To revisit this history, we will read W.E.B. In the second and third modules, students develop research questions that they pair with research methods to politically analyze a chosen media channel. What is it and how might it work? Is power the kind of thing held by individuals, races, genders, classes, discourses, causal mechanisms, institutions, or social structures? Importantly, this course is not intended as a partisan critique of any particular American politician or political party. There is no world government. We will focus on the role of political parties in democratization; the emergence of political dynasties; changes in the characteristics of the political elite; investigate claims of democratic deepening; and examine the effect of inter-state wars, land disputes, and insurgencies on democratic stability in the region. Broad themes will include the city's role as a showcase for neoliberalism, neoconservatism, technocratic centrism, and progressivism; the politics of race, immigration, and belonging; the relation of city, state, and national governments; and the sources of contemporary forms of inequality. [more], This course examines how musical sound and musical discourse change, enable, and inhibit citizen formation and the functioning of a well-ordered society. The course will be divided into three parts. What makes American political leadership distinctive in international comparison? We will then use our investigation of how different authors, and different traditions, understand the nation to help us assess contemporary politics and come to our own conclusions about what animates conflicts. We will begin by examining institutional constraints facing political leaders: globalization, sclerotic institutions, polarization, endemic racism, and a changing media environment. Should college dorms be named for John C. Calhoun and Woodrow Wilson? The primary objective of the course is for students to improve dramatically their understanding of the role of leaders and strategic choice in international relations. We will draw on case studies from Latin America, Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East to analyze the effectiveness of these theories. [more], This seminar will introduce students to the study of Black Political Thought as a set of critical normative and diagnostic gestures that help theorize the Black experience. In this course, we look at this debate, examining what black thinkers in particular have said about whether racial equity can be achieved in a liberal democracy founded on racial domination and why they come to the conclusions they do. This seminar examines theory, politics, literature, film, and music produced from and linked to twentieth-century movements against capitalism, racism, colonialism, and imperial wars to think through how Black and Yellow Power have shaped solidarity to challenge white supremacy and racial capitalism. Can the framers' vision of deliberative, representative government meet the challenges of a polarized polity? Must the freedom or fulfillment of some people require the subordination of others? vary. Materials include biographies, documentary films, short videos, economic data, and news reports. Those who proclaimed "liberty, egality, fraternity" for themselves violently denied them to others. Rather, it is designed to provide an opportunity to engage, critically and carefully, with claims about the state of democracy in the US and elsewhere; to evaluate whether those claims are valid; and, if they are, to consider strategies for mitigating the risk of democratic erosion here and abroad. It deals with some of the most foundational questions that concern scholars of security studies: What accounts for great power conflict and cooperation? In an organization comprised of equals, how and why do some senators and representatives acquire more power and authority than others? Is it a capitalist strategy to divide the public in order to advance the interests of the wealthy corporate elite? The course first briefly reviews Venezuelan post-Independence history, with an emphasis on the post-1958 democratic settlement. We begin with examinations of these central notions and debates, and then move to investigations of the political thought of four key late modern Afro-Caribbean and African-American thinkers within the tradition: Walter Rodney, Sylvia Wynter, Cedric Robinson, and Angela Davis. To answer these questions, we will examine immigration from a multidisciplinary lens, but with special attention to immigration politics and policy. Moreover, these institutions vary considerably both over time and between countries. By the end of the course, students will develop their ability to think about foreign policy issues, improving their ability to participate in public life as engaged citizens. Is there a resource curse, or is it possible for mineral rich countries to escape the modern counterparts of Midas? Who decides? Critical race theory, Afro-pessimism, feminist/queer theory and the works of the incarcerated are studied. We will pay particular attention to the construction of "Jews" and "Judaism" in these arguments. The basic structure of the class is interdisciplinary; the goal of this approach is to utilize key conceptual arguments to gain greater leverage for the examination of major historical decisions in national security policy. Women studied include: Mamie Till Mobley, Anne Moody, Ella Baker, Gloria Steinem, Angela Davis, Bettina Aptheker, Assata Shakur, Yuri Kochiyama, Denise Oliver, Domitilia Chungara. And what are their views on diversity, citizenship, and race, and how do heterodox leftists fit with conservative critiques of managerial liberalism? For instance, do the claims of individual freedom conflict with those of community? Race is connected to salient issues like immigration and police conduct; to politicians across the political spectrum; and (some argue) to virtually everything in American politics, including fundamental concepts that have no manifest racial content, like partisanship and the size and scope of government. Who is equal? Accompanying these interventions in the legal field is a deep and sustained inquiry into the subject of law: Who can appear before the law as the proper bearer of civil and human rights? We will engage classic texts that helped to establish political theory's traditional view of nature as a resource, as well as contemporary texts that offer alternative, ecological understandings of nature and its entwinements with politics. The purpose is to gain an understanding of a number of different perspectives on life and politics, especially Confucianism, Legalism and Daoism. Are these firms monopolies? We investigate three types of cases: UN Security Council threats and condemnations, international criminal prosecutions, and international election monitoring. Rather than treating science as a monolith, we will endeavor to understand the implications of various sciences--as practiced and envisioned in various, historically specific situations--for gender and politics. [more], American politics is often unequal, and well-organized advantaged interests tend to triumph. This course introduces students to the dynamics and tensions that have animated the American political order and that have nurtured these conflicting assessments. We will study figures and movements for black lives whose geopolitics frame the milieu of Wynter's work. Should this coincide with the cultivation of a distinctively Jewish modern language? Scholars, practitioners, and observers of American politics have debated whether the net effect is positive or negative. Does the state and its policies make the nation, as many scholars claim? We begin by examining the colonization of Africa, nationalist movements, and patterns of rule in the first 30 years of independence. But what do we mean when we claim to want freedom? We will take notice of the erasure of waste in traditional political theory and work together to fill these gaps. To whom? The course places the US in conversation not only with European countries, but also (and especially) considerations of migration governance in destination countries in Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. [more], The course will discuss the relationship between nationalism and far-right populism, also often referred to as alt-right politics in the United States. This course begins with an examination of the general phenomena of nationalism and national identity and their historical development in East Asia. Do certain kinds of processes yield better policies than others? The UN Security Council, alongside national governments, decides on legitimacy and punishment. We critically analyze how external actors and resources inform politics on the ground, both around the world and over time, as well as evaluate the normative implications of "foreign intervention. This course will investigate this debate over parties by examining their nature and role in American political life, both past and present. We will take a very wide definition of "politics," as music can have political meaning and effects far beyond national anthems and propaganda. climate change) are organized and mobilized. The second half of the course challenges students to apply this toolkit to the twenty-first century, focusing on attempts to transition from industrial manufacturing to services. Does the state and its policies make the nation, as many scholars claim? From Ho Chi Minh's anti-lynching writing, the founding conference of the WIDF (Women's International Democratic Federation) in China in 1945, through the Bandung Conference, coalitions against U.S. wars in Southeast Asia, and alignments with Chinese anti-imperialist endeavors, black and Asian peoples have joined in international political formations. Every week we explore a different component of South Asian politics. To examine this claim, the readings will address two fundamental issues. an anarchic political structure for order and justice in world politics? The basic format of the course will be to combine very brief lectures with detailed class discussions of each session's topic. Before his death in 1950 at the young age of forty six, Orwell produced a stunningly large and diverse body of work in the fields of journalism, literature, and political commentary. The emergence of an international system of sovereign states--the core foundation of international relations--presumes the process of dismantling systems of domination, extraction, and exclusion ended long ago. The second part of the course focuses on the Iraq War and its consequences; the rise of ISIS; the Arab Spring; Turkey's changing foreign relations; and the war in Syria. Are "religious" reasons ever legitimate reasons for laws, policies or popular political action? [more], The pursuit of wealth is an important feature of American political identity, captured by the ideas of the American dream and the Protestant work ethic. Finally, we examine whether the emergence of a neoliberal economic order has affected the organization of political society? Not surprisingly, loneliness has become epidemic. The major in political science is designed to help students obtain the following learning objectives: Understand the central importance of power in all facets of politics and government, as well as the roles of problem-solving, citizen action, and world-building. Most countries around the world have built elaborate institutions to ensure citizens' welfare by protecting some people from some risks, but not all people and not all risks. What might we expect to come next? We will engage primarily with political science, but also with scholarship in other disciplines, including sociology, history, geography, and legal studies, all of which share an interest in the questions we will be exploring. How is property defined, and how far should law go to erode or reinforce distinctions between property and humanity? How has the relation between the governors and the governed changed over time, and what factors and events have shaped those relations? The readings include Alexis de Tocqueville, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Karl Polanyi, Barrington Moore, Robert Putnam, Michel Foucault, and Edward Said.
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