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3.00 Credits
The way American public bureaucracy operates.
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3.00 Credits
History of the women's movement in the U.S. Womens present political power and future prospects. Survey of feminist theories and their impact on womens political positions.
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3.00 Credits
Roles of law, politics, and ethics in our constitutional system; workings of the Supreme Court; constitutional development during the three major eras of our history, and how those experiences are relevant today; how to "brief" court opinions; six different but valid ways to interpret the Constitution. (Most students find this difficult course easier after taking POLS 303.)
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3.00 Credits
Examination of past town-meeting and recent theory and practice aimed at increasing direct use of political power by ordinary American citizens. Emphasis on the possibility of a new model of democratic government. On demand.
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3.00 Credits
The study of selected topics in American politics. On sufficient demand.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the conditions facing selected racial and ethnic groups in the U.S., with African Americans being the primary case for analysis. Topics include the social construction of race and ethnicity, the wide range of political strategies and tactics employed by racial and ethnic groups in pursuit of equality, and U.S. immigration policy.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the origins, patterns, reforms, and criticisms of American social policy, the ties between knowledge and social policy; the impact of education, health care, and welfare policies on women, children, different racial and ethnic groups, and the middle class. Reviews normative claims for the proper role of the state and capitalism. Compares other western, capitalist societies and their policy regimes.
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3.00 Credits
State and society in the Pacific Northwest: government, parties, reform movements, regionalism, and social forces in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, and British Columbia and Alberta. Regional issues such as taxation, health care, urbanization, land use, education, the environment, and resource-based economics are addressed in a comparative Canadian-U.S. context.
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3.00 Credits
Study of local, regional, and international environmental policy, its challenges for not only administration and understanding, but also citizenship and accountability. Topics include water, ecosystem management and sustainability in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
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3.00 Credits
Great political theorists have criticized rulers and proposed alternative ways of ruling. In short, they have tried to change the world. This course examines the efforts of Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas and Machiavelli to teach rulers how to do their job well.
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