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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; consultation, 1 hour. An examination of political behavior in the United States with emphasis on political participation and voting behavior.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 1 hour; extra reading, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): POSC 010 or POSC 010H or consent of instructor. Analyzes the role of money in federal elections and in the formulation of public policy. Examines the contemporary role of parties in raising and spending campaign money, the explosion of "soft money" in congressional and presidential elections, and the effect of campaign spending on electoral outcomes. Explores how campaign contributions influence public policy.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; term paper and reading, 1 hour. Analysis of public opinion-character, sources, and functions-and especially its relationship to mass media. Particular attention will be devoted to the role and importance of television in American politics.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing; PHIL 001 or PHIL 001H or POSC 005 or POSC 005H. Examines how the phenomenon of globalization has been theorized within the discipline of political philosophy. Covers how the effects of globalization have been addressed by leading political theorists, with attention to concepts such as cosmopolitanism, nation-states and citizenship, cultural diversity, moral universalism, and international distributive justice.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 2 hours; individual study, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing, POSC 010 or POSC 010H; or consent of instructor. An introduction to the politics of congressional elections. Topics include campaigning for Congress, strategic behavior in the decision to run for election, incumbency, and money in congressional elections. Credit is awarded for only one of POSC 148, POSC 148H, or POSC 148S.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; term paper, 2 hours; extra reading, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): admission to the University Honors Program, upper-division standing, POSC 010 or POSC 010H; or consent of instructor. Honors course corresponding to POSC 148 and POSC 148S. An introduction to the politics of Congressional elections. Topics include campaigning for congress, strategic behavior in the decision to run for election, incumbency, and money in congressional elections. Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grading is not available. Credit is awarded for only one of POSC 148, POSC 148H, or POSC148S.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing, POSC 010 or POSC 010H; or consent of instructor. An introduction to the politics of congressional elections. Topics include campaigning for Congress, strategic behavior in the decision to run for election, incumbency, and money in congressional elections. Credit is awarded for only one of POSC 148, POSC 148H, or POSC 148S.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 1 hour; extra reading, 1 hour; term paper, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing. Investigation of presidential elections using computer simulation of presidential popularity, public opinion polling, presidential primaries, and the presidential general election. In addition, students use National Election Study data to explore individual-level voter decision making.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, essays, and research paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upperdivision standing or consent of instructor. An introduction to the theory, politics, and law of human rights. Examines the emergence of human rights institutions since World War II and ongoing dilemmas in the field. Topics include cultural relativism, criminal tribunals, truth commissions, and refugees.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours. A study of constitutional principles and of contemporary government and politics, primarily in the United Kingdom but with some attention to overseas diffusion of the Westminster model of government.
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