POLITICAL SCIENCE (AS) {PSCI}

L/R 001. Introduction to the Study of Politics. (C) Society Sector. All classes. Lustick, Sil, Nagel. What does politics mean and how does it work? This course introduces fundamental political questions, including the nature of political authority and political rights, the relationship between power and values, variation in the role and quality of government, origins of political institutions, and dynamics of international politics. Substantial consideration is given to contributions by classical political thinkers as well as contemporary political scientists. Attention is also paid to how the systematic study of politics--American politics, comparative politics, international politics, and political philosophy--can deepen our understanding of complex public policy questions.

SM 009. (WRIT076) Critical Writing Seminar in Political Science. (C) Staff. This is a critical writing seminar. It fulfills the writing requirement for all undergraduates. As a discipline-based writing seminar, the course introduces students to a topic within its discipline but throughout emphasizes the development of critical thinking, analytical, and writing skills. For current listings and descriptions, visit the Critical Writing Program's website at www.writing.upenn.edu/critical.

SM 010. Freshman Seminars. (C) Staff.

L/R 050. (CINE290, INTR290) Contemporary International Politics. (C) Society Sector. All classes. Staff. The purpose of this course is simple enough: to familiarize you with the major problems and dilemmas of contemporary international politics, and in the process to enhance your understanding of a range of complex issues ranging from the evolving nature of international conflict and rivalry to the revival of nationalism; to provide an informed acquaintance with the determinants of foreign policy; to encourage (and prod) thinking about national security and foreign policy at a time of revolutionary changes and explore a variety of perspectives from which they may be viewed and evaluated; and, in particular to examine more closely the role of moral considerations in political choices. There are no prerequisites for the course, which is intended as much for the politically illiterate as for the politically informed. However, students must be prepared to read, to be critical, and to examine their own position of issues that have no easy or apparent solutions.

L/R 105. The Study of Politics. (C)

L/R 110. (PSCI412) Introduction to Comparative Politics. (C) Society Sector. All classes. Lynch. Introduction to comparative political analysis, with focus on themes such as the state and its role in economic development, democracy and dictatorship, differences among democratic institutions, political parties, interest groups, social policy, political economy, economic reforms, political participation and revolutions.

113. Nationalism. (M) O'Leary.

115. Comparative Western European Politics. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Kennedy. Comparative analysis of the political systems of Britain, France and West Germany, focusing on the making and implementation of public policy.

L/R 116. Political Change in the Third World. (C) Society Sector. All classes. Sil. This course will provide an overview of politics and society in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The first five weeks will focus on such questions as: What are the effects of the "colonial legacy" inherited by most countries in the "Third World?" Why have certain countries been able to maintain stable and effective government institutions while others have experienced revolutions, civil wars and rampant corruption? What are some of the obstacles to economic development? The second part of the course will focus on the experiences of several countries, including Brazil, India, Iran, and Nigeria. The last part of the course will attempt to locate politics and society in "Third World"countries within the context of larger global issues such as North-South relations, the recent waves of democratization and privatization, internationalenvironmental concerns, and the role of women in "Third World" development.

117. (PSCI313, PSCI416) Nationalism & Politics of Ethnicity. (A) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Lustick. Since the French Revolution, nationalism linked to ethnicity has been one of the most potent political devices for joining culture to state power. In this course we seek to understand what it is about nationalism and ethnicity that have made them so influential, how they can be understood as formulas for political legitimacy and mobilization that are both similar and different from religious, Marxist, liberal, democratic and other formulas, and what about the post-cold war world seems to have produced a new wave of conflicts based on ethno-national claims. By understanding the sources of nationalist sentiments and practices we can better evaluate the political and policy challenges posed by conflicts arising from them.

L/R 130. Introduction to American Politics. (C) Society Sector. All classes. DiIulio. This course is intended to introduce students to the national institutions and political processes of American government. What are the historical and philosophical foundations of the American Republic? How does American public policy get made, who makes it, and who benefits? Is a constitutional fabric woven in 1787 good enough for today? How, if at all, should American government be changed, and why? What is politics and why bother to study it? If these sorts of questions interest you, then this course will be a congenial home. It is designed to explore such questions while teaching students the basics of American politics and government.

L/R 131. American Foreign Policy. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. An introduction into the basic elements of our foreign policy with special emphasis on (1) problems of decision making; (2) our vital interest and national security; (3) our special interests in friends and allies; (4) our general interest in international order; and (5) the sources of political instability in the states of Asia and Africa.

133. (AFRC133) Introduction to African American Politics. (A) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. This course is designed to provide an introduction to contemporary African American politics. We will examine how the underlying theory and structure of American political institutions affect African Americans' efforts to organize for effective political action. We will also analyze some of the political behaviors and strategies utilized by African Americans as they seek to impact the political system.

134. United States Political Parties. (B) Teune. An analysis of parties in the United States with special attention to democratic theory, the electoral process, electronic media, political organizations and their influence on government decisions.

SM 135. (GAFL135, HSOC135) The Politics of Food. (M) Summers.

L/R 136. (URBS136) Urban Politics in the United States. (B) Society Sector. All classes. Staff. Political responses to urbanization in the United States. Covers local government, national urban policies, changing nature of cities.

SM 139. (GAFL139, HSOC139, URBS137) Politics Of Poverty & Development. (M)

L/R 150. International Relations in Theory and Practice. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. STAFF. This course is designed to introduce students to theories of international politics and to survey the contemporary international system. It will begin with an overview of the major theoretical visions of international relations and a survey of important historical periods. We will then use these theoretical lenses to examine major international events and issues confronting states in the international system today. Topics will include the emergence of the Cold War, the breakdown of the Soviet Union, the rise of the European Union, the spread of nuclear weapons, the economic development of Third World states, the impact of international trade, the violation of human rights, and the degradation of the global environmental. Requirements will include short written assignments, a midterm, and a final exam.

L/R 151. International Security. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Goldstein. This lecture course introduces students to the subfield of international security or strategic studies. In order to grasp the usefulness of the theoretical ideas presented in readings and lectures, abstract concepts are linked with a study of the national security policies states have adopted in the decades following World War II. Topics include the fundamental distinctions among the alternative strategies available to states, the various strategies the U.S. and other countries have adopted, the links between military forces and strategy, the lessons one might draw from the history of international security relations during the Cold War, and the new sources of conflict and the prospects for continued international peace in the post-Cold War world.

L/R 152. American Foreign Policy. (M) von Vorys. An introduction into the basic elements of our foreign policy with special emphasis on (1) problems of decision making; (2) our vital interest and national security; (3) our special interests in friends and allies; (4) our general interest in international order; and (5) the sources of political instability in the newly independent states of Asia and Africa.

L/R 153. INT'L LAW & INSTITUTIONS. (C)

L/R 154. Politics of Global Environment. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. This course explores the emerging politics of global ecological decay and restoration occurring at the individual, local, nation-state, and international levels.

155. Inter-American Relations. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. Patterns of inter-American conflict and cooperation: United States-Latin American relations, regional and subregional organizations. Problems of development, dependency, and security.

SM 156. Terrorism. (C) Gale. This course is designed to stimulate an interest in the philosophy and methods of terrorism; to illustrate the varieties of conditions under which methods of terrorism are used; to outline the institutional conditions which permit and support the use of terrorism; and to understand the problems involved in "solving" the terrorism dilemma.

L/R 171. American Constitutional Law. (C) Smith. This course explores the role of the U.S. Supreme Court in political struggles over the distribution and uses of power in the American constitutionasystem. Issues include the division of powers between the state and national governments, and the branches of the federal government; economic powers of private actors and governmental regulators; the authority of government to enforce or transform racial and gender hierarchies; and the powers of individua to make basic choices, such as a woman's power to have an abortion. We will pay special attention to how the tasks of justifying the Supreme Court's own power, and constitutionalism more broadly, contribute to logically debatable but politically powerful constitutional arguments. Readings include Supreme Court decisions and background materials on their historical and political cont

L/R 180. (CLST185) Ancient Political Thought. (M) History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Kennedy, Norton, Norris. Through reading texts of Plato (Socrates), Aristotle, Augustine and Aquinas, the student encounters a range of political ideas deeply challenging to--and possibly corrosive of--today's dominant democratic liberalism. Can classical and medieval thinking offer insight into modern impasses in political morality? Is such ancient thinking plausible, useful, or dangerous?

L/R 181. Modern Political Thought. (M) History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Kennedy, Norris. An introduction to modern political theory based on the major texts of selected authors.

L/R 182. Contemporary Political Thought. (A)

L/R 183. American Political Thought. (M) Humanities & Social Science Sector. Class of 2010 & beyond. Norton. A survey of the leading themes in the history of American political thought from the Declaration of Independence to the present. Readings include selections from original works as well as from commentaries and interpretations.

SM 187. Constitution-Making. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Harris. The study of theoretical issues in achieving a constitutional frame of mind by creating or restructuring a political form through writing and adopting its design in a set of words contained within a text. With an analytical focus on the founding of the American polity, sources of constitutional ideas, the concept of a constitution, and arguments of constitutional meaning and change.

SM 198. Selected Topics in Political Science. (C) Staff. Consult department for detailed descriptions. More than one course may be taken in a given semester. Recent titles have included: International Organization and the United States, Presidential Elections, and Critical Issues in American Foreign Policy

L/R 201. Politics, Society and Social Science. (A) DiIulio. Everyday human behavior poses puzzles that political scientists, economists, sociologists, and other social scientists have attempted to answer. Often their respective answers or "theories" differ widely; and sometimes even their most widely agreed-upon answers seem to defy common sense or ask us to believe in highly improbable findings. This new lecture course familiarizes students with different approaches to understanding politics, society, and social science in relation to everyday questions, intriguing puzzles, and improbable findings about human behavior. It focuses on contemporary American politics and society, and draws mainly on literatures featuring work by leading U.S. social scientists. In addition, the course explores the conceptual boundaries between the political, social, and economic domains in which people interact with one another; the differences among and between different much-acclaimed models for understanding human behavior; and the philosophical underpinnings and moral implications associated with schools of thought about how best to describe, analyze, and evaluate what people do--and why they do it!

210. (AFRC257, AFST257) Contemporary African Politics. (C) Callaghy. A survey of politics in Africa focusing on the complex relationships between state, society, the economy, and external actors. It will cover colonial rule, the independence struggle, authoritarian and democratic statecraft, military rule, ethnicity, and class, with special attention to the politics of Africa's interrelated debt, economy, and development crises.

L/R 211. Politics in the Contemporary Middle East. (C) Vitalis or Lustick. This course is an introduction to the most prominent historical, cultural, institutional, and ideological features of Middle Eastern politics. Typical of the questions we shall address are why processes of modernization and economic change have not produced liberal democracies, why Islamic movements have gained enormous strength in some countries and not others, why conflicts in the region--between Israel and the Arabs, Iran and Iraq, or inside of Lebanon-have been so bitter and protracted; why the era of military coups was brought to an end but transitions to democracy have been difficult to achieve; why Arab unity has been so elusive and yet so insistent a theme; and why oil wealth in the Gulf, in the Arabian Peninsula, and in North Africa, has not produced industrialized or self-sustaining economic growth.

L/R 212. (EALC159, EALC559, PSCI512) Japanese Politics. (M) Amyx. This course examines the politics and policies of contemporary Japan, applying a range of theoretical perspectives to analyze both recent history and current events. We will survey the core political institutions of the postwar era, exam patterns of political interaction, and investigate current debates over policyThe 1990s have been marked by political change at many different levels in Japa and the course will investigate the significance of these changes, as well as enduring continuities. Recent changes have included the introduction of a new electoral system, shift from one party rule to coalition government rule, breakin the bureaucracy, a financial crisis and prolonged economic stagnation. In thlatter part of the course, we will focus in particular on the puzzle of how Jappolitical economic structures and policies could have proven so successful for long and yet so disastrous of late. Throughout the course, students will be encto think about Japanese politics in a comparative context and to consider the functioning of the Japanese political system in the context of more theoreticaldebates in political science.

L/R 213. (LALS213) Latin American Politics. (C) Falleti. Study of the empirical and logical validity of some of the main arguments that connect the economy and politics in Latin America. The course focuses on themes such as the agro-exporting economy, the oligarchic state, import-substitution industrialization, bureaucratic-authoritarian regimes, transition to and consolidation of democracy, and structural reforms.

L/R 214. (EALC104, EALC504, PSCI514) Political Economy of East Asia. (M) Amyx. This course begins by exploring the causes and consequences of the rise of industrial Asia, paying particular attention to the role played by political institutions. It then examines the political economic challenges faced in recenyears by many countries in this region. What explanations may be given for the rapid growth experienced in the region? And, how can we reconcile the success of the past with the difficulties experienced in more recent years? The role of national financial systems in supporting or undermining growth and the politics of financial crisis management and financial system reform will be explored in depth.

SM 215. (PSCI515) Political Institutions and Economic Performance. (M) Staff. Fulfills Quantitative Data Analysis requirement. Comparative study of whether and how political institutions (political regimes, constitutional rules, party and electoral systems) affect economic performance (economic growth, investment, income distribution). This course fulfills the University's quantitative skills requirement.

216. Government and Politics of East Asia. (C) Staff. The course will examine the relationship between culture, state, ad economy of Japan, North and South Korea. It will also analyze the nature and workings of political institutions (including political parties and bureaucracy). A paper of approximately 20 pages will be required in addition to examinations.

L/R 217. (PSCI517) Russian Politics. (B) Sil. This course will present an in-depth examination of political, economic and social change in post-Soviet Russia within a historical context. After a breif discussion of contemporary problems in Russia, the first half of the course will delve into the rise of communism in 1917, the evolution of the Soviet regime, and the tensions between ideology and practice over the seventy years of communist rule up until 1985. The second part of the course will begin with an examination of the Gorbachev period and the competing interpretations of how the events between 1985 and 1991 may have contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union. We will then proceed to make sense of the continuities and changes in politics, economics and society in contemporary Russia. Important topics will include the confrontations accompanying the adoption of a new constitution, the emergence of competing ideologies and parties, the struggle over economic privatization, the question of federalism and nationalism, social and political implicatons of economic reform, and prospects for Russia's future in the post-Yeltsin era. This course may also be taken as a graduate seminar (PSCI 517) with the permission of the instructor and the completion of additional requirements.

218. Politics of Post War Western Europe. (M) Lynch. of great religious and cultural diversity and the impact of 200 years of colonial rule. The analysis focuses on India's experiment with secular ideologies and democratic institutions and on Pakistan's attempt to create a political community around Islamic ideologies including its experiences with various forms of authoritarian and democratic governments.

L/R 219. Contemporary Chinese Politics. (C) Goldstein. This lecture course introduces students to the politics of the Peoples Republic of China. Complementing offerings in other departments, this course emphasizes events in the period since the Chinese Communist Party established its regime in 1949. In addition to surveying the political history of contemporary China, we will assess the meaning of these events by drawing upon theories about the nature and significance of ideology and organization in communist regimes, factionalism and its relationship to policy formulation and implementation, and general issues of political and economic development. Although the principal focus is on the domestic politics of the PRC, the course includes several lectures examining Chinas international relations.

220. (SAST223) Comparative South Asian Politics. (M) Staff.

231. Business, Government and Public Policy. (M) Gottschalk. Assesses the contemporary role of business in public policy, concentrating on health-care reform, environmental policy, electoral politics, economic policy, and the media. Focuses primarily on the United States in the postwar period, but surveys earlier eras and makes explicit comparisons with other advanced industrialized countries.

232. (COMM226) Introduction to Poltical Communications. (M) Jamieson. This course is an introduction to the field of political communication, conceptual approaches to analyzing communication in various forms, including advertising, speech making, campaign debates, and candidates' and officeholders' uses of news. The focus of this course is on the interplay in the U.S. between television and politics. The course includes a history of televised campaign practices from the 1952 presidential contest through the election of 2000.

233. Introduction to African American Politics. (M) Maddox. An introduction into the basic elements of our foreign policy with special emphasis on (1) problems of decision making; (2) our vital interest and national security; (3) our special interests in friends and allies; (4) our general interest in international order; and (5) the sources of political instability in the newly independent states of Asia and Africa.

L/R 234. Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. (C) Smith. By examining Supreme Court decisions in light of works on American history, politics, and political theory, we will explore legal, political, and philosophical debates on civil liberties today. Readings will consider litigation of the 1st, 2d, 4th, 5th, 8th, and 14th Amendments. Issues will include struggles over freedom of religion, speech, privacy, and property rights, analyzed in the context of American cultural traditions and hierarchies; and conflicts over the rights of suspects, criminals and citizens, analyzed in the context of racial and class tensions and criminal violence.

235. Bureaucracy and Democracy. (C) Nagel. Two central issues shape the performance and reputation of the unelected "fourth branch of government." Accountability: Through what devices can elected officials ensure that bureaucrats serve the people, rather than give priority to their own agendas and interests? Efficiency: How can public agencies, often huge and usually not subject to market tests, be made effective instruments, rather than wasteful consumers of the people's resources? Relevant examples are drawn from U.S. federal, state and local bureaucracies and from the experience of other democracies.

236. State Politics & The American Federal System. (C) Maddox. Comparison of politics among the fifty states, examination of changing federal-state relations and theories of federalism.

L/R 237. The American Presidency. (A) Gottschalk. A survey of the institutional development of the American presidency from the Constitutional convention through the current administration. Examines the politics of presidential leadership, how the executive branch functions, and the tensions between the presidency, leadership, and democracy.

L/R 238. The American Legislative Process. (C) Maddox. This course is designed to introduce students to the study of Congress and of legislative behavior generally. In particular, the course will examine how the electoral, career, and policy goals of members of Congress shape legislator behavior (voting, constituency service, policy leadership), the structure of the institution (committees, subcommittees, party leadership power), and policy outcomes. We will also consider the institutional context of Congress and the impact of the presidency, interest groups, parties, and voters on policy. In addition, the course will consider congressional behavior within the broader context of representation. What are our expectations of our representatives in Congress? Are these expectations reasonable? Is the responsiveness of individual legislators to their constituents compatible with collective responsibility?

SM 240. (GAFL240) Religion and US Public Policy. DiIulio.

251. (LALS251, PSCI551) Inter-American Relations. (C) Staff. Patterns of inter-American conflict and cooperation: United States-Latin American relations, regional and subregional organizations. Problems of development, dependency, and security.

L/R 252. War, Strategy and Politics. (C) Horowitz.

L/R 253. (JWST253, PSCI553) International Politics of the Middle East. (B) Staff. International relations among states of the Middle East with emphasis on historical legacies, foreign policy implications of domestic politics, the role of outside powers, Arab-Israeli relations, Pan-Arabism, and militant Islam.

SM 254. Moscow and the Middle East. (M) Staff. Moscow's policy toward the various regions of the Middle East will be examined, with particular emphasis on the period since the end of the Second World War. Key developments in the Arab-Israeli sector, the Persian Gulf, and Central Asia will serve as a basis for identifying continuities and changes in the communist and post-Cold War periods.

L/R 255. East Asian International Relations. (C) Staff. Survey of the polst-Cold War international order in East Asia. Topics covered will include U.S. interest and objectives, changing economic and security configurations, and U.S. relations with China, Japan, and Korea.

256.(PSCI458, SAST284) International Relations of the United States and Asia. (C) Frankel. This course is one of the first arising out of scholarship on cold war international history. It draws on declassified government documents and other archival records to provide a window into the world-view of decision-makers who need to make national security policy based on incomplete information about ambiguous threats. The materials reveal a great deal about the importance of divergent historical perspectives and strategic cultures in the foreign policy- making process. The main focus of the course is on the intersection of the cold war and the rise of Asian nationalism. At the core of the analysis is the clash between America's global strategy of military containment against the Soviet Union and the assertion of Indian, and Chinese nationalism, concerned with preventing the United States from succeeding to Great Britain's imperial rule. The course examines new patterns of US-India and US-China relations in the post-cold war period. This is primarily a lecture course, but the course web is a critical element of class work.

257.Arms and Arms Control. (C) Kydd. This course will introduce the student to the topic of arms racing, arms control and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The course will cover the causes and consequences arms racing, theory and practice of arms control, nuclear, chemical and biological weapons proliferation, and arms control issues in Europe, Korea, South Asia and the Middle East.

258.Human Rights. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Teune. The focus is human rights in global, political, and developmental contexts, especially since 1945. Human rights are part of a wide range of academic disciplines, engineering, history, law, philosophy, and religion being among the obvious. These disciplinary perspectives will be touched upon; politics will be the central one. Some of the main topics include justifications; cross- cultural perspectives; global and international institutional developments and foreign policy. Selected topics will include war, hunger, life, reproduction, servitude, consent, information and the environment.

L/R 271. (PPE 270) Constitutional Law. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff.

L/R 275. (NELC282, RELS243) Muslim Political Thought. (M) Norton. This seminar offers an introduction to Muslim political thought. Chrnologically the course ranges from the medieval period to the present. Particular attention will be given in the later part of the coruse to the renaissance of Muslim potical thought in recent years and to the development of politicial Islam, including the work of such thinkers as Said Qutb and Hasan Turabi. We will also study the roots of this renaissance in classical philosophy of the medieval period (Al Farabi, Al Ghazali, Ibn Khaldun, Ibn Tufayl) and the liberal age.

SM 280. (GSOC280) Feminist Political Thought. (M) Society Sector. All classes. Hirschmann. This course is designed to provide an overview of the variety of ideas, approaches, and subfields within feminist political thought. Readings and divided into three sections: contemporary theorizing about the meaning of "feminism";women in the history of Western political thought; and feminist theoretical approaches to practical political problems and issues, such as abortion and sexual assault.

285. Principles of the American Founding. (C) Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Harris. What "first principles" if any, give form to--constitute, if you will--the American political order? What way of life or what vision of human character was or is our constitutionalism supposed to foster? And what relevance--more important, what authority--can such founding commitments or first principles have for us now?

294. Political Participation. (A) Nagel. How do ordinary members of political systems influence policies, the election of leaders, and other outcomes? Examples of participation include voting, referendums, protest movements, direct and small-group democracy, citizen involvement in public administration, and workplace democracy. The course develops a general analysis that is applicable to politics in the US and other nations, nongovernmental associations, and students' personal political experience.

SM 295. Introduction to Political Research. (C) Teune. Fulfills Quantitative Data Analysis requirement. Topics include evaluation of political data; the politics of governmental information; the foundations of political polling; and the use of political records. The research methods examined are content analysis, survey research; cross- cultural and cross-national studies; case studies, and direct observation.

SM 298. (SOCI230) Selected Topics in Political Science. (C) Staff. Consult department for detailed descriptions. More than one course may be taken in a given semester. Recent titles have included: Globalization, Israel, Russia and the United States, and American Politics in Comparative Politics.

SM 310. Seminar in Comparative European Politics. (C) Staff. Examines major recent developments in Western European society, economy and politics and their implication for the viability and stability of political democracy. Focus on the principal but also some of the relatively neglected European democracies.

SM 312. (AFST312) Democracy in Africa. (M) Kaiser. In this course, we will examine the impact of historical context, leadership, constitutionalism, political parties, civil society, economic reform, regime legitimacy, and the international community of the democratic transition process in sub-Saharan Africa. Specific country case studies will be examined both coparatively and regionally, given the increasingly interdependent nature of political and economic transition on the continent. The goal of the seminar is to provide students with the tools necessary to understand the democratic transition process in Africa in a way that is also relevant to other regions in the world.

SM 314. (LALS314) Transitions to Democracy. (C) Staff. This seminar is open to advanced undergraduates and graduate students. We will review and analyze the theoretical literatures on regime change and compare the experiences of countries emerging from bureaucratic authoritarianism, military rule, and socialism. How do previous regimes and economic systems, political culture, social structure and socio-economic development, and international pressures affect attempts to build democratic institutions? We will employ concepts drawn from comparative and theoretical writings to investigate cases of regime change in Europe and the former Soviet Union, as well as Latin America and other areas of the developing world.

320. (GAFL710, URBS320) Who Gets Elected and Why?. (C)

SM 330. Politics,Power, and Policymaking in Washington. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Tenpas. This seminar is taught in Washington D.C. for students enrolled in the Washington Semester Program. It includes an orientation to observation and research in the Washington Community and a major independent research project on the politics of governance.

358. International Law. (M) Staff. This course intends to familiarize the student with the concept of "law", its 129e as a constitutive and regulative force in the international arena, and with the expanding scope of international law through the inclusion of transnational law and human rights.

386. The Constitution of Democracy. (C) Harris. The words "constitutional" and "democratic" represent the gold standard of the contemporary policial lexicon. This course will elaborate a political theory of rule-of-law government by the people. Using classical works of policial theory, it sets out a systematic, multi-level picture of constitutional democracy as: a reflection of nature, an aspiration of humanity, a movement in civilization, a way of civic life for a people, a form of polity, an institutionalization of government, and a design for citizenship.

SM 387. Constitutional Controversy. (C) Harris. Constitutionalism is an independent theory of political order, arising from the

SM 389. Interpreting the American Constitution. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Harris. This course may be offered as a Benjamin Franklin seminar. See current timetable. Interpretive theory in the constitutional context. A systematic study of the configuration of the American polity in language that has binding authority, assessing the public arguments (judicial and otherwise) made to justify interpretation of this text and other sources of constitutional values: WHAT is the Constitution? WHO may authoritatively interpret it? HOW is it to be interpreted?

SM 397. Topics in International Politics. (C) Staff.

SM 398. Selected Topic in Political Science. (C) Staff. Consult department for detailed descriptions. More than one course may be taken in a given semester. Recent titles have included: Urban Politics and Leadership, Feminist Political Theory, and America and the West.

412. (PSCI110) Comparative Politics. (C) Staff. Types of Democratic and Authoritarian political systems. Comparative study of political participants, leadership, institutions, instability, and system transformation in developed and less developed countries. Relations between economic and political systems.

L/R 413. (LALS413) Latin American Politics. (C) Faletti. Study of the empirical and logical validity of some of the main arguments that connect the economy and politics in Latin America. The course focuses on themes such as the agro-exporting economy, the oligarchic state, import-substitution industrialization, bureaucratic-authoritarian regimes, transition to and consolidation of democracy, and structural reforms.

415. (PSCI257) Contemporary African Politics. (C) Callaghy. A survey of politics in Africa focusing on the complex relationships between state, society, the economy, and external actors. It will cover colonial rule, the independence struggle, authoritarian and democratic statecraft, military rule, ethnicity, and class, with special attention to the politics of Africa's interrelated debt, economy, and development crises.

SM 418. (PPE 476) The Military and Politics in the Third World. (C) Staff. The analysis of a most prominent phenomenon in developing nations, the intervention of the military in the political systems of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Particular attention is devoted to the questions of whether military regimes can modernize their societies more effectively than civilian governments, and how military regimes get replaced by democratically elected governments.

SM 430. The Transformation of American Politics. (C) Staff. The American political system has changed dramatically over the past 40 years. This seminar examines the ways in which American political institutions and processes have been transformed -- by design and by accident -- and the causes and consequences of those changes special attention is paid to the effect that these changes have had the democratic character of the system and on its ability to govern.

L/R 432. Government and Business in the United States. (C) Gottschalk. Advanced-level seminar that addresses the role of business in the U.S. political system, how that role has changed over time, and the relationship between business and other important political actors, including the executive branch, the legislature, organized labor, and public-interest groups, in the U.S. and other countries.

SM 434. Advanced Topics in American Politics. (M) Staff. This seminar is designed to serve as a "capstone" experience for advanced undergrduates interested in American politics. It exposes students to some of the issues currently being studied and debated by the leading scholars in the field. For each topic we will read works that take competing or opposing positions on an issue; for example we will examine the current controversy over the causes and and consequences of divided government. Students will write a research paper analyzing one of the debates.

458. (PSCI256) International Relations of South Asia. (C) Frankel. An analysis of the rise of Asian nationalism and its intersection with the coldin the making of foreign policy, with a special focus on U.S. India Pakistan Chrelations. The course examines new patterns of US relations with major Asian pin the post cold war period. Course materials draw heavily on declassified govgovernment policy-makers. The materials are a window into the world-view of decision-makers who need to make national security policy based on incomplete information about ambiguous threats. They reveal a great deal about the import of divergent historical and strategic perspectives in the foreign policy-making process.

SM 481. Pol Theory & Public Pol. (M)

SM 484. Political Theory of the Bible. Harris. A systematic inquiry into the King James Version of the Bible as one of the most comprehensive and influential works of political theory ever set forth. The bible embodies a competitive series of narrative, developmental, and justificatory accounts of the origins and nature of well ordered community that encompasses founding, covenant, peoplehood, authority, law, history, and human relationships -- along with the prospect of modeling the life of a People according to a central text.

SM 497. Political Science Honors. (C) Nagel,Teune. The object of this seminar is to prepare senior honors candidates in political science for the completion of a senior honors thesis. All majors wishing to stand for honors in political science are strongly encouraged (but not required) to take this seminar. Most students writing honors theses will also work simultaneously with an individual supervisor and, during the spring semester, will enroll in an independent study under that faculty member's guidance. See department for more details.

SM 498. Selected Topics in Political Science. (C) Staff. Consult department for detailed descriptions. More than one course may be taken in a given semester. Typical topics which may be offered include: Political Ideologies of the Non-Western world, Gandhian Thought, and politics of Zionism.

SM 504. Urban Politics. (M) Staff. The intention of this course is to prepare students for urban research in any setting. It is a graduate level course, which reviews the intellectual traditions of the field and endeavors to establish the present state of research. It is oriented to theory rather than case studies. It is comparative and international in perspective though many of the sources are American. The latter reflect the intellectual milieu of political science in the country where this University is located.

SM 505. The American Legislative Process. (M) Maddox. The theory of legislative process with a focus on the American Congress and its antecedents. The evolution of legislative rules will be stressed. The evolution will be used to analyze Congressional "reform." The course format is a combination of lectures, discussions, and guest speakers.

SM 510. Electoral Systems. (M) Nagel. This course examines alternative arrangements by which democracies choose leaders, representatives, and governments through competitive elections. Some of the material is also relevant to voting on policies in legislatures, committees, and referendums. The treatment is comparative and theoretical, but students may focus on particular systems through reports and papers.

SM 511. Society and Politics in India. (M) Frankel. This course analyzes the changing relations between social dominance and state power from the time of colonial rule.

L/R 514. (EALC104, EALC504, PSCI214) Political Economy of East Asia. (M) Amyx. This course begins by exploring the causes and consequences of the rise of industrial Asia, paying particular attention to the role played by political institutions. It then examines the political economic challenges faced in recenyears by many countries in this region. What explanations may be given for the rapid growth experienced in the region? And, how can we reconcile the success of the past with the difficulties experienced in more recent years? The role of national financial systems in supporting or undermining growth and the politics of financial crisis management and financial system reform will be explored in depth.

SM 515. (PSCI215) Political Institutions and Economic Performances. (C) Staff. Fulfills Quantitative Data Analysis requirement. Comparative study of whether and how political institutions (political regimes, constitutional rules, party and electoral systems) affect economic performance (economic growth, investment, income distribution). This course fulfills the University's quantitative skills requirement.

L/R 517. (PSCI217) Russian Politics. (B) Sil. This course will present an in-depth examination of political, economic and social change in post-Soviet Russia within a historical context. After a breif discussion of contemporary problems in Russia, the first half of the course will delve into the rise of communism in 1917, the evolution of the Soviet regime, and the tensions between ideology and practice over the seventy years of communist rule up until 1985. The second part of the course will begin with an examination of the Gorbachev period and the competing interpretations of how the events between 1985 and 1991 may have contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union. We will then proceed to make sense of the continuities and changes in politics, economics and society in contemporary Russia. Important topics will include the confrontations accompanying the adoption of a new constitution, the emergence of competing ideologies and parties, the struggle over economic privatization, the question of federalism and nationalism, social and political implicatons of economic reform, and prospects for Russia's future in the post-Yeltsin era. This course may also be taken as a graduate seminar (PSCI 517) with the permission of the instructor and the completion of additional requirements.

SM 521. Comparative Business-State Relations. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. History and theory of the state's role in formation of modern industrial capitalism. Comparative industrial policies, comparative industrial structure, business-state and state-labor relations, and foreign economic relations. Emphasis on Western Europe but includes the United States and East Asia.

522. Public Administration. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Nagel. This course focuses on three principal functions of leaders in public organizations: establishing and instilling purpose, motivating cooperative effort, and making decisions based on undistorted communication.

SM 532. The Political Economy of North-South Relations. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Callaghy. This course concerns the political economy of "North-South" relations. The seminar will investigate key concepts and perspectives about the political economy of North-South relations by examining a variety of attempts at economic transformation in Asia, Latin America, Africa, and Eastern Europe.

SM 533. Comparative Political and Economic Change. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Callaghy. A comparative exploration of the politics and economics of the formation of states and the development of capitalism, both historical and contemporary, and an examination of contending theoretical perspectives about them. Examples will be taken from Europe since the sixteenth century, nineteenth and twentieth century Latin America and Asia, and contemporary Africa.

556. (PSCI152) American Foreign Policy. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. A detailed study of our foreign policy issues with special emphasis on (1) the international realities of the 21st Century (2)the strategic challenges to our national security (3) the diplomatic options available for regional conflict and (4) the moral imperatives of our global leadership

SM 557. Politics of the Soviet Successor States and Eastern Europe. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. This course is an advanced research seminar on Soviet and post-Soviet politics. Students will be expected to develop and complete a substantial research paper. Class sessions will center on recent developments in the study of the politics of Russia and other Soviet successor states and on student presentations of research in progress.

SM 560. The Organization of World Politics. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. This course examines the organizational features of international life. Instead of focusing on one or several international organizations by means of an institutional analysis the scope of this course is more analytical; it explores the role of norms in structuring interactions (informal organizations) as well as the organizational designs of formal international organizations.

SM 566. Government and Politics of East Asia. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. This course will explore the changing character of the state in Japan and Korea (North and South), and its relationship with the society and economy. The nature of politics in these countries will be studied through political parties, pressure groups, and elections? Questions explored will include the following: "Who governs?" How does the state in Japan and Korea differ from those in Western nations? How did the state in these countries evolve and how did its relationship with the society evolve? What role did the state play in developing respective economies?

SM 567. East Asian International Relations. (C) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. This course will begin with an examination of the changing context of East Asian International Relations & will survey the foreign policy strategies employedby the United States, the Soviet Union, China, Japan and Korea since the turn of the century. This will be followed by analyses of interaction among these countries. What were the forces, assumptions and motives behind each strategy? Who chose the policy and why? How effective were various strategies? What are the problems underlying various sets of relationships now? Who makes the decisions, and under what domestic and foreign environment? What are the future prospects?

SM 568. Politics and Society in Modern India. (M) Frankel.

SM 580. Contemporary Political Philosophy. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. Significant contributions to political philosophy in the twentieth century. This course will alternate with PSCI 581.

SM 583. American Political Thought. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. A consideration of one or a few topics, individuals, or eras in American political thought.

SM 586. Justice. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Kennedy. A consideration of a fundamental political concept, justice, in the works of selected political philosophers.

SM 590. The Nature of Political Science. (M) Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Teune. The origins, development, and current status of the discipline and profession of political science.

SM 596. Hegel and Marx. (M) Kennedy.

SM 598. (PPE 475) Selected Topics. (C) Staff. Consult department for detailed descriptions. More than one course may be taken in a given semester. Recent titles have included: Race Development and American International Relations, Hegel and Marx, and Logic of the West.

SM 600. International Relations Theory. (M) Rousseau. This purpose of this course is two-fold. First, the survey course is designed to introduce students to a wide range of theories of international politics. During the course of the semester we will examine neo-realism, power transition theory, hegemonic stability theory, the modern world system, international regimes and interdependence, the democratic peace, bureaucratic politics, organizational theory, constructivism, and decision making theory. Second, the course will sharpen students' research design skills. The written assignments require students to take the often abstract theories presented in the readings and develop practical research designs for testing hypotheses derived from the theories. The papers will not include data collection or the execution of actual tests. Rather, they will focus on the conceptual problems of designing tests which eliminate competing hypotheses, operationalizing variables, and identifying potential sources of data. Student's grades will be based on five short research designs and discussion leadership.

SM 610. Comparative Political Analysis. (M) Sil. This seminar is aimed primarily at graduate students planning to take doctoral exams in comparative politics. It provides a critical survey of the field of comparative politics, tracing the intellectual history of the field, examining shifts in conceptual frameworks and research traditions, and comparing alternative methodological approaches. The first half of the course generally examines how processes of political, economic, and social change have been theorized in the social sciences from the mid-19th century to the present. In this process, particular attention is paid to the bifurcation between theories that emphasize the "universal" (e.g. the homogenizing effects of specific processes or variables) and the "particular" (e.g. the persistence of distinctive historical legacies and trajectories). Since this bifurcation is reinforced by distinct styles and methods of research, the seminar also probes the recent battles between rational-choice, cultural, and structuralist scholars, while considering the trade-offs between varieties of formal, quantitative, and qualitative methods. In the second half, the focus shifts to the range of substantive problems investigated by scholars in the field of comparative politics.

These topics cover the complex relations among nations, states and societies; the origins, consolidation, and patterns of democratic governance; political economy in relation to development processes and social policies; the intersection of international/global economy and domestic politics; the dynamics of revolutions and social movements; and alternative problematiques constructed from the point of view of real actors such as workers, women, and local communities. In all cases, As a whole, the course is designed to provide an introduction to important issues and debates that comparativists have regularly engaged in; to help you understand the assumptions behind, and differences between, particular approaches, methods, and styles of research; to examine whether current debates are spurring new or better research in a given field in light of past approaches; and to gauge whether there has been progress, fragmentation, or stagnation in the field of comparative politics as a whole.

SM 614. Political Identity & Political Institution. (M) Staff.

SM 615. Political Economy of Development. (M) Frankel. This course examines the debate in development studies arising from recognition that economic models, theories, methods, and strategies abstracted from the specific experience of western societies and cultures do not have general applicability. A broader social science approach is adopted, one which emphasizes the need to understand the social structures and cultures of the developing countries, the capabilities of weak versus strong states, and the links with the international system that influence transformative processes to which industrializing economies are subjected. The readings offer an overview of the most influential theories of development and underdevelopment that structured debate from the 1960's through the 1990's,and focus on the elements of these approaches that advance understanding of development and stagnation in several key countries, including Brazil, Mexico, India and selected countries in East and Southeast Asia.

SM 616. Financial Statecraft. (M) Amyx. This graduate level seminar explores the evolving political dynamics of 'FINANCIAL STATECRAFT'. We will examine the relationship between financial flows and traditional foreign policy concerns, seeking to understand why and how governments have attempted to harness or constrain financial markets and institutions in the service of foreign policy goals. Specific topics include the introduction of capital flow guraantees or restrictions, imposition of financial sanctions on non-state actors, underwriting of roeign debt in currency crises, currency unions and other forms of currency cooperation, and foreign exchange reserve management.

SM 618. International Political Economy. (M) Mansfield. Examination of the relationship between the international, political, and economic systems from a variety of theoretical perspectives that have emerged in the postwar period, including liberalism, transnationalism, statism, Marxism, and dependency.

SM 619. Strategic Studies Seminar. (M) Goldstein. This seminar offers graduate students an introduction to the subfield of international relations labeled strategic studies (or security studies). In addition to exploring key theoretical issues, we consider their usefulness for understanding relevant events in international politics since World War II. Although the course emphasizes the distinctive features of great power strategy in the nuclear age, we also look at the continuing role of conventional forces, the strategic choices of lesser powers, and selected security problems in the post-Cold War world (e.g., proliferation, terrorism).

SM 621. Power and Resistance in the United States. (M) Staff.

SM 623. The Politics of Gender. (M) Norton. This is a course on the categories and construction of gender, sex and sexuality. The literature is so vast, the debate so vigorous, and the changing shape of thought so rapid that the absurdity of the pretense to provide a "comprehensive" or a "definitive" account is more than usually evident. The course foregrounds works that put gender, sex and sexuality - and with them the subject - in question. One set of works is drawn from political and feminist theory and includes writings by Judith Butler, Lacques Lacan, Guy Hocquenham, Monique Wittig, and Nancy Fraser. Through the use of works from comparative politics and cultural studies, the interrogation of the sexual subject reveals itself as an interrogation of political economies and political institutions. This aspect of the course addresses the question of gender in relation to race, class, and diverse political situations, including those of colonialism and liberalism, welfare policy and immigration law.

SM 631. American Political Development. (C) Gottschalk. Analyzes important patterns of continuity and change in American politics by examining the development of the American State from a comparative and historical perspective. Covers issues and debates central to not only the subfield of American politics, but also the discipline of political science more broadly. These include the role of the state, political culture, interests, ideas, and institutions in politicadevelopment, and the role of history in political analysis. Open to advanced undergraduates with the permission of the instructor.

SM 633. Hegemonic Analysis: Theories and Applications. (M) Lustick. An important strain within contemporary political science has been the attempt to explain how power is exercised through the manipulation or exploitation of consciousness, habits, and cultural predispositions. One of the key concepts in the study of these issues is that of "hegemony" --the establishment of particular beliefs as commonsensical presumptions of political life. In this course that notion will be systematically explored. Of particular interest will be how authors who conduct hegemonic analysis cope with the problem of analyzing the effect of what the objects of their analysis, by definition, do not and, in some sense, cannot, think about. Illustrations of hegemonic phenomena and attempts to analyze them will be drawn from a variety of fields, such as political theory, historiography, comparative politics, American politics, rational choice theory,agent based modeling, and epistemology.

SM 649. Chinese Politics. (M) Goldstein. This course is designed to provide a high-level introduction to the study of Chinese politics. After surveying China's political history, we turn to a closer examination of several key issues in the contemporary study of Chinese politics. The themes we cover include issues of political legitimacy, political participation, policy formulation and implementation, revolutionary and reformist strategies of political change, and the domestic and international influences on a regime's foreign policy.

SM 650. Development of American Political Institutions. (M) Staff. A political and historical interpretation of current American political institutions and practice focused on the federal system, the main national institutions, and various regime questions.

SM 652. American Politics. (M) Staff. This seminar will survey the literature in a variety of subfields of American politics but will focus primarily on American political institutions. Emphasis will be on exposing graduate students in the seminar to the field of American politics, the methodologies employed in its study, the work of leading scholars, and the topics currently being debated by those scholars. The course is also designed to lay the groundwork to enable students to conduct original research. As such, the preparation of a research design proposal will be a key part of the seminar.

SM 655. (LALS655) Democracy in Comparative Perspective. (M) Staff.

SM 670. Recent Democratic Theory. (M) Nagel. This seminar explores a series of interrelated debates that have important implications for the design of democratic institutions, the expectations by which they are judged, and the spirit that animates actions within them. The course makes no attempt to survey a vast literature, but the principal readings have been selected because of their outstanding quality and influence.

SM 680. Constitutional Thought. (M) Harris. A broadly theoretical approach to the constitutional dimension of the study of politics, with emphasis on the problems of constituting a political form, the nature and authority of a constitution, and systematic standards of interpretation, using the United States Constitution as an exemplar.

SM 690. The Logic of Social Inquiry. (M) Teune. An introduction to the nature and development of theoretical knowledge in the social sciences with emphasis on political science.

SM 692. Advanced Statistical Analysis. (M) Staff.

SM 693. Research Methods in Political Science. (M) Staff. An introduction to the design and execution of research to generate information about the nature and behavior of political actors, organizations and systems. Techniques covered include unobtrusive measures, case studies, direct observation, experimentation, content analysis and survey research. Historical and interpretive approaches may also be covered.

SM 694. Advanced Research Method. (C) Rousseau. The purpose of this class is three-fold. First, the course is designed to introduce students to a wide range of statistical models (e.g., event count models, limited dependent variables, and survival analysis) as well as problems associated with statistical research (e.g., heteroscedasticity, autocorrelation, and selection bias). Second, the course is designed to give students practical experience in data analysis. Students will complete a number of assignments using a wide variety of well know data sets (e.g., Polity III, World Value Systems, National Election Studies, Democratic and Local Governance, Correlates of War, Militarized Interstate Disputes, International Crisis Behavior, Penn World Tables, General Social Survey, United Nations Crime Survey). Third, the course will explore the relationship between qualitative and quantitative analysis. Requirements will include weekly assignments, discussion leadership, and a final paper. While PSCI692 is not a prerequisite for this course, some prior exposure to statistical analysis (including regression) is recommended.

SM 798. (COMM798) Selected Topics in Political Science. (C) Staff. Consult department for detailed descriptions. More than one section may be given in a semester. Recent titles have included: Interpreting the Canon; State, Self, & Society; U.S. Policy in Europe; and Dissertation Writing.