Politics

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Lower-Division Courses

1. Democratic Politics. F
Systematic introduction to the nature of politics and government, organized around the dynamic relationship between power, principle, and process in democratic politics. Provides historic and contemporary overview; explores the interactions among government, laws, and societies at the national and international levels. (Formerly Politics: Power and Principle.) (General Education Code(s): IS.) D. Wirls

4. Citizenship and Action. S
What does a citizen do? Uses political theory to answer this question as it relates to a number of issues, such as voting rights, diversity, gay marriage, and revolution. Draws on texts ranging from Aristotle to contemporary legal and cultural debates, to bear on the relationship of citizen action and identity. Other readings include Thoreau, Ellison, Rousseau, Marx, Arendt, and Socrates. (General Education Code(s): IS.) D. Mathiowetz

5. Political Freedom. *
Deals with themes of citizenship and exile, equality and slavery, liberty and liberation using classical and contemporary theoretical materials, institutional studies (of slavery and the concentration camps), and historical examples (immigration). (General Education Code(s): IS.) The Staff

10. Women and Politics. *
Introduces the politics of gender in advanced capitalist and "developing" nations. Uses materials from political theory, comparative, and American politics. Examines the role of gender, gender-based movements, and sexual politics in political development and in contemporary political affairs. (General Education Code(s): IS.) The Staff

17. U.S. and the World Economy. *
Explores intellectual and empirical trends shaping the U.S. relationship with the global economy. Traces debates about liberalism and interventionism, surveys post-war American foreign economic policy and discusses varieties of capitalism emerging around the world. (General Education Code(s): IS.) R. Schoenman

20. Democracy and Liberalism in American Politics. F
Analysis of the development and operation of American political institutions, focusing on the constitutional powers of the Congress, presidency, and Supreme Court; and the evolution of the American system of political parties. Topics include the ideological underpinnings of American democracy; the changing balance of power between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches; the expansion of national government power; the expansion of the right to vote and political representation; and the rising power of "non-governmental" forces. Satisfies American History and Institutions Requirement. (General Education Code(s): IS.) P. Frymer

25. American Social Policy. W
Examines role of ideas, interests, and institutions in shaping contemporary social policy in the U.S. Focuses on political struggles and policy debates in the areas of crime and drug control, health care, and income security. (General Education Code(s): IS.) E. Bertram

43. Eurasian Politics. *
Following a survey of the development of the former USSR that emphasizes those factors responsible for its dissolution, focuses on the politics of nation building and international reintegration, and the prospects of democratic or authoritarian futures. (General Education Code(s): IS.) M. Urban

70. Global Politics. W
Can common global interest prevail against particular sovereign desires? Surveys selected contemporary issues in global politics such as wars of intervention, ethnic conflict, globalization, global environmental protection, and some of the different ways in which they are understood and explained. (General Education Code(s): IS.) R. Lipschutz

72. Politics of War on Terrorism. W
From September 2001 the U.S. committed to a "War on Terrorism." What are its political sources? Objectives? Effects on internal politics, external alliances, and civil liberties? Military implications? Costs? How is political discourse deployed? How can it be assessed? (General Education Code(s): IS.) The Staff

73. Sovereignty and Intervention. *
Beginning with the basic concept of state sovereignty, explores ways in which different types of intervention problematize and compromise state sovereignty, particularly in the Third World. Examines the dis/incentives behind military, economic, humanitarian and cultural interventions, their un/intended consequences, and their ethical controversies. (General Education Code(s): IS.) The Staff

Upper-Division Courses

103. Feminist Interventions. F
Situates ongoing debates around feminist theory and practice within the context of political theory, the role of the state, and the position of women in contemporary (predominantly Western) society. Engages with classical political theory, second wave feminism, and the role of the state on matters pertaining to pornography and prostitution. Enrollment restricted to politics, legal studies, and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. V. Seth

104A. American Political Thought. *
Basic problems of political theory within the American setting. The course explores both the mainstream tradition and some branches of the counter tradition of political ideas in America, focusing on the themes of authority, community, equality, and liberty. Enrollment restricted to politics, legal studies, and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. Satisfies American History and Institutions Requirement. J. Schaar

104B. American Political Thought. *
Basic problems of political theory within the American setting. The course explores both the mainstream tradition and some branches of the counter tradition of political ideas in America, focusing on the themes of authority, community, equality, and liberty. Enrollment restricted to politics, legal studies, and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. Satisfies American History and Institutions Requirement. J. Schaar

105A. Ancient Political Thought. W
Ancient political ideas in context of tension between democracy and empire, emergence of the psyche, and shift from oral to written culture. Emphasis on Athens, with Hebrew, Roman, and Christian departures and interventions. Includes Sophocles, Thucydides, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Stoics, the Bible, and Augustine. (Also offered as Legal Studies 105A. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. D. Mathiowetz

105B. Early Modern Political Thought. F
Studies republican and liberal traditions of political thought and politics. Authors studied include Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau. Examination of issues such as authorship, individuality, gender, state, and cultural difference. (Also offered as Legal Studies 105B. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. V. Seth

105C. Modern Political Thought. S
Studies in 19th- and early 20th-century theory, centering on the themes of capitalism, labor, alienation, culture, freedom, and morality. Authors studied include J. S. Mill, Marx, Nietzsche, Foucault, Hegel, and Weber. (Formerly Recent and Contemporary Political Theory.) (Also offered as Legal Studies 105C. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. M. Thomas

106. Marxism as a Method. *
Examines Marx's use of his sources in political philosophy and political economy to develop a method for analyzing the variable ways in which social change is experienced as a basis for social action. Provides a similar analysis of contemporary materials. Contrasts and compares Marxian critiques of these materials and readings based on Nietzsche, psychonalysis, cultural studies, and rational choice materialsim. (Also offered as Legal Studies 106. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. The Staff

107. After Evil: Political Morality of Survivorship and Recovery. F
What are the continuing relationships between victims, perpetrators, and beneficiaries of a past that is recognized as evil? Focus on contrast between the competing moral logics of struggle and reconciliation, and various rationales for allowing beneficiaries to keep their gains in order to bring closure to the past. Theoretical perspectives drawn from law, philosophy, theology, and psychoanalysis. (Also offered as Legal Studies 107. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. R. Meister

109. Orientalism. F
Studies "Orientalism" as a concept of political theory and as a historical practice. Considers how "Western" views of the peoples, cultures, and governments of 'the East" influenced political, intellectual, and aesthetic projects of the 18th and 19th centuries, with attention to the themes of colonialism, nationalism, language, and gender. Also considers Orientalism as a subject of post-colonial thought. Previous study in political theory is recommended. Enrollment restricted to politics and politics/Latin American Latino studies combined majors during priority enrollment only. M. Thomas

110. Law and Social Issues. *
Examines current problems in law as it intersects with politics and society. Readings are drawn from legal and political philosophy, social science, and judicial opinions. (Also offered as Legal Studies 110. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment restricted to politics, legal studies, and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. The Staff

111A. Problems in Constitutional Law. S
An introduction to constitutional law, emphasizing equal protection and fundamental rights as defined by common law decisions interpreting the 14th Amendment, and also exploring issues of federalism and separation of powers. Readings are primarily court decisions; special attention given to teaching how to interpret, understand, and write about common law. (Formerly course 111.) (Also offered as Legal Studies 111A. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. P. Frymer

112. Women and the Law. F
Interdisciplinary approach to study of law in its relation to category "women" and production of gender. Considers various materials including critical race theory, domestic case law and international instruments, representations of law, and writings by and on behalf of women living under different forms of legal control. Examines how law structures rights, offers protections, produces hierarchies, and sexualizes power relations in both public and intimate life. (Also offered as Feminist Studies 112. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment restricted to politics, feminist studies, legal studies, and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. G. Dent

114. Thinking Green: Politics, Ethics, Political Economy. S
A course on Green political thought and practice, the origins and content of ecological politics, ethics, and political economy. Asks whether they offer a "realistic" alternative to neo-liberalism and other political ideologies. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. R. Lipschutz

115. Foundations of Political Economy. W
Examines how ideas about labor, rights, exchange, capital, consumption, the state, production, poverty, luxury, morality, procreation, and markets were imbricated in political-economic discourse from 1690-1936. Readings include Locke, Rosseau, Smith, Malthus, Hegel, Marx, Lenin, and Keynes. Particular focus given to theoretical origins of and justifications for property and implications of economic interdependence for politics. Prerequisite(s): course 105B, 105C, or 120C. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. D. Mathiowetz

116. Comparative Law. S
Explores legal systems and legal rules around the world, for a better understanding of the factors that have shaped both legal growth and legal change. Particular attention given to differences between common and civil law systems, changes brought about by the European Union, and expansion of legal norms around the globe. (Also offered as Legal Studies 116. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. The Staff

120A. Congress, President, and the Court in American Politics. W
Study of political development, behavior, performance, and significance of central governmental institutions of the U.S. Emphasizes the historical development of each branch and their relationship to each other, including changes in relative power and constitutional responsibilities. (Also offered as Legal Studies 120A. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. Satisfies American History and Institutions Requirement. D. Wirls

120B. Society and Democracy in American Political Development. S
Examines role of social forces (e.g., race, class, and gender) in development of the American democratic processes and in the changing relationship between citizen and state. Course materials address ideas, social tensions, and economic pressures bearing on social movements, interest groups, and political parties. (Also offered as Legal Studies 120B. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics majors during priority enrollment period. Satisfies American History and Institutions Requirement. M. Brown

120C. State and Capitalism in American Political Development. F
Examines the relationship between state and economy in the U.S. from the 1880s to the present, and provides a theoretical and historical introduction to the study of politics and markets. Focus is on moments of crisis and choice in U.S. political economy, with an emphasis on the rise of regulation, the development of the welfare state, and changes in employment policies. (Also offered as Legal Studies 120C. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment restricted to politics, Latin American and Latino studies/politics, and legal studies majors during priority enrollment only. Satisfies American History and Institutions Requirement. E. Bertram

122. Politics, Labor, and Markets in the U.S.. S
Examines political and social dimensions of recent transformations in the U.S. labor market. Includes classical and contemporary theoretical debates over the nature and functions of work under capitalism. Focuses on shifts in the organization and character of work in a globalizing economy. Addresses recent trends in economic inequaility, low-wage and contingent work, job mobility and security, and work/family relations. Includes attention to the roles and responses of business, labor, government, and social movements. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined major during priority enrollment. E. Bertram

123. Parties and Elections in American Political Development. W
Provides an understanding of political parties and elections. Topics include historical evolution of American political parties, their role in industrial development, public opinion, psychological determinants of voting behavior, information transmission in mass democracies, and media bias. Enrollment restricted to sophomore, junior, and senior legal studies, politics, and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment. The Staff

124. Politics, Poverty, and Inequality in America. *
Investigation of the causes and consequences of poverty and income inequality in the U.S., including racial and gender inequality. Consideration of the origins of contemporary anti-poverty policies and evaluation of current policy alternatives. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. E. Bertram

126. The Politics of Social Policy in the U.S.. F
Explores three contemporary social policy debates in the United States: social security reform; whether to enact national health insurance; and the success or failure of welfare reform. Also, study of political debates in light of the development of the U.S. welfare state compared to European welfare states and in the context of a global economy. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. M. Brown

127. Black Politics and Federal Social Policy. W
Examination of changes in the political and economic status of black Americans in the 20th century; particular focus on the role of national policies since 1933 and the significance of racism in 20th-century U.S. political development. (Also offered as Legal Studies 127. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. (General Education Code(s): E.) M. Brown

129. Policies and Politics of American Defense. W
Examines the evolution of the policy and politics of American national security, especially following the Cold War. Content of military policy explored with analytic focus on formation of policy and interactions between military policies and domestic policies. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. D. Wirls

132. California Water Law and Policy. W
Explores the rich history and fundamental legal concepts surrounding water in California. Students identify, evaluate, and debate some critical water policy questions faced by Californians today and in the future. (Also offered as Legal Studies 132. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) R. Langridge

133. Law of Democracy. S
Explores the role of law in both enabling and constraining the actions of elected politicians in the U.S. Among issues examined are voting rights, redistricting, and campaign finance. Course asks how the law shapes and limits our ability to choose our elected leaders, and in turn, how the law is shaped by political forces. (Also offered as Legal Studies 133. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. The Staff

140A. Politics of Advanced Industrialized Societies. S
Explores the political and economic systems of advanced industrialized societies. In addition to specific comparisons between the countries of western Europe and the United States, covers important themes and challenges, including immigration, globalization, and the crisis of the welfare state. Enrollment restricted to politics, and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority period. E. Pasotti

140B. Comparative Post-Communist Politics. W
Comparative study of revolutionary transformations of East European, Soviet, and former Soviet nations to post-Communist political orders. Focus on reemergence of political society, social and economic problems of transition, and maintenance of many cultural norms and authority patterns associated with previous regime. M. Urban

140C. Latin American Politics. F
Overview of major approaches to the study of Latin American politics. Introductory survey of historical and contemporary democratic, populist, authoritarian, and revolutionary regimes. Special attention to local, national, and global forces shaping development strategies and public policies; changing institutional arrangements and shifting discourses of domination; and social movements and strategies of resistance among subaltern social groups and classes. Students cannot receive credit for this course and course 241. Enrollment restricted to politics, Latin American and Latino studies, and politics/Latin American and Latino studies combined majors during priority period. (General Education Code(s): E.) K. Eaton

140D. Politics of East Asia. *
Explores dynamics of political and economic development in Northeast and Southeast Asia following WWII. Students apply theories of comparative politics to empirical case studies, integrating statist, social, and cultural factors into their understanding of development. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. (General Education Code(s): E.) A. Clear

140E. Postcolonial States and Societies. *
Explores key contemporary issues and conflicts in postcolonial states and societies from a range of methodological and theoretical perspectives. While readings focus on South Asia, Middle East, and southeast Asia, they reflect issues of broad theoretical and comparative significance, emphasizing constitutive role of colonialism, modernist projects, and social movements in shaping both postcolonial politics and scholarship. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. (General Education Code(s): E.) The Staff

141. China. *
Politics and foreign policy of the People's Republic of China since 1949. Emphasis on unification, political movements, and decision; social policy; collectivization, decollectivization, and economic reform; foreign and military policy. Democratization, suppression of the Tiananmen demonstrations, and post-Tiananmen political and cultural policy. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. (General Education Code(s): E.) The Staff

142. Russian Politics. F
Historical-political survey of Russia within the U.S.S.R. is followed by examination of the 1991 revolution, the attempt to recover a national identity and establish a unified Russian state. Topics familiar in the study of politics-movements, parties, institutions, processes-are featured. M. Urban

146. The Politics of Africa. *
Comparative study of contemporary sub-Saharan African states. Selected issues and countries. Internal and external political institutions and processes are studied in order to learn about politics in contemporary Black Africa and to learn more about the nature of politics through the focus on the particular issues and questions raised by the African context. Enrollment restricted to politics majors during priority enrollment only. (General Education Code(s): E.) The Staff

149. Democratic Transitions. *
Explores democratization processes from a variety of historical and geographical perspectives. Examines the role of foreign influences, economic development, civil society, elites, and institutions in the transition and consolidation of democratic systems. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics majors during priority enrollment only. E. Pasotti

150. Democratization, Citizenship, and Human Rights in South America. *
Examines military regimes, transitions to civilian rule, and politics of democratization in contemporary Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. Focus on the contradictions and legacies of transition politics, the challenges of democratizing political institutions, and the political and social consequences of neoliberalism. Emphasis on human rights, citizens' movements (especially feminisms), changing dynamics of civil society, and contemporary efforts to deepen democracy and extend meaningful citizenship to subaltern social groups and classes. Prerequisite(s): course 140C or permission of instructor. The Staff

154. Brazilian Politics. *
Analysis of interface of Brazilian politics and culture-with emphasis on contemporary struggles to deepen democracy, foster more equitable development, and promote social justice. Examination of dynamic interplay of state and opposition forces during Brazil's 20th-century authoritarian regimes. Special attention to problems and prospects for furthering democratization in the 21st century. Prerequisite(s): course 140C. Enrollment restricted to senior politics, Latin American and Latino studies, and combined politics/Latin American and Latino studies majors. Enrollment limited to 25. The Staff

156. Asian Women in Politics. *
Uses major theoretical themes from Asian comparative politics considered through the lens of gender politics. Each week introduces the basic comparative politics of a different Asian country and then examines women in politics in that particular country and how women challenge theories about Asian politics, integrating other countries and topics into current discussions. (General Education Code(s): E.) A. Clear

160A. International Politics. F
Upper-division introduction to international relations, international organizations, international political economy, foreign policy, conflict, and war. Explores a range of theories, issues and cases that are of interest to students of international affairs and are helpful in understanding recurring patterns of global conflict and cooperation. Addresses the nexus between domestic politics and the foreign policy of states. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. R. Lipschutz

160B. Global Organization. W
Addresses how global organizations are changing the international system. Examines multilateral institutions, regional organizations, and nonstate actors. Overriding aim is to discern whether these global organizations are affecting the purported primacy of the state. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. A. Clear

160C. Security, Conflict, Violence, War. S
Genesis and theories of conflict and war and their avoidance (past, present, future). Relationship between foreign policy and intra- and interstate conflict and violence. National security and the security dilemma. Non-violent conflict as a normal part of politics; violent conflict as anti-political; transformation of conflict into social and interstate violence. Interrelationships among conduct of war, attainment of political objectives, and the end of hostilities. Civil and ethnic wars. Political economy of violence and war. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. The Staff

163. How U.S. Foreign Policy Gets Made. F
Provides overview of U.S. foreign policy formulation: considers how U.S. political culture shapes foreign policy; examines governmental actors involved: the president, executive branch agencies, and Congress; then considers non-governmental actors: the media, interest groups, and public opinion. Enrollment restricted to politics and politics/Latin American and Latino studies combined majors. The Staff

168. Nonproliferation. *
Addresses nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons and global public policy measures to prevent their spread: safeguards, inspection, "counter-proliferation," and nonproliferation strategies. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. The Staff

173. International Law. W
Origins and development of international law: international law is examined both as a reflection of the present world order and as a basis for transformation. Topics include jurisdiction and sovereignty, treaties, use of force, commercial law, and human rights. (Also offered as Legal Studies 174. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics majors during priority enrollment period. The Staff

174. Global Environment Politics. F
Focus on global environmental "problematique" and how it is being played out in a variety of political arenas. Includes technical overview of global environmental movement; perspectives on alternative political approaches to environmental problems. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. R. Lipschutz

175. The New Europe. *
Examines causes and consequences of political and economic change in Europe including emergence of European Community as new world power; end of cold war, breakup of Warsaw Pact, and new European security arrangements; German reunification; transition to market economies and representative democracies; and disintegration of Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and nationalist potential for continuing political instability. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. The Staff

176. International Political Economy. *
Surveys and critically examines long-standing theoretical debates within international political economy (liberalism, mercantilism, Marxism) with context of important historical and contemporary international political economy issue areas (international monetary systems, organization of international trade, regulation of foreign direct investment, development policies, etc.). Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. R. Schoenman

177. The United States and the World. S
Examines political, economic, and cultural relationship between the U.S. and the rest of the world, including historical background and foreign policy. Special focus on U.S. involvement in the Middle East and Persian Gulf and the politics of economics of that region. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. R. Lipschutz

178. U.S. Foreign Economic Policy. *
Theoretical and historical survey of U.S. foreign economic policy. First part explores theoretical frameworks and covers historical events in the U.S.'s relationship with world economy. The second part focuses on postwar foreign economic policy; surveys different theoretical approaches to U.S. foreign policy; and examines fundamental developments and issues in trade, monetary, development, and investment policies. Enrollment restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. R. Schoenman

190. Senior Comprehensive Seminar.
These courses, offered at different times by different instructors, focus on current problems of interest across the discipline. Courses offer a flexible framework within which those mutually interested in specific issues can read, present papers, and develop their ideas. Students who do not meet the restrictions and prerequisites may contact the instructor for permission to enroll. The Staff

190A. State and Revolution. S
Investigates the process of rapid and fundamental political change from the standpoint of both the structures of states in which revolutions have occurred and the structures of states issuing from revolutions. A number of cases are examined, but particular emphasis is given to the "classic" revolutions in France (1789) and Russia (1917). Enrollment restricted to senior politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors; major restrictions lifted during open enrollment. Enrollment limited to 20. M. Urban

190C. U.S.-Russian Relations. *
Examines the cold war and its aftermath. Focuses on interstate conflict and its roots in domestic politics. Topics include issues of national security, military competition, transnational movements, regional and global hegemony. Prerequisite(s): one of the following: 140B, 141, or 142. Enrollment restricted to senior politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. Enrollment limited to 20. M. Urban

190D. Early Anarchist and Socialist Thought. F
Studies in 19th- and early 20th-century anarchist and socialist thought. Themes covered include Catholicism, Darwinism, property, labor, marriage, and the state. Readings drawn from Bakunin, Goldman, Fourier, Kropotkin, Perkins-Gilman, Proudhon, Saint-Simon, and Stirner. Previous study in political theory is recommended. Enrollment restricted to senior politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors. Enrollment limited to 20. M. Thomas

190E. European Integration. *
Focuses on the origins and development of the European Union. Addresses historical and contemporary issues, including the political, economic, social, and cultural dimensions of European integration and expansion. Enrollment restricted to senior politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. Enrollment limited to 20. R. Schoenman

190G. Issues in International Law. *
Explores theory and reality of international law; how it determines or governs or modifies policies of government. Emphasis on contemporary political and economic forces and international law in nuclear age, competing areas for new law, law of seas, human rights, new international economic issues, the environment. Enrollment restricted to senior legal studies, politics, and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only; major restrictions will be lifted during open enrollment. Enrollment limited to 20. The Staff

190H. The Substance of Democracy. *
What is democracy? Why do we care about it? How can we identify it? Through political science, law, and philosophy, the course explores these questions and the issues of patronage, media manipulation, lobbying, campaign finance reform, and participation. Enrollment restricted to senior politics and combined politics/Latin American and Latino studies majors. Enrollment limited to 20. E. Pasotti

190J. Politics and Inequality. *
Considers causes and consequences of inequality in modern societies. Emphasizes empirical analysis of contemporary forms of class, racial, and gender inequality and examination of normative theories of distributive justice. Major restrictions lifted during open enrollment. Enrollment restricted to senior politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. Enrollment limited to 20. M. Brown

190K. Political Economy of Welfare States. *
Explores origins and development of contemporary welfare states in Europe and the U.S. Considers welfare state development and politics in relation to dynamics of capital accumulation, class and racial conflict, and patterns of party politics. Assesses distributional impacts of policies. Prerequisite(s): One of the following courses: 104A, 104B, 120A, 120B, or 120C. Enrollment restricted to senior politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only; major restrict Enrollment limited to 20. M. Brown

190L. Poverty Politics. F
Examines theoretical, historical, and contemporary sources of poverty, politics, and policies in the U.S. Explores competing theories of the causes of poverty and the consequences of social provision. Focuses on successive historical reform efforts and contemporary dilemmas of race, gender, low-wage labor, and the politics of welfare reform. (Formerly Welfare Policy and Politics.) Enrollment restricted to senior politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. Enrollment limited to 20. E. Bertram

190M. American Politics Through American Literature. *
Most major American writers offer perspectives outside "official" mainstream political culture; the raising of countervoices; concern about common, public lives, not just personal experience; exploring persistent tensions (dualisms) and deeper meanings, how we really live, how it is concealed from understanding, and political/moral costs. Prerequisite(s): course 101, 105A, 105B, 105C, 120B, or 120C. Enrollment restricted to senior politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. Enrollment limited to 20. J. Schaar

190N. Congress: The Politics of Representation and Legislation. *
Examination of U.S. Congress in theoretical, comparative, and historical perspective. Topics include tension between representative and legislative processes, parliamentary versus presidential systems, party organization versus the new entrepreneurism. Special attention given to nature and consequences of bicameralism. Prerequisite(s): course 120A. Enrollment restricted to senior legal studies, politics, and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. Enrollment limited to 20. D. Wirls

190P. Race: History of a Concept. *
Examines how we came, by the late 19th century, to classify humanity into racial categories. In an effort to trace emergence of this very modern phenomenon, explores historical shifts that informed Europe's representation of cultural difference from the writings of ancient Greeks to the social Darwinism of 19th-century Britain. Enrollment restricted to senior politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment. Enrollment limited to 20. V. Seth

190R. Critical Development. *
Interrogation of the idea of development and historical examination of the development of the discourse of development. Explores the ways in which the discourse shapes the practice of development, with a focus on issues of democracy and civil society, humanitarian intervention, gender and agriculture. Enrollment restricted to senior politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics majors during priority enrollment only. Enrollment limited to 20. A. Clear

190T. Feminism, Trans/national Cultural Politics, and Gender Policy. *
Comparative analyses of feminist movements and their relationship to other local and global social movements, trans/national civil society, political parties, states, and inter-governmental organizations in a wide range of empirical cases. Emphasis on changing feminist discourses and practices over the past three-plus decades and the dynamic interplay of cultural politics and gender policy advocacy in contemporary national and transnational feminist activism. Prerequisite(s): course 100 or 100A. Enrollment restricted to senior Latin American and Latino studies, politics, feminist studies, and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. Enrollment limited to 20. S. Alvarez

190V. Problems in Latin American Politics. F
Research seminar allows advanced students to engage in current scholarly debates in the sub-field of Latin American politics. Topics and countries covered vary from year to year but may include civil society, citizenship and cultural politics in Latin/o America, comparative perspectives on democratization, politics and culture in Brazil, feminisms and women's movements in Latin America, the politics of race and ethnicity in the Americas, and human rights and social justice in a neoliberal era. Enrollment restricted to senior politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. Enrollment limited to 20. K. Eaton

190W. Living in the Aftermath of Evil. W
Draws on a variety of sources to understand metaphors of war and peace as potentially appropriate attitudes toward evil and as potentially rational compromises with evil; investigates respects in which constitutional regimes of post-traumatic societies can be understood as "peace programs" that preserve and transcend the identities of the victims and perpetrators of past atrocities while creating a new identity based on their common survivorship; explores the constraints placed on "nation in recovery" by the public commitment to create an official version of a past that must be remembered so that it will not be repeated. Prerequisite(s): one of the following: course 105A, 105C, 110, or 111. Enrollment restricted to senior politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. Enrollment limited to 20. R. Meister

190X. Global Civil Society-Theories, Debates, Practices. *
The process of globalization, the enormous growth in numbers of transnational social movements and nongovernmental organizations, and the broad reach of transnational capital and corporations has generated considerable academic and policy interest in future of global governance and role of "global civil society" in it. This senior seminar provides broad view of theory and debates behind global civil society and case studies of specific transnational networks, movements, and coalitions. Prerequisite(s): One of course 160, 160A, 160B, 162, or 173. Enrollment restricted to senior politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during priority enrollment only. Enrollment limited to 20. R. Lipschutz

193. Field Study in Politics. F,W,S
Individual studies undertaken off campus with direct faculty supervision. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit. The Staff

194. Group Tutorial. F,W,S
Provides a means for a small group of students to study a particular topic in consultation with a faculty sponsor. Various topics to be announced before each quarter. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit. The Staff

195A. Senior Thesis. F,W,S
Preparation of a senior thesis over two or three quarters, beginning in any quarter. The grade and evaluation submitted for the final quarter apply to each of the previous quarters. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. The Staff

195B. Senior Thesis. F,W,S
Preparation of a senior thesis over two or three quarters, beginning in any quarter. The grade and evaluation submitted for the final quarter apply to each of the previous quarters. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. The Staff

195C. Senior Thesis. F,W,S
Preparation of a senior thesis over two or three quarters, beginning in any quarter. The grade and evaluation submitted for the final quarter apply to each of the previous quarters. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. The Staff

198. Independent Field Study. F,W,S
Individual studies undertaken off-campus for which faculty supervision is not in person (e.g. supervision is by correspondence). Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit. The Staff

198F. Independent Field Study (2 credits). F,W,S
Individual studies undertaken off-campus for which faculty supervision is not in person, but by correspondence. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit. The Staff

199. Tutorial. F,W,S
A student normally approaches a member of the staff and proposes to take a course 199 on a subject he or she has chosen which is not offered in other politics courses. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit. The Staff

199F. Tutorial (2 credits). F,W,S
A student normally approaches a member of the faculty and proposes to take a course 199 on a subject he or she has chosen which is not offered in other politics courses. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit. The Staff

Graduate Courses

200A. Interpretive Problems in Political Theory: Language and Politics. *
Examines intersections of philosophy of language, language philosophy, political theory, and politics. How can we read texts and discourses in a manner both historically and textually grounded and compatible with a democratic ethos? (Formerly Interpretive Methods in Political Theory: Language and Politics.) Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. D. Mathiowetz

200B. Social Forces and Political Change Core Seminar. F
Concerns transformation of social forces into political ones. Focuses on formation, articulation, mobilization, and organization of political interests and identities, their mutual interaction, and their effects on state structures and practices and vice versa. Major themes are 1) social bases of political action: class, gender, race, and other determinants of social division and political identity and 2) relevant forms of political agency and action, including development of political consciousness and representation of interests and identities in the public sphere. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. M. Urban

200C. States and Political Institutions Core Seminar. *
Introduces study of political institutions as instruments of collective decision making and action. Explores alternative theoretical approaches to development of political institutions, state and political economy, and security dilemmas. (Formerly States, Political Institutions, and Global Political Economics Core Seminar.) Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. D. Wirls

200D. Political Economy Core Seminar. S
Introduction to the theories and methodologies of political economy. Focuses on the relationship between states and markets and considers the politics of economic choices and institutions germane to both national and global political institutions. Addresses origins and development of markets and capitalism; historical evolution of states and their economies; relationship between labor, capital, production, and consumption; regulation of production; macroeconomics and management of economies; and issues of national and global social welfare. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. K. Eaton

201. Logics of Inquiry. *
Investigates approaches to study of politics and to enterprise of social science in general. Works from positivist, interpretive, historical, and critical approaches provide examples held up to critical and epistemological reflection. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. E. Pasotti

203. Making of the Modern. W
Introduces, at the graduate level, some of the central conceptual categories and material implications that underwrite the world of the modern. Explores concepts including the individual, historicism, contract, and objectivity. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. V. Seth

205. Political and Social Thought: Politics of Recognition. S
Investigates issues about identity and recognition as basis for claims about institutional legitimacy and social struggle. Paradigm is Hegel's account of relation of master and slave in Phenomenology of Spirit. Contemporary political philosophy examines differing accounts of reason, power, resistance, liberation, morality, difference, and the other. Concludes with discussion of identity and interest politics, multiculturalism and assimilation, and moral bases of struggle, reconciliation, and compromise in the political arena. (Formerly course 200A, Political and Social Thought Core Seminar: Politics of Recognition.) Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. R. Meister

211. Marxism. *
Examines how Marx arrived at his substantive political standpoint through a critique of the modes of theory through which state and society are interpreted from within. Also considers how far it is possible to apply the methods Marx used, in learning from the sources available in our own contemporary material, and whether this process of interpretation will lead us to similar conclusions. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. R. Meister

214. Thinking Green: Politics, Ethics, Political Economy. *
Green political thought, philosophy, debates, and practices; history of ecological thought and comparative study of competing ideas and proposals. Critical examination of neo-liberal environmentalism. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. R. Lipschutz

221. Politics and Inequalities. W
Considers origins and consequences of inequality in modern societies, focusing on intersection between class, race, and gender inequality. Examines discourse of equality, in particular, the relationship between democratic politics and equality and role of political institutions in promoting or diminishing inequality. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. M. Brown

232. United States Political History. W
Covers several important themes and sets of readings from the literature on American political development. Topics include the origins and development of American political institutions, the evolution of democratic mechanisms, the rise and fall of social movements, and debates about the sources of policy regimes and political change, including the role of war. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. P. Frymer

233. Interrogating Race. *
Critically examines alternative theoretical and methodological approaches to study of race and racism. Considers alternative explanations for origins and persistence of racism and racial inequality and suggests the relevance of a socio-political understanding. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. P. Frymer

241. Culture and Politics in Latin America. *
Interdisciplinary analysis of the relationship between culture and politics in Latin America, drawing on current critical debates in anthropology, history, cultural studies, feminist and poststructuralist theories, as well as political science. Students cannot receive credit for this course and course 140C. Enrollment restricted to graduate politics majors. Enrollment limited to 15. The Staff

251. Discourse. *
Utilizing a variety of approaches-discourse analysis, semiotics, critical theory, and linguistics-analyzes how language constructs the political world. Focuses on the symbolic mediation, normalization, and reproduction of power and subjugation present in the discourses through which they are apprehended and expressed. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. M. Urban

255. Comparative Anti-Colonialisms. *
Political thought of anti-colonial movements in comparative, historical perspective, including 18th- to 20th-Century European colonies of America, Asia, and Africa. Focuses both on the contemporary political thought of these movements as well as on historiographical approaches of secondary literature. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. M. Thomas

271. Transnationalism. *
Focuses on basic comparative politics concepts-such as the state, regime transition, economic development, and social movements-and then considers how the global context challenges these very same political phenomena. Explores the ontological and methodological repercussions of the nexus between the global and the domestic. (Formerly Global Domestic Nexus.) Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. A. Clear

272. Critical Interventions in IR Theory and Global Political Economy. *
Seminar examines selections from the canonical literature in international relations theory and global political economy through a number of critical lenses, including constructivist, feminist, historical materialist, and subaltern approaches. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. R. Lipschutz

291. Teaching Assistant Seminar (2 credits). F
Two-hour weekly seminar required of teaching assistants in which pedagogic and substantive issues will be considered. The experience of performing teaching assistant duties constitutes subject matter for discussion. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit. The Staff

293. Field Study. F,W,S
Individual study undertaken off campus with direct faculty supervision. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit. The Staff

295A. Research Colloquium (2 credits). S
Weekly venue for Ph.D. students to present current research, exchange information on sources and resources, discuss and critique epistemologies and methods, and to formulate topics for QE field statements and the dissertation. There are no assigned readings. May be repeated for credit twice. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. May be repeated for credit. R. Lipschutz

295B. Advanced Research Seminar. S
Weekly seminar for Ph.D. students in which to develop and write extended research papers on selected topics, to present current work, to discuss methods, data sources, and fieldwork, and to receive critiques and assessments from fellow students. May be repeated for credit twice. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. May be repeated for credit. R. Lipschutz

297. Independent Study. F,W,S
A student approaches a member of the staff and proposes to take a course 297 on a subject he or she has chosen that is not covered in other politics graduate courses or plans a graduate independent study that includes an undergraduate course. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit. The Staff

299. Thesis Research. F,W,S
Enrollment restricted to gradaute students and permission of instructor. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit. The Staff

Additional Graduate Courses of Interest

Environmental Studies 210, Political Ecological Thought and Environment
Environmental Studies 240, Public Policy and Conservation
History 270A, Patterns of World History 1500-1750
History 270B, Patterns of World History 1750-Present
History of Consciousness 222A-B, Theories of Late Capitalism Nationalism and the Politics of Identity
History of Consciousness 234 A-B, Social Movements in the Twentieth-Century U.S.
Philosophy 223, Recent European Philosophy
Philosophy 252, Poststructuralism
Sociology 202, Contemporary Sociological Theory
Sociology 203, Sociological Methods
Sociology 205, Field Research Methods
Sociology 220, Global Transformation: Macrosociological Perspectives
Sociology 223, Sociology of the Environment
Sociology 224, Globalization: Theories and Social Movement
Sociology 250, Course Design and Grant Writing Seminar

*Not offered in 2006-07