GOVERNANCE, POLITICS, AND POLICY IN THE AMERICAN STATES
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This seminar will analyze the relationship between democracy and quality of foreign policy, with a focus on the United States. A notable observer of American society, Alexis DeTocqueville, wrote in the 1830s that democracies are at an inherent disadvantage in the conduct of foreign affairs, a position also espoused by a number of leading "realist" analysts of foreign affairs. Others have taken the view that democracies are not only better able to sustain effective foreign policies but that, at least among themselves, they are much less likely to go to war. During the past decade there has been a notable growth in the number of democracies, making our topic not only important but also very timely.
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In this seminar we will read and evaluate the social science literature on the
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A colloquium and/or a research seminar on politics, society, and culture in Western Europe during the postwar years, 1945-1968. It begins with general readings on Western Europe and establishes the main political, social, economic, and cultural features of the postwar years, comparing Eastern and Western during the Cold War. It then proceeds to the intellectual life of postwar Europe, focusing on Western responses to communism, and on the anxieties and hopes evoked by postwar technological and economic progress  by "Americanization" and the ÂEconomic Miracle. The course highlights the debates on the morality of socialism and capitalism and on liberty, historical determinism, and individual responsibility, pays special attention to Cold War liberalism and the Congress for Cultural Freedom, and addresses the debate on the welfare state, its problems, and its critics on the left.
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This course examines modern social theory and its relevance for the analysis of contemporary capitalist democracies. The course revolves around three authors who have influenced theoretical reflection on the nature of advanced societies and their political structures probably more than any other group of thinkers: Karl Marx (1818-83), Emile Durkheim (1958-1917), and Max Weber (1864-1920). Although an inroduction to these three authors is standard fare in first year graduate courses in sociology, political scientists usually become acquainted only with Marx, sometimes with Weber, and rarely with Durkheim, although Durkheim's influence on political science is evident across 20th century writings in that discipline. Four questions guide the analysis of each author's work in the course: (1) What is the origin of capitalism and modernity? (2) How do modern capitalist societies work? (3) What is the relationship between capitalism and democracy? (4) What is the social scientific methodology we should employ to study modern capitalist polities?
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We will examine Hegel's philosophic thought with special attention to its foundations in the Phenomenology of Spirit, and its later unfolding in the Philosophy of Right.
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Arts and Sciences Curriculum Codes: Pol.Sci Field: American (A); Area of Knowledge: SS; C2K: R
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This advanced seminar will investigate writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in depth. Our central text will be the Emile.
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While legislators and politicians around the world make decisions in city halls and assemblies, every day millions of people take their grievances to the streets. Mass demonstrations, sit-ins, the occupation of government buildings, and land invasions are among the most common forms of political participation around the world today. This seminar course will critically introduce you to the two dominant paradigms in the study of contentious mobilization: economic theories of collective action and sociological theories of social movements. We will identify the virtues and shortcomings of both paradigms and lay out the foundations of a political theory of collective action and social movements. For this purpose, in the second part of the course we venture into the study of dissident collective action in autocracies, democracies, and hybrid regimes (e.g. electoral autocracies). Based on new formal models of political regimes, we will explore how political institutions and elite strategies of state repression shape dissident collective action under different types of political regimes, leading to 1) political inaction, 2) episodic protest, 3) cycles of protest, 4) insurgencies, or 4) terrorism. In the final section we assess the effect of dissident collective action on regime change, policy reform, or on securing the status quo. We cover a wide range of contemporary movements in different parts of the world, including civil rights, ethnic and nationalist, religious, feminist, anti-abortion, peasant, and workers movements in Latin America, Western and Eastern Europe, North Africa, and the U.S. We eclectically draw on historical, quantitative and game-theoretic work. The course is warmly open to seniors in the social sciences and to graduate students. No prerequisites.
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The course is basically an analysis of research on Congress from an analytical
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Theory and Practice of International Security is a seminar devoted to the security studies subfield of international relations. The course has two goals: (1) to understand the major theoretical perspectives in security studies, and (2) to survey some of the most important substantive areas and debates in the field with an emphasis on recent contributions. A third goal is to help political science graduate students prepare for their preliminary exams. The first several class sessions focus on the dominant theories in international security: realism, liberalism, and constructivism. Beginning with the reformulation of realism as a scientific theory by Waltz, we follow the two paths that realist theorizing has taken in the past 25 years: defensive realism/offense-defense theory, with its emphasis on the security dilemma and the offense-defense balance, and offensive realism, which argues that the security dilemma cannot be mitigated and predicts that states will maximize relative power. Next, we examine two variants of liberal theory. The firstÂdemocratic peace theoryÂemphasizes the importance of regime type and argues that a world full of democracies can escape the effects of anarchy. The second liberal theoryÂinstitutionalismÂstresses the importance of international institutions in mitigating anarchy and allowing for credible commitments among states. We conclude the theoretical section of the course by examining constructivist contributions to security studies, which highlight the influence of identity, norms, and culture.
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That politics is territorial seems obvious at first. Far less obvious is how to analyze the role of geography in comparative and international political economy. Combining recent contributions from geography, economics, and political science, we will discuss and evaluate different ways of conceptualizing the spatial dimension of politics. Along the way we will explore topics such as the geography of production and economic growth, the electoral consequences of the territorial concentration of economic activities, how and why individuals sort themselves into neighborhoods, cities, and regions, and the ways in which geography affects the selection of institutions and the politics of redistribution.
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One of the major controversial issues in world politics today is what constitutes legitimate and illegitimate violence. National armies invade countries in the name of international order and security. Armed movements widen the scale of violence in the name of national liberation. Radical religious groups transgress conventional laws of violence in the name of God. The continuing use and justification of violence by state and non-state actors to achieve political objectives contradicts the claim that the rule of law has triumphed in the modern world order. Periodic enactments of formal and informal violence raise thorny moral, philosophical, and political questions. What is the relationship between violence and authority? Is aggression a natural human condition? How does monotheism deal with violence? Can the rule of law replace violence? How do these questions help us understand todayÂs violent conflicts? At the center of these inquiries is an understanding of the great sacrifices religion and politics require from each one us to sustain order and community. Yet, these sacrifices may tame individual aggression only to unleash different forms of collective violence.
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This course will address three kinds of economic performance: growth, inflation and distribution. The central concern will be developing countries and emerging economies, though the rich, industrialized economies are also relevant, as are historical time periods.
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This course takes the Prince as its starting point and point of reference. It will place The Prince's notions of power in three overlapping contexts: that of Machiavelli's other works; that of the more or less explicit appropriations of the Prince by Merleau-Ponty, Gramsci, Althusser and Berlin; and the scholarly debates between e.g. Mansfield, Skinner, Strauss, Wolin, Pitkin, Deitz, McCormick). The last two weeks will be spend re-reading the Prince with and against these three traditions.
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Builds on the elements of language acquired in Elementary Portuguese 1; enrollment in Portuguese 2 presupposes acquisition of the contents covered in Portuguese 1. Speaking, reading, and writing skills emphasized; exposure to some aspects of Portuguese-speaking cultures an important component. Conducted entirely in Portuguese, using a communicative approach. Five class meetings a week.
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Designed for undergraduate and graduate students who are fluent, or native speakers, in another Romance language. Prepares students to enter intermediate sequence Portuguese courses at Duke. Most grammar and textbook work is done outside of class, freeing class time for more communicative activities. Conversation sessions provide intensive review
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Intensive language review of reading, writing, and oral practice, with increased attention to grammatical variety and accuracy. Cultural component emphasized through short readings, videos, music.
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"Geographics of the Erotic. Brazilian Literature in Translation"
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See Music 138S
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Preceptorial, in Portuguese. Requires concurrent registration in PTG 143S. See instructor for more information.
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Independent Study
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Independent Study
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Novo cinema brasileiro
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Psychology 11 broadly surveys the field of psychology, primarily for the non-major. This survey focuses on the natural science study of behavior,emphasizing biological, evolutionary, cognitive, and developmental perspectives while placing this work in historical, social and
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