3 credits
TR 1:25-2:40
Winter, N./ Jones-Correa, M.
An introduction to government through the American experience.
Concentration on analysis of the institutions of government and
politics as mechanisms of social control.
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3 credits
MW 2:55-4:10
Kirshner, J.
An introduction to the basic concepts and practice of international
politics.
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1 credit
TBA
Staff
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4 credits
MW 8:40-9:55
Bunce, V.
In this seminar we will compare the politics, economics and culture
of empires, with particular emphasis on historical empires, such as
the Ottoman and Habsburg, and more recent empires, such as the Soviet
bloc and (it can be argued) the United States after the end of the
Cold War. Among the questions we will debate are the following: What
is an empire, and what makes it different from a state? Why do
empires rise, why do they fall, and how do these processes affect
international and domestic politics, economics and culture? Finally,
how are empires experienced--especially for colonial people? Four
short papers, all based on the readings, will be required.
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4 credits
MWF 2:30-3:20
Miller, R.
An interdisciplinary discussion of the nature and moral significance
of social inequality, diversity and poverty and of the search for
just responses to them. How unequal are economic opportunities? What
are the causes of poverty? To what extent is greater equality a
demand of justice? Are traditional welfare programs an appropriate
response to poverty? What special significance have race and gender
as sources of inequality? Do they merit special remedies such as
affirmative action? How should governments deal with religious
diversity and other differences in ultimate values? For example,
should abortion statutes be neutral toward rival views of the
importance of potential human life? What are the causes of worldwide
inequality? To what extent do people in per-capita rich countries
have a duty to help the foreign poor? Moral argument, investigations
of social causes and legal reasoning interact in the search for
answers to these questions. To provide these resources, the course
will be taught by leading faculty researchers in philosophy,
political theory, the social sciences and law.
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4 credits
TR 1:25-2:40
Shue, H.
The United States is the mightiest military power in human history.
How should this power be used? We will examine the meaning and the
importance of central considerations usually invoked, including: the
national interest including national security, the international rule
of law including the laws of war, the promotion of fundamental values
including human rights, and the equal sovereignty of states. Among
the specific policy disputes discussed will be the Bush doctrine of
preemptive war, 'humanitarian' intervention, and
unilateralism/multilateralism. In all cases we will discuss how to
integrate political and moral considerations into
all-things-considered judgments about what to do here and now.
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4 credits
MW 2:55-4:10
Rubenstein, D.
(Also AMST 326) This course addresses nineteenth and twentieth
century European travel writing about America from Alexis de
Tocqueville's landmark work, Democracy in America to Jean
Baudrillard's polemical America and Umberto Eco's Travels in
Hyperreality. We will be concerned with the question of what America,
as both "utopian" ideal and as a living example, represents for the
European philosophical voyager. For example, what role does national
fantasy play in the encounters revealed in Julia Kristeva's excursion
to American universities in The Samourai or in Simone de Beauvoir's
guided (by Richard Wright) tour as recounted in her diary American
Day by Day? We will also discuss Francois-René de
Chateaubriand's René and Atala as a literary limit case of
inter-cultural exchange. We will also consider how race is implicated
in these writings (e.g., de Tocqueville, de Beauvoir; Kristeva's
consideration of "the foreigner") and the pertinence of American
genres such as the captivity narrative for readings of Chateaubriand
or de Tocqueville and Beaumont's writings on prison
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4 credits
MWF 11:15-12:05
Sanders, E.
This course will explore and seek explanations for the performance of
the 20-21st century presidency, focusing on its institutional and
political development, recruitment process (nominations and
elections), relationships to social groups, economic forces, and
"political time", and foreign & domestic policy making.
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4 credits
TR 2:55-4:10
Mebane, W.
Prerequisite: Government 111 or permission of the instructor. This
course examines campaigns and elections, focusing primarily on
national elections in the United States. Topics typically include
campaign finance, negative campaigning, the noncompetitiveness of
congressional elections, presidential elections, why there are almost
but not quite three parties, voter turnout, individual voting
decisions, how the votes are counted (or not), and elections and the
economy. We examine several theories that may explain some of these
phenomena, including in particular theories of rational choice.
Course requirements usually include two papers with one being based
on original analysis of election survey data.
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4 credits
MWF 1:25-2:15
Shefter, M.
The role of Congress in the American political system. Topics to be
discussed: the political setting within which Congress operates, the
structure of Congress, the salient features of the legislative
process, and recent congressional behavior in a number of policy
areas.
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4 credits
TR 11:40-12:55
Anner, M.
This course addresses changing patterns of democracy and development
in 20th century Latin America. The course proceeds through a thematic
focus on major topics affecting democratic and developmental shifts
from 1900 to the present. The course will bring in a good deal of
specific cases, including--but not limited to--Argentina, Brazil,
Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela.
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3 credits
TR 10:10-11:25
Turner, L.
Offers an introduction to the contrasting political economies of
Germany, Britain, the European Union, Japan, and the United States in
today's changing global economy. Emphasis is on (a) national
differences and comparisons; and (b) the different strategies pursued
by labor, business, and government in society in the face of growing
world trade competition, political conflicts, production
reorganization, and labor movement revitalization efforts.
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4.0 credits
TR 1:25-2:40
Ryter, L.
How do we understand the relationship between militaries and
societies? Do powerful militaries protect democracy or oppose it?
Many argue that democracy depends on civilian control of the
military. Yet during the 20th century, American foreign policy rarely
supported this ideal and more often backed military rule when it
could better guarantee political stability. Periods of military rule
have tended to militarize societies, such that clear cut distinctions
between civilians and the military may be difficult to draw. Where do
private militias, paramilitaries, and so-called "rogue elements"
within military hierarchies themselves fit in? This course will raise
such questions through a critical review of selected literature in
civil-military relations and transitions to democracy. Course
readings will be drawn from these literatures, as well as from
political theory, anthropology, and history. We will consider cases
from Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa in comparative
historical perspective.
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4 credits
TR 11:40-12:55
Zimmermann, H.
This course explores the policies and policy-making of the European
Union against the backdrop of the postwar history of European
integration and the institutional framework of the EU. We will also
explore how European integration is reshaping domestic political and
economic arrangements in the member states of the European Union and
current debates about the emerging European polity. The implications
of Eastward enlargement for the EU, for the emerging market economies
of Eastern Europe and for the process of Europeanization will be
considered in some depth.
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4 credits
MWF 10:10-11:00
Hendrix, B.
The term “Liberalism” refers to a broadly allied set of
political theories and practices that focus on maximizing individual
liberty, generally through the protection of personal rights. This
course will consider both competing views within the liberal
tradition, and challenges made by those outside it. The course begins
with the historical origins of liberalism in European religious wars
and changing coalitions of power, and moves forward through its major
theorists (including Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and John Stuart Mill)
to the present day. We will then consider a variety of objections to
liberalism, ranging from the very old (lodged by Plato) to the
contemporary (by for example Michael Sandel and Michel Foucault).
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4 credits
TR 2:55-4:10
Miller, R.
In this course, we will examine some major contemporary theories of
justice, focusing in particular on the work of John Rawls. The
following kinds of questions will give structure to our discussions:
which basic rights and freedoms ought to be guaranteed to all
citizens? What, if anything, justifies the existence of economic
inequality? What kinds of values can we appeal to in justifying the
laws that shape our political lives? What exactly does the ideal of
political equality require of us? After a brief look at John
Harsanyi's version of utilitarianism, we will examine Rawls's
arguments for his two principles of justice as expounded in A Theory
of Justice. Rawls's view is both liberal and egalitarian, and he
defends that view by appealing to the idea a social contract. He
proposes that justice requires first, that each citizen have a robust
set of basic rights; and second, that economic inequalities work to
the greatest advantage of the worst off citizens. We will consider
various objections that have been leveled against Rawls including the
criticisms of Harsanyi, Waldron, and Moller Okin. Next we turn to the
libertarian conception of justice outlined by Robert Nozick in
Anarchy, State and Utopia. Part of what distinguishes Nozick from
Rawls is that Nozick's argument is based on the idea of certain
"pre-political" or natural rights that each of us has over ourselves.
After examining his rights-based argument for private property, we
will turn to Nozick's reasons for rejecting the ideal of distributive
equality. We will then consider some egalitarian replies to Nozick,
among them Rawls's. Our third main topic is the doctrine of political
liberalism as Rawls came to construe it in his book of that name. As
a lead in, we will investigate Sandel's critique of Rawls which
(arguably) helped prompt Rawls to formulate his novel account of the
foundations of liberalism. For the later Rawls, the key difficulty
facing citizens in modern liberal democracies is the existence of
deep but reasonable disagreements about how to live. In the light of
these disagreements, Rawls thinks, the principles of justice have to
be formulated in a way that does not depend on any particular view
about the best way to live. In the final part of the course, we focus
our attention on some questions in democratic theory using Beitz's
Political Equality as a backdrop to the discussion. Our aim here will
be to examine the connections between the value of equality and the
idea of democracy with some attention being given to the notion of
deliberative democracy.
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4.0 credits
TR 1:25-2:15, section W 1:25-2:15
Berezin, M.
The course focuses on currently salient themes of nationalism,
multi-culturalism and democracy. It explores such questions as: who
is a citizen; what is a nation; what is a political institution; and
how do bonds of solidarity form in modern civil society. Readings are
drawn principally from sociology and where applicable from political
science and history. Journalist accounts, films, and web site
research will supplement readings.
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4 credits
TR 2:55-4:10
Buck-Morss, S.
Introduction to critical concepts for the study of visual culture in
specific socio-historical contexts. The course deals with the
intersection of art and politics in the twentieth century. Empirical
cases (from the USSR, Europe, the US, and Latin America) are used to
examine such theoretical issues as: the human sensorium; the meaning
of aesthetics, images and the political imagination; art for the
masses; vanguard and avant-garde; the political implications of style
(fascism, socialism, liberalism, nationalism); the impact on art of
the technical reproduction of the image; form v. content; the
political claims of contemporary practices (feminist, modernist,
conceptualist, site-specific); the artworld after the "end of art."
Central attention will be given to the theoretical writings of Walter
Benjamin.
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4 credits
Wash. D.C.
Staff
Characteristics of international law; its theoretical foundations,
principles, processes, and relationship to international politics.
Emphasis on law-in-action. Attention to both traditional problems
(intervention, coercion, and the scope and limits of adjudication)
and contemporary trends and processes (arms control, outer space,
exploitation of seabed resources, the individual in international
law, and cooperative patterns of socioeconomic relations at global
and regional level). Content may vary according to international
events.
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4 credits
TR 10:10-11:25
Evangelista, M.
This course serves as an introduction to the study of war, peace, and
peacemaking. We will study different theories of peace and war from a
variety of disciplinary perspectives. The course will cover
definitions of peace and war, causes of conflict, and modes of
conflict prevention and resolution. The concepts will be applied to a
range of historical and current conflicts. Students will prepare
analyses of specific conflicts or instances of peacemaking for class
presentation.
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4 credits
TR 2:55-4:10
Sorek, T. (Near Eastern Studies)
(Also NES 397)This course introduces students to the
complexity of the Israel-Palestinian conflict in its various
dimensions: national, religious, economic, and cultural. It outlines
the history of the conflict from the beginning of Zionist immigration
to Palestine in the late 19th century until the current day. The
course juxtaposes the different subjective points of view and
motivations of the various actors involved and analyzes the
socio-political process as products of these interrelated positions.
In addition, it demonstrates how the internal structures of both
societies influence and are influenced by the dynamics of the
conflict. Special emphasis is given to the significance of
interdependency of culture and politics; national symbolism as both
product of the conflict and an element that maintains it; the
significance of heroism, victimhood and martyrdom in shaping the
conflict and the identities of the parties involved. Requirements:
three knowledge quizzes, a midterm paper, a movie report, active
participation in the course website forum, final exam.
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4 credits
W 2:30-4:25
Jones-Correa, M.
The major political actors, institutions, and political styles in
large American cities: mayors, city councils, bureaucracies, ethnic
and racial minorities, urban machine politics and the municipal
reform movement. The implications of these political forces for
policies pertaining to urban poverty, homelessness, and criminal
justice.
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4 credits
T 2:30-4:25
Zimmermann, H.
This seminar is dedicated to the contemporary politics and political
systems of Germany and Italy. We will start with the history of the
formation of both political systems, and compare their transformation
from dictatorship to democracy. We will then explore the modes and
structures of political conflict, the political cultures, party and
electoral systems, the roles of interest groups and social movements,
and the mass media in both countries. Throughout the course we will
discuss current political developments in Italy and Germany. Finally
the seminar concludes with a structured comparison of Italian and
German politics.
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4 credits
M 2:30-4:25
Ryter, L.
Criminality has been approached in the social sciences from a variety
of angles. Sociologists following Durkheim have viewed crime as a
social anomie. Critical theorists following Foucault have understood
criminality as an integral and functional part of the social system.
Comparative politics has tended to approach criminality from 'above,'
viewing it, for instance, as an inverse measure of the relative
degree of institutionalization of legal systems. Meanwhile, empirical
studies of post-colonial states suggest a problematic indeterminacy
between state authorities and 'criminals'. State officials and
institutions may act criminally with impunity (corruption) while
criminals may act on behalf of state officials (contracted
extra-judicial political violence). This seminar will explore the
relationship between criminality and the state, mostly in
post-colonial contexts, drawing from interdisciplinary theoretical
literatures as well as area-specific empirical studies. Cases will be
drawn largely from Southeast Asia, where there is an emerging
literature on criminality and the state, as well as from post-Soviet
Russia, Latin America, and Africa.
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4 credits
W 2:30-4:25
Sanders, E.
This course examines the growth and change of the American national
state from the early 20th century to the present. It is concerned
with the responses of the national government to changes and
pressures originating in society, economy and the international
distribution of power, as well as the state's effect on society,
market and world politics. We will explore pluralist, class-based,
state-centered and other approaches in an effort to see which
provides a better explanation for the rise (and contraction) of the
national state in three main arenas: economic regulation, social
welfare and rights; and national security.
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4 credits
R 2:30-4:25
Shefter/Rabkin
(Also AMST 422) This seminar examines how American government and
politics have been shaped by the nation's wars over the past several
decades -- from World War II to the Second Gulf War. We will analyze
and compare how these wars influenced U.S. constitutional law, major
institutions of U.S. government, American electoral politics, and
ongoing conflicts among important political constituencies.
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4 credits
R 12:20-2:15
Weiner, R.
Japanese politics in comparative perspective, with special focus on
the “lost decade” years from the early 1990s to the
present. Topics to include historical foundations; political parties
and elections; legislative politics; nationalism; the bureaucracy;
social welfare, immigration, labor, industrial, and general economic
policy; foreign relations; non-government organizations and civil
society; law and politics; and/or others according to student
interest.
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4 credits
M 12:20-02:15
Suh, JJ
This is a study of the ways in which units in the international
system are constituted and how their interactions are
institutionalized. We will examine not only formal international
organizations that have formal decision-making rules and palpable
entities, but also "settled practices" the legitimize certain actions
and de-legitimize others. We will develop our theoretical
understanding of international institutions by analyzing such issue
areas as decolonization, human rights, the environment, and
communications.
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4 credits
MW 8:40-9:55
Herring, R.
This seminar creates a structured environment in which the student
will study research approaches and methods for each of the four
fields within the political science discipline, fully conceptualize
his or her honors thesis, and complete the first phase of the thesis
research. Each member of the class will develop a thesis proposal,
give an oral presentation in class about his or her research project,
and write the first chapter of the thesis. Students are also strongly
encouraged to study past honors theses, both within and outside his
or her subfield. The seminar will also serve as a "capstone" course
by exposing each student to specialized research from each of the
fields within the political science discipline.
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1-4 credits
TBA
Staff
Undergrads are able to work independently with a faculty supervisor
for college credit. Students should meet with a faculty member and
discuss a topic before applying. Students must fill out an
application form and have it stamped by the department in order to be
officially enrolled. You do not need to fill out an add/drop form in
addition to this form. (Forms can be picked up in 210 White
Hall.)
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4 credits
T 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Mebane, W.
The first half of this course examines how to frame, evaluate and
compare empirical explanations in political science. We introduce
several theoretical approaches that have been widely applied in
political science research, including rational choice, social
mechanisms and functionalism. We discuss the differences between
explanation and description, emphasizing the idea of experimental
manipulation. Building on this general discussion, the second half of
the course explores the distinctive methodological issues involved in
comparing macro-social units and surveys a range of different
approaches to comparative analysis.
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4 credits
R 10:10-12:05
Suh, J.J.
A general survey of the literature and propositions of the
international relations field. Criteria are developed for judging
theoretical propositions and are applied to the major findings.
Participants will be expected to do extensive reading in the
literature as well as research.
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4 credits
M 12:20-2:15
Hendrix, B.
An introduction to political theory through a reading of selected
classics in political thought from Plato to Rawls.
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4 credits
W 2:30-4:25
Sanders, E.
This course examines the growth and change of the American national
state from the early 20th century to the present. It is concerned
with the responses of the national government to changes and
pressures originating in society, economy and the international
distribution of power, as well as the state's effect on society,
market and world politics. We will explore pluralist, class-based,
state-centered and other approaches in an effort to see which
provides a better explanation for the rise (and contraction) of the
national state in three main arenas: economic regulation, social
welfare and rights; and national security.
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4 credits
M 2:30-4:25
Bensel, R.
The United States Congress will be examined: first, as a "closed
system" in which institutional arrangements decisively apportion
political power; and, second, as the product of electoral and social
forces outside the institution. Emphasis will be placed on the
historical relationship between institutional growth and state
formation, parliamentary rules as both arrangements within which the
"rational choices" of legislators are played out and as deliberate,
constructions and allocations of political influence, and the use of
legislative behavior as evidence in the analysis of fundamental
principles of politics. Because the literature on the lower chamber
is generally more rich, the House of Representatives will receive
greater attention than the Senate.
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4 credits
T 2:30-4:25
Bunce, V./Moehler, D.
This course compares recent democratization in the post-communist
world and, to a lesser extent, in Latin America and southern Europe.
We will focus on both transitional dynamics and the quality and
sustainability of democracy and the relationship between nationalism
and democracy, economic reform and democracy, and economic
performance and democratic governance.
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4 credits
M 10:00-12:00
Tarrow, S.
This research seminar surveys the related fields of social movements
and contentious politics. Using theories that derive from both the
collective behavior and political process traditions of social
movement research, the course seeks to broaden these into a general
approach to contentious politics, applicable protest cycles, strike
waves, nationalism, democratization and revolution. Students will
write review essays or research papers.
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4 credits
R 12:20-2:15
Frank, J.
In contemporary political contexts "democracy" is often invoked as
the very ground of political legitimacy. There is very little
agreement, however, on what democracy means or how it is best
embodied in state institutions and law. This seminar will introduce
students to select debates in contemporary democratic theory over the
normative meaning of democracy and the limitations of contemporary
democratic practice. Beginning with the work of Rousseau and ending
with debates over "radical democracy," we will explore the following
themes: How do democratic theorists and democratic actors negotiate
the paradoxes of collective self-rule? What is the relationship
between liberalism and democracy? Do rights suspend democracy or
establish its preconditions? What are the best procedures for
democratic decision-making? How does democracy deal with difference?
Is democracy best understood as a form of government or a practice of
resistance to domination?
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4 credits
W 12:20-2:15
Rubenstein, D.
This seminar will focus on what Mary Ann Doane has called
"epistemologies of racial and sexual difference" in cinema and
photography. It will examine psychoanalytic and feminist models of
identification and spectatorship (Laura Mulvey, Mary Anne Doane,
Jacqueline Rose, Joan Copjec), theories of the masquerade and passing
(Joan Riviere, Michael Rogin, Kaja Silverman) as well as more formal
aspects of image (Deleuze, Paul Virilio, Guy Debord, Jonathan Crary)
and sound (Michel Chion). These critical and theoretical interests
will be refigured in relation to canonical texts on photography:
Walter Benjamin, Roland Barthes, Pierre Bourdieu.
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4 credits
M 7:00-9:00
Mantena, K.
How do concepts of freedom and domination, equality and liberty,
nationalism and identity, look from outside Europe and North America?
This course will consider these issues by considering two of
twentieth-century’s most influential, non-Western thinkers:
Mohandas Gandhi and Frantz Fanon. Through their often devastating
critiques of Western modernity and civilization (and the values upon
which they are premised), Gandhi and Fanon worked out penetrating
visions of new forms of living and doing politics in the wake of
colonialism. These transformational critiques were developed out of
an important engagement with, and an intimate critique of, central
categories of Western political thought. Reconsidering Gandhi and
Fanon, thus, can help us grapple in new ways with the central
questions of political theory, such as the relationship between
universality and freedom, revolution and history, progress and
emancipation and help us reflect on the relationship of European
politics and European ideas to the aspirations for and the experience
of freedom in the non-Western world. In addition we will also examine
the contribution of contemporary theorists working in the field of
‘postcolonial’ theory to these questions and concerns.
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4 credits
T 2:30-4:25
Waite, G.
This graduate seminar takes up the old 'dialogue' or 'confrontation'
between Marxism and psychoanalysis, as it continues in our
'post-linguistic' and 'post-communist' era, by studying selected
works of Louis Althusser and Jacques lacan. In general, the seminar
has two obvious tasks: to compare and contrast these two seminar but
not equally influential, and perhaps not equally significant
thinkers. In specific, we will study such topics as: the nature of
their friendship (Lacan's influence on Althusser's published work as
a 'one way street,' including the latter's unrequited attempt to
elicit explicit response from the former); the role of Lacanian
concepts in Althusser's private self-analysis; points of common
interest (Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Freud, and epistemology); the
parallel between the 'return to Marx' and the 'return to Freud;'
their modes of interpretation and argumentation; the relationship
between 'philosophical psychoanalysis' and 'symptomatic reading;' the
question whether 'ideology is (the) unconscious'; their critiques of
Marxism, Stalinism, and capitalism; the concept of 'structure;' and
the nature of their influence.
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4 credits
T 4:30-6:30
Shue, H.
We examine selected normative elements of international affairs,
divided into three inter-locking clusters. First are issues about
conflict, including both low-intensity military intervention and
nuclear weapons. Second are questions about cooperation, especially
between rich nations and poor nations. Third are debates about the
authority and status of the major players in the international
system: individual persons, nation-states, and international regimes.
Questions considered include: is the retention by some nations of
nuclear weapons morally justified? Is the world economy unjust?
Should national governments be pressured to respect individual human
rights?
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1 credit
R 4:30-5:30
Dotson
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4 credits
W 10:10-12:05
Kirshner, J.
This course will undertake a general survey of the classical and
modern theories of political economy. The works of Smith, List, Marx,
Weber, Keynes, Shumpeter, Hayek, and Friedman, among others, will be
studied and placed within the context of the history and evolution of
the thought, practice, and method of the field.
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4 credits
M 7:00-10:00 p.m.
Turner, L.
This class would grow out of new research I am doing that targets
selected cities, to assess labor movement revitalization at that unit
of analysis -- looking at politics, organizing, coalition building
etc. in selected urban contexts. Each student could pick a city of
particular interest (and for MILR students perhaps for career
purposes as well) and then become an expert on that city's key
unions, key political actors and corporations. The idea would be to
develop overall pictures of new union vitality (if and where it
exists) based not only on particular unions, industries and nations
(as we have done in the past) but based also on regions, coalitions
and local politics. In addition to the empirical research focus, PhD
students could address major theories of industrial relations and
comparative political economy, while MILR students could also look at
union career ladders in their particular urban regions. Following
career ladders would bring MILR students into interviews (and thus
personal contacts) with key labor leaders and allow them to explore
whether labor movement revitalization (or its absence) is associated
with new career ladders and different kinds of jobs for labor
activists and/or careerists.
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4.0 credits
W 7:00-9:00
Weiner, R.
Introduction to game theory, with applications to comparative
politics, American politics, and international relations. We will
study basic concepts of game theory; how to formulate, solve, and
empirically test simple games; and how to assess game-theoretic
argumentation in political science literature.
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var. 1-4 credits
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Staff
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