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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits), Spring (4 credits). Overview of approaches to the study of politics. Students develop skills necesary to read, assess, and produce works of social science. Coursework involves analytic reviews of monographs and articles, production of literature reviews, and the development of an independent research proposal. Prerequisites: GOVT 111 and GOVT 123. NU and EV only.
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3.00 Credits
May Term (3 credits). Intensive study of selected contemporary political dilemmas from theoretical and ethical perspectives. Students will learn to analyze political controversies, become familiar with the theoretical assumptions behind the problem, and develop and vigorously defend coherent positions. Persuasive writing and debate emphasized. Offered as needed.
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits). The historical background and contem porary development of selected Asian countries, especially China and Japan, emphasizing the political framework within which develop ment strategies are proposed, debated, and implemented. The Chinese revolution and its effects on subsequent political and economic development are put into perspective. Prerequisite: GOVT 123 or permission.
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4.00 Credits
Spring (4 credits). Using China as an example, we examine how a state reproduces itself through increasing its capacity and strengthening its cohesiveness. Topics include definitions of state, its origins, normative order, material and institutional capacity, penetration of and responses to society, integration and disintegration, elite, political participation, and external environment. Prerequisite: GOVT 123 or 222 or permission. Offered as needed.
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits) or Spring (4 credits). Investigation of the social and political connections between modernization and the emerging politics of ethnicity on a worldwide scale. Examination of several current examples of ethnic conflict and exploration of several theoretical approaches to race, ethnicity, nationality, and the modernization process. Review of various ethnic and antiethnic political movements in the United States and worldwide. Prerequisite: GOVT 123 or SOAN 100 or permission. Cross-listed with SOAN 236. Offered in alternate years.
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4.00 Credits
Spring (4 credits). History and structures of international relations in Asia since World War II. The Cold War, the Chinese civil war, U.S. involvement, the Korean War, and the conflict between China and Vietnam. Foreign policies of China, Japan, the two Koreas, the United States, and the former Soviet Union and Russia. Prerequisite: GOVT 123 or permission.
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4.00 Credits
Spring (4 credits), May Term (3 credits). A three-part course. The first part focuses on the current political environment in California, learning who the representatives are and how the system works, the second portion centers on reflection upon the past, and in the last section students study how California's institutions have formed and evolved over the years. Prerequisite: GOVT 111.
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits), Spring (4 credits), May Term (3 credits). Traces the development of American political parties and elections in the United States: evaluates each as representative institutions, and assesses their impact on the electorate and policy process. Prerequisite: GOVT 111. Offered in alternate years. NU and EV only.
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits), Spring (4 credits), May Term (3 credits). Thorough investigation into public policy in the United States. Examination of the making of policy through a combination of theoretical models and substantive case studies. Organized around two major questions: what is the policy making process in the U.S.? And who controls this process? Prerequisite: GOVT 111. Offered in alternate years.
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits) or Spring (4 credits). Role of Congress in the American political system, focuses on historical development; rules, procedures, structures; and legislative behavior. Questions how Congress works and why individual members of Congress function as they do. Prerequisite: GOVT 111.
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