POLITICAL STUDIES
CRN |
13522 |
Distribution |
C |
Course No. |
PS 104 | ||
Title |
International Relations |
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Professor |
Sanjib Baruah | ||
Schedule |
Wed Fri 3:00 pm - 4:20 pm OLIN 201 |
CRN |
13142 |
Distribution |
A/C |
Course No. |
PS 118 | ||
Title |
Theories of the Self |
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Professor |
Elaine Thomas | ||
Schedule |
Tu Th 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm OLIN 303 |
CRN |
13385 |
Distribution |
C |
Course No. |
PS 126 | ||
Title |
East Asian Politics and Society |
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Professor |
Nara Dillon | ||
Schedule |
Tu Th 10:00 am - 11:20 am OLIN 307 |
Cross-listed: Asian Studies
This course offers an introduction to the comparative politics of Japan, Korea, and greater China. We will focus on a few of the "big questions" that comparativists have posed about the politics of the region, rather than attempt a comprehensive survey. The first part of the course focuses on the question of economic development: how can industrialization and sustained economic growth be achieved? After examining how the economies of East Asia were surpassed by the European industrial revolution, we will turn to the "miracle" of their resurgence in the 20th century, even as many other countries in the world tried and failed to industrialize. In the second part of the course, we will turn to the question of revolution: what are the causes underlying social revolutions? Why did China and Korea undergo radical revolutions, when both countries seemed to lack all the necessary ingredients for one? How did Japan avoid a revolution in its rapid transformation from a closed, agricultural society to an industrialized, imperial power? Finally, we will address the question of democracy in a region with a long history of authoritarian rule. In addition to examining democratization in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, we will explore different cultural conceptions of democracy and their impact on political reform.
CRN |
13146 |
Distribution |
C |
Course No. |
PS 153 | ||
Title |
Latin American Politics and Society |
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Professor |
Omar Encarnacion | ||
Schedule |
Mon Wed 11:30 am - 12:50 pm OLIN 202 |
Cross-listed: LAIS
This course examines political life in Latin America in the postcolonial period. The course covers the entire region but emphasizes the most representative countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, and Peru. The overarching purpose of the course is to understand change and continuity in this region. We will endeavor to accomplish this by emphasizing both the historical development of institutions and political actors in Latin America (e.g. the state, capital, labor, the church, the military) as well as the variety of theoretical frameworks that scholars have constructed to understand the dynamics of political development throughout the region (e.g. modernization, dependencia, and political culture). Among the major themes covered in the course are the legacies of European colonialism, state building, revolution, corporatism and populism, military rule, and redemocratization. Open to all students.
CRN |
13179 |
Distribution |
C |
Course No. |
PS 182 | ||
Title |
Contested Ideals in American Political Thought |
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Professor |
Mark Lindeman | ||
Schedule |
Tu Fri 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm OLIN 201 |
Cross-listed: American Studies
Liberty, democracy, equality, the "American dream." These fundamental values have been invoked, disputed, and transformed from the colonial period to the present. This course examines the contentious construction of American political ideals and visions of the good life and good society. We survey canonical texts in American political thought, as well as explicit critiques over the years.
CRN |
13516 |
Distribution |
C |
Course No. |
PS 226 | ||
Title |
Changing European Identities and Ethnic Relations |
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Professor |
Elaine Thomas | ||
Schedule |
Tu Th 10:00 am -11:20 am OLIN 101
(Some Tu 10:00 am - 11:20 am HDRANX 106) |
CRN |
13494 |
Distribution |
C |
Course No. |
PS 254 | ||
Title |
Constitutional Discourse |
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Professor |
Daniel Karpowitz | ||
Schedule |
Wed Fri 10:00 am - 11:20 am PRE 101 |
PIE CORE COURSE
This course has two main objectives. The first is to introduce students to the American Constitutional structure by way of several doctrinal themes such as federalism, the separation of powers, and due process. The second, and more challenging goal, is to introduce students to some basic questions about American jurisprudence, such as the proper relation between law and morality, and the supposed opposition between 'the rule of law' and 'the rule of men'. Students learn some key legal terms and doctrines, but within larger, more critical frameworks that pay close attention to the rhetorical nature of constitutional discourse. Ultimately, by developing an interest in the relationship between politics and aesthetics, this course aims to enrich students' ways of thinking about texts. It also suggests the deeper importance of the institutions of American constitutionalism.
CRN |
13654 |
Distribution |
C |
Course No. |
PS 256 | ||
Title |
Politics and the News Media: National and Global Issues |
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Professor |
Jonathan Becker | ||
Schedule |
Mon Wed 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm OLIN 202 |
PIE CORE COURSE
This course examines broad questions about the relationship between the news media and politics. It addresses the interaction between government and news media, concentrating on the characteristics of different national media systems, legal regulation of the media, the impact of corporate ownership and globalization, and the role of new media technologies. Particular attention will be devoted to the role of media in elections and restrictions related to national security concerns. About one-third of the course will be devoted to media in the United States. The rest of the course will involve thematic comparisons of media in a number countries, including Russia, Hungary, Sweden, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
CRN |
13180 |
Distribution |
C |
Course No. |
PS 260 | ||
Title |
Environmental Politics in United States |
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Professor |
Mark Lindeman | ||
Schedule |
Tu Th 4:30 pm - 5:50 pm OLIN 204 |
Cross-listed: American Studies, Environmental Studies
Environmental politics involve many crucial themes in American politics: How does government regulation work and fail to work? How do competing interests and values shape policy outcomes? How do federal, state, and local governments interact? How do policymakers grapple with (or evade) complex technical issues? Why is political powerlessness hazardous to one's health? What role does the United States play in international politics, and why? What do the American people really value, and what do they really understand? How do social movements and activists try to change "the system"? We will consider major issues in American environmental politics, including toxic waste and environmental justice, climate change and energy policy, wilderness conservation, endangered species protection, and others.
CRN |
13524 |
Distribution |
C |
Course No. |
PS 274 | ||
Title |
Politics of Globalization |
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Professor |
Sanjib Baruah | ||
Schedule |
Wed Fr 10:00 am - 11:20 am HEG 201 |
CRN |
13176 |
Distribution |
C |
Course No. |
PS 295 | ||
Title |
Dreams of Perfectibilty II: The Quest for Hegemony from FDR to Bush II |
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Professor |
James Chace | ||
Schedule |
Mon 11:30 am - 12:50 pm OLIN 205
Tu 11:30 am - 12:50 pm OLIN 310 |
Cross-listed: American Studies
Immediately after the Second World War, a clash of ideologies developed into a Cold War between the two victors, the United States and Soviet Russia. To what extent was this a moral struggle and to what degree, a classic conflict of great powers? This course will analyze the direction of American foreign policy during an era that has been characterized as a pax americana. It will also make use of new material dealing with the Soviet approach to the postwar world by studying excerpts from recently released Soviet archives. The second half of the twentieth century also traces a trajectory from American predominance to American decline, and then, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, to American hegemony. The end of the Cold War marked the end of the bipolar world and the emergence of the United States as megapower. The question now is, will the twenty-first century be the American Century? Open to First Year students.
CRN |
13181 |
Distribution |
C |
Course No. |
PS 310 | ||
Title |
Rule of the People |
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Professor |
Mark Lindeman | ||
Schedule |
Th 1:30 pm - 3:50 pm OLIN 304 |
research projects, which may run the gamut of topics in American politics.
CRN |
13037 |
Distribution |
C |
Course No. |
PS 322 | ||
Title |
The American Age: U.S. Power and Purpose in the Twenty-First Century |
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Professor |
James Chace | ||
Schedule |
Wed 10:00 am - 12:20 pm OLIN 107 |
PIE CORE COURSE
With the collapse of Soviet power in Eastern Europe in 1989, the bipolar world that endured for almost five decades came to an end. This has produced an unexpected result in the international order: the end of superpower rivalry. The United States is thus deprived of a role that provided it with its national mission throughout the years of the Cold War. At the same time, its allies and antagonists seek to curb the hegemonic ambitions of the new American imperium. Isolated, resented and envied, the United States finds itself compelled to reconsider not only what it must do but, in a significant respect, what it is and what it stands for. There is a new global agenda for America, whose power and predominance has never been greater, and in which the search for invulnerability takes place in a world torn by disorder and conflict. This new American agenda will be debated and defined by a group of upper-level students.
CRN |
13386 |
Distribution |
C |
Course No. |
PS 329 | ||
Title |
Popular Protest in the Modern World |
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Professor |
Nara Dillon | ||
Schedule |
Wed 10:30 am - 12:50 pm OLIN 309 |
Cross-listed: Asian Studies
What moves people to take to the streets to protest injustice? Why do people risk their lives for political change? Under what conditions are these kinds of political actions effective? This seminar aims to give students command over the major social science theories about protest movements, social movements, rebellions, and revolutions. After an overview of the historical development of this school of social science theory, students will read a range of the leading theoretical approaches employed by scholars today, including moral economy, rational choice, popular culture, and social movement theory, among others. Theoretical readings will be paired with case studies of protests against capitalism, millenarian rebellions, the French Revolution, the Chinese Communist Revolution, and the American civil rights movement. In addition, we will turn these theoretical approaches and comparative cases to the task of understanding the problems and potential of contemporary forms of collective action, such as anti-globalization protests and suicide bombings.
CRN |
13523 |
Distribution |
C |
Course No. |
PS 333 | ||
Title |
Nations, States and Nationalism |
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Professor |
Sanjib Baruah | ||
Schedule |
Th 10:30 am - 12:50 pm OLIN 305 |
Cross-listed: MES
The twentieth century was the century of nationalism. The national conflicts that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union in the territory of the former USSR and in the rest of Eastern and Central Europe were only the most recent evidence of the power of nationalism. But even though we talk of national identities as if they are natural, terms such as nations, nationalities and nationalism are difficult to define. The competition faced by official nationalisms from other comparable solidarities - those that are larger than official nations, e.g. pan-Arabism, or pan-Islamicism, or smaller than official nations, e.g. Quebec, Basque, Kashmiri or Sri Lankan Tamil national identities -- is often underestimated or misunderstood because we tend to take the national order of things as given. We will examine the history of the idea of nations and the "nation state" and will read a number of key theoretical texts. Students will be required to decide on a research topic early in the semester. While the readings selected by the instructor will provide the basic framework of the seminar, research topics chosen by students for their papers will constitute case studies. A high degree of participation is expected.
CRN |
13623 |
Distribution |
C |
Course No. |
PS 413 | ||
Title |
The Spread of Democracy |
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Professor |
Omar Encarnacion | ||
Schedule |
Tu 10:30 am - 12:50 pm OLIN 305 |
Cross-listed: LAIS
PIE CORE COURSE
Since the mid-1970s, over forty nations in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia have exited authoritarian rule and inaugurated democratic government, occasioning a global democratic revolution of unprecedented proportions. The rise of open and competitive political systems in parts of the world once seemingly condemned to dictatorship raises at least two critical questions to students of political development in general and democracy in particular. What accounts for the triumphant rise of democracy at the end of the twentieth century? And what are the prospects for democratic consolidation among fledgling democracies? These questions provide the anchor for this seminar on the politics of democratization. They frame a wide range of issues and theoretical questions in the study of the politics of democratization such as whether democracy is the outcome of material prosperity or skillful political actors, which kinds of political institutions and arrangements are best suited to a new democracy, how democratizing societies settle the legacies of repression of the retreating authoritarian regime, and the links between democratization and political violence. The cases covered by the seminar include Spain, Argentina, Russia and South Africa. Open to students with a background in the social sciences.
(Note:David Kettler is on assigned-research leave during the Spring and Fall Semesters, 2003. He will hold regular office hours and remain available for informal student conferences, senior project advising, and individual tutorials/reading courses on subjects relating to his specialties: topics in eighteenth-century political thought, Weimar social and legal theory; labor and the law in the US and Canada; intellectuals in exile. Registration for tutorials by interview only.)