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department Government (X) |
Analyzes the foundation, development, and exercise of chief executive power at the national, state, and local levels of government in the United States. Examines the applicability of different political science theories of presidential power to the broader exercise of chief executive power. Explores the sources and limits of executive authority, the roles and responsibilities of political chief executives at different levels of government, and the way in which institutions affect the exercise of chief executive power.
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This course is a workshop for students who have taken the introductory Geographical Information Systems course and want to explore detailed applications. The course will meet two times a week for a lecture and a laboratory exercise.
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Introduces theories of inference underlying most statistical methods and how new approaches are developed. Examples include discrete choice, event counts, durations, missing data, ecological inference, time-series cross sectional analysis, compositional data, causal inference, and others.
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Graduate-level version of Gov. 1002. Meets with Gov. 1002, introduces theories of inference underlying most statistical methods and how new approaches are developed. Examples include discrete choice, event counts, durations, missing data, ecological inference, time-series cross sectional analysis, compositional data, causal inference, and others. Will require extra homework and examination problems in addition to those for Gov. 1002.
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Explores current issues in national and global health care policy. Topics have included: the politics of health care reform, the politics of special interests, pharmaceutical policy, comparative health systems, cost containment, global health, racial and ethnic disparities in care, quality measurement and improvement, income inequality and health, and organizational influences on car quality. A research paper will be required.
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This course is interested in understanding how and why Congress pays attention to certain issues rather than others. The intent is to provide a comprehensive look at the roles of institutional design, citizen participation, political entrepreneurism, and media coverage in placing issues onto the congressional agenda. Students will be encouraged to integrate knowledge from a variety of subfields in American politics to offer a broader view of how issues are placed onto the congressional agenda - and ultimately - shift public policy.
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Designed to acquaint PhD candidates in Government with a variety of approaches that have proved useful in examining important topics in the study of American government and politics.
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Provides an overview of contemporary American politics, showing how recent changes in elections and media coverage have helped shape key aspects of American government. From the courts, Congress, and the Presidency, to the workings of interest groups and political parties, and, also to the making of public policy, the pressure on political leaders to run permanent campaigns has altered governmental institutions and processes. The course explains how and why.
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Surveys the long-term development of the U.S. state and political system, and more closely examines changes since the 1960s in social policies, party politics, and social movements and citizen participation. The semester will culminate in an examination of the Obama era juxtaposed to earlier transformative eras in U.S. governance and politics, including the New Deal of the 1930s. Students will gain a critical appreciation of historical and institutionally focused research on the American polity.
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Classical and medieval political philosophy, from Plato to Thomas Aquinas, with special attention to the question of natural right.
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Surveys key security dynamics, actors and issues in the Asia-Pacific. Topics include: the US alliance system in the Asia-Pacific; China's military rise; Japanese militarization; the security capabilities of the Koreas and Southeast Asia, Australia, and Russia; insurgency and transnational terrorism; territorial disputes; North Korea and Taiwan; nuclear proliferation; MD; arms races; maritime security, energy security, and transnational crime; and multilateral security. All issues are studied in conjunction with major paradigmatic and critical theoretical approaches.
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The aim of this course is to provide the students of social sciences with a conceptual understanding of the basic notions of calculus and matrix algebra.
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Course examines shift among African Americans from protest to politics. Emphasis is on development and use of political resources as the means to achieve policy objectives in the post-Civil Rights Era. Beginning with 1965 Voting Rights Act, course will explore the issues, opportunities, and challenges that have defined African American political life in the last forty years, as well as the attitudes and debates that have shaped efforts to increase African American influence over the political process.
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A theoretical and historical analysis of bureaucratic organizations in various domains of modern society, including military organizations, business corporations, non-profit organizations, regulatory agencies, executive departments, and religious organizations. Theories include institutional, transaction-cost, reputation-based, and cultural theories of formal organizations. Readings and cases will include the US Army and other militaries, the business corporation in industrializing America and today, the FDA and the Forest Service, the Catholic Church, and police and educational organizations.
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General introduction to East European politics focusing on the countries outside the former Soviet Union. Examines critical periods and dynamics of political and economic changes in the region from the end of World War I to the recent enlargement of the European Union.
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Examination of central issues of American foreign policy today. For each issue, analysis of the international environment, identification of specific policy options, consideration of pros and cons, reflection on processes for choice and action.
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An examination of how PRC authors have analyzed the politics of their country and comparisons with relevant Western accounts.
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Introduction to the descriptive history of China's international relations with special focus on different theoretical explanations for changes in foreign policy behavior (e.g. polarity, history, ideology, leadership, bureaucracy, among others).
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This course will study Cicero's moral and political ideas against the background of his political activity, and will also consider his influence on medieval and Renaissance writers. No Latin required. Qualified undergraduates may be admitted.
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Ancient political philosophy of friendship and family love with attention to recent issues in political theory. Readings from Plato, Aristotle, Sophocles, and Aristophanes along with selected modern and contemporary authors.
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Focusing in particular on European and Asian settings, the seminar examines debates over what civil society is, notions of public space and social capital, and the role of civil society in political transitions.
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This course introduces students to the theoretical and comparative study of civil wars. The course aims to provide students with solid analytical and historical foundations and highlight the policy dilemmas associated with civil wars.
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Has the social fabric of America's communities and the civic engagement of its citizens changed over the last generation? Why? Does it matter? What lessons might we find in American history? These questions are at the focus of this seminar.
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Introduction to key constitutional concepts using a cross-national comparative examination of religious freedom issues. Topics include: processes of constitution-making, implementing and enforcing constitutions, constitutional accommodation of diversity and the relationship between societies and their constitutions. Readings emphasize contemporary debates on religious affairs: the wearing of religious headscarves, public funding for religious institutions, same-sex marriage and more.
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This course is a survey of topics and theories in comparative political economy with a focus on developed democracies in Western Europe, North America, and East Asia. The course applies insights from both political science and economics to explain why economic performance, distribution, and economic policies vary across countries. The course complements "Comparative Political Economy, Developing Countries", although one is not a prerequisite for the other.
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