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This seminar will examine the dynamics of political leadership in general and democratic leadership in particular. Our concerns will be both empirical and normative - both explanatory and evaluative. We will think about the causes and dynamics of leader-follower relations, and we want to think about what distinguishes good leadership from bad leadership. In both cases, we will also be asking: what difference does democracy make? That is, we will want to think about how democratic institutions and practices affect the way leadership is carried out, and we also will be trying to think about the way that democratic ideals, values, and goals bear upon the assessment of different leaders and forms of leadership.
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One of the principal concerns of political science is the quality of governance  what does it take to get good governance in the interest of the governed and a peaceful society not troubled by conflict and violence? Why do citizens in a few societies live in peace, earn decent wages, and elect their leaders by democratic means, while many citizens around the globe are poor, live in societies marked by violence and civil war, and do not have a fair chance to choose their representatives? What conditions seem to insulate some democracies against decay, and why does democracy slip back to dictatorship in some countries? What impact do political regimes and institutions have on economic development, poverty, and inequality? Does economic growth push political institutions in a democratic direction or does democratic change fuel economic prosperity? What conditions have caused some democracies to establish welfare states with fairly egalitarian economic distribution, while others have not done so? We will also explore the variety available in democratic design  what alternative electoral and legislative institutions are available for democracies, and what kinds of politicians, political parties, election campaigns, and voting patterns emerge from different choices of electoral rules? Do democratic institutions promote civil order? Finally, we will examine on insurgencies, civil wars, and revolutions to understand how political regimes and economic development shape the dynamics of collective violence. Evidence and examples will come from world history and contemporary affairs, including advanced capitalist democracies and low- and middle-income countries. Students will simultaneously learn about countries around the world and about the themes, questions, puzzles, and patterns presented by this variety.
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One of the principal concerns of political science is the quality of governance  what does it take to get good governance in the interest of the governed and a peaceful society not troubled by conflict and violence? Why do citizens in a few societies live in peace, earn decent wages, and elect their leaders by democratic means, while many citizens around the globe are poor, live in societies marked by violence and civil war, and do not have a fair chance to choose their representatives? What conditions seem to insulate some democracies against decay, and why does democracy slip back to dictatorship in some countries? What impact do political regimes and institutions have on economic development, poverty, and inequality? Does economic growth push political institutions in a democratic direction or does democratic change fuel economic prosperity? What conditions have caused some democracies to establish welfare states with fairly egalitarian economic distribution, while others have not done so? We will also explore the variety available in democratic design  what alternative electoral and legislative institutions are available for democracies, and what kinds of politicians, political parties, election campaigns, and voting patterns emerge from different choices of electoral rules? Do democratic institutions promote civil order? Finally, we will examine on insurgencies, civil wars, and revolutions to understand how political regimes and economic development shape the dynamics of collective violence. Evidence and examples will come from world history and contemporary affairs, including advanced capitalist democracies and low- and middle-income countries. Students will simultaneously learn about countries around the world and about the themes, questions, puzzles, and patterns presented by this variety.
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One of the principal concerns of political science is the quality of governance  what does it take to get good governance in the interest of the governed and a peaceful society not troubled by conflict and violence? Why do citizens in a few societies live in peace, earn decent wages, and elect their leaders by democratic means, while many citizens around the globe are poor, live in societies marked by violence and civil war, and do not have a fair chance to choose their representatives? What conditions seem to insulate some democracies against decay, and why does democracy slip back to dictatorship in some countries? What impact do political regimes and institutions have on economic development, poverty, and inequality? Does economic growth push political institutions in a democratic direction or does democratic change fuel economic prosperity? What conditions have caused some democracies to establish welfare states with fairly egalitarian economic distribution, while others have not done so? We will also explore the variety available in democratic design  what alternative electoral and legislative institutions are available for democracies, and what kinds of politicians, political parties, election campaigns, and voting patterns emerge from different choices of electoral rules? Do democratic institutions promote civil order? Finally, we will examine on insurgencies, civil wars, and revolutions to understand how political regimes and economic development shape the dynamics of collective violence. Evidence and examples will come from world history and contemporary affairs, including advanced capitalist democracies and low- and middle-income countries. Students will simultaneously learn about countries around the world and about the themes, questions, puzzles, and patterns presented by this variety.
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One of the principal concerns of political science is the quality of governance  what does it take to get good governance in the interest of the governed and a peaceful society not troubled by conflict and violence? Why do citizens in a few societies live in peace, earn decent wages, and elect their leaders by democratic means, while many citizens around the globe are poor, live in societies marked by violence and civil war, and do not have a fair chance to choose their representatives? What conditions seem to insulate some democracies against decay, and why does democracy slip back to dictatorship in some countries? What impact do political regimes and institutions have on economic development, poverty, and inequality? Does economic growth push political institutions in a democratic direction or does democratic change fuel economic prosperity? What conditions have caused some democracies to establish welfare states with fairly egalitarian economic distribution, while others have not done so? We will also explore the variety available in democratic design  what alternative electoral and legislative institutions are available for democracies, and what kinds of politicians, political parties, election campaigns, and voting patterns emerge from different choices of electoral rules? Do democratic institutions promote civil order? Finally, we will examine on insurgencies, civil wars, and revolutions to understand how political regimes and economic development shape the dynamics of collective violence. Evidence and examples will come from world history and contemporary affairs, including advanced capitalist democracies and low- and middle-income countries. Students will simultaneously learn about countries around the world and about the themes, questions, puzzles, and patterns presented by this variety.
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One of the principal concerns of political science is the quality of governance  what does it take to get good governance in the interest of the governed and a peaceful society not troubled by conflict and violence? Why do citizens in a few societies live in peace, earn decent wages, and elect their leaders by democratic means, while many citizens around the globe are poor, live in societies marked by violence and civil war, and do not have a fair chance to choose their representatives? What conditions seem to insulate some democracies against decay, and why does democracy slip back to dictatorship in some countries? What impact do political regimes and institutions have on economic development, poverty, and inequality? Does economic growth push political institutions in a democratic direction or does democratic change fuel economic prosperity? What conditions have caused some democracies to establish welfare states with fairly egalitarian economic distribution, while others have not done so? We will also explore the variety available in democratic design  what alternative electoral and legislative institutions are available for democracies, and what kinds of politicians, political parties, election campaigns, and voting patterns emerge from different choices of electoral rules? Do democratic institutions promote civil order? Finally, we will examine on insurgencies, civil wars, and revolutions to understand how political regimes and economic development shape the dynamics of collective violence. Evidence and examples will come from world history and contemporary affairs, including advanced capitalist democracies and low- and middle-income countries. Students will simultaneously learn about countries around the world and about the themes, questions, puzzles, and patterns presented by this variety.
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Guided studies culminating in a research paper. These studies will be supervised by the Resident Director of the program and will include field trips on cultural and social changes in contemporary China.
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This course explores a number of issues at the intersection of philosophy, politics, and economics and serves as an introduction to the quantitative techniques used by these three academic disciplines. The course clarifies the similarities and differences among the philosophical, political, and economic approaches, and the limitations of each when considered individually.
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This course serves as an introduction to enduring and contemporary questions in international security, a field that is fundamentally about how states and non-state actors use force to achieve their political and military objectives. We will seek answers to questions such as: What are the causes of war and conditions of peace? Does the spread of nuclear weapons to more states make the world a safer or more dangerous place than a world in which only a handful of countries possess them? Would the acquisition of nuclear weapons by Ârogue states threaten the security of the United States, and can this be prevented? Why are some states better at fighting wars than other states? How do states and non-state actors (such as terrorists) use force to persuade their enemies to takeÂor refrain from takingÂa particular action? Is this kind of violent persuasionÂknown as coercion or deterrenceÂeffective? Finally, why did the U.S. invade Iraq in 2003, and are the current efforts to build democracy and defeat the insurgents there likely to succeed?
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This course serves as an introduction to enduring and contemporary questions in international security, a field that is fundamentally about how states and non-state actors use force to achieve their political and military objectives. We will seek answers to questions such as: What are the causes of war and conditions of peace? Does the spread of nuclear weapons to more states make the world a safer or more dangerous place than a world in which only a handful of countries possess them? Would the acquisition of nuclear weapons by Ârogue states threaten the security of the United States, and can this be prevented? Why are some states better at fighting wars than other states? How do states and non-state actors (such as terrorists) use force to persuade their enemies to takeÂor refrain from takingÂa particular action? Is this kind of violent persuasionÂknown as coercion or deterrenceÂeffective? Finally, why did the U.S. invade Iraq in 2003, and are the current efforts to build democracy and defeat the insurgents there likely to succeed?
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This course serves as an introduction to enduring and contemporary questions in international security, a field that is fundamentally about how states and non-state actors use force to achieve their political and military objectives. We will seek answers to questions such as: What are the causes of war and conditions of peace? Does the spread of nuclear weapons to more states make the world a safer or more dangerous place than a world in which only a handful of countries possess them? Would the acquisition of nuclear weapons by Ârogue states threaten the security of the United States, and can this be prevented? Why are some states better at fighting wars than other states? How do states and non-state actors (such as terrorists) use force to persuade their enemies to takeÂor refrain from takingÂa particular action? Is this kind of violent persuasionÂknown as coercion or deterrenceÂeffective? Finally, why did the U.S. invade Iraq in 2003, and are the current efforts to build democracy and defeat the insurgents there likely to succeed?
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This course serves as an introduction to enduring and contemporary questions in international security, a field that is fundamentally about how states and non-state actors use force to achieve their political and military objectives. We will seek answers to questions such as: What are the causes of war and conditions of peace? Does the spread of nuclear weapons to more states make the world a safer or more dangerous place than a world in which only a handful of countries possess them? Would the acquisition of nuclear weapons by Ârogue states threaten the security of the United States, and can this be prevented? Why are some states better at fighting wars than other states? How do states and non-state actors (such as terrorists) use force to persuade their enemies to takeÂor refrain from takingÂa particular action? Is this kind of violent persuasionÂknown as coercion or deterrenceÂeffective? Finally, why did the U.S. invade Iraq in 2003, and are the current efforts to build democracy and defeat the insurgents there likely to succeed?
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This course serves as an introduction to enduring and contemporary questions in international security, a field that is fundamentally about how states and non-state actors use force to achieve their political and military objectives. We will seek answers to questions such as: What are the causes of war and conditions of peace? Does the spread of nuclear weapons to more states make the world a safer or more dangerous place than a world in which only a handful of countries possess them? Would the acquisition of nuclear weapons by Ârogue states threaten the security of the United States, and can this be prevented? Why are some states better at fighting wars than other states? How do states and non-state actors (such as terrorists) use force to persuade their enemies to takeÂor refrain from takingÂa particular action? Is this kind of violent persuasionÂknown as coercion or deterrenceÂeffective? Finally, why did the U.S. invade Iraq in 2003, and are the current efforts to build democracy and defeat the insurgents there likely to succeed?
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This course serves as an introduction to enduring and contemporary questions in international security, a field that is fundamentally about how states and non-state actors use force to achieve their political and military objectives. We will seek answers to questions such as: What are the causes of war and conditions of peace? Does the spread of nuclear weapons to more states make the world a safer or more dangerous place than a world in which only a handful of countries possess them? Would the acquisition of nuclear weapons by Ârogue states threaten the security of the United States, and can this be prevented? Why are some states better at fighting wars than other states? How do states and non-state actors (such as terrorists) use force to persuade their enemies to takeÂor refrain from takingÂa particular action? Is this kind of violent persuasionÂknown as coercion or deterrenceÂeffective? Finally, why did the U.S. invade Iraq in 2003, and are the current efforts to build democracy and defeat the insurgents there likely to succeed?
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This course serves as an introduction to enduring and contemporary questions in international security, a field that is fundamentally about how states and non-state actors use force to achieve their political and military objectives. We will seek answers to questions such as: What are the causes of war and conditions of peace? Does the spread of nuclear weapons to more states make the world a safer or more dangerous place than a world in which only a handful of countries possess them? Would the acquisition of nuclear weapons by Ârogue states threaten the security of the United States, and can this be prevented? Why are some states better at fighting wars than other states? How do states and non-state actors (such as terrorists) use force to persuade their enemies to takeÂor refrain from takingÂa particular action? Is this kind of violent persuasionÂknown as coercion or deterrenceÂeffective? Finally, why did the U.S. invade Iraq in 2003, and are the current efforts to build democracy and defeat the insurgents there likely to succeed?
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The course focuses on presidential electoral and political strategy rather than the presidency as an institution or its relationship with Congress. It is particularly interested in the relationship of cultural and economic issues, and especially their relationship to immigration, foreign policy, and identity formation. The course will go back to Jefferson's use of foreign policy as his cultural issue, but it will focus on the major problems in party realignment (the red state-blue state division instead of the movement to the center predicted by Downs)that was the response to the realignment required in the 1970s when the Solid Democratic South broke up. Inevitably this year, more attention will be given to the presidential election of 2008 and the question of whether a party realignment is beginning.
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In this course, we will examine the classical historical texts of modern political thought with an eye to how they have come to shape the major ideological movements of the 20th and 21st Centuries. We will begin by looking at the development of liberal theory from Locke to Mill, and then confront the criticisms of liberalism from the right and the left. To conclude the course, we will address the contemporary issue of globalism and how it inflects the future of the political left, right, and center.
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In this course, we will examine the classical historical texts of modern political thought with an eye to how they have come to shape the major ideological movements of the 20th and 21st Centuries. We will begin by looking at the development of liberal theory from Locke to Mill, and then confront the criticisms of liberalism from the right and the left. To conclude the course, we will address the contemporary issue of globalism and how it inflects the future of the political left, right, and center.
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In this course, we will examine the classical historical texts of modern political thought with an eye to how they have come to shape the major ideological movements of the 20th and 21st Centuries. We will begin by looking at the development of liberal theory from Locke to Mill, and then confront the criticisms of liberalism from the right and the left. To conclude the course, we will address the contemporary issue of globalism and how it inflects the future of the political left, right, and center.
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This course explores the theoretical ideas that informed the creation and development of AmericanÂs political system. It is also a kind of an overview of a period of American political history, from 1770 to 1860. Topics to be treated include the philosophical underpinnings of liberal democracy, the place of religion in American public life, the political thought of the American Founders, the institution of the executive, the idea and practice of federalism, and so on. The course ends by considering some of the main challenges confronting the maintenance of American democracy.
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This course introduces students to the politics of the Middle East and North Africa. It examines the deep cultural, social, and ideological factors that inform politics and shape state-society relations. We will focus on the main challenges facing the region today including: the struggle for emancipation, Islamic contestation, identity politics, and pivotal regional conflicts. The course covers select countries from the Middle East (Arab states, Iran, Israel, and Turkey) as well as North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya). In this course, we will study specific countries to illustrate general challenges and opportunities in the region. The course has 3 objectives:
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Is globalization undermining the nation-state? Does globalization mean that different parts of the world are becoming more alike? What is globalization, anyway, and when did it start? What is the relationship between national, religious, and ethnic identity? how are they constructed? What assumptions do we bring to our nderstanding of tradition and modernity? How do the different ways in which we understand progress (economic, technological, human rights) affect our understanding
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Is globalization undermining the nation-state? Does globalization mean that different parts of the world are becoming more alike? What is globalization, anyway, and when did it start? What is the relationship between national, religious, and ethnic identity? how are they constructed? What assumptions do we bring to our nderstanding of tradition and modernity? How do the different ways in which we understand progress (economic, technological, human rights) affect our understanding
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This course will explore vital debates about liberal democracy. We will start by considering the classic accounts of modern democratic purposes and ideals found in Locke, Rousseau, James Madison, and John Stuart Mill. Then we shall look at some of the leading theories that address these issues of democratic ideals in the contemporary world. These contemporary works will include conceptions of democracy that center around social justice, individual liberty, democratic participation, and compromise among interest groups.
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Curriculum Codes: Pol. Sci. Field: American (A); Area of Knowledge: SS; C2K: IAA
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