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Politics (POLI) courses satisfy Area 2 of the Breadth of
Study Requirements, except POLI 90, which satisfies Area 5.
1A. Classical Political Theory. Mr.
Seery. Introduction to major works in ancient Greek,
Hebraic, Roman Christian and Chinese traditions that have
contributed to our understanding of political philosophy and
practice. Emergence of the concept of politics; the
political role of tragic theatre and poetry; the Socratic
challenge to Athens; the Western tradition of epic heroism;
the politics of class, race and gender; and the early
Christian challenge to Rome. Each Fall
1B. Modern Political Theory. Mr. Seery. Second half of
sequence, but does not require or presuppose 1A (Classical
Political Theory). Themes and concepts associated with
modernity: social-contract theory; equality and rights; the
origins of democracy, liberalism and individualism; the
origins of protest, revolution and radicalism; and economics
and the bureaucratic state. Each Spring
2. American Political Thought. Ms. McWilliams. A historical
and topical review of American political thought from the
Puritans to the present. Emphasis on recurrent themes such
as equality, liberty, individualism and racism. Fall 2010.
3. Introduction to American Politics. Mr. Menefee-Libey An
overview of the institutions, processes and content of
politics in the United States. Focus on selective policy
issues and contemporary institutional conflicts. May include
a lab component in which students analyze political texts
and data. Each semester.
5. Comparative Politics. Ms. Crighton. Introduces major
analytical approaches in the field of comparative politics
and explores contemporary issues in countries (states)
around the world. Particular focus on: state building and
state capacity, democratic and authoritarian regimes,
political economy of development, global and local
challenges to state sovereignty. Each fall.
7. U.S. Foreign Policy. Mr. Elliott. Examines the changes
brought about in U.S. foreign policy by the end of the Cold
War and the shock of 9/11. This course will look into the
domestic and international factors that have led to a
sweeping shift in foreign policy since 9/11 and a subsequent
readjustment as these polices encountered complex realities.
Each semester.
8. Introduction to International Relations. Mr. Arase, Ms.
Williams. International conflict and cooperation and the
increasing importance of economic and transnational
relations in contemporary international politics. A variety
of analytic concepts concerning types of international
systems and political behavior. Each semester.
10. Political Freedom. Mr. Seery. A theoretical study of the
pursuit of freedom through politics. Topics include freedom
and authority; equality and liberty; rights, revolution;
community versus individuality; the constraints of culture,
class, gender, race; and technology. Readings from Mill,
Locke, Jefferson, Madison, Plato, Dostoevski, Rousseau,
Marx, Shelley, Sartre, Freud, Wright, Douglass, Swift,
Thoreau, Emerson, Arendt, Cervantes, Ignatieff, Weil, Havel;
films. Spring 2011.
30. The United States Congress. Mr. Menefee-Libey. An
investigation of Congress from four perspectives: as an
institution, as a collection of politicians, as a
legislature and as the focus of national government and
policy. Spring 2010.
33A. American Constitutionalism I: Structures of Power. Mr. Teter. The historical development
of American constitutional law and politics related to
structures of power. Topics
include the establishment of judicial review, the limits on
congressional lawmaking, the
growth of presidential authority, and the relationship
between federal and state governments
from the Founding to the present. Fall 2009.
33B. American Constitutionalism II: Rights and Liberties.
Mr. Teter. The historical
development of American constitutional law and politics
related to rights and liberties.
Topics include property, freedom of speech and religion,
equality, autonomy and privacy,
and criminal process from the Founding to the present.
Spring 2010.
35. City of Angels, City of Quartz. Mr. Foster. To be
announced.
36. Urban Politics and Public Policy. Mr. Foster. To be
announced.
42. Gender and Politics. Ms. Crighton. American politics
from the perspective of women,
highlighting contributions of race, gender, class and other
social constructions to the diversity
of women’s political experience. Significant focus on
masculinities, also inflected by
race and class. Women’s activism. Comparison with lives of
women in other countries. Implications
for traditional conceptions of politics, power and
democracy. Prerequisite: 3.
Spring 2010.
43. Blacks in the American Political Process. Mr. Foster. To
be announced.
44. Race, Class and Power. Mr. Foster. To be announced.
60. The Global Politics of Food and Agriculture. Ms.
Williams. Addresses interplay
among states and growers, how environmental problems affect
farms around the world and
various ways that producers and governments attempt to
address such problems; current issues
in agricultural science and economics and debates about
genetic engineering; international
patent law and intellectual property. Each spring.
61. The Global Politics of Water. Ms. Williams. Ice,
freshwater and oceans are vital to planetary life. This
course examines the interplay of human activities and
political systems with climate change and hydrologic
forms. Changes in terrestrial precipitation, glaciers,
rivers, aquifers, lakes, wetlands, estuaries and oceans
will be considered. Each fall.
72B. Contemporary International Relations of Asia. Mr.
Elliott. Examines the great
transformations that have taken place in the post-Cold War
system of international relations
in Asia through a close study of the watershed events of the
post-Cold War period
and participation in these events by the major states
involved. The course examines the
process of Asian regionalization and the rise of Chinese
hegemony. Each fall.
82. The Vietnam War. Mr. Elliott. A study of the Vietnamese
conflict from both the Vietnamese
and American perspectives. Special attention given to the
ways in which the internal
and the international contexts of the conflict changed over
time and the impact these
situational changes had on the outcome of the war. Each
spring.
90. Statistics for Politics and International Relations. Mr. Englebert. Using data from
politics and international relations, this course builds
basic numeracy skills for social scientists.
It develops knowledge of descriptive statistics and
introduces students to inferential
(parametric and non-parametric) statistical techniques,
including rudiments of multiple regression
analysis. Emphasis on computer applications. Spring 2010.
Fulfills Area 5 of the
Breadth of Study Requirements.
91. American Democracy in Theory and Practice. Ms.
McWilliams. To be announced.
112. Hannah Arendt: Politics, Love, Violence, Gender. Mr. Seery. To be announced.
113. The Politics of Comedy. Mr. Seery. To be announced.
114. The Idea of America. Mr. Seery. Explores, from various
periods and points of view, the
idea of America as: an experiment in republicanism on a
scale never before attempted, the
New World, a promised land, a frontier space and a dream
(albeit often dashed). Examines
the shifting images, ideologies and mythologies surrounding
the idea of America as portrayed
through fiction, film, music, sports, art, poetry and
political theory. Each spring.
115. The Politics of Literature. Ms. McWilliams. Spring
2011.
135. Policy Implementation and Evaluation. Staff. Public
policy in the United States, the
ways governments implement policy decisions and alternative
means of evaluating the impact
of policy on society. Major field research-based term paper.
Prerequisite: 3 or 30. Fall
2009.
136. Politics of Environmental Justice. Mr. Worthington.
Examines political action aimed
at environmental justice and sustainability, with emphasis
on power dynamics around race,
ethnicity, class, gender, geography and technological
change. Includes analysis of movements in the
Los Angeles area, such as those catalyzed by the Bus Riders
Union, Center for Community
Action and Environmental Justice, and others. Prerequisite:
3 or STS 1 or EA 50. Spring
2010.
138. Organizational Theory. Mr. Worthington. Theories of
complex organization and their
contributions to an understanding of organizational life and
associated policy processes and
outcomes. Focuses on the transition during the 20th century
from scientifically managed
to flexible organizations, including the social and
political implications of this transition.
Prerequisite: 3. Spring 2010.
139. Politics of Community Design. Mr. Worthington. The
design of things like cars, software,
buildings and cities is normally thought to be the exclusive
province of highly trained
professionals, such as architects and engineers. This course
examines design as a political
activity, with special emphasis on community efforts to
create safe, prosperous and livable
spaces. Fall 2009.
147. Education Politics and Policy. Mr. Menefee-Libey.
Elementary and secondary schooling
in the contemporary United States. The politics of school
reform and conflicts among
competing purposes, including schools as preparation for
democratic citizenship, for economic
productivity, and for academic learning. Prerequisite: 3.
Fall 2010.
160. Comparative Politics of Europe. Ms. Crighton. Analysis
of Europe’s transformation
since the fall of the Soviet Union: regime change and the
move to markets in the former
Soviet Bloc, pooled sovereignty in the European Union,
challenges to governance at the
national level, new developments in immigration, welfare
states and environmental policy.
Prerequisite: 5 and study abroad or equivalent. Each fall.
PPE 160. Freedom, Markets and Well-Being. Ms. Brown, Mr.
Green. Our society embraces
commitments both to safeguarding basic liberties and to
facilitating the pursuit of
happiness. This course examines the interplay of philosophy,
politics and economics in social
and political theory and explores scholarship that relates
theory to issues of public policy
such as health care and development policies towards
third-world countries
Prerequisites: one course in each of Philosophy and
Politics, and ECON 102. Each fall.
161. Japanese Politics. Mr. Arase. The Japanese political
system, the relationship between
the Japanese economy and domestic politics, foreign policy
and the growth of Japan’s role
as a world economic power. Spring 2011.
162. Comparative Politics of Africa. Mr. Englebert. Surveys
the main political issues facing
contemporary African states, including poverty, instability,
ethnicity, class conflicts, integration
in the world economy, corruption, authoritarianism,
democratization and reversion to
authoritarianism, state collapse, social disengagement,
structural adjustment and relations
with former colonial powers. Emphasizes historical and
structural determinants. Fall 2009.
163. Comparative East Asian Politics. Mr. Arase. Analysis of
the different political systems
of Asia, the legacy of colonialism and international
conflict on the domestic politics of
China, Japan and Southeast Asia, and changes in traditional
political culture. The problems
of ethnic conflict, human welfare and rapidly expanding
political participations. Fall 2010.
164. Advanced Questions of African Politics. Mr. Englebert.
An advanced seminar for students with
previous background on African politics and development.
Each year that it is offered, the seminar addresses
in-depth, one or two policy-relevant topics. which change
from year to year. Enrollment by permission of instructor only. Spring 2010.
165. Politics of Modern Latin America. Mr. Clement. Analysis
of industrialization, global
trade, immigration and superpower conflict on political
systems and societies. Examines
domestic politics and foreign policy of the Southern Cone,
Central America, the Andes,
the Caribbean and Mexico. Fall 2009.
166. Asian Politics Under U.S. Hegemony. Mr. Arase. Explores
the propositions that politics in East
Asia have been shaped by the intentional persistent
interventions of an external actor, i.e., the U.S. Fall
2009. Offered alternate years.
170. Introduction to International Political Economy. Mr.
Arase. International economic
institutions, multinational corporations and transnationalism, dependency and imperialism.
Issues in international trade and finance, including Third
World debt and
protectionism vs. free trade. Problems in managing the world
economy. Prerequisite:
ECON 51. Spring 2010.
171. Remaking the World: Attempts to Achieve Global Hegemony
from Britain to
Bush. Mr. Elliott. To be announced.
175. East Asian Regionalism. Mr. Arase. The examination of
recent trends in regional cooperation
among the countries of East Asia and, more broadly, the
Asia-Pacific region.
Current trends are reviewed in different analytical
frameworks, and the emergence of East
Asian regionalism is compared to the experience of other
global regions. Spring 2011.
178. Political Economy of Development. Mr. Englebert.
Building on the concepts of comparative
politics, this course surveys contending explanations of the
inequality of economic
and political development, including modernization theory,
dependency, liberalism, institutionalism
and new approaches such as social capital theory. Focuses on
the interaction of
political and economic variables, domestic and international
facts. Prerequisite: 5. Fall
2009.
190B. Senior Seminar in Comparative and International
Politics. Ms. Crighton. Topic:
the politics of the global politics of identity, including
ethnicity, nationalism, and religion.
Weekly papers and book discussions. Open to non-Politics
majors. Prerequisite: 3 or 8 or
equivalent. Each spring.
190C. Senior Seminar in Contemporary Politics and Theory.
Mr. Seery. Survey of readings
in contemporary political theory, both European and
American, with occasional overtures
toward greater cosmopolitanism. Topics will include the
politics of interpretation,
science and technology, mass culture, postmodernism and
deconstruction, feminist theory
and feminist politics, democratic theory and reconstructed
liberalism, multiculturalism and
neo-conservatism. Open to non-Politics majors. Each fall.
191. Senior Thesis. Staff. A year-long independent research
and writing project culminating
in a substantial, original contribution to the study of
politics. Requires special permission of
a department faculty member who will supervise the project.
Each year.
193. Senior Oral Examination. Staff. Covers four topics
chosen by the student in the fall
semester. No credit. Spring 2009.
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