POLITICAL THEORY I
This course considers key questions at the foundation of political thought. What is justice? How do we justify the coercive power of states? Do we have an obligation to obey the government? Who should make and enforce the law? What basic rights and liberties should governments protect? How should our economic system produce and divide wealth and material resources? What are the claims of excluded or marginalized groups and how can these claims be addressed? We explore these questions through the works of several classical and contemporary political thinkers. A major goal of the course is to practice the skills needed to understand a political thinker’s arguments and to construct one’s own.
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Instructor:
Karuna Mantena
CULPA: 3
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POLITICAL THEORY I-DISC
Required discussion section for POLS UN1101: Political Theory I
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- T 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
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- F 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m.
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Instructor:
Praboda M Perikala
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INTRO TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS
This course provides a broad overview of the comparative politics subfield by focusing on important substantive questions about the world today. The course is organized around four questions. First, why can only some people depend upon the state to enforce order? Second, how can we account for the differences between autocracies and democracies? Third, what different institutional forms does democratic government take? Finally, are some institutions more likely than others to produce desirable social outcomes such as accountability, redistribution, and political stability?
- TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
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Instructor:
Benjamin P McClelland
Info - 4 points
INTRO-COMPARATIVE POLITCS-DISC
This is the required discussion section for POLS UN1501.
- W 8:10 a.m.-9 a.m.
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- R 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Instructor:
Beatrice Montano
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Gender and Political Theory
As a branch of political theory, feminist political theory has developed new ideals, concepts, and justifications for how social norms and political institutions should be reconstructed. This course introduces students to diverse feminist perspectives in political theory and helps them understand how these perspectives have contributed to and transformed the field. The course is structured around two broad themes:
(1) The feminist critique of (male) philosophy, which examines feminist arguments that the foundational normative arguments of modern and contemporary political theories are gendered and, therefore, have excluded the experiences and perspectives of women and other gendered subjects.
(2) Diversity among women, which explores intersectional, post-colonial, and poststructuralist views on the definition of women and women’s agency. It critically examines the meaning of women’s freedom in two ways: (a) whether we can develop a satisfactory definition of women, and (b) whether we can establish a universal definition of freedom.
By exploring these themes, the course aims to encourage students to develop their own views on how political theory should address normative and practical problems of gender
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Yujin Choi
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LOGIC OF COLLECTIVE CHOICE
Much of politics is about combining individual preferences or actions into collective choices. We will make use of two theoretical approaches. Our primary approach will be social choice theory, which studies how we aggregate what individuals want into what the collective ;wants.; The second approach, game theory, covers how we aggregate what individuals want into what the group gets, given that social, economic, and political outcomes usually depend on the interaction of individual choices. The aggregation of preferences or choices is usually governed by some set of institutional rules, formal or informal. Our main themes include the rationality of individual and group preferences, the underpinnings and implications of using majority rule, tradeoffs between aggregation methods, the fairness of group choice, the effects of institutional constraints on choice (e.g. agenda control), and the implications for democratic choice. Most of the course material is highly abstract, but these abstract issues turn up in many real-world problems, from bargaining between the branches of government to campus elections to judicial decisions on multi-member courts to the allocation of relief funds among victims of natural disasters to the scoring of Olympic events. The collective choice problem is one faced by society as a whole and by the smallest group alike.
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Jeffrey R Lax
CULPA: 32 h-index: 22 Info - 3 points
RACE AND THE US CARCERAL SYSTEM
Race & the US Carceral Sy
This course will introduce students to research on the institutions of the US carceral system, including the police, courts, prisons, and immigration control. We will focus on two questions: how race relates to experiences with the institutions of the carceral state, and how those institutions in turn influence racial politics. The main objective is not the accumulation of factual knowledge about this system, but familiarity with theoretical frameworks with which to make and critically assess arguments about the functioning of carceral institutions as they relate to racialized people and the functioning of democracy.
- MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Andrew J McCall
Info - 3 points
VOTING AND AMERICAN POLITICS
Elections and public opinion; history of U.S. electoral politics; the problem of voter participation; partisanship and voting; accounting for voting decisions; explaining and forecasting election outcomes; elections and divided government; money and elections; electoral politics and representative democracy.
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Robert Erikson
CULPA: 20 Wikipedia h-index: 59 Info - 3 points
POLITCS OF INTL ECON RELATIONS
This upper-level undergraduate course examines the intersection of international politics and international economics. It covers an analysis of the historical background to and contemporary reality of the political economy of international trade, finance, and investment; problems of economic development; and globalization. This class does not have a specific economics or political science prerequisite, but it does assume a general understanding of historical and contemporary political and economic events. As a 3000-level course, this class would not be an appropriate choice for students who have not already taken introductory courses in political science, such as in international relations or comparative politics. This course would be appropriate for economics-political science joint majors
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Jeffry A Frieden
Info - 4 points
AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
This course is concerned with what policy the American government should adopt toward several foreign policy issues in the next decade or so, using materials from contradictory viewpoints. Students will be required to state fairly alternative positions and to use policy analysis (goals, alternatives, consequences, and choice) to reach conclusions.
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Elizabeth N Saunders
Wikipedia Info - 4 points
AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY-DISC
Corequisites: POLS UN3631 This is the required discussion section for POLS UN3631.
- T 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
- T 11:10 a.m.-noon
- T 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- T 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- R 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Aleksandra Gracheva
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Pol of Int'l Econ Relations Discussion
Discussion section for POLS UN3630, Politics of International Economic Relations
- W 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
- R 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
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Instructor:
Simran Singh
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RESEARCH DESIGN: DATA ANALYSIS
This course examines the basic methods data analysis and statistics that political scientists use in quantitative research that attempts to make causal inferences about how the political world works. The same methods apply to other kinds of problems about cause and effect relationships more generally. The course will provide students with extensive experience in analyzing data and in writing (and thus reading) research papers about testable theories and hypotheses. It will cover basic data analysis and statistical methods, from univariate and bivariate descriptive and inferential statistics through multivariate regression analysis. Computer applications will be emphasized. The course will focus largely on observational data used in cross-sectional statistical analysis, but it will consider issues of research design more broadly as well. It will assume that students have no mathematical background beyond high school algebra and no experience using computers for data analysis.
- MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
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Instructor:
Vincent J Dorie
Info - 3 points
RESEARCH DESIGN: SCOPE AND METHODS
RESEARCH DESIGN: SCOPE&ME
This class aims to introduce students to the logic of social scientific inquiry and research design. Although it is a course in political science, our emphasis will be on the science part rather than the political part — we’ll be reading about interesting substantive topics, but only insofar as they can teach us something about ways we can do systematic research. This class will introduce students to a medley of different methods to conduct social scientific research.
- TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Michael Pomirchy
Info - 4 points
SCOPE AND METHODS - DISC
This is the required discussion section for
POLS UN3720.
- F 11:10 a.m.-noon
- F 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
- R 1:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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- W 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Indira Tirumala
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INDEPENDENT RESEARCH I
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Instructor:
Carlos Vargas-Ramos
CULPA: 4 Info -
Instructor:
David C Johnston
CULPA: 25 Info -
Instructor:
Andrew J McCall
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Instructor:
Michael Ting
CULPA: 4 Info -
Instructor:
Junyan Jiang
h-index: 8 Info - 1-6 points
SEMINAR IN POLITCAL THEORY
HOBBES'S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Seminar in Political Theory. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- W 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
David C Johnston
CULPA: 25 Info - 4 points
SEMINAR IN POLITCAL THEORY
Seminar in Political Theory. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jean L Cohen
CULPA: 7 Wikipedia h-index: 63 Info - 4 points
AMERICAN POLITICS SEMINAR
EQUALITY AND THE LAW
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Pre-registration is not permitted. Seminar in American Politics Seminar. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Robert L Amdur
CULPA: 16
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- 4 points
AMERICAN POLITICS SEMINAR
IMMIGRATION POLICY & POLITICS
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Pre-registration is not permitted. Seminar in American Politics Seminar. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Carlos Vargas-Ramos
CULPA: 4 Info - 4 points
AMERICAN POLITICS SEMINAR
POLITICS OF INCOME INEQUALITY
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Pre-registration is not permitted. Seminar in American Politics Seminar. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Judith Russell
CULPA: 49 Info - 4 points
AMERICAN POLITICS SEMINAR
Public Opinion Research
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Pre-registration is not permitted. Seminar in American Politics Seminar. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- R 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Greg Bovitz
Info - 4 points
AMERICAN POLITICS SEMINAR
BUREAUCRATIC POLITICS
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Pre-registration is not permitted. Seminar in American Politics Seminar. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Michael Ting
CULPA: 4 Info - 4 points
AMERICAN POLITICS SEMINAR
POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Pre-registration is not permitted. Seminar in American Politics Seminar. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- W 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Yamil R Velez
CULPA: 1 h-index: 8 Info - 4 points
AMERICAN POLITICS SEMINAR
POLIT PARTIES IN U.S. POLITICS
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Pre-registration is not permitted. Seminar in American Politics Seminar. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- T 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Shigeo Hirano
CULPA: 3
Info
- 4 points
AMERICAN POLITICS SEMINAR
AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICS
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Pre-registration is not permitted. Seminar in American Politics Seminar. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Fredrick Harris
Wikipedia Info - 4 points
COMPARATIVE POLITICS SEMINAR
POWER, ORGS & INSTITUTION
Prerequisites: POLS V1501 or the equivalent, and the instructors permission. Pre-registration is not permitted. Please see here for detailed seminar registration guidelines: http://polisci.columbia.edu/undergraduate-programs/seminar-registration-guidelines. Seminar in Comparative Politics. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Junyan Jiang
h-index: 8 Info - 4 points
COMPARATIVE POLITICS SEMINAR
CORRUPTION & RULE OF LAW
Prerequisites: POLS V1501 or the equivalent, and the instructors permission. Pre-registration is not permitted. Please see here for detailed seminar registration guidelines: http://polisci.columbia.edu/undergraduate-programs/seminar-registration-guidelines. Seminar in Comparative Politics. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Timothy M Frye
CULPA: 8
Wikipedia
h-index: 31
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- 4 points
COMPARATIVE POLITICS SEMINAR
Comp Pol of Migration
Prerequisites: POLS V1501 or the equivalent, and the instructors permission. Pre-registration is not permitted. Please see here for detailed seminar registration guidelines: http://polisci.columbia.edu/undergraduate-programs/seminar-registration-guidelines. Seminar in Comparative Politics. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS SEMINAR
POL OF TRADE AID & INVESTMENT
Prerequisites: POLS UN1601 or the equivalent, and the instructors permission. Seminar in International Politics. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- R 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Allison J Carnegie
Info - 4 points
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS SEMINAR
TERRORISM
Prerequisites: POLS UN1601 or the equivalent, and the instructors permission. Seminar in International Politics. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Virginia Page Fortna
CULPA: 5
Wikipedia
h-index: 17
Info
- 4 points
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS SEMINAR
SECURITY TOPICS
Prerequisites: POLS UN1601 or the equivalent, and the instructors permission. Seminar in International Politics. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- W 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Jack L Snyder
CULPA: 27 Info - 4 points
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS SEMINAR
Pol Multinat'l Enterprise
Prerequisites: POLS UN1601 or the equivalent, and the instructors permission. Seminar in International Politics. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- W 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Calvin N Thrall
Info - 4 points
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS SEMINAR
SOLVING GLOBAL PROBLEMS
Prerequisites: POLS UN1601 or the equivalent, and the instructors permission. Seminar in International Politics. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- F 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Giulio M Gallarotti
Info - 4 points
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS SEMINAR
POLITICAL VIOLENCE
Prerequisites: POLS UN1601 or the equivalent, and the instructors permission. Seminar in International Politics. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Linda M Kirschke
CULPA: 1 Info - 4 points
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS SEMINAR
Security policy & democ.
Prerequisites: POLS UN1601 or the equivalent, and the instructors permission. Seminar in International Politics. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jayme R Schlesinger
Info - 4 points
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS SEMINAR
INEQUALITY WITHIN&BTWN NATIONS
Prerequisites: POLS UN1601 or the equivalent, and the instructors permission. Seminar in International Politics. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- R 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
David E Spiro
CULPA: 1 h-index: 6 Info - 4 points
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS SEMINAR
War and Peace
Prerequisites: POLS UN1601 or the equivalent, and the instructors permission. Seminar in International Politics. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sarah Daly
Info - 4 points
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS SEMINAR
Art, Science Civil Resist
Prerequisites: POLS UN1601 or the equivalent, and the instructors permission. Seminar in International Politics. Students who would like to register should join the electronic wait list. For list of topics and descriptions see: https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/undergraduate-seminars
- W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Tenzin Dorjee
Info - 4 points
HONORS SEMINAR
Prerequisites: admission to the departmental honors program. A two-term seminar for students writing the senior honors thesis.
- M 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Kimuli Kasara
CULPA: 26 h-index: 8 Info - 4 points
RECENT CONTINENTAL POL THOUGHT
This course will compare and contrast the theories of the political, the state,freedom, democracy, sovereignty and law, in the works of the following key 20th and 21st century continental theorists: Arendt, Castoriadis, Foucault, Habermas, Kelsen, Lefort, Schmitt, and Weber. It will be taught in seminar format.
- W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jean L Cohen
CULPA: 7 Wikipedia h-index: 63 Info - 4 points
POLIT THOUGHT-CLASSICL AND MEDIEVAL
Prerequisites: Contemporary Civilization or a comparable introduction to political theory course. This course examines ancient political thought from its origins in the archaic Greek poleis through the development of classical Greek political philosophy and the transmission and adaptation of Greek political ideas in the Hellenistic, Roman, and early Christian traditions. Our texts will include major ancient works of political theory by Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero as well as works of poetry, drama, history, and ethical and natural philosophy that offer insight into ancient thought on politics. We will approach these texts not only as reflections on the ancient democratic, oligarchic, monarchical, and republican political systems they address, but also as foundations for modern political discourse that still prompt us to consider the questions they raise—questions about the ideal form of government in theory, and the best form in practice; about the nature of law and justice, and the relationship between law and custom, science, or religion; about the rule of law, and the rights and obligations of an individual citizen living in a participatory state; and about the reach of empire, and the implications when a self-governing people attempts to direct the affairs of non-citizens or of other states.
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Diana J Moser
Info - 3 points
Government & politics of Ukraine
Govt & Politics of Ukrain
This upper-level undergraduate comparative politics course applies the basic concepts of comparative political science to the political system of Ukraine. The course provides an in-depth examination of the political system, institutions, and social dynamics of Ukraine. Students will explore the historical, cultural, and geopolitical factors shaping Ukrainian politics, as well as key issues such as democratization, corruption, foreign policy, and the ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The course will also analyze the role of Ukraine in the broader context of European politics and its relationship with Russia. The assigned readings cover theories of voting, the party system development, political protests, transitions to democracy, the choice of political institutions, among other topics. Some of these topics are familiar from the Introduction to Comparative Politics course and other political science courses. In this class, students reexamine these theories in the specific context of Ukrainian politics. They also examine historical development of contemporary Ukrainian institutions and their effects on current policy decisions.
The main goal of this course is to help students develop theoretical tools for understanding political events and challenges of Ukraine. While this course covers some recent history of Ukraine, it also uses Ukraine as an example of the broader, more general issues that come along with democratization reforms. To accomplish this goal, the course draws on readings from comparative political science, economics, and sociology to introduce students to the major debates on economic and political reforms.
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Instructor:
Anastasiia Vlasenko
Info - 4 points
LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS
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Instructor:
Maria Victoria Murillo
h-index: 37 Info - 4 points
LATIN AMER POLITICS-DISC
- R 5:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- R 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
- M 3:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
- M 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
- T 10:10 a.m.-11 a.m.
- T 11:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
David Vilalta
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CHINESE POLITICS
This course offers a historical and thematic survey of Chinese politics and of salient issues in China’s public policy and governance. The first half of the course reviews the patterns and dynamics of political development in China, focusing mainly on the last two hundred years, during which the country has been on a rugged yet fascinating path toward modernity. We will examine major political events including the collapse of the Imperial China, the rise of the Communist Party, the Cultural Revolution, and the post-Mao shift toward reform and opening. The second half of the course will look various special topics, including the structure of the party and the state, the relationship between state and society, the modes of economic development, and the governance of the media and the Internet. Throughout the course, special attention will be paid to how China’s domestic political and economic processes intersected with major world events and transnational forces, such as imperialism, world wars, and economic globalization.
- TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
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Instructor:
Junyan Jiang
h-index: 8 Info - 3 points
JAPANESE POLITICS
This course surveys key features of the Japanese political system, with a focus on political institutions and processes. Themes include party politics, bureaucratic power, the role of the Diet, voting behavior, the role of the state in the economy, and the domestic politics of foreign policy.
- M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Kenneth McElwain
Info - 4 points
MATH & STATS FOR POLI SCI
This course presents basic mathematical and statistical concepts that are essential for formal and quantitative analysis in political science research. It prepares students for the graduate-level sequence on formal models and quantitative political methodology offered in the department. The first half of the course will cover basic mathematics, such as calculus and linear algebra. The second half of the course will focus on probability theory and statistics. We will rigorously cover the topics that are directly relevant to formal and quantitative analysis in political science such that students can build both intuitions and technical skills. There is no prerequisite since this course is ordinarily taken by Ph.D. students in their first semester. The course is aimed for both students with little exposure to mathematics and those who have taken some courses but wish to gain a more solid foundation.
NOTE: This course does not satisfy the Political Science Major/Concentration research methods requirement.
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Benjamin K Goodrich
Info - 4 points
PRINC OF QUANT POL RESEARCH 1
This course examines the basic methods of data analysis and statistics, through multivariate regression analysis, that political scientists use in quantitative research that attempts to make causal inferences about how the political world works. The same methods apply to other kinds of problems about cause and effect relationships more generally. The course will provide students with extensive experience in analyzing data and in writing (and thus reading) research papers about testable theories and hypotheses.
- TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Abdullah Aydogan
h-index: 4 Info - 4 points
PRINC OF QUANT POL RESEARCH 1-DISC
PRINC OF QUANT POL RES 1-
This is the required discussion section for
POLS GU4710.
- R 6:10 p.m.-7 p.m.
- F 2:10 p.m.-3 p.m.
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Instructor:
Yinghui Zhou
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Instructor:
Aaron J Christensen
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Data Science for Political Analytics
Data Science for Pol Anal
The digital revolution has created previously unimaginable opportunities to learn about political behavior and institutions. It has also created new challenges for analyzing the massive amounts of data that are now easily accessible. Open source software has reduced barriers and inequities in coding, but it also requires different kinds of effort to employ optimally the latest innovations. Harnessing the power of political data is more critical than ever, given the threats that misinformation and alternative “facts” present to democratic forms of government.
This course will teach students both essential tools and general strategies of data science within the domain of politics. Whether students’ goals are to analyze political behavior for academic or professional purposes, successful analysis requires skills for handling a wide array of issues that stand in the way of creating knowledge and insights from data.
This course prioritizes breadth over depth in the sense that we will introduce a broad range of topics relevant for data science to develop basic skills and form a foundation that students can build on. More complete mastery of these skills will require additional engagement beyond this course.
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Gregory Wawro
CULPA: 32 h-index: 13 Info - 3 points
QUANT METH 1 APPL REG CAUS INF
Fitting and understanding linear regression and generalized linear models, simulation, causal inference, and the basics of design of quantitative studies. Computation in R. Textbook: Regression and Other Stories by Gelman, Hill, and Vehtari.
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Andrew Gelman
CULPA: 6 Wikipedia h-index: 112 Info - 4 points
QUANTITATIVE METHODS 1 DISCUSSION
QUANT METH 1 DISCUSSION
This is the required discussion section for
POLS GU4720.
- F 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
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Instructor:
Elden Griggs
Info - 0 points
QUANT METH 3 EXPERIMENTAL METH
In this course, we will discuss the logic of experimentation, its strengths and weaknesses compared to other methodologies, and the ways in which experimentation has been — and could be — used to investigate social phenomena. Students will learn how to interpret, design, and execute experiments. Special attention will be devoted to field experiments, or randomized trials conducted in real-world settings.
Prerequisites: Students should have taken at least one or two semesters of statistics. Some understanding of probability, hypothesis testing, and regression are assumed. Familiarity with statistical software such as R is helpful. We will be working with data in class throughout the term. The examples used in the textbook and lectures are written in R, and R tutorials will be taught in special sessions early in the term.
- TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Donald P Green
CULPA: 2 h-index: 87 Info - 4 points
QUANTITATIVE METHODS 3: DISCUSSION
QUANT METH 3-DISC
This is the required discussion section for
POLS GU4724.
- F 9:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
- None None-None
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Instructor:
Kirill Chmel
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RESEARCH TOPICS IN GAME THEORY
Prerequisites: POLS W4730 or the instructors permission. Advanced topics in game theory will cover the study of repeated games, games of incomplete information and principal-agent models with applications in the fields of voting, bargaining, lobbying and violent conflict. Results from the study of social choice theory, mechanism design and auction theory will also be treated. The course will concentrate on mathematical techniques for constructing and solving games. Students will be required to develop a topic relating political science and game theory and to write a formal research paper.
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Carlo Prato
h-index: 11 Info - 4 points
GLOBAL ENERGY: SECURITY/GEOPOL
The course focuses on the nexus between energy and security as it reveals in the policies and interaction of leading energy producers and consumers. Topics include: Hydrocarbons and search for stability and security in the Persian Gulf, Caspian basin, Eurasia, Africa and Latin America; Russia as a global energy player; Analysis of the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on energy markets, global security, and the future of the energy transition; Role of natural gas in the world energy balance and European energy security; Transformation of the global energy governance structure; Role and evolution of the OPEC; Introduction into energy economics; Dynamics and fundamentals of the global energy markets; IOCs vs NOCs; Resource nationalism, cartels, sanctions and embargoes; Asia's growing energy needs and its geo-economic and strategic implications; Nuclear energy and challenges to non-proliferation regime; Alternative and renewable sources of energy; Climate change as one of the central challenges of the 21st century; Analysis of the policies, technologies, financial systems and markets needed to achieve climate goals. Climate change and attempts of environmental regulation; Decarbonization trends, international carbon regimes and search for optimal models of sustainable development. Special focus on implications of the shale revolution and technological innovations on U.S. energy security.
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Albert Bininachvili
CULPA: 6
Info
- 3 points
NAT SECURITY STRAT OF MID EAST
At the crossroads of three continents, the Middle East is home to many diverse peoples, with ancient and proud cultures, in varying stages of political and socio-economic development, often in conflict. Following the Arab Spring and subsequent upheaval in Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya and more, the region is in a state of historic flux. The Sunni-Shia rivalry, especially between Saudi Arabia and Iran, growing Iranian-Israeli conflict, population explosion, poverty and authoritarian control, Russian ascendance and US retrenchment, are the primary regional drivers today. Together, these factors have transformed the Middle Eastern landscape, with great consequence for the national security of the countries of the region and their foreign relations. The primary source of the worlds energy resources, the Middle East remains the locus of the terror-WMD-fundamentalist nexus, which continues to pose a significant threat to both regional and international security. The course surveys the national security challenges facing the regions primary players (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, the Palestinians and Turkey,) and how the convolutions of recent years have affected them. Unlike many Middle East courses, which focus on US policy in the region, the course concentrates on the regional players perceptions of the threats and opportunities they face and the strategies they have adopted to deal with them. It thus provides an essential vantage point for those interested in gaining a deeper understanding of a region, which stands at the center of many of the foreign policy issues of our era. The course is designed for those with a general interest in the Middle East, especially those interested in national security issues, students of comparative politics and future practitioners, with an interest in real world international relations and national security.
- T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Charles D Freilich
CULPA: 2 Info - 4 points
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEVEL
IPE OF DEVELOPING COUNTRI
This course examines how domestic and international politics influence the economic policies of developing countries. We will critically evaluate different theoretical debates related to foreign economic policymaking in emerging markets, and introduce chief methodological approaches used in contemporary analyses. We will focus attention on different types of cross-border flows: the flow of goods (trade policy), the flow of people (immigration policy), the flow and location of production (foreign investment policy), the flow of capital (financial and monetary policy), and the flow of pollution (environment policy). In the process, we will address several themes that are central to understanding the politics of economic policymaking in emerging economies, including, the legacies of colonialism, trade protectionism and liberalization, globalization and the race to the bottom, the relationship between economic policy and culture, and development and redistribution. There will be an emphasis on applying concepts through the analysis of policy-relevant case studies designed for this course.
- R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Nikhar Gaikwad
h-index: 7 Info - 4 points
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
This course explores key frameworks and issue areas within international political economy. It examines the history and key characteristics of (economic) globalization, the theories of international cooperation, as well as the nature and role of international organizations (such as the World Trade Organization) in fostering trade and international economic cooperation. Furthermore, the course discusses the pros and cons of globalization and its implications on domestic policies of nation-states, with a particular focus on the tensions globalization creates and the lines of cleavages between winners and losers from globalization. Finally, the course reflects on the future of globalization and international trade and the challenges faced by national and supranational policy makers.
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Davit Sahakyan
CULPA: 1 Info - 4 points
INT'L POLITICAL ECONOMY-DISC
This is the required discussion section for
POLS GU4865.
- W 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Instructor:
Marnie A Ginis
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