| source Yale (X) |
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department Political Science (X) |
TTh 2.30-3.45 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas So Permission of instructor required
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TTh 10.30-11.20 Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 23) 12/16/2009 W 2.00 Areas So World affairs in the unsettled aftermath of a half-century of Cold War traumas. The relative positions of the United States, Japan and Germany, Russia, China, and the Third World. The spread of capitalistic markets and democratic forms; nongovernmental activity across nation-state boundaries; and the precariousness of the status quo.
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MW 11.35-12.25 Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 34) 12/17/2009 Th 9.00 Areas So The first and most fundamental of all political concepts: the regime or constitution. Definitions of regime; how many kinds of regimes exist and which is best; what kinds of citizens different regimes produce; differences between ancient and modern conceptions of constitutional government. Readings from Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Tocqueville.
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W 1.30-3.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas So Permission of instructor required Study of the relationship between intrastate conflict and international politics. Secessions and irredentas; third-party interventions and the durability of peace; spatial diffusion of conflict within and across borders; management techniques to moderate the occurrence and extent of hostilities. Readings from theoretical literature, with applications to real-world situations.
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W 9.25-11.25 Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 37) 12/18/2009 F 2.00 Areas So Permission of instructor required Iran's international relations since 1979, with consideration of regional dynamics. Domestic politics that affect the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic.
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Th 1.30-3.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas So Permission of instructor required Historical roots and modern interpretations of the assertion that the United Kingdom is the closest ally of the United States. Attention to international relations theory, practical discussions of politics and policy, diplomacy, and business.
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Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas So Permission of instructor required The phenomenon of international law examined from the perspective of both international legal scholars and international relations theorists. Schools of thought include the New Haven school, legal positivism, and critical legal studies as well as classical realism, neorealism, and institutional and constructivist theories of international relations.
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Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas So Permission of instructor required Key ethical dilemmas accompanying the practice of humanitarian intervention. Ethical and political obligations of states to protect citizens of other states, justifications for 'killing in order to save,' who can legitimately make the decision to intervene, and what criteria should guide humanitarian interventions in the twenty-first century.
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MW 11.35-12.50 Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 34) 12/17/2009 Th 9.00 Areas So The sources, substance, and enduring themes of American foreign policy. Overview of America's rise to global power in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and American foreign policy decision making during the Cold War and the post-Cold War era. Focus on current challenges, including the war on terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the conflict in Iraq, and America's role in global institutions and the world economy.
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M 1.30-3.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas So Permission of instructor required Challenges raised for political policy makers and governmental regulators and for managers of global corporations when the latter intend to make direct investments in foreign countries. Special attention to emergent exclusionary measures in advanced industrial countries.
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T 3.30-5.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas So Permission of instructor required Theories of international relations, focusing on explanations of conflict and cooperation. Structural and neoclassical realism, liberalism, constructivism, and rationalism.
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MW 2.30-3.20 Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 37) 12/18/2009 F 2.00 Areas So An introduction to international security. General theories of state interests and behavior; the causes, conduct, and regulation of violence among nations.
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T 1.30-3.20 Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 26) 12/15/2009 T 2.00 Areas So Permission of instructor required Examination of classic political theory from Sun-Tzu and Thucydides to the present. Attention to historical context.
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Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 34) 12/17/2009 Th 9.00 Areas So The interrelationship of strategy, foreign policy, and technology as it has shaped international relations from Napoleon to the global information grid. Transformations arising from political change and technological advance. Topics include the role of ?big? military organizations in the United States, Europe, and Asia; organizing for defense and intelligence; arms control; and the challenge of a second nuclear age.
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MW 1.00-2.15 Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 36) 12/14/2009 M 2.00 Areas Hu, So The Cold War from beginning to end, viewed from the perspective of all its major participants, with emphasis on recently released Soviet, East European, and Chinese sources.
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W 1.30-3.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas So Permission of instructor required The evolution of the United Nations and its role in a post-Cold War international system both in preventive diplomacy, with its use of force for peacekeeping and peace enforcement, and in peace building.
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Th 9.25-11.15 Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 22) 12/12/2009 S 2.00 Areas So Permission of instructor required Theoretical perspectives and empirical debates in international political economy. Trade, monetary and financial systems, regional integration, multinational institutions, domestic political institutions, investment and capital markets, development, and globalization.
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Fall 2009 Final exam HTBA Areas So Meets during reading period Introduction to human rights issues in theory and practice. Concepts, instruments, and mechanisms of international law, including human rights treaties and regional systems; international enforcement dilemmas such as the use of force and humanitarian intervention; issues of accountability through international and domestic prosecutions and truth commissions; and critical issues such as women?s rights, cultural relativism, NGO advocacy, corporate accountability, and social and economic rights.
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TTh 10.30-11.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Traditional questions about state conduct and international relations; more recent questions about intergovernmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and the design of global institutional arrangements.
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T 7.00-8.50p Fall 2009 Permission of instructor required The development of the human rights regime from the first appearance of the laws of war in Grotius, through the Hague conventions of 1899 and 1907, the Nuremberg Tribunal, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Formation of the Yugoslav and Rwanda Tribunals; creation of the International Criminal Court. The politics of human rights law; effects of the Cold War on the human rights regime; the rise of the NGO community; the role of the great power states.
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T 9.25-11.15 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas So Permission of instructor required Political regulation and reform issues explored from both empirical and normative perspectives. Campaign finance reform, lobbying regulations, bribery, voting franchise restrictions, ballot access, redistricting, and term limits.
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Th 1.30-3.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas So Permission of instructor required Critical thinking about the history, theory, and practice of responsible journalism. Major newspapers, news magazines, and network newscasts used as sources of ethical issues for discussion. Students act as an editorial board, informing themselves and each other about the challenges of ethical journalism in an age of terrorism and digital communication.
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TTh 10.30-11.20 Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 23) 12/16/2009 W 2.00 Areas So The development and operations of the American presidency. The political and constitutional evolution of the office, the modern executive establishment, and the politics of presidential leadership.
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TTh 2.30-3.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas So A critical investigation of the United States Congress, the primary democratic institution in the American political system. Focus on individual members of Congress, institutional features, and the role of Congress within the larger separation-of-powers system.
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