POLITICAL SCIENCE

190.228 (S)

THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY (AP) (PT) (3) Sheingate   Limit 20 per section  This course is an introduction to the study of the presidency.  It assumes a basic understanding of the American political system as provided in a course such as Introduction to American Politics or its equivalent. We explore the evolution of the modern presidency, how contemporary presidents operate in the political System, and we question the sources of successful presidential leadership.    

Secs. 05 & 06 added 11/20/06

Sec. 07 added 01/25/07

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W 11

W 2

Th 2

Th 11

190.280 (S)

CLASSICS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT (PT) (3) Glezos Limit 35   An introduction to political thought and philosophy, focusing on issues such as Sovereignty, the state, citizenship and political community. We will discuss this through close examination of texts by Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes and Marx.

Sec. 01

MW 11

360.313 (S)

CUBA AND U.S. DECISION MAKING (CP/IR) (3) Smith Limit 35 This course consists of a series of case studies in U.S. decision making related to Cuba from 1959 to the present, everything from the initial decision signed by Eisenhower to launch efforts to remove the Castro government (which led to the Bay of Pigs) to President Bush’s decision this past May to launch new measures to remove the Castro regime. Cross-listed with Latin American Studies and Interdepartmental

Sec. 01

T 2-4

190.326 (S)

DEMOCRACY AND ELECTIONS (CP/ PT) (3) Katz Limit 50 An examination of most aspects of democratic elections with the exception of the behavior of voters.  Topics include the impact of various electoral systems and administrative reforms on the outcome of elections, standards for evaluations of electoral systems, and the impact of the Arrow problem on normative theories of democratic elections.

Sec. 01

TW 11

190.329 (S)

NATIONAL SECURITY - NUCLEAR AGE (IR) (3) David   Limit 20 Prereq: IP 190.213 or CIP 190.209  This course examines the impact of weapons of mass destruction on international politics with an emphasis on security issues. The first half of the course focuses on the history of nuclear weapons development during the Cold War and theories of deterrence. The second half of the class considers contemporary issues including terrorism, chemical and biological weapons, ballistic missile defense and proliferation. Requirements include a midterm, final and a ten page paper.

Sec. 01

MT 4

190.334 (S)

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (AP/LP) (3) Grossman Limit 60   Prereq: 190.333 The second semester of a two semester course.  Topics include executive and emergency power, rights of criminal defendants, racial and gender equality, and selected free speech and religious freedom issues.  Open only to students who have successfully completed 190.333.

Sec. 01

MW 3-4:30

190.336 (S)

RACIAL POLITICS AND PUBLIC OPINION (AP) (3) Spence   Limit 20 This class will analyze the creation of public opinion from the standpoint of racial politics.

Sec. 01

T 10-12

360.339 (H,S)
(W)

BLACK POWER FANTASIES (AP) (3) Spence/ Carpenter Limit 16 This course will look at the origins and evolution of Black Power and notions of Black Empowerment  from political, anthropological, media and arts perspectives. The class will also be engaged in a dialogue with a similar course taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Cross-listed with Interdepartmental, Anthropology and Africana Studies

Sec. 01

T 1-4

190.342 (S)

AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY (IR) (3) Sheppard   Limit 20 per section Rec,: CIP 190.209 or IP 190.213 This course will provide an overview of the key themes and debates in the evolution of American foreign policy from isolation to unipolar hegemon.

Secs. 07 & 08 added 01/29/07

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W 12

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Th 10:30

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Th 12

191.344 (S)

JAPANESE POLITICS (CP) (IR) (3) Yamagishi Limit 15 This course focuses on institutions, ideas, and critical events that drive the Japanes political development. It starts with the pre-WWII period and discusses contemporary political issues at the end.

Sec. 01

Th 1-3

191.347 (S)

“THE WALL OF SEPARATION:” DEMOCRACY AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AROUND THE WORLD (CP) (3) Golubiewski Limit 25 Religion and politics often intermix with the results that have often been tragic in their consequences. How do various countries structure the relationship between state and church? Is there a one-size-fits-all solution to making sure that religious freedom does not become religious tyranny?
Dean’s Teaching Fellowship Course
Examines the development of political institutions and policies in Japan. It focuses on institutions, ideas, and critical events that drive the Japanese political development, comparing mainly with the American case. It starts with the pre-WWII period and discusses contemporary political issues at the end.

Sec. 01

MW 10

191.351 (S)

FILM, MEDIA, AND POLITICS (AP) (3) Shogan  Limit 20
Aitchison Fellows only
(Taught in Washington D.C.)

Sec. 01

T 1:30-3:30

191.357 (S)

AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT (AP/PT) (3) Wolfson   Limit 20
Aitchison Fellows only
(Taught in Washington D.C.)

Sec. 01

T 3:30-5:30

070.361 (H,S)
(W)
             

RELIGION AND PLURALISM IN ISLAMIC SOCIETIES (3) Baxstrom     Limit 20    
Cross-listed with Anthropology and the Humanities Center

Sec. 01

ThF 1:30-3

191.362 (S)          

FOREIGN REALTIONS OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN (CP/IR) (3) Thornton Limit 25 An historical survey of the international relationships of the major South Asian nations.  Particular emphasis is placed on the interaction between the regional subsystem and the global system.

Sec. 01

T 2-4

190.365 (S)

POLITICS IN EUROPE (FORMERLY “POLITICS IN WSTERN EUROPE”) (CP) (3) Katz   Limit 25   An examination of political institutions and behavior in selected European countries and in the European Union.

Sec. 01

TW 10

070.369 (H,S)
(W)
             

ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE SENSES (3) Khan   Limit 30  
Cross listed with Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, the Humanities Center, and Anthropology

Sec. 01

ThF 10:30-12

190.370 (S)

BALTIMORE: RACE & PLACE (AP) (3) Crenson   Limit 30   This course attempts to introduce students to concrete examples of the urban problems that plague cities around the country, but it attempts to do so with respect to a particular city whose distinctive “placehood” reflects, not only its present circumstances, but two centuries of stored up experience.  The course will focus on the issue of race in local policy and politics-attempts to avoid it as well as efforts to confront it.  Students will be expected to write research papers that rely, at least in part, on information collected outside the library.             

Sec. 01

W 2-4

190.380 (S)

LAW, MORALITY AND THE STATE (PT/LP) (3) Culbert    Limit 20  What is law? How is law related to the state?  Does the state have a relationship to morality or a sense of justice? Does law?  This course examines how these questions have been posed by various schools of legal thought.  Readings will include Austin, Hart, Dworkin, Unger, Fish, MacKinnon, and Cover.

Sec. 01

TW 10

190.381 (S)

INTRODUCING GEOPLITICS (IR) (3) Sheppard Limit 25 Rec,: CIP 190.209 or IP 190.213 This course will introduce the basic principles behind the concept of geopolitics and explore how geographical realities have defined cultures and structured domestic politics and international relations throughout history.

Sec. 01

T 12-2

070.386 (H,S)
(W)

“MAIL ORDER BRIDES”? UNDERSTANDING THE PHILIPPINES IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN CONTEXT (3) Cannell Limit 35 Prereq: Students must have taken a required course in Anthropology. Permission required if prerequisite is not met Cross-listed with Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, History, and Anthropology

Sec. 01

WF 2-3:30

190.392 (S)

INTRODUCTION TO LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS (CP) (3) Keck Limit 20 per section A survey of modern Latin American politics and political development.
Cross-listed with Latin American Studies

Course canceled 01/08/07

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M 11

W 11

W 1

190.394 (S)

UNDERSTANDING CONGRESS (AP) (3) Cooper Limit 25 An examination of the structure, processes, and outcomes of collective action in Congress.  Emphasis is placed on the changing character of member and institutional behavior and the changing role of Congress in the constitutional order.

Sec. 01

F 10:30-12:30

190.402 (S)

WASHINGTON INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (3) Staff   
Aitchison Fellows only

Sec. 01

TBA

190.403 (S)

WASHINGTON SEMINAR (AP) (3)  Ginsberg   Aitchison Fellows only  Taught at 1717 Massachusetts Ave. Washington, DC

Sec. 01

T 10:30-12:30

190.421 (S)

ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (IR) (3) David   Limit 20  Will consider contemporary issues in international relations theory and American foreign policy.  Students will be expected to read selected texts critically and be prepared to discuss them in class. Requirements include oral presentations, a final examination and a research paper.  

Sec. 01

Th 10:30-12:30

362.457 (H,S)
(W)

RICHARD WRIGHT AND MODERNISM: PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE, AND POLITICS (3) Hayes   Limit 25
Cross-listed with Africana Studies and Sociology

Sec. 01

T 2-5

360.469 (H,S)

ISSUES IN GLOBALIZATION (IR) (3) Grovogui   Limit 25 
Cross-listed with Africana Studies, Interdepartmental, and Sociology

Sec. 01

Th 4-6pm

190.499 (S)
(W)
             

SENIOR THESIS: INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND POLITICAL SCIENCE (6) Staff    Prereq: 190.471  Limit 40

Sec. 01

TBA

300.357 (H)

WHAT COUNTS AS HUMAN? (3)
Marrati   Limit 20   This course analyzes different concepts of the human and others. Readings include: Plato, Descartes, Kant, Levinas, Arendt, and Butler.   Cross-listed with Philosophy, Anthropology, the Humanities Center, German and Romance Languages and Literatures

Sec. 01

F 1-3:30

362.260 (H,S)
(W)

HERETICAL POLITICAL THEORY: HANNAH ARENDT AND C.L.R. JAMES (3) Roberts   Limit 20 This course situates political theorist Hannah Arendt and Trinidadian thinker C.L.R. James as heretics – those persons existing at the margins of society whose thought seeks to transform the prevailing normative structures of a society’s order of things. Exegesis of select primary texts followed by secondary interpretations of those works will be emphasized within the context of the recurring trope of the heretic and the perspective of heretical political theory. Cross-listed with Africana Studies

Sec. 01

Th 1-4

190.502

INTERNSHIP - POLITICAL SCIENCE

190.504

INTERNSHIP - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

190.506

INTERNSHIP - INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

190.536

INDEPENDENT STUDY - FRESHMEN

190.538

INDEPENDENT STUDY - SOPHOMORES

190.540

INDEPENDENT STUDY - JUNIORS

190.542

INDEPENDENT STUDY - SENIORS

190.544

INDEPENDENT   RESEARCH - POLITICAL SCIENCE

190.574

INTERNSHIP

190.608

COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ECONOMY Blyth   Limit 15   Course added 11/16/06

Sec. 01

M 10-12

190.609

COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (LP) Grossman   Limit 15   Perm. Req’d.     Discussion of the formation, architecture, significance, and adjudication of the national constitutions of numerous countries, including the United States, Canada, India, South Africa, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, Japan, Israel, and Australia.

Sec. 01

T 5:30-7:15pm

190.611

THE CONSTITUTION AND THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM Deudney/ Grossman   Limit 20   Prereqs: Graduate students and advanced undergraduates with permission of instructor     Analysis of interaction between the U.S. Constitution and international threats, crises, and institutions.  Topics include presidential, congressional, and judicial roles, sovereignty, international law and organizations, the ICC, laws of war, torture, and surveillance.

Sec. 01

Th 5:30-7:15pm

190.618

NATIONALISM Hanchard   Limit 15 Despite the clamor over globalization and regionalization in the contemporary world, nationalism remains a central preoccupation for both political actors and students of politics. Though motivated by questions resonant within the discipline of political science (and the field of comparative politics in particular), this course is designed to familiarize students with key texts and debates in the literatures on nationalism in political science, sociology, history and anthropology. The objective of this course is to provide students with a comprehensive overview of major themes, scholarly approaches and forms of nationalist mobilization in national and cross-spatial perspective. Some of the questions to be addressed in this course are a) what are the roots and routes of nationalism?; b) who are nationalist political actors, and where do they come from?; c) what is nationalism’s relation to race, racism and ethnicity d) what is the relationship between various forms of nationalism and contemporary considerations of regionalism and globalization?

Sec. 01

T 10-12

190.628

THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF HANNAH ARENDT Culbert  Limit 15   This course will examine Arendt's political theory through a close reading of her works, including The Human Condition, Between Past and Future, Eichmann in Jerusalem, Life of the Mind, and Lectures on Kant's Political Philosophy.  The course will focus on Arendt's theories of action, judgment, subjectivity, attending in particular to the existential and phenomenological philosophies that inform her thinking.
Cross-listed with Women, Gender, & Sexuality

Sec. 01

Th W 2-4

190.630

CONSTRUCTIVISM IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS & COMPARATIVE POLITICS Blyth  Limit 15   This graduate level seminar focuses upon the development of  constructivist theory in international relations and parallel  developments in comparative politics. The evolution of third image constructivism in IR is contrasted to its more institutional form in IPE and its more agent-centered form in comparative politics.  Differences between key concepts across these fields; norms, ideas, identities, institutions are examined and points of synthesis and divergence are noted. Course canceled 11/16/06

Sec. 01

M 10-12

190.632

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS Cooper/ Sheingate Limit 15 This seminar explores the historical development of American political institutions since the Civil War. Particular attention will be paid to development and change in American political parties, Congress, and the Presidency. Our guiding assumption is that such an exploration will illuminate the dynamics of institutional change in American politics, enhance understanding of key features of the contemporary political system, and cast light on the manner in which changes in rules, organizations, or other structural features of institutions have both shaped and responded to political agency. Finally, on a more practical level, this seminar is intended to provide an introduction to several literatures that could be included in a major or minor field exam in American politics.

Sec. 01

W 3-5

190.635

CONVENTIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS (IR/PT) Grovogui Limit 15 An introduction course to the origins of contemporary debates over the meanings, implications and applications of human rights in different regional, social-political, cultural and economic contexts.

Sec. 01

M 2-4

190.636

INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY Blyth   Limit 15 This graduate level seminar surveys developments in the field of International Political Economy (IPE). Specifically, the growing links between comparative and international political economy; the emergence of multiple ‘schools’ of IPE; the ‘narrowing’ of American  IPE; and the expansion of IPE as a distinct agenda in related subfields (Geography, Sociology) are examined.

Sec. 01

T 2-4

190.638

CONTENTIOUS POLITICS Keck
Limit 15 Social movements and revolution in comparative and global perspective. Exploration of the major theoretical approaches, and of what difference globalization makes.

Course canceled 01/08/07

Sec. 01

M 2-4

213.662

ADVOCACY: FÜRSPRACHE Campe
Limit 15   We will discuss instances of advocay – speaking/acting on behalf of someone before someone – in different areas: ancient rhetoric, legal and cultural theory, poetry and the novel.  The goal of the course is to develop an understanding of 'Fürsprache' as a basic feature of communication. Readings include Aristotle, Quintilian, Derrida, Rawles, Lacan, Austin, Hölderlin and Kafka. Readings and discussion in English.
Cross-listed with the Humanities Center, German and Romance Languages and Literatures, and Classics

Sec. 01

Th 3-5pm

300.671
            

STANLEY CAVELL’S “THE CLAIM OF REASON” de Vries/Marrati  Limit 15
Cross-listed with the Humanities Center, Philosophy, Anthropology, English, and German and Romance Languages and Literatures

Sec. 01

Th 1-4

190.680

ISSUES IN LIBERALISM Flathman Limit 15    Thinkers considered include Constant, Mill, Berlin, Rawls, and Dworkin.  Consideration of the possibility of augmenting liberal theory by recourse to ideas from voluntarist thinkers such as Ockham, Hobbes, Nietzsche, and William James.

Sec. 01

W 10-12

100.702

RACE AND MIGRATION IN MODERN HISTORY Shell-Weiss  Limit 12  This graduate seminar explores how the movement of people reshapes how we understand modern world history and the historical construction of racial identities. Readings will include a range of interdisciplinary works, including core texts in migration and social theory. Cross-listed with History and Sociology

Sec. 01

T 10-12

190.800

INDEPENDENT STUDY
Sec. 01 - Flathman
Sec. 02 - Ginsberg
Sec. 03 - Grossman
Sec. 04 - Grovogui
Sec. 05 - Keck
Sec. 06 - Katz
Sec. 09 - Crenson
Sec. 10 - Deudney
Sec. 12 - David
Sec. 13 - Blyth
Sec. 17 - Tsai

190.849

DISSERTATION RESEARCH