190.102 (S)

INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS (CP) (3) Keck  Limit 20 per section 
An introduction to political institutions and processes with illustrations drawn from selected countries of the world.  These will include Great Britain, Japan, Mexico, China, India, Nigeria and Russia.

Lec.

Sec. 01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

MW 10

M 3

M 4

T 3

T 4

W 3

W 4

Th 2

Th 5

190.226 (S)

COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT (CP) (3) Dietze    Limit 50
A study of the nature, organization and operations of modern government.  Emphasis will be placed upon constitutionalism and an analysis of the major governments of Western Europe. Course canceled 11/03/04

Sec. 01

ThF 12

190.228 (S)

THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY (AP) (3) Sheingate    Limit 20 per section Prereq. Introduction to American Politics. Explores historical developments in the institution, especially the changing role of the presidency in the political system, as well as presidential campaigns and elections.

Lec.

Sec. 01

02

03

04

TW 2

F 2

Th 11

Th 2

F 10

190.280 (S)

CLASSICS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT (PT) (3) Connolly          Limit 20 per section     Introducing political theory through comparisons of Augustine, Rousseau, Toqueville, and Nietzsche. Exploring good and evil, democratic sovereignty, the role of religion, and political pluralism. Texts and lectures are challenging.

Lec.

Sec. 01

02

03

04

MT 11

Th 10:30

F 10:30

Th 1

Th 2

190.310 (S)

GLOBAL SECURITY POLITICS (3) Deudney   Prereq: CIP or IP. Limit 160 120 80 Intensive examination of contemporary nuclear, space, biological, and information violence capabilities and their interaction with the state-system, non-state actors, limited government, and international governance.

Sec. 01

TW 1 T 5-7pm

190.316 (S)

INTRODUCTION TO GLOBALIZATION (IR) (3) Hazbun Limit 35.  Explores the economic, political, and cultural dynamics of globalization. Surveys academic debates as well as the discourses of business, popular media, and social protest movements.

Sec. 01

MT 3

191.316 (S)

AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY SINCE 1945 (3) Thornton  
Limit 100 75 A historically-based survey of America’s rise to global dominance and how that dominance has been used.   Particular attention is given to relations with the Third World and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

Sec. 01

MW 10

190.323 (S)

INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL LAW (IR, CP) (3) Grovogui   Limit 50 35

Sec. 01

Th 1-3

190.326 (S)

DEMOCRACY AND ELECTION (CP, PT) (3) Katz   Limit 25     
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

W 2-4

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 10-page paper.

Sec. 01

MW 11

190.334 (S)

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (AP) (LP) (3) Grossman    Prereq: 190.333  -- the second semester of a course that explores the meaning of the American constitution and the Supreme Court's role in interpreting it.

Sec. 01

MW 3-4:30

190.347 (S)

THEORIES OF POLITICAL AUTHORITY (PT) (3) Culbert  
Limit 20 Juniors And Seniors Only  Beginning with Plato, and using Nietzche’s History of Metaphysics as a guide, this course analyses the philosophical foundations of political authority.  In addition to works by Plato and Nietzsche, readings will include works by Aquinas, Kant, Mill, Berlin, and MacKinnon.
Course closed 02/03/05

Sec. 01

Th 10:30-12:30

191.350 (S)

WOMEN, REPRODUCTION AND AMERICAN LAW (3) Ackerman    Limit 20 An examination of the legal regulation of reproductive health and technology as it bears on issues of gender equality, personal liberty, and public welfare.   Dean’s Teaching Fellowship Course Cross-listed with Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality

Sec. 01

ThF 10:30-12

191.353 (H,S)

WOMEN AND POLITICS IN LATIN AMERICA (3) Poggio   Limit 30

Sec. 01

Th 12-2

191.358 (S)

RELIGION, POLITICS AND CITIZENSHIP (3) Toender    Limit 20 Dean’s Teaching Fellowship Course

Sec. 01

MW 2-3:30

191.362 (S)

FOREIGN RELATIONS 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

Th 2-4

191.372 (S)

CURRENT CHALLENGES IN EUROPEAN INTEGRATION (1)  Jones  Limit 100 20  (Jan 31, Feb 2 & 4 only). Professor Erik Jones, of JHU SAIS Bologna, an expert on the topic of European Integration, will teach this one credit seminar the first week of classes in the Spring 2005 semester.  The readings for this class must be done ahead of time (during intersession) given the early and compressed nature of the course.

Sec. 01

MWF 5-7pm

190.383 (S)

URBAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS (AP) (3) Crenson Limit 30   An analysis of the social bases of urban politics, concentrating on the concept of community, the urban social class hierarchy, the experience of ethnic and racial groups in city politics, and the impact of the urban economy on the urban political system.

Sec. 01

Th 2-4

190.394 (S)

UNDERSTANDING CONGRESS (AP) (3) Cooper    Limit 35     An evaluation of the structure, processes and outcomes of collective action in Congress.  Emphasis on the changing character of member and institutional behavior and the changing role of congress in the Constitutional order.

Sec. 01

ThF 10:30-12

190.420 (S)

             (W)

LIBERAL IR THEORY (IR AP) (3) Deudney  Prereq: 190.404 Intensive survey of major liberal and republican international theories, including constitutionalism, federal union, interdependence, democratic peace, capitalism, international organization, regimes, transnational relations, pluralistic security communities, and civic identity. Recommended  prerequisite: Realist IR Theory.

Sec. 01

W T 5-8pm 7 pm

190.421 (S)

ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (IR) (3) David  Limit 15 IR majors only.  Prereq: CIP or its equivalent.  Will consider contemporary issues in international relations theory and practice. Students will be expected to read selected texts critically and be prepared to discuss them in class.

Sec. 01

W 1-3

190.434 (S)
             (W)

ADVANCED TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY CHINESE POLTICS (IR, CP) (3) Tsai  Limit 12 Graduate students or Instructor’s Perm.  This seminar analyzes the Western social science literature on the politics of the People's Republic of China, with a focus on the post-1978 reform era; gives students an opportunity to conduct research on a focused dimension of Chinese politics.

Sec. 01

M 2-4

190.435 (S)

              (W)

AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT (PT) (3) Bennett  Limit 15
An examination of historical and contemporary texts in order to explore American thought about politics. Focus on how recurrent themes—piety, revolution, democracy, individuality, capitalism—have shaped American political culture. Thinkers include John Winthrop and other Puritans, Tocqueville, Douglass, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Emma Goldman, John Dewey and contemporary counterparts.

Sec. 01

Th 1-3

190.499 (S)

              (W)

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

Sec. 01

TBA

360.313 (S)

CUBA AND U.S. DECISION MAKING (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.

Sec.01

T 2-4

300.318 (H,S)
              (W)

JUSTICE, TRUTH, AND RECONCILIATION: RESPONSES TO GENOCIDE AND MASS TERROR (3) Leys  Limit 20  
Cross-listed with History, Jewish Studies Program, Anthropology, and Humanities

Sec. 01

W 1-3

360.340 (H,S)

POWER & RACISM (3) Hayes
Limit 25   Open to all Undergraduates Examination of white supremacy and antiblack racism as central dynamics in American political development through readings in philosophy, sociology, and political science. Compares racialized politics in the U.S. and Brazil.
Cross-listed with Africana Studies, Philosophy, Sociology, Humanities, and Interdepartmental

Sec. 01

ThF 2-3:30

300.378 (H)

WHAT CAN A BODY DO? (3) Marrati  Limit 20  Cross-listed with Philosophy, Romance Languages, Humanities  and Anthropology

Sec. 01

M 2-4:30

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

191.605

LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS CURRENT TRENDS AND SELECTED TOPICS Cavarozzi  Limit 35 Meets January 31 through February 28. Course added 11/22/04

Sec. 01

MW M 2-4
Th 11:30-2

190.609

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

Sec. 01

T 5:30-7:15pm

190.632

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS Cooper/Sheingate   This seminar examines the development of core political institutions and processes in the United States and their interrelationships. Attention is focused on the election and party systems, the legislative process in Congress, and the role and power of the President and bureaucracy. Some attention, as appropriate, is also devoted to the Courts and the States.

Sec. 01

M 4-6pm

190.633

POLITICAL VIOLENCE (PT) Bennett/Culbert  Limit 15    What constitutes violence? By what modes of agency is violence expressed? What is the relationship between violence and bodies, violence and representation, violence and social and psychic structures? This course explores different figures of violence and their relationship to politics in the works of Machiavelli, Nietzsche, Fanon, and Adorno.

Sec. 01

T 3-5

190.634

SEMINAR ON DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE Katz/Keck   Limit 15 When, how and to what or to whom do democratic states allocate authority over new issues and/or reallocate authority over existing ones?  Increasingly, democracy is equated with good governance or government in the public interest instead of self-government.  What implications does this have for how we study political institutions and representation?

Sec. 01

T 10-12

190.635

CONVENTIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS (IR,PT) Grovogui  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

F 10-12

190.651

HUMEAN AND OTHER SKEPTICISMS (PT) Flathman  Graduate students only  An examination of the place of skepticism in political moral thought.  Emphasis will be on David Hume but attention will also be given to Sextus, Hobbes, Montaigne and some 20th Century thinkers.

Sec. 01

Th 10-12

190.666

POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEVELOPMENT (CP, IR) Tsai
Limit 12 Graduate students only
The first third of the course covers post-war classics in the development literature, including modernization theory and its critics, and the political economy of international finance. The second part examines contemporary debates concerning the role of the state in the development process. The last third of the seminar turns to developmental concerns at the sub-national level, including fiscal decentralization, collective action problems, and the informal sector.

Sec. 01

W 12-2 10-12

190.674

RESEARCH AND WRITING WORKSHOP IN POLITICAL SCIENCE Keck  Course added 12/22/04

Sec. 01

W 2-4

190.680

ISSUES IN AND AROUND LIBERALISM (PT) Flathman Graduate students only Thinkers considered included 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

190.679

INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY AND GLOBALIZATION (IR) Hazbun   Seminar surveys contending theoretical perspectives in international political economy. Also explores the politics of expanding transnational flows and the globalization of production.

Sec. 01

Th 2-4

190.680

ISSUES IN AND AROUND LIBERALISM (PT) Flathman Graduate students only Thinkers considered included 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

190.692

POLITICS OF PERCEPTION (PT) Connolly  Limit 15 Graduate students or Instructor’s permission  An exploratory seminar juxtaposing classic philosophies of perception to theories of film and electronic media, and both to the structures of “disciplinary society.”  Bergson, Merleau-Ponty, Foucault, McLuhan, Virilio, Deleuze.

Sec. 01

W 3-5

300.600

INSTANCES: ON LIVING HERE & NOW DeVries   Limit 20

Cross-listed with Philosophy, German, Romance Languages, Anthropology, and Humanities

Sec. 01

T 10:30-1

300.619

TRAUMA THEORY NOW Leys
Cross-listed with History of Science & Technology, History, Humanities, and Anthropology

Sec. 01

T 1-4

300.656

THE EVENT AND THE ORDINARY. ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF DELEUZE AND CAVELL  Marrati  

Cross-listed with Philosophy, Anthropology, Romance Languages, and Humanities

Sec. 01

W 10:30-1

040.672

ANTHROPOLOGIES OF MUSIC AND POLITICS IN ANCIENT GREECE Detienne/Yatromanolakis

Cross-listed with Humanities Center and Classics

Sec. 01

W 2-4

190.800

INDEPENDENT STUDY

190.849

DISSERTATION RESEARCH