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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing. Intensive reading of one or more great political thinkers from around the world, with special attention to contested readings of each figure. Examples might include Plato, Confucius, Machiavelli, Marx and Engels, John Stuart Mill, or Gandhi.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading and term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A study of the domestic and international politics of India and Pakistan, with attention to other South Asian countries. Explores nationalist movements, struggles for development, contrasting experiences with democracy and dictatorship, and internal and external conflicts.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A cross-cultural survey of the institution of monarchy in the ancient world and its role in political, social, economic, and religious life. Cross-listed with CLA 121 and CPAC 121.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 1 hour; extra reading, 1 hour; one term paper. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing. Explores the origins of the modern way of thinking about politics (i.e., liberalism, in a sense that includes both conservatives and liberals) in the ancient skeptics and in early modern skeptics such as Montaigne, Spinoza, Hume, and Kant.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 1 hour; term paper, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A survey of conflict resolution in international relations and domestic conflict. Topics covered include theories of conflict and conflict resolution, negotiation, the role of external powers, mediation, and peacekeeping.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 1 hour; extra reading, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): POSC 020. An in-depth consideration of the major theories of contemporary international relations. Focuses on core issues in international security affairs, such as the causes of war and peace, cooperation and conflict, alliances, perception and misperception, ethnic conflict, and the link between democracy and war. Credit is awarded for only one of POSC 124 or POSC 124S.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 2 hours; written work, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): POSC 020; upperdivision standing or consent of instructor. An in-depth consideration of the major theories of contemporary international relations. Focuses on core issues in international security affairs, such as the causes of war and peace, cooperation and conflict, alliances, perception and misperception, ethnic conflict, and the link between democracy and war. Credit is awarded for only one of POSC 124 or POSC 124S.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 1 hour; extra reading, 1 hour; term paper, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A survey and evaluation of the major developments in U.S. foreign policy from 1945 to the present. Focuses on relations with the Soviet Union, its successor states, and the Third World, within which the uses of force and diplomacy are emphasized.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): POSC 020 or POSC 020H. A study of the interaction between international economics and world politics. Focuses on the post- World War II period and covers the evolution of the institutions governing world trade; the role of multinational corporations; Third World debt and development; the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union; economic reform in postcommunist societies; and the relationship between trade and the environment.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 1 hour; extra reading, 1 hour; written work, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): POSC 020 or POSC 020H. Introduces the study and practice of international environmental politics. Familiarizes students with major developments in the evolution of international environmental law and policy. Topics covered include ozone depletion, acid rain, marine pollution and whaling, tropical deforestation, overpopulation, and the impact of environmental degradation on the politics of sub-Saharan Africa.
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