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Spring 2007 Course Descriptions
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131Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics3 creditsTR 10:10-11:25 Roberts, K. Explores political institutions and processes in major regions of the world– Western and Eastern Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Students are introduced to comparative methods of political analysis, and they develop conceptual and theoretical tools to analyze political issues like democratization, authoritarianism, revolution, ethnic conflict, and the political economy of development. 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
161Introduction to Political Philosophy3 creditsTR 11:40-12:55 Hendrix, B. A survey of the development of Western political theory from Plato to the present. Readings from the works of the major theorists. An examination of the relevance of their ideas to contemporary 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
261Feminist Theory/State Theory4 creditsTR 2:55-4:10 Smith, A. M. Feminists have politicized the so-called "private" sphere, bringing issues such as gender inequality, the tacit assumption that women and girls ought to perform domestic labor without compensation, sexist family law, contraception and abortion rights, lesbian rights, and the gendered-racist discrimination against women of color to the forefront of contemporary political debates. Traditional State theory, by contrast, has generally failed to keep pace with this transformation. For the most part, it continues to ignore these issues and maintains a gender-blind approach to politics. In this seminar, we will build an alternative State theory that is informed by feminist theory and activism. We will emphasize the importance of women's social movements with respect to the battles currently being waged by feminists for an egalitarian, anti-racist, anti-war, and global solidarity form of social justice. Although topics will vary, the current version of this course focuses on the issue of women's poverty, both within the United States and across the globe. Back to Government Course List
282China and the World3 creditsTR 10:10-11:25 Carlson, A. In this course we study the dramatic rise of China through reviewing major developments in contemporary Chinese foreign policy since the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC), and more specifically concentrating on major developments in Chinese foreign policy during the 1980s and 1990s. Such a wide-ranging survey of Chinese foreign policy will involve not only a consideration of the evolution of China's relations with its major bilateral partners, but also an investigation of how China has defined its broader relationship with the international system. In addition, students will be asked to consider which causal factors have been of primary importance in motivating Chinese behavior. (IR) Back to Government Course List
304Sex, Power & Politics4.0 creditsMW 2:55-4:10 Martin, S. This course examines how gender identities are manipulated by masses and elites in a struggle to control agendas and resources. We will consider the following questions: How are issues such as fertility control, marriage rights, domestic violence, and regulation of sex work framed in a variety of national contexts? How do the similarities and differences in how we think about these issues shape patterns of political participation and representation? What do these patterns tell us about how hierarchies of power are (re)produced socially and institutionally? These questions are of pressing importance as we think about how to craft institutional contexts that provide citizens with the tools and incentives to shape democratic outcomes. We will use a policy analysis framework cross-nationally to talk about how a mix of social, historical and political factors condition what is politically possible for different interests in contemporary politics. (CO, AM) Back to Government Course List
305Evangelicals & Amer. Politics4 creditsMW 2:55-4:10 Shields, J Once at the center of political and cultural life, conservative evangelicals were objects of ridicule by the 1920s. Many responded by withdrawing into something like a religious ghetto. Today, however, evangelicals are once again at the very center of American political and cultural life. This course will explore these developments and the sometimes contentious relationship between evangelicals and the wider society. In doing so, this course will ask whether conservative evangelicals are truly counter cultural? Or are evangelicals instead largely influenced by American liberalism and consumerism? Furthermore, have evangelicals challenged the cultural upheavals of the 1960s and 70s in ways consistent with democratic ideals? Back to Government Course List
306Society & Party Politics4 creditsTR 1:25-2:40 Van Morgan, S. This course will focus on the role that society plays in the emergence and functioning of political parties. In addition to investigating different types of party systems, the societal roots of political parties, and the influence of institutions on electoral politics, the course will also examine contemporary debates, such as the relationship between culture and electoral behavior. Case studies will be drawn from a number of Western and non-Western democracies. Back to Government Course List
309Science in the American Polity4 creditsTR 1:25-2:40 Hilgartner, S Reviews the changing political relations between science, technology, and the state in America from 1960 to the present. It focuses on the politics of choices involving science and technology in a variety of institutional settings, from Congress to courts and regulatory agencies. The tensions and contradictions between the concepts of science as an autonomous republic and as just another special interest provide a central theme for the course. Topics addressed include research funding, technological controversies, scientific advice, citizen participation in science policy, and the use of experts in courts. (AM) Back to Government Course List
313The Nature, Functions, and Limits of Law4 creditsMWF 2:55-4:10 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
316The American Presidency4 creditsMWF 10:10-11:00 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. Back to Government Course List
318The U.S. Congress4 creditsMWF 2:30-3:20 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. Back to Government Course List
319Racial & Ethnic Politics in US4 creditsTR 11:40-12:55 Jones-Correa, M. In 1965 the landscape of American politics changed dramatically with the passage of the Voting Rights Act. That same year, Congress passed the Immigration Reform Act, which though little heralded at the time, arguably has had equally profound effects. This course will provide a general survey of minority politics in the United States, focusing on the effects of these two key pieces of legislation. The course will highlight the relationships between immigrants and minorities, electoral politics and protest politics, and between cooperation and competition within and among minority groups. The purpose of the course is not only to pinpoint the similarities and differences in the agendas and strategies adopted by minority groups, but to indicate the interaction between "minority" politics and American politics as a whole. Back to Government Course List
320Public Opinion and Public Choice4 creditsTR 2:55-4:10 Mebane, W. A fundamental paradox in democracy is the fact that a government the people control will only rarely be a government that does what the people want. This is not to say that government NOT by the people is better (it's usually worse). This course explores this problem, contrasting the answers given by the concept of public opinion and the formal theory of social choice. We encounter the paradox in several American political institutions, including elections, legislatures, and bureaucracy. Prerequisite: Government 111 or permission of the instructor. Back to Government Course List
339Political Economy of Development4 creditsMW 8:40-9:55 Van de Walle, N This course examines the political economy of developing countries. It addresses the questions: What is development? How have our ideas about development and its causes changed over time? How have the experiences of people living in developing countries improved or worsened? Where should we focus our development efforts in the future? The first half of the course surveys major theories over the past 50 years about how states develop economically and politically. The second half examines some current development issues. Back to Government Course List
343Politics of the European Union4 creditsTR 2:55-4:10 Zimmermann, H. Despite recent bad feelings, the countries constituting the European Union (EU) still remain the most important partners for the U.S. in the world. And despite the rise of China and other Asian countries, the EU, together with the US, still calls the tune in the international economy. However, even citizens of the European Union generally know very little about how this complex structure works. 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. How did nation states with different cultures and no common language manage to combine their own particular interests with the general interest of an integrated union? Why does the EU work well in some areas, but fails to do so in others? We will furthermore consider the external dimension of the EU and explore current debates about the emerging European polity, in particular the European constitution. Throughout the course we will reflect on parallels with the American political system and on the state of current transatlantic relations. (IR) Back to Government Course List
344Government and Politics of Southeast Asia4 creditsMW 8:40-9:55 Larsson, T "Contemporary politics in Southeast Asia must be understood in light of colonialism, the nationalist movements that colonial rule in effect produced, and the geopolitics of the Cold War era. Colonial rule defined the territorial boundaries and institutions of the modern state, nationalism provided a new political discourse, and the Cold War influenced the nature of political authority and legitimacy in post-colonial states. This course will consider the importance of these and other themes in relation to processes of state building and democratization in comparative perspective, with special focus on Thailand, Burma, Indonesia, and the Philippines." Back to Government Course List
351Politics of South Asia4 credits 380In't Law & Pol. Human Rights4 creditsMWF 11:15-:12:05 Tannenwald, N Human rights have become an increasingly central issue in global politics. This course examines the gradual construction of an international human rights regime and its influence on international politics. The course seeks to understand how and why human rights standards have come into being and how they change over time. Drawing on historical and contemporary cases from around the world, the course will survey the actors and organizations involved in the promotion of human rights, as well as obstacles to such promotion. It will review competing conceptions of human rights, problems of enforcement, and the role of human rights in foreign policy. Topics treated include genocide, torture, women's rights, humanitarian intervention, and the International Criminal Court. (IR) Back to Government Course List
385American Foreign Policy4 creditsTR 10:10-11:25 Suh, J.J. This course offers an introduction to several aspects of U.S. foreign policy, emphasizing current concerns and organized in terms of several principal functions and regions of interest to U.S. foreign policy. It examines theories of foreign policy as well as specific historical/contemporary cases. This course has three basic goals: 1) To familiarize students with the importance of theory for describing, understanding, and explaining foreign policy decision making behavior; 2) To sensitize students to the complex constraints under which foreign policy is made, the margins of choice that statesmen have in shaping policy, and the intended and unintended consequences that a chosen policy has on international as well as domestic life; and 3) To help students develop a critical, in-depth understanding of some of the foreign policy issues that face the United States today and to encourage them to think creatively about alternatives.(IR) Back to Government Course List
386The Causes of War4 creditsMWF 11:15-12:05 Way, C. This course surveys leading theories of the causes of interstate war – that is, large scale organized violence between the armed forces of states. Why is war a recurring feature of international politics? Are democracies more peaceful than other types of states, and if so what explains this “democratic peace”? Why do democratic publics seem to reward threats to use force by “rallying around the flag” in support of their governments? Does the inexorable pattern of the rise and fall of nations lead to cycles of great power wars throughout history? These and other questions will be examined in our survey of theories of war at three levels of analysis: the individual and small groups, domestic politics, and the international system. Topics covered include: 1) theoretical explanations for war; 2) evaluation of the evidence for the various explanations; 3) the impact of nuclear weapons on international politics; 4) ethics and warfare; 5) the uses and limitations of air power; 6) international terrorism. (IR) Back to Government Course List
389International Law4 creditsMWF 1:25-2:15 Rabkin, J. 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. Back to Government Course List
397The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict4 creditsTR 10:10-11:25 Brann, R (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. Back to Government Course List
400.01Incarceration Research Seminar4 creditsT 2:30-4:25 Katzenstein, M The seminar addresses the politics of crime and punishment focusing on present-day policies and possible alternative approaches. We will begin the semester with an overview of US incarceration but will move quickly into a consideration of different policy areas: street life and efforts to control gangs; juvenile justice; prison policies and legislation as they bear on family relations; access to the courts; sentencing reform; restorative justice, parole. Requirements will include weekly one page commentaries on the readings and a final research paper. 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
400.02Territory & Sov in Europe & US4 creditsW 2:30-4:25 Zimmermann, H Many of the major differences in the ways Americans and Europeans organize their societies originate from profoundly different notions of the state. European thinkers have pondered the American statelessness, whereas Americans have decried the pervasive influence of the state in the lives of European citizens. This seminar will discuss the different notions of the state and their consequences, starting with classic accounts, such as Tocqueville. We will then take a look at the formation of European states and the United States and discuss the differing ways in which democratic institutions came to operate. After that, we will move on to specific policy areas, such as the welfare state, immigration, international governance, etc., which illustrate different ideas of the state. 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
400.03American 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
400.04Race, Class, and the Politics of American Suburbanization4 creditsT 2:30-4:25 Frasure, L This seminar examines the social, economic and political evolution of the American suburb. Seminar topics will include the historical patterns and implications of racial/class segregation and inequality; suburban housing and federally sponsored home-ownership programs; debates concerning metropolitan consolidation versus fragmentation; and the civic/political implications of American suburbanization. Recent case studies from major US suburbs will also explore the impact of immigration and migration patterns, housing, education, and other policy concerns. Multimedia presentations and audio-visual/films will supplement course reading materials and class discussions. Students will participate in weekly discussions and will be evaluated based on participation (including the discussion and submission of a weekly one-page scholarly critique), three short essays, a final research paper and presentation covering a related topical area. 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
400.05Theories of Empire4 creditsT 12:20-2:15 Maxwell, L “Empire” has reemerged in recent years as a potent political concept, both in popular political life and debates in contemporary political theory. In this class, we will ask: what kind of domination or form of rule is empire and why is it a continuing trope in human political life? To answer these questions, we will examine the changing concept of empire in ancient Roman, modern, and contemporary political thought. What have theorists been trying to capture when they call something “empire” and how has it changed and shifted in each epoch? We will also consider the entanglement of enlightenment concepts of freedom, equality, and democracy with imperial practices. How have imperial concepts and practices shaped our democratic aspirations to freedom and equality? Did imperialism corrupt Enlightenment aspirations, or were these aspirations haunted by imperialism from within? Readings include texts by ancient Roman historians such as Livy, Tacitus, and Sallust, by modern political thinkers such as Burke, Mill, and Montesquieu, and by 20th century and contemporary theorists such as Hardt & Negri, Hannah Arendt, Richard Tuck, and James Tully. 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
413Election Forensics4 creditsW 2:30-4:25 Mebane, W. Prerequisites for undergraduates: Government 111 and one 300-level course in American government, or permission of the instructor. Did the declared election winner actually get the most votes? Was the election stolen? This course looks at recent elections (principally American) that have provoked such questions, and considers statistical methods developed to try to detect fraud or other anomalies after the fact (election "post-mortems"). What would fraudulent electronic voting machine data look like? If there was manipulation of the votes, could we tell? We consider the limits on what statistical examinations can accomplish in this context, the need to engage election administrators to make sure relevant data are available, and the broader context of election reform in which election forensics can make a difference. (AM) Back to Government Course List
431Model European Union I2.0 creditsW 10:10-12:05 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 in Brussels. 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 - this year’s topic is energy policy. 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, the latest enlargement, and the EU constitution. Back to Government Course List
454Rise & Fall 20C Liberalism4 creditsTR 11:40-12:55 Vanderlan, R The basic premise of the seminar is that the concept of "Western civilization" is a problematic one in need of critical and historical analysis. The course will examine the evolution and transformation of this concept from antiquity to the twentieth century by focusing on selected moments (and texts in which they are represented) of actual and/or perceptual encounters with other civilizations. It will also inquire into the political uses and abuses of the idea of the West, and the literary, psychological, and anthropological dimensions of the idea's history. Back to Government Course List
462Sexuality and The Law4 creditsW 2:30-4:25 Smith, A.M. An advanced feminist theory/political theory/ queer theory/legal theory seminar for graduate students and law students. The seminar will deal first with theoretical approaches to sexuality that build on and interrogate the post-structuralist approach that defines sexuality as a social construction, rather than an expression of a-historical instincts. Then we will explore a series of major legal and political issues: the right to privacy with respect to contraception and abortion; the restriction of abortion rights; the exclusion of homosexual sodomy from the practices protected by the right to privacy; the racial regulation of marriage; same-sex marriage; Fineman's "sexual family" critique of family law; the moral regulation of poor women in early welfare law; the sexual regulation of poor single mothers in contemporary welfare law; the question of suspect class status for lesbians and gay men; and homosexuality and military service. Throughout the course, we will examine the extent to which sexuality is constructed in articulation with gender, class and race differences. Our reading list will include theoretical works (Foucault, Butler, Cohen and Martin), Supreme Court decisions; and critical commentaries by feminist legal theorists. (PT) Back to Government Course List
480Politics of 70's Films4.0 creditsT 2:30-4:25 Kirshner, J. The ten years from 1967 to 1976 were an extraordinary time both in the history of American politics and in the history of American film. In the same period that the country was rocked by the Vietnam War, the feminist and civil rights movements, Watergate and economic crisis, the end of Hollywood censorship along with demographic and economic change in the industry ushered in what many call "the last golden age"of American film. In this class we study both film theory and political history to examine these remarkable films and the political context in which they were forged. The goal of the course is to take seriously both the films and their politics. (AM or PT) Back to Government Course List
482Unifying While Integrating: China & the World4 creditsM 12:20-2:15 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. (IR) Back to Government Course List
483The Military and New Technology4 creditsTR 8:40-9:55 Vogel, K. Military organizations are seen paradoxically as both inflexible, hide-bound institutions and avid proponents of new technology. In this seminar we examine changes over time in the attitude of the military toward new technology and analyze competing explanations, including concepts from science studies, for these changes. The course concludes with an analysis of the so-called "Revolution in Military Affairs." Readings include John Ellis, The Social History of the Machine Gun and Steven Rosen, Winning the Next War. Back to Government Course List
490International Institutions4 creditsT 12:20-2:15 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. This course satisfies the seminar requirement. Back to Government Course List
491Ethical Issues in Intl Affairs4 creditsW 10:10-12:05 Evangelista, M. This course examines current and historical issues in international relations from the perspective of international law, norms, and ethics. We develop general principles and concepts, such as "just war," "national interest," and "human rights," and apply them to real-world situations. Most of the focus of the course is on particular cases that involve legal and ethical issues: violations of human rights and genocide; war crimes; military intervention; economic sanctions. The course emphasizes reading (about a book a week), writing, and discussion. Back to Government Course List
495Honors: Research & Writing4.0 creditsTBA Bensel, R. Limited to students who have completed GOVT 494, Honors Thesis Program. Back to Government Course List
590Derrida & Phil of Hospitality3 creditsW 1:25-4:25 Rubenstein, D & Shaffer, L Back to Government Course List
603Field Seminar in American Politics4 creditsW 6:00-8:00 Sanders, E The major issues, approaches, and institutions of American government and the various subfields of American politics are introduced. The focus is on both substantive information and theoretical analysis. (AM) Back to Government Course List
605Compa Meth in Int'l & Comp Pol4 creditsM 7:30-9:55 Roberts, K An in-depth, graduate-level introduction to qualitative and comparative methods of political analysis, with special emphasis on the application of these methods in comparative and international politics. Through readings, discussions, and written assignments, students will explore strategies for concept formation, theory construction, and theory testing, using the craft and tools of comparative political analysis. Back to Government Course List
613Election Forensics4 creditsW 2:30-4:25 Mebane, W. Prerequisites for undergraduates: Government 111 and one 300-level course in American government, or permission of the instructor. Did the declared election winner actually get the most votes? Was the election stolen? This course looks at recent elections (principally American) that have provoked such questions, and considers statistical methods developed to try to detect fraud or other anomalies after the fact (election "post-mortems"). What would fraudulent electronic voting machine data look like? If there was manipulation of the votes, could we tell? We consider the limits on what statistical examinations can accomplish in this context, the need to engage election administrators to make sure relevant data are available, and the broader context of election reform in which election forensics can make a difference. (AM) Back to Government Course List
623The Politics of Courts4 creditsM 2:30-4:30 Rabkin, J. All modern or westernized governments have judicial organs, designed to provide impartial decisions on certain kinds of disputes. But the kinds of issues that are left to courts vary widely from country to country and from era to era; the forms and degrees of political insulation for courts also vary widely; even the official rationales for such institutions vary a good deal. All of these differences are sometimes subjects of political controversy. This course will survey various forms and doctrines of judicial authority, seeking to clarify the relation between particular judicial models and the political systems in which they operate. Supra-national courts and administrative organs will be included in the survey, but principal emphasis will be on the role of courts in English-speaking countries. Back to Government Course List
627People, Markets, & Democracy4 creditsT 10:10-1:10 Anderson, C Citizens play different roles in the political economy – they are voters and workers, for example – and we will examine how these roles affect people’s behavior. This seminar is designed to introduce PhD students to some of the major topics and theoretical approaches in the relationship between citizens and the economy in a democracy. These include economic voting, welfare states, income and income inequality, economic insecurity, and democratic representation and legitimacy. Back to Government Course List
637Comparative Societal Analysis4.0 creditsT 2:00-4:25 Berezin, M. In the last 10 years, scholars from a broad range of social science disciplines (sociology, political science, history,anthropology, even economics) have turned to historical and cultural analysis to explore classical macro-level problems, such as the development of political institutions, the experience of social inequality and the desire to engage in collective action. This course focuses upon writings about these new methods (path dependence, narrative analysis) as well as empirical studies. The course is designed to expose graduate students from all social science disciplines to the representative works from a variety of disciplines. As the course focuses upon the form as well as the substance of the works studied, it is an ideal seminar for students beginning to think about designing a dissertation as well as first year students who seek exposure to new methods. Back to Government Course List
642Feminist Methodolgy4 creditsT 2:30-4:25 Martin, S A feminist lens of analysis disrupts traditional categories that frame the questions we ask with implications for the answers that we find and how we find them. A sample of readings across the disciplines will allow us to explore how feminist scholarship has led to the reframing of big questions while stretching the boundaries of traditional methodological frontiers. This course seeks to familiarize students with primarily qualitative methodological tools to be applied to individual research questions. Back to Government Course List
660Social Movements and Contentious Politics4 creditsW 4:30-6:30 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. Back to Government Course List
661Secession, Intervention & Just War Theory4 creditsM 12:20-2:15 Hendrix, B. This course examines philosophical viewpoints on secession, military intervention, legitimate reasons to go to war, and justice in prosecuting wars. Roughly the first half of the course will focus on the discussion of secession, while the second half will investigate intervention and war. Central texts include Allen Buchanan, Secession; David Miller, On Nationality; and Michael Walzer, Just and Unjust Wars. Back to Government Course List
666Media Theory: Film & Photography4 creditsR 10:10-12:05 Rubenstein, D. This seminar addresses two concerns: the specifically French contribution to visual theory in relation to the media of television, film and photography, and the political stakes of that theory in relation to larger issues of globalization, in which both image and event are subjected to ever increasing pressures. To what extent is French media theory a response to tele-technological imperatives? We begin with a consideration of television and the televisual, framed by Jacques Lacan’s radio address, Television, and Pierre Bourdieu’s On Television. Questions of hegemony, institution, and audience induce further interrogation of the status of the virtual and the “operational fetishism” of television in Baudrillard, Derrida, and Virillio. We next consider differences between the televisual and cinematic image in relation to three canonical texts: Deleuze’s Cinema (I & II), Michel Chion’s The Voice in Cinema, and Christian Metz’s Imaginary Signifier (as well as selections by Debord). We conclude with an examination of canonical writing on photography (Barthes, Bourdieu) and recent writings of Baudrillard that returns to the question of the digital and numeric’s “murder” of the image as well as its political consequences post 9/11. (PT) Back to Government Course List
677Language & Politics4.0 creditsT 2:30-4:25 Frank, J. This course explores the "linguistic turn" of recent political theory alongside canonical debates over the political and epistemological consequences of different philosophies of language. Writers examined will include Locke, Rousseau, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Austin, Derrida, Butler, and Cavell. Back to Government Course List
681Politics of Transnationalism4 creditsR 2:30-4:30 Evangelista & Tarrow Globalization and internationalization are giving rise to a new area of international studies that examines the interactions of civil society actors with one another, with states, and with international institutions. This course traces the development of this area of research from its origins in the "old" transnational politics; examines the contributions of constructivism, liberal internationalism, and state-centered realism, and focuses on four areas of transnational politics: norm formation, the construction of transnational coalitions, the effects of transnational advocacy networks, and whether there is a growing fusion between international and domestic contention. (IR) Back to Government Course List
682Unifying While Integrating: China & the World4 creditsM 12:20-2:15 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. (IR) Back to Government Course List
688Political Economy and National Security4 creditsW 2:30-4:25 Kirshner, J. This seminar considers the relationship between economics and national security. Specific topics will change from year to year, but will typically include the following: the economic foundations of power, economic coercion, the economic roots of conflict, and the ways in which structural changes in the international economy shape and limit state authority. Back to Government Course List
692The Administration of Agriculture and Rural Development4 creditsM 2:30-5:00 Uphoff, N./ Tucker The political, bureaucratic, economic, and technical environments of administration for agricultural and rural development; the various functions involved in administration (personnel managment, planning, budgeting, economic analysis, information systems); several major tasks (research, extension services, and infrastructure development); and specific problems of integrating activities, interfacing with rural populations, and utilizing external assistance. Intended primarily for persons who expect to have some future responsibilities in agricultural or rural development administration and Third World countries. 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
706Labor in Global Cities4 creditsM 7:00-10:00 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. (CO) Back to Government Course List
735Politics of South AsiacreditsM2:55-5:00, W 2:55-4:10 Herring, R How well do India's political institutions function in the face of the social and economic challenges of the l990s? We will take up a range of issues that have been hotly debated in India over the last ten years -- economic restructuring, Hindu nationalism, child labor, gender inequality, among others -- considering what these controversies reveal about the character of the Indian state. Each week will be organized around a controversial question as presented in articles, books, and films. (CO) NOTE: Meets in same room with Govt. 351 course on Monday and remains until 5p. Back to Government Course List
762Sexuality and The Law4 creditsW 2:30-4:25 Smith, AM An advanced feminist theory/political theory/ queer theory/legal theory seminar for graduate students and law students. The seminar will deal first with theoretical approaches to sexuality that build on and interrogate the post-structuralist approach that defines sexuality as a social construction, rather than an expression of a-historical instincts. Then we will explore a series of major legal and political issues: the right to privacy with respect to contraception and abortion; the restriction of abortion rights; the exclusion of homosexual sodomy from the practices protected by the right to privacy; the racial regulation of marriage; same-sex marriage; Fineman's "sexual family" critique of family law; the moral regulation of poor women in early welfare law; the sexual regulation of poor single mothers in contemporary welfare law; the question of suspect class status for lesbians and gay men; and homosexuality and military service. Throughout the course, we will examine the extent to which sexuality is constructed in articulation with gender, class and race differences. Our reading list will include theoretical works (Foucault, Butler, Cohen and Martin), Supreme Court decisions; and critical commentaries by feminist legal theorists. (PT) Back to Government Course List
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