructor. Application is required early in the a-term. One 4-hour period.
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  • POLI 270a: Modern Political Thought

    1.00 Credits
    Vassar College

    A study of selected modern political theorists, such as Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, Mill, and Arendt. Among the themes stressed are theories of sovereignty, the development and varieties of liberalism and individualism, different theories of community, the relationships between politics and economics, and the relationship between the individual and the state. Mr. Stillman.
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  • POLI 271b: Race,Gender,and Class in American Political Thought

    1.00 Credits
    Vassar College

    Studies of American political theory, particularly issues surrounding the meanings of democracy, political obligation, and equality. Readings include works about the government of Native American peoples, Spanish and English colonial rule, the U.S. Constitution, the post-Civil War amendments, women's suffrage and women's rights, and the political and constitutional challenges posed by a pluralistic or multicultural society. Ms. Gregory, Mr. Stillman, Ms. Shanley
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  • POLI 272a: Political Modernity in Turkey

    1.00 Credits
    Vassar College

    This course aims to understand contemporary meanings of political modernity in Turkey through various analytical vantage points and forms of representation. Attention is devoted to everyday life practices, relationships, and their constitutive understandings; as well as broader issues of tradition, modernity, state power, nationalism, Islam, secularization, Europe, the West, the very idea of "modern" Turkey (etc.), and significant events, concerns, and institutions associated with each. The primary readings for the course are contemporary novels related to issues of modernity in Turkey. Mr. Davison.
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  • POLI 273: Interpreting Politics

    1.00 Credits
    Vassar College

    A detailed study of the philosophical underpinnings of various modes of interpreting politics: empiricism/positivism; interpretive/hermeneutic inquiry, critical theory, rational choice theory, realism, and discourse analysis. Aim is to understand the central concepts and goals of each approach, the kinds of explanations they seek to offer, and the views they posit regarding the relationship between politics and theory, on the one hand, and politics and the political analyst, on the other. Mr. Davison. Not offered in 2008/09.
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  • POLI 275a: Terrorism and Political Philosophy

    1.00 Credits
    Vassar College

    An exploration of how the resources of political philosophy can be used to analyze and evaluate terrorism. How can terrorism be defined -- what are the major definitions, what are the major definitional issues, and what counts as a terrorist act Are there tendencies in Western political thought and practice that produce a climate conducive to the discourse of terror What are the arguments of those who advocate or justify terror and those who denounce or criticize it How can we interpret and evaluate the use of terror by states and by non-state groups Readings range from the seventeenth century to the present and include Hobbes, Robespierre, Arendt, Fanon, and Qutb. Mr. Stillman.
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  • POLI 276b: Democratic Theory

    1.00 Credits
    Vassar College

    This course acquaints upper-level students with some important recent and classic work on selected problems in democratic theory. The course explores the ambivalence about the idea of democracy, examining theories that argue for the connection between self-government and the attainment of freedom and autonomy and those theories that worry that democracy may indeed be unsustainable or against the realization of liberty and freedom. Readings may include deTocqueville, Mill, Rousseau, Dahl, Benhabib, Pateman, Putnam, Young, and Wolin, among others. Ms. Gregory.
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  • POLI 278b: Feminist Theory,Policy Issues,and Law

    1.00 Credits
    Vassar College

    Explores the relationship between selected topics in feminist theory and public policy issues in the United States. Concepts we examine in feminist theory may include autonomy, liberty, equality, privacy, citizenship, and the ethics of care, and policy issues may include family and workplace policies, marriage law (including same-sex marriage), affirmative action, pornography and sex work, and welfare reform. The emphasis throughout is on diverse theoretical perspectives and their policy implications. Ms. Shanley.
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  • POLI 281b ."1968" (1):

    3.00 Credits
    Vassar College

    This course explores and analyzes the roots and significance of the global radicalization that peaked in 1968, including the period's historic impact on politics and society in comparative perspective. Case studies include (though may not be limited to) The Prague Spring, the Tet Offensive, May 1968 and the French General Strike, the US anti-war movement and the 1968 Democratic Convention, and Tlateloco-Mexico City. Ms. Hite.
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  • POLI 290a: or b.Field Work

    1.00 Credits
    Vassar College

    Individual or group field projects or internships with prior approval of the adviser. Students are expected to do substantial directed reading in theoretical material specifically related to the field placement prior to or in conjunction with the field experience; to develop in consultation with a faculty supervisor a set of questions based on the theoretical reading to guide the field observations; to submit a written report relating the theoretical reading to the field observations or, in lieu of a report and at the option of the department, to take a final oral examination administered by two faculty members. No more than 1 unit of field work (either 290, 291, or a combination of the two) may be counted toward fulfilling the requirements of the minimum major. The department.
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