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Spring 2008 Advance Course Information This information effective for spring 2008. Check with instructor the first day of class for any changes. [ POLI-105C] [ POLI-142] [POLI-160B ] [POLI-177 ] [POLI-190D ] [POLI-200A ] 105C. Modern Political Thought Instructor: Megan Thomas Note: This syllabus is subject to revision. Course Description This course surveys 19th- and 20th-century political theory, emphasizing continental European thought. In the first two units of the course, we will read texts that investigate the themes of human consciousness, labor, and alienation. The third unit of the course groups works that address issues of freedom and morality, and the fourth and final unit is on capitalism and culture. By keeping these themes in mind, we will compare and draw together texts that in many ways have quite divergent methods, styles, and concerns; at the same time, as we try to make connections between works, we will still also try to pay attention to their differences and to the particular concerns that each theorist raises. Authors covered include Fanon, Foucault, Gilman, Hegel, Horkheimer and Adorno, Kollontai, Marx and Engels, Mill, Nietzsche, and Weber. Lectures days and time tba Discussion Sections
Sections begin on the first day of class: Monday, March 31, 2008. Course Requirements and Grading Attendance and Participation Students are expected to attend all lectures and sections well prepared, and to participate in discussions in section, and, sometimes, in the larger lecture setting. You are always responsible for any changes in the readings, schedule, etc. that may be announced in class; if you need to miss a class, find out from one of your classmates what you missed before you approach any of your teachers to ask for clarification, if you need it. Preliminary Exam Exams for this course are designed to test your knowledge of the assigned readings and of material presented in lectures; they are also designed to encourage you to synthesize and analyze the course materials. They will be in-class, closed-book and closed-note exams. They will consist of a section of multiple choice and short answer/ID questions, and a section of an essay or essays. The preliminary exam is scheduled for Tuesday, April 22. during our regular class meeting time. Only in the case of true emergencies will a make-up exam be administered. Paper-Option Prelim You may choose to write a paper (4-5 pages) instead of taking the preliminary exam; you may prefer to do this if you want extra practice writing essays that are formally evaluated. Paper topics will be distributed from which you can choose. You must complete the paper before the preliminary exam begins—if you do not hand in a paper by 10:00 on the morning of the exam, you must sit for the exam at that time. There will be no exceptions to this, except in case of true emergencies. Technological difficulties do not constitute emergencies. This option is not available for the final exam. Paper There is one paper required for this course (two, if you opt to write a paper rather than sit for the prelim); this is an opportunity for you to work through a text or texts as thoroughly as you can, develop an argument about them, and work to present your argument in the most polished way possible. Paper topics will be distributed from which you can choose. The paper (6-7 pages) is due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, May 20 at 10am; once lecture begins that day, any paper arriving will be considered late. Papers will be marked down for lateness at the rate of 1/3 of a letter grade a day: 1/3 of a grade for up to 24 hours late, 2/3 of a grade for 24-48 hours late, one full grade for 48-72 hours late, etc. (Please note: This late policy is only applicable for this paper; no late papers will be accepted as an option for the prelim exam). Final Exam The final exam will follow roughly the same format as the prelim exam; it will, obviously, be longer. It is comprehensive—you may be asked about any of the material that was covered in the entire course. The final exam is scheduled for t.b.a according to registrar’s schedule Only in the case of a true emergency will a make-up exam be allowed. You must plan to attend the final exam to make it possible for you to pass the course. Re-Write Option Students may choose to submit a re-written version of their paper for a new grade (in which case the final grade for that paper will be an average of the original grade and the grade of the re-written paper). Re-written papers will only be read and graded if the following conditions are met: 1) The original paper must have been submitted on time. 2) You must meet with your TA about your paper re-write before submitting it (it is up to you to leave enough time to schedule this before the re-write is due). 3) You must submit, along with the re-written version of the paper, the original paper with your TA’s comments and original grade. 4) The re-written paper must be a substantive revision of the original paper (when you meet with your TA make sure that you understand what this means). Submitting a re-written paper does not guarantee that the revised paper will earn a higher grade than the original. Grading Final grades for the course will be determined as follows: Section Grade (includes class participation and informal work) 20% Academic Integrity Familiarize yourself with the University’s principles, policies, and procedures regarding breaches of academic integrity. These can be found on the “academic integrity” website at: http://www.ucsc.edu/academics/academic_integrity/undergraduate_students/ If you are unsure about anything that you read on this website, or what is acceptable or not acceptable in completing assignments for this course, talk to your TA or to me. No offenses against standards of academic integrity will be tolerated. Required Reading
You might be able to locate these books used, or in different editions. I recommend that you use the editions I’ve specified as it will make it easier for you to locate passages when we refer to them in lecture and discussion sections; if you use another edition you are responsible for making sure that it includes in full the sections that we will read for class, and it will be up to you to keep track of the differences in page numbering, translation, etc. (and you must cite and quote from these editions for the paper[s] that you write for the class). These books (including those from which reader selections are drawn) will also be available on 2-hour loan at the Reserves desk (not e-Res) at McHenry Library. Books
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Course Schedule Please note that this schedule and specific page numbers of readings are subject to change. All readings should be done in advance of the class meetings under which they are listed.
Please note: This syllabus is from fall 2006, and is subject to change. Instructor: Michael Urban Course Content and Objectives This course concerns a young nation-state that has emerged from a very old culture and civilization—Russia. Accordingly, the approach taken here includes the study of past patterns of political practices and state organization—both tsarist and Soviet—that represent antecedents of, and profound influences upon, Russian politics today. But the emphasis falls on the present, on the interaction among the country’s political forces whose residues seem slowly to accrete to a recognizable—if not especially stable—governmental/political order. Course requirements include sitting for two examinations—a mid-term and a final—and writing a term paper (10-12 pages in length) on a topic selected by the student and approved by the instructor. The paper is due on the final day of class. Texts
The additional required readings listed under the topics, below, are available at the reserve desk in McHenry Library or by electronic reserve (password: ruspol). It is also recommended to access Johnson’s Russia List (davidjohnson@erols.com) during the quarter for reportage and commentary on current Russian affairs. Sending a request to that email address, along with an explanation of your purpose, should connect you to the list. Topics and Readings
Instructor: Annette Clear Course Description This is an upper division core course for international relations. It addresses how and to what extent global organizations are changing the international system, increasingly creating a global system. It examines the impact of multilateral institutions, such as the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank on the domestic politics and foreign policies of member states. It also explores regional organizations in various geographic areas, such as Europe, Africa and Latin America, but with an emphasis on Asia. The final segment of this course looks at nonstate actors, including private corporations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and transnational networks, examining how their existence and activities are transforming global politics. The overriding concern of this course is to discern macro-historical changes in global politics by exploring how these global organizations are affecting the role and primacy of the state. Course Requirements Reading assignments, class attendance and participation: 15% Discussion Sections Short papers: 30% General rules about these short papers: All papers should be 3-5 pages, double-spaced and 12 font. Be sure to number your pages. No email attachments will be accepted. Every day that a paper is late, its grade will be reduced by one full grade; that is, an A will become a B. Papers may not be rewritten for a better grade, but you are welcome to submit an additional short paper on another week’s topic as extra credit. If a student wishes to contest a grade given by a TA, then s/he should resubmit the paper to the professor, but with the understanding that the professor might lower the grade. Grades on papers graded by the professor are final. Some students will have the option to substitute one of these short papers by participating in an in-class debate. The debate teams will argue either pro or con about the United Nations, the World Bank, multinational corporations, or transnational networks. Each debater will be required to submit an outline of his/her argument at the beginning of that class. Midterm and final exams: 55% (25% and 30%, respectively) There will be two exams. Both exams will have a section on ids and another on short essay questions. The midterm exam will be given in class on Tuesday 1 November, and the final exam will be held during final exam period on Wednesday 7 December, 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. Required Texts These books and the course reader are available for purchase at SlugBooks and on reserve at McHenry Library. Selections included in the reader are also accessible through E-Res. Robert H. Jackson, Quasi-States: Sovereignty, International Relations and the Third World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990). [JX4041.J28 1990] Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink, Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1998). [JF529 K43 1998] Jean E. Krasno, ed., The United Nations: Confronting the Challenges of a Global Society (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004). [JZ4984.5 U536 2004 ] Susan Strange, The Retreat of the State: The Diffusion of Power in the World Economy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996). [HF1359 S769 1996] Course reader. Schedule and Assignments Week 1 –Global Organizations Challenge the State’s Primacy Stephen D. Krasner, “Compromising Westphalia,” International Security, vol. 20, no. 3 (Winter 1995), pp. 115-51. [in reader] Hedley Bull, The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics (New York: Columbia University Press, 1977), chapters 10-12. [in reader] Stephen D. Krasner, “Structural causes and regime consequences: regimes as intervening variables,” International Organization, vol. 36, no. 2 (Spring 1982), pp. 185-205. [in reader] Friedrich Kratochwil and John Gerard Ruggie, “International Organization: A State of the Art on the Art of the State,” International Organization, vol. 40, no 4 (Autumn 1986), pp. 753-775. [in reader] Week 2 – United Nations as Global Organization Jean E. Krasno, ed., The United Nations: Confronting the Challenges of a Global Society (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004), Parts I and III, chapters 7 and 8. Week 3 – Inequality among Member States Robert H. Jackson, Quasi-States: Sovereignty, International Relations and the Third World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990), chapters 1 – 3 and 5. Jean E. Krasno, ed., The United Nations: Confronting the Challenges of a Global Society (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004), chapters 4 and 5. Week 4 – International Financial Institutions as Global Organization C. Roe Goddard, “The International Monetary Fund,” in C. Roe Goddard, Patrick Cronin and Kishore C. Dash, eds., International Political Economy: State-Market Relations in a Changing Global Order (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003), pp. 241-67. [in reader] Bruce Rich, “The World Bank under James Wolfensohn,” in Jonathan R. Pincus and Jeffrey A. Winters, eds., Reinventing the World Bank (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2002), pp. 26-53. [in reader] Jean E. Krasno, ed., The United Nations: Confronting the Challenges of a Global Society (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004), chapter 6. Week 5 – Global Organization on the Regional Level Edward D. Mansfield and Helen V. Milner, “The New Wave of Regionalism,” International Organization, vol. 53, no. 3 (Summer 1999), pp. 589-627. [in reader] David M. Wood and Birol A Yesilada, The Emerging European Union (New York: Pearson Longman, 2004, Third Edition), pp. 91 – 114, 117 – 132. [in reader] Robert H. Jackson and Carl G. Rosberg, “Why Africa’s Weak States Persist: The Empirical and the Juridical in Statehood,” World Politics vol. 35 no. 1 (October 1982), pp. 1-24. [in reader] Amitav Acharya, Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia: ASEAN and the problem of regional order (London and New York: Routledge, 2001), pp. 47-79. [in reader] Mid term exam on Tuesday. Week 6 – Private Corporations as Global Organization Susan Strange, The Retreat of the State: The Diffusion of Power in the World Economy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), chapters 1-6, choose two chapters from chapters 7-12. Benjamin J. Cohen, The Geography of Money (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1998), pp. 1-26. [in reader] PW Singer, Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry, (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2003), pp. 3 – 70. [in reader] Week 7 – Transnational Networks as Global Organization Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink, Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1998), chapters 1, 2 and 6, plus either 3, 4 or 5. Week 8 – Networks and Diasporas as Global Organization Robert H. Jackson, Quasi-States: Sovereignty, International Relations and the Third World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990), chapter 6. Richard Price, “Reversing the Gun Sights: Transnational Civil Society Targets Land Mines,” International Organization, vol. 52, no. 3 (Summer 1998), pp. 613-644. [in reader] Yossi Shain and Aharon Barth, “Diasporas and International Relations Theory,” International Organization, vol. 57, no. 3 (Summer 2003), pp. 449-480. [in reader] Week 9 – Global Culture and Terror Samuel P. Huntington, “The Clash of Civilizations?” Foreign Affairs, vol. 72, No. 3 (1993). [in reader] Edward W. Said, “The Clash of Ignorance,” The Nation, 22 October 2001. [in reader] National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (New York and London: WW Norton & Company, First Edition), pp. 47-70 and 361-428. [in reader] Week 10 – REVIEW Susan Strange, The Retreat of the State: The Diffusion of Power in the World Economy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), chapter 13. Final exam on from 8:00 a.m. until 11:00 a..m. 177. The United States and the World Instructor: Ronnie Lipschutz Course Description Politics 177 offers an historical sociology of U.S. strategic and economic policies. The course includes an examination of the political, economic, and cultural relationship between the United States and the rest of the world, including historical background and sociological elements. The course offers a special focus on U.S. involvement in the Middle East and Persian Gulf, and the politics and economics of that region as well as the extent to which domestic politics influenced foreign policy and vice versa. Course requirements include attendance at all lectures participation in class discussions, two short (5 pp.) papers, a mid-term exam and a take home final. 190D. Early Socialist and Anarchist Thought Instructor: Megan Thomas Note: This syllabus is subject to revision. Course Description This class focuses on the work of eight European and American thinkers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: Fourier, Saint-Simon, Stirner, Proudhon, Bakunin, Kropotkin, Gilman, and Goldman. These authors all address some of the common concerns of early socialist and anarchist thought, including problems of labor, property, freedom, and human fulfillment, as they are experienced by individuals as part of (or outside of) institutions of marriage, collective, factory, community, class, society, and the state. Our readings and our discussions will focus primarily on these authors’ theoretical ideas, rather than on the political movements associated with them. Some familiarity with nineteenth-century political thought, including Marx, is expected; Politics 105C would be appropriate preparation for the class, though it is not a prerequisite. The first half of the course will consist of initial discussions of these eight thinkers, based on our readings of selections from their work. During the second half of the course, students will direct the class in readings and discussions according to their research paper topics. To prepare for these discussions, we will both re-read some selections that we discussed already in our first discussions, as well as read new selections and secondary sources. Required Texts The following texts are required and are available for purchase at the Literary Guillotine, 204 Locust St. [near Cedar St.], open Monday-Saturday, 10am-6pm:
The following text is available for purchase through the instructor, for $5. You may either purchase this text, or purchase volume 2 of the Course Reader from Bay Tree Bookstore, which contains only the selections from this book that are initially required:
Reserve You may find some of the following books helpful; they will be on 1-day reserve for the class.
Course Format and Requirements Class Meetings This is a seminar course, so there will be no lectures. Our class meetings will be discussions, thus a great deal of responsibility lies with each of you to come to class well prepared. Discussion Questions You must write a brief response to the readings, or suggest a question for discussion about them, and e-mail it to me in advance of the relevant class meeting (by midnight the night before class). The aim of this is to initiate productive discussion; one good, thoughtful paragraph should be sufficient. Research Paper Your work over the quarter will culminate in a 15-20 page research paper in which you pursue in some depth a question or an issue that is raised during the first few weeks of class (subject to my approval). Normally this would mean that you would choose one theme or issue to pursue in one of the eight authors that we are studying, but you may successfully write on more than one author. You must submit a five-page paper proposal by Monday, 10/30 You will be required to select readings relevant to your paper topic and to lead a related discussion in class during the last four weeks of the quarter. Grading All of the work that you are required to do for the class will contribute to your final grade. Class discussion and related work is 50% of your grade; your final paper and related work is 50% of your grade. Class Schedule: (Changes may be announced in class) Wednesday, 4/2: Introduction Part I: First discussions: Wednesday, 4/9: Socialism, Anarchism, and the Nineteenth-Century Imagination Required reading:
Recommended reading:
Fourier (Required reading is available in volume 2 of the course reader; you may choose instead to purchase a copy of the original book for $5 through the instructor) Required reading:
Recommended reading:
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Part II: Preparation for papers and second discussions Wednesday, 5/7: Paper prospectus and related reading assignments due in class. Part III: Second discussions Wednesday, 5/14: Fourier & Stirner Wednesday, 5/21: Proudhon & Bakunin Wednesday, 5/28: Kropotkin & Gilman Wednesday, 6/4: Goldman Final Papers 200A. Problems of Language and Textuality in Political Theory. Instructor: Dean P. Mathiowetz Note: This draft syllabus is subject to revision. Course Description Preamble This course examines the intersections of politics and theory in language, particularly as it bears on the question of how we are to interpret political texts, discourses, and events, past and present. We will variously situate politics and language by reading critically important texts in the philosophy of language and language philosophy in both the Anglo-American and Continental traditions. We begin with a general primer on language and by examining some contemporary perspectives on language and violence, as a means of suspending common, often tacitly communitarian assumptions about language. We are subsequently introduced to strands of theorizing interpretation in their development, borrowings, and disputes. We will also consider, alongside and as a part of these discussions, how perspectives on the interpretation of texts bear on the study of political phenomena, including gender, violence, cultural differences, and action. We will devote two sessions to evaluating widely varying interpretations of Machiavelli's The Prince on themes of power, violence, deception, gender, and freedom. As thinkers attuned to the textual quality of political discourses, events, and practices, we ask: How can philosophical perspectives on language contribute to our understanding of politics? How do we read texts, practices, events, and discourses as political agents, as teachers, as theorists, and as historians of ideas? Must readings of texts, events, practices and discourses that are historically and textually grounded be compatible with a democratic ethos? And finally, what tensions reside between such a democratic ethos and the political agency that a democratic ethos is supposed to respect and to foster? As a part of the core curriculum of the Politics Department Ph.D. program, this course introduces students to political theorizing as an ethical, historical, and active practice, and to the unique problems and promise of this practice as a mode of scholarship and of political engagement. The course is therefore less oriented to examining political thought as a collection of scholarly literatures devoted to the “canon” and prominent subdisciplinary “debates.” The materials and topics covered in this course should nonetheless facilitate and enrich students’ encounters with these literatures in the course of exam preparation and thesis research, within and beyond disciplinary political theory and political science. Requirements Course credit and narrative evaluations will be determined on the basis of students’ performance of the following required activities: Thoughtfully reading all required selections prior to the meeting in which they are discussed. Attendance at and participation in all seminar discussions. Four reading-response papers (1200 words), circulated 48 hours prior to the seminar meeting (i.e. 6 p.m. Monday). Preparation and presentation of one scheduled critical review of other students' response papers. Schedule of Meetings and Readings Background Reading (I encourage you to read this over the break) January 11: Political Theory and the Object / Subjects of Language See also (optional): January 18: Violence and the Law: Subject to Language Cover, Robert. “Violence and the Word” Yale Law Journal (1986) See also (optional): January 25: Performance I: Action as Text February 1: Performance II: Text as Action Perreau-Saussine, Emile. “Quentin Skinner in Context,” The Review of Politics, Vol. 69, No. 1 (December 2007)Pocock, J.G. A. “Introduction: The State of the Art” from Virtue, Commerce, and History – February 8: Authors, Readers, Others February 15: Hermeneutics I Gadamer, Hans.Truth and Method, pages xi – xxxiv, 267-406 See also: February 22: Hermeneutics II Scott, Joan. “On Experience,” in Feminists Theorize the Political Machiavelli, Niccolo. The Prince Althusser, Louis. Machiavelli and Us, chapters 1, 3, and 4 March 8: Writing and Reading Machiavelli’s The Prince Brown, Wendy. “Machiavelli: From Man to Manhood” and “Machiavelli: Manhood and the Political World” (pp. 112-119) in Manhood and Politics See also: Greene,Thomas M. “The End of Discourse in Machiavelli’s Prince”, in Literary Theory / Renaissance Texts (eds. Parker and Quint) March 15: Political Remainders and the Subject of Decision Deleuze & Guattari, “Introduction: Rhizome” from A Thousand Plateaus See also: |
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