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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A comparative, crosscultural examination of how decisions are made and carried out in the public context. Issues include observing and analyzing how different political systems decide on the distribution of political benefits and responsibilities. The systems involved range from local to international political units and their laws and institutions.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the tools, major approaches, and goals of comparative political analysis. Consideration of value orientations and biases, and survey of issues of comparative politics, including development (or change), violence, stability, integration. Prerequisite: Any 100-level course or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Development and analysis of contemporary international politics. Elements of national power; methods and politics of conflict and resolution; nationalism, regionalism, internationalism. Prerequisite: Any 100-level course or permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Survey and study of the problems, pursuits, and methods of contemporary political science. Investigation of the content, nature, method, and significance of political science as a field of inquiry. Prerequisite: POL 105 or permission of instructor. M 114 recommended.
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3.00 Credits
Interdisciplinary lectures, readings, and discussions of the roots, details, and consequences of the Holocaust. Historical, intellectual, moral, political, legal, and psychological dimensions of the Holocaust as a phenomenon of its own and as an aspect of genocide. Prerequisite: HIS 100 or POL 105 or 106.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of the political process of the contemporary American city from precinct to city council and city hall. Considers such topics as the social and economic characteristics of urban population and leadership; economic and ethnic groups, and conflicts; and the interplay of interest groups, political parties, and government in response to problems of contemporary urban life.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the politics of race in the United States. Special emphasis is placed on the relations between African Americans, Latinos and Latinas, and European Americans. We will discuss the meaning of race and racism; the history and consequences of racial inequality; and different strategies to seek redress for racial inequality. Prerequisite: Any 100-level POL or AFS course, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary examination of the colonial origins, Cold War/post-Cold War context for emergence as independent states, and contemporary political issues in the two-thirds of the world we call the Third World. Emphasis on the meaning of development and obstacles to attaining it. Consideration also of internal colonialism, or "the Third World in our backyard,"such as Native Americans, ex-slaves, and immigrants from the Third World living in developed countries. Prerequisite: Any 100-level POL course or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of contemporary Caribbean politics. Focus on problems of decolonization, race, and class against the historical backdrop of colonialism and slavery.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the problems of defining a democratic political system, with special emphasis on how different modes of organizing economic life influence the prospects for such a system. Readings are both historical and contemporary, covering thinkers as diverse as Karl Marx and Milton Friedman. This course satisfies a writing-intensive requirement when listed as POL 240W. Prerequisite: Any 100-level POL or PHI course, or permission of instructor. (Writing-intensive course)
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