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3.00 Credits
Qualitative methods explores the research traditions, data gathering techniques and methods for analyzing data in qualitative research. The course covers the logic of qualitative research, its applicability to policy analysis, and the dominant research traditions of symbolic interactionism, social constructionism, phenomenology as well as critical approaches like Marxism, feminism, and action research. Students learn about specific methods such as participant and naturalistic conversation, in-depth interviews, and various ways of analyzing texts and conversations as well as methods for analyzing data and presenting it.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the political socialization and behavior of women in the U.S. political culture; their role in elections; their impact as an interest group; and the public policies particularly affecting women or affected by women.
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3.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the administrative and managerial skills they will need to be effective leaders in public and charitable organizations. The course teaches principles of strategic planning, effective organizing, budgeting, project and program management, consensus building and shared decision-making. In addition, the course explores ethical issues in the management of public and charitable organizations. The course also rein- forces writing and oral presentation skills. The course uses case studies and the students' own experience and research in public or charitable organizations as tools for learning.
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3.00 Credits
This course studies the political environment for public policy analysis in the United States. The U.S. federal system is one of widely shared power. Policies are formulated and implemented in an environment that includes many participants with different goals. This course provides an understanding of this system and provides students with the background necessary for dealing effectively with this environment.
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3.00 Credits
The impact oil and natural resource issues have on decision making by governments and international organizations. Global market impacts and the activities of multinational cartels are also studies.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the development, structure and use of intelligence agencies with particular emphasis on how such functions impact upon national policy makers and the policy making process. The primary focus of the course centers on a study of the CIA, British M16 and Russian KGB/FSB.
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3.00 Credits
This course gives its participants a broad over-view of the emerging discipline of conflict analysis and resolution. Students become familiar with major theoretical explanations of conflict as discussed in scientific studies within the field, e.g., scarcity of resources, aggressive behavior and (universal) human needs. On the level of praxis, various forms of conflict intervention are examined. In lab sessions, students gain hands-on experience with skills necessary for effective intervention. Included will be: conflict assessment; intervention design and process; understanding parties' positions, interests, values and the role of human needs; the impact of race, ethnicity, gender and other distinctive cultural elements; role of power; framing, implementing and sustaining agreements.
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3.00 Credits
This class examines major social science theories of conflict. Emphasis is on the need for theories to inform our ability to resolve conflicts. The course blends findings from conventional disciplines of sociology, psychology, and counseling with new understandings being developed in research on deep-rooted conflicts. Special attention is given to insights gained from the emerging conflict transformation orientation. Analysis is a critical tool to be used in conflict resolution and societal transformation. This course includes interpersonal, group, as well as international conflicts, violence, revolution, and war.
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3.00 Credits
This course combines theory and praxis by teaching the different approaches to conflict resolution (e.g., interest-based mediation and negotiation, transformational mediation, arbitration, etc.) and providing practical training and skills.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the transformation of conflict through the use of nonviolence. It provides an overview of the spiritual, religious, and ethical roots of nonviolence as well as a number of historical examples of how it has been used as a strategy for social change. Emphasis is placed on the various sources of power in nonviolent change as well as methods of strategic non-cooperation that provide effective and pragmatic alternatives to violence.
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