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Fall 2007 Course Descriptions
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111Introduction to American Government and Politics3 creditsTR 2:55-4:10 Lowi, T. An introduction to government through the American experience. Concentrates on analysis of the institutions of government and politics as mechanisms of social control. Students registering for introductory courses should register for the lecture only. Sections will be assigned during the first week of class. Introductory courses are also offered during summer session. Back to Government Course List
181Introduction to International Relations3 creditsTR 1:25-2:40 Kirshner, J An introduction to the basic concepts and practice of international politics. Students registering for introductory courses should register for the lecture only. Sections will be assigned during the first week of class. Introductory courses are also offered during summer session. Back to Government Course List
182Writing in the Majors Section: Intro to International Relations1 creditsM 2:30-3:20p Staff This course is a special, writing intensive section of Government 181, designed to provide a small number of students the opportunity to practice and improve their writing skills as they learn about world politics. Students will complete a series of papers and be expected to take an active part in class discussion. Registration by instructor permission only. Interested students should register for and attend Government 181 in order to be considered for Government 182. (IR) Students registering for introductory courses should register for the lecture only. Sections will be assigned during the first week of class. Introductory courses are also offered during summer session. Back to Government Course List
222Controversies About Inequality4 creditsMW 2:55-4:10 Prof. Morgan (see Sociology Dept.) This course introduces students to contemporary debates and controversies about the underlying structure of inequality, the processes by which it is generated and maintained, the mechanisms through which it comes to be viewed as legitimate, natural, or inevitable, and forces making for change and stability in inequality regimes. These topics are addressed through readings, class discussion, visiting lectures from distinguished scholars of inequality, and debates staged between faculty who take opposing positions on pressing inequality-relevant issues (e.g., welfare reform, school vouchers, immigration policy, affirmative action). Although this course is required for students in the Inequality Concentration, it is also open to other students who have completed prior coursework relevant to issues of inequality. Back to Government Course List
274Hist of Mod MidEast:19-20th Ce3 creditsMWF 1:25-2:15 Fahmy, Z This course surveys the history, politics, and society of the Middle East from World War I until the present day. We will think critically about the transformation of the Middle East from autonomous Islamic empires to colonized mandates to post-colonial states; the development of collective identities such as nationalism, pan-Arabism, and Islamism; the formation and mobilization of social classes and changing gender relations; the Middle East through the lens of the Cold War and subsequent American hegemony; revolution, war, and civil strife; and popular culture. Back to Government Course List
311Urban Politics4 creditsMWF 2:30-3:20 Shefter, 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. Back to Government Course List
313Nature Function Limits of Law4 creditsMWF 12:20-1:10 Riles, A. A general-education course for students at the sophomore and higher levels. Law is presented not as a body of rules but as a set of techniques for resolving conflicts and dealing with social problems. The course analyzes the roles of courts, legislatures, and administrative agencies in the legal process, considering also constitutional limits on their power and practical limits on their effectiveness. Assigned readings consist of judicial and administrative decisions, social scientific articles, and commentaries on the legal process. (AM) Back to Government Course List
314Prisons4 creditsTR 10:10-11:25 Katzenstein, M. This seminar will look at the politics of incarceration. Why is prison construction a growth industry? What is the role of public policy and of the law in this process of prison expansion? How does race and racism in American society figure in this? Are women's prisons designed to respond to the needs of a "generic-male" prisoner or are they organized around women's needs? Are there "spaces" within the prison (educational programs, libraries, chaplain's offices) which alleviate the grim realities of prison life. We will devote a section of the course to reading about and discussing different forms of political activism on behalf of prison reform. Seminar members should plan on an occasional extra class time, likely to be Wednesday or Thursday evenings, to hear guest speakers and see films. (AM) Back to Government Course List
321Public Opinion & Representatio4 creditsTR 8:40-9:55 Enns, P This course will examine the nature of public opinion and analyze when and how it influences government. Specifically, the class will study various definitions of public opinion, theories of opinion formation and change, and how public opinion influences government policy. We will also analyze public attitudes toward specific issues, such as race and welfare, and we will discuss normative questions, such as the role opinion should play in American democracy. Back to Government Course List
332Modern European Politics4 creditsMW 2:55-4:10 Zimmermann, H. This course offers an introduction into politics and political systems in Western Europe. It starts with a brief history of the consolidation of West European democracies before and after World War II. We then discuss core theoretical concepts guiding the comparative analysis of political systems. The main part of the course will consist of a discussion of the political cultures, parties, electoral systems, and current problems confronting the political systems of Britain, France, Germany, and Italy. Italy and Germany will be treated in-depth. Hotly debated issues in European politics will be presented by students in class and in a short research paper, before we conclude with an analysis of the European Union (EU) as political system. (CO) Back to Government Course List
338Comparative Political Economy4 creditsTR 1:25-2:40 Way, C. This course examines the juncture of politics and the economy in the advanced industrial democracies. Why do some countries have large, inclusive welfare states while others have minimal social programs? Is the welfare state in decline, and if so why? What difference does it make for the economy whether parties of the Left or Right govern? Are strong unions bad for the economy, or can they actually boost economic performance? What does increasing globalization of the world economy mean for the constraints and opportunities facing governments in managing the economy and providing social welfare? Are all market economies pretty much the same, or are there varieties of capitalism that differ in important ways -- and can they survive in the face of globalization? We will use a variety of theoretical perspective to investigate these and other questions, paying particular attention to evaluating the theoretical arguments with both systematic and historical evidence. (CO) Back to Government Course List
355Issues Behind the News2 creditsF 12:20-1:10 van de Walle, N This course will cover international current events as they unfold during the semester. Faculty from across the university will be invited to contextualize and deepen students’ understanding of elections, wars, complex humanitarian emergencies, international agreements, global health issues and other relevant international events that are in the news. The course will respond flexibly to unforeseen events. Special attention will be devoted to U.S. foreign policy issues and how U.S. foreign policies are formulated and implemented. The course will strive to expose students to different points of view on these issues. Back to Government Course List
361Liberalism and Its Critics4 creditsMWF 10:10-11 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). Back to Government Course List
385American Foreign Policy4 creditsMW 2:55-4:10 Katzenstein, P Many liberals and realists have regarded the triumph of neo-conservatism after 9/11 as a freak accident that will come to an end together with the Presidency of George W. Bush. And many neo-conservatives have regarded the war in Iraq as a noble experiment in democracy-building that the United States so successfully accomplished in Germany and Japan after World War II. In tracing the effects of America’s multiple identities on its foreign policies and analyzing how America relates to different world regions, this course disagrees with both views. Neo-conservatism is not a freak show but draws on America’s multiple political traditions and orders. And the Iraq war is not a noble experiment but arguably the greatest foreign policy disaster of the last generation, the consequence of a combustible mixture of arrogance and ignorance. The course develops these two overarching arguments. The first half of the course challenges the simplified view that on questions of foreign affairs the main faultline in American politics has divided realist-nationalists from liberal-internationalists. This interpretation reads religion and race out of the conflicts that have shaped American politics, and thus does not give proper importance to the pivotal role of the South in the dominant coalitions that have shaped American foreign policy. Furthermore, a multiplicity of different kinds of values (encompassing both power and prosperity, Protestantism and prostitution) shape the American imperium (which combines hard/territorial with soft/non-territorial sources of power). The second half of the course argues that America’s relationship to Europe and Asia differs from its relationship with other world regions. After their total defeat in World War II, American occupation and extensive domestic reforms converted Germany and Japan initially to client and later to supporter states that have made it easier for the United States to shape political outcomes in these two regions. In the Americas, Africa, and the Middle East the United States lacks supporter states and has engaged instead regional pivots such as Brazil, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Israel that, compared to Germany and Japan, play different roles in their respective regions and in their relations with the United States. The intellectual hinge that connects the two arguments, and the two parts of the course, is the idea of multiplicity –of traditions and values motivating American politics and its foreign policies on the one hand and of forms of modernity that are distinguishing a number of different civilizations in a world of different regions on the other. When the multiple gears that connect America with the world mesh properly, mutual engagements are possible that preserves both diversity in values within a loosely shared sense of moral purpose and international order. When those gears do not mesh properly, mutual engagements are likely to feed misunderstandings and conflicts of interests that can lead to war. (IR) Back to Government Course List
393Introduction to Peace Studies4 creditsTR 2:55-4:10 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. Back to Government Course List
400.01Conflict & Coop in Transnational Relations4.0 creditsT 2:30-4:25 Zimmermann, H. This course evaluates changes over time in political, economic and cultural relations between the United States and Western Europe (especially the European Union), starting with the Cold War and continuing to the present. The key issue will be to explain patterns of cooperation and conflict. We will discuss the reasons for the recent crisis in US-European relations and analyze whether this has been an unprecedented rift and the end of the traditional transatlantic alliance, as many analysts have claimed. In order to get a balanced picture of this timely and contested question we will look at selected issues which present challenges to US-European cooperation and which have led to conflicts. We will try to determine whether they represent “structural” problems of the transatlantic alliance or rather temporary disturbances. Apply on-line during the pre-enrollment period. Once classes have started, use an add-drop slip; professor's signature is required. Back to Government Course List
400.02Globalization4 creditsM 10:10-12:05 Katzenstein, P This seminar addresses a central issue of international politics. With the end of the Cold War and after 9/11 how should we think about the world? Through the reading of books we will probe in this seminar two competing visions: globalization and internationalization. Both are capturing part of the contemporary reality of world politics. Apply on-line during the pre-enrollment period. Once classes have started, use an add-drop slip; professor's signature is required. Back to Government Course List
400.03Citizen Pol. In Democracies4 creditsW 10:10-12:05 Anderson, C This course focuses on various aspects of mass political behavior from a comparative perspective. It explores how people form attitudes about democratic political processes, how and why they participate in democratic politics, and how citizen participation and public opinion affect how a democracy works. The course focuses on the politics of the advanced industrialized democracies, including the United States. Apply on-line during the pre-enrollment period. Once classes have started, use an add-drop slip; professor's signature is required. Back to Government Course List
400.04Democratic Theory4 creditsT 12:20-2:15 Maxwell, L In a world where democracy has come to be taken for an almost unquestioned good, it becomes more imperative than ever to ask what democracy means and what the stakes are in fighting for "the rule of the people." In this course, we will study debates in contemporary democratic theory about the category of "the people" and the scope and limits of contemporary democratic practice. Among other questions, we will ask: what kind of group is "the people" and how do "the people" act and make their will known? Does the rule of the people necessarily override the rule of law? What is the status of the people's passions in democratic politics - must they be subordinated to reason, or do the passions have a productive political role to play? How can a unified "people" recognize and value cultural differences within it? Apply on-line during the pre-enrollment period. Once classes have started, use an add-drop slip; professor's signature is required. Back to Government Course List
400.05American Political Realignment4 creditsT 2:30-4:25 Shefter, M This seminar discusses the extent to which recent changes in U.S. politics can or cannot be understood as indicating an underlying "realignment" in American party politics. Apply on-line during the pre-enrollment period. Once classes have started, use an add-drop slip; professor's signature is required. Back to Government Course List
404American Political Development in the 20th Century4 creditsW 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. Back to Government Course List
420Civic Engangement4 creditsM 12:20-2:15 Mettler, S The American experiment is based on the idea of government of, by, and for the people and the belief in political equality—that all are created equal. But who actually participates in American politics, whose voices are heard, and what difference does it make? We will consider these questions in theoretical and historical perspective, asking when and under what conditions democracy has or could flourish best. In the main, the course will focus on the period from the 1970s to the present, investigating the determinants of who votes, who protests, who belongs to organizations, who runs for office, and who takes part in numerous other civic and political activities. We will consider the relationship between political equality and economic equality, as well as dynamics of gender and race. We will ask whether and how government dampens participation or facilitates it. Finally we will consider the promise for public service, volunteering, and participation by young people to rejuvenate democracy. Readings will include Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone; Theda Skocpol, Diminished Democracy; Steven Rosenstone and John Mark Hansen, Mobilization, Participation, and Democracy in America; Sidney Verba, Kay Schlozman, and Henry Brady, Voice and Equality; and Richard Valelly, The Two Reconstructions. Back to Government Course List
426Social Movements in Latin Amer4 creditsM 2:00-4:25 Roberts, K This course analyzes different types of historical and contemporary social movements in Latin America. It begins with an overview of class-based labor and peasant movements, including their relationships with populist or leftist political parties. The class will then study revolutionary movements and the social actors that participate within them. The second half of the course will focus on various "new" social movements that have altered the region's social and political landscape over the past twenty years, including movements organized around gender issues, human rights, environmental protection, shantytown communities, and indigenous rights. Special attention will be given to the construction and transformation of collective identities, and to new patterns of social protest in response to market globalization in the region. Back to Government Course List
428Government and Public Policy4 creditsTR 1:25-2:40 Lowi, T.J. Government 428/728 concentrates on history and criticism of US policies and the politics associated with them. Particular attention given to the origins and character of the regulatory state and the welfare state. Back to Government Course List
429Politics of Science4 creditsT 2:00-4:25 Herring A research seminar in which each student, or perhaps some in clusters, will write research papers on the politics of science. How do societies -- and increasingly global regimes -- deal with collective uncertainty and risk? What are the arguments about trade-offs and precaution? Science claims for itself only a method of judging truth claims through transparent and replicable testing of theory-driven hypotheses: how do theological ("creation science" or "Vedic science") and civilizational ("Western science") embeddings become politically activated? To what extent is real science politically crippled by its own commitment to incremental evidence-based knowledge in the face of junk science? We will look at scientific controversies and their political representation in the large general field of the environment, medicine, biotechnology and food systems. Back to Government Course List
431Model European Union I2.0 creditsR 7:30-9:25p Staff This two-credit course is designed to prepare students to participate in the annual Model European Union Simulation held, on an alternating basis, at a SUNY campus in New York State and a location in Europe. The simulation provides an opportunity for participants, representing politicians from the member states of the European Union, to discuss issues and resolutions of current concern to the EU. The fall 2007 topic is security & defense policy, and the simulation will be held in Saarbrucken and Trier, Germany in January 2008. Registration and housing costs for the Cornell team will be paid by the Institute for European Studies, and course enrollment will be restricted by budgetary considerations. Travel costs are the responsibility of the student participants. This course will provide students with an in-depth understanding of the institutions governing the European Union, as well as the roles played by individual member states and non-state actors involved in the complex policy-making process. Issue areas covered include the single market, the European Monetary Union, the Common Agricultural Policy, environmental and regional policy, the Common Foreign and Security Policy, enlargement, and the EU constitution. Back to Government Course List
463Feminist Theory/Law & Society4 creditsR 2:30-4:25 Smith, A.M. Feminist theory presents unique challenges to the student of politics interested in State structures, legal systems and public policy. While liberal democratic State theory takes for granted the separation between the “private” and “public” spheres, feminist theory submits that distinction to a thorough interrogation. Feminists also insist that the “personal is political.” An individual woman might decide to use contraception or to practice safer sex in a highly intimate context, but feminist theory brings to light the fact that social movements, cultural trends, changes in the health care field, governmental agencies, and legal doctrine have set the stage for that personal decision. Feminist theory is therefore situated in a privileged position to shed new light on some of the most interesting issues in contemporary politics, such as same-sex marriage, abortion, the HIV and AIDS epidemic, stem cell research, access to health care, discrimination in the workplace, and poverty policy. In this seminar, we will explore feminist theory’s interrogation of State theory. We will pay particularly close attention to the feminist theory that explores the intersection between racism and sexism in America today. (PT) Back to Government Course List
466Islamism4 creditsW 2:30-4:25 Buck-Morss, S. In the past five years, there have been important contributions in critical theory by writers from a Muslim perspective, dealing with issues of globalization, the society of the spectacle, post-colonialism, feminism, and commodity culture. This course is intended to introduce students to the complexities of Islamism as a modern experience of opposition that deals with issues of social justice, legitimate power, and ethical life. While we will read translations of original sources by founding theorists, Sayyid Qutb, Ayatollah Ruhallah Khomeini, and Osamam bin Laden, our approach is not only textual. We are interested in the role Islamism plays in everyday life of hundreds of thousands of contemporary Muslims, analyzed by anthropologists, literary critics, media analysts (of cassettes, cinema, and internet) and others who describe its audio, visual, public, private, and networking affects. Back to Government Course List
473Marx, Freud, Nietzsche4 creditsTR 11:40-12:55 Waite, G. There are three main aspects to this course. First and primarily, it provides an introduction to the thinking of these three "master thinkers" who have determined much of modernity and postmodernity. Here, basic aspects of their work are considered: (a) scientific and theoretical writings; (b) specific critical and historical analyses; (c) programs and manifestos; and (d) styles of argumentation, documentation, and persuasion. (This also entails an introduction, for non-specialists, to basic problems of economics, philosophy, psychology-and literary criticism.) Second, we will compare and contrast the underlying assumptions and interpretive yields of the various disciplines and practices that Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud helped to ground; historical materialism and communism; power-knowledge analysis; and psychoanalysis, respectively. Finally, but less thoroughly, we will discuss the ways these three thinkers have been fused together into a single constellation or troika: "Marx-Nietzsche-Freud." The main focus of the course will be on primary texts, which might include, e.g.: (Marx) The Communist Manifesto, The 18th Brumaire, Critique of the Gotha Program, and selections from The Paris Manuscripts, Grundrisse, and Capital; (Nietzsche) The Birth of Tragedy, "The Greek State," "On Truth and Lie in the Extramoral Sense," On the Use and Disadvantage of History for Life, and selections from Thus Spoke Zarathustra and The Genealogy of Morals; and (Freud) two case studies, On Dreams, Civilization and Its Discontents, Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality, and selections from The Psychopathology of Everyday Life and Introductory Lectures. Back to Government Course List
482Unifying While Integrating: China & the World4 creditsM 10:10-12:05 Carlson, A. This seminar is intended to examine the increasingly complex relationship that has evolved between China and the rest of the international system during the 1980s and 1990s. In it emphasis will be placed upon the inter-related, yet often contradictory, challenges facing Beijing in regards to the task of furthering the cause of national unity while promoting policies of integration with international society and interdependence with the global economy. We will especially concentrate on ongoing controversies over the rise of Chinese nationalism and the persistence of "minority nationalism" in many regions within China. This course satisfies the seminar requirement. (IR) Back to Government Course List
486Classics & Early America3 creditsMWF 1:25-2:15 Rawlings, H Back to Government Course List
487Asian Security4 creditsT 10:10-12:05 Carlson, A. Throughout the 1990s it has been part of the conventional wisdom of international relations scholarship that Asia was, in the words of Aaron Friedberg, "ripe for rivalry." In this seminar we explore the accuracy of such an assessment through studying Asia's historical and contemporary security situation. Such an examination will be oriented toward introducing students to the main security issues confronting Asia, alongside an exploration of the extent to which competing explanations drawn from different strands of IR theory and the security field can explain such issues. In addition, we will ask students to challenge the limitations of traditional security studies through considering the importance of new actors and issue areas within the region. In short, while the Seminar will have a regional focus on east Asia, it will be framed within the broader literature of the field. Back to Government Course List
494Honors Thesis Writing4 creditsT 2:30-4:25 Katzenstein, M 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. This course satisfies the seminar requirement. Back to Government Course List
606Field Seminar in International Relations4 creditsT 4:30-7:00 Kirshner 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. Back to Government Course List
612American Political Development in the 20th Century4 creditsW 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. Back to Government Course List
620Political Culture4 creditsT 5:30-7:30 Bensel, R This graduate course will explore the relationship between popular belief, political action, and the institutional deployment of social power. The class will be roughly divided in three parts, opening with a discussion of the material foundations of cultural ideation in socio-economic "practice." The middle section will connect ideation to political ideology, including symbolism and group identity. The last portion of the course will consider the impact of both cultural ideation and political ideology on institutional structure and legitimation. This section will also trace how political regimes can influence, coming full circle, to the material foundations of cultural ideation. Back to Government Course List
626Social Movements in Latin Amer4 creditsM 2:00-4:25 Roberts, K This course analyzes different types of historical and contemporary social movements in Latin America. It begins with an overview of class-based labor and peasant movements, including their relationships with populist or leftist political parties. The class will then study revolutionary movements and the social actors that participate within them. The second half of the course will focus on various "new" social movements that have altered the region's social and political landscape over the past twenty years, including movements organized around gender issues, human rights, environmental protection, shantytown communities, and indigenous rights. Special attention will be given to the construction and transformation of collective identities, and to new patterns of social protest in response to market globalization in the region. Back to Government Course List
630Institutions4 creditsM 4:30-6:30 Bensel, R This graduate course will explore the ways in which institutional rules shape the conduct and outcome of politics as collective decision-making and deliberation. The focus will be primarily on the United States Congress where the literature on institutional design and structure is both comprehensive and deep. Subordinate sections of the course will cover the general literature on theories of institutional formation and influence over politics, as well as briefly addressing law and judiciaries in order to broaden the sampling of specific cases and applications. Back to Government Course List
645Research: Comparative Politics4 creditsT 5:00-7:00 Bunce, V The course will introduce graduate students to research in comparative politics conducted by the faculty. The faculty will also use the opportunity to assign other readings to provide a rounded view of a variety of fields of study. Back to Government Course List
657Comparative Democratization4 creditsW 10:10-12:05 Moehler, D. & Bunce, V This course compares recent democratization in Africa, the post-communist world, Latin America, Asia 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. Back to Government Course List
668Normative Political Theory4 creditsW 2:30-4:25 Hendrix, B. This course will focus on normative approaches to political theory, beginning with the questions of what morality consists in and why (or whether) it might be binding on us. Authors read in this part of the course include Plato, Hume, and Kant. The course will then consider specific topics within normative theory, such as the question of whether individuals have obligations to obey political authority and what the moral status of property ownership and economic inequality might be. Authors read in this portion of the course include John Simmons, Michael Walzer, and G.A. Cohen. Back to Government Course List
670Modern Social Theory II4 creditsT 2:30-4:25 Buck-Morss, S. Topics vary. In fall 2007, we will read Walter Benjamin's Arcades Project. We will approach the text as a materialist philosophy of history with a political intent, paying special attention to the work of social theorists whom he cites in the project: Karl Marx (dreamworlds), Georg Simmel (urban life), Charles Fourier (communism), St-Simonians (industrial utopia) Bakunin (revolution) and Claire Démar (feminism). Advanced seminar, not recommended for undergraduates. Back to Government Course List
685International Political Economy4 creditsM 7:00-11:00p Katzenstein, P. An exploration into a range of contemporary theories and research topics in the field of international political economy. The seminar will cover different theoretical perspectives and a number of substantive problems. Back to Government Course List
687Asian Security4 creditsT 10:10-12:05 Carlson, A. Throughout the 1990s it has been part of the conventional wisdom of international relations scholarship that Asia was, in the words of Aaron Friedberg, "ripe for rivalry." In this seminar we explore the accuracy of such an assessment through studying Asia's historical and contemporary security situation. Such an examination will be oriented toward introducing students to the main security issues confronting Asia, alongside an exploration of the extent to which competing explanations drawn from different strands of IR theory and the security field can explain such issues. In addition, we will ask students to challenge the limitations of traditional security studies through considering the importance of new actors and issue areas within the region. In short, while the Seminar will have a regional focus on east Asia, it will be framed within the broader literature of the field. Back to Government Course List
699CPAS Weekly Colloquium1 creditsR 4:30-6:00 Lowi, T., et. al. Colloquium is the weekly seminar series hosted by the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA). It is also a required, one-credit course for al CIPA Fellows, and is graded S/U based on attendance. The colloquium series is a collaborative effort between the CIPA Colloquium Committee and the faculty and staff of CIPA. While each CIPA Fellow must exhibit competency in many different areas in order to graduate, it is impossible to gain full exposure to the variety of policy issues that students may be confronted with as a practicing policy professional. Thus, the weekly colloquium series is structured to provide students with an opportunity to augment their education in a breadth of policy areas. The administration and faculty of CIPA consider the CIPA Colloquium Series to be an essential aspect of professional development, and as such, attendance is expected of CIPA Fellows. Qualified undergraduates are encouraged to apply for seminars listed with 600 course numbers, but may only register with the permission of the instructor. Back to Government Course List
728Government and Public Policy4 creditsTR 1:25-2:40 Lowi, T Government 428/728 concentrates on history and criticism of US policies and the politics associated with them. Particular attention given to the origins and character of the regulatory state and the welfare state. Back to Government Course List
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