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POSC 122.00 Politics in America: Liberty and Equality 6 credits
Closed: Size: 30, Registered: 30, Waitlist: 0
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11:10am12:20pm | 11:10am12:20pm | 12:00pm1:00pm |
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POSC 210.00 Misinformation, Political Rumors, and Conspiracy Theories 6 credits
Closed: Size: 25, Registered: 29, Waitlist: 0
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10:10am11:55am | 10:10am11:55am |
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Why do people believe in conspiracy theories, hold on to misinformed beliefs even in the face of mounting evidence to the contrary, and/or spread political and social rumors that may have little basis in fact? Who is most vulnerable to these various forms of misinformation? What are the normative and political consequences of misperceptions (if any)? This course explores the psychological, political, and philosophical approaches to the study of the causes, consequences, and tenacity of conspiracy beliefs, misinformation, and political rumors, as well as possible approaches that journalists could employ to combat misperceptions.
POSC 222.00 Political Science Lab: Interviewing Techniques 3 credits
Closed: Size: 25, Registered: 17, Waitlist: 0
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11:10am12:20pm | 11:10am12:20pm | 12:00pm1:00pm |
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This class provides a hands-on introduction to how researchers devise, conduct, and analyze interviews in political science. Students will learn about different types of interview methodologies, including elite and non-elite, structured, semi-structured, and intensive approaches. Over the course of the class, students will consider the types of questions most appropriately answered by interviews, the fundamentals of different sampling strategies, how to devise questionnaires, and how to use the information collected for both quantitative and qualitative analysis. We will also cover interview ethics, how to employ culturally sensitive techniques, and how to employ interviews in individual, group, and crowd situations.
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POSC 244.00 The Politics of Eurovision 3 credits
Closed: Size: 25, Registered: 28, Waitlist: 0
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11:10am12:20pm | 11:10am12:20pm | 12:00pm1:00pm |
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At first glance, Eurovision, the decades-long, continent-wide singing contest, is nothing more than a mindless pop culture event. Dismissed as a celebration of (at best) mediocre music, Eurovision seems like it would be the last place to learn about serious politics. In this class, however, we will explore Eurovision as a place where art is deeply political and often engages in debates about gender and sexuality, race, the legacies of colonialism, war and revolution, nationalism, and democracy—not just within the context of the competition itself but how these discussions spill over into broader social and political dynamics.
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POSC 256.00 Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil 6 credits
Open: Size: 25, Registered: 11, Waitlist: 0
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1:15pm3:00pm | 1:15pm3:00pm |
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Nietzsche understood himself to be living at a moment of great endings: the exhaustion of modernity, the self-undermining of rationalism, the self-overcoming of morality--in short, stunningly, the "death of God." He regarded these endings as an unprecedented disaster for humanity but also as an unprecedented opportunity, and he pointed the way to a new ideal and a new culture that would be life-affirming and life-enhancing. This course will center on close study of Beyond Good and Evil, perhaps Nietzsche's most beautiful book and probably his most political one. Selections from some of his other books will also be assigned.
POSC 279.00 Global Challenges and Civil Society Solutions 6 credits
Open: Size: 25, Registered: 13, Waitlist: 0
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12:30pm1:40pm | 12:30pm1:40pm | 1:10pm2:10pm |
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Tocqueville once remarked, “if men who live in democratic countries did not acquire the practice of associating with each other in ordinary life, civilization itself would be in peril.” Today, our lives are affected by a wide spectrum of these associations of ordinary life from the Catholic Church, to international NGOs like Greenpeace, to mundane neighborhood groups. This course investigates whether these organizations can help solve some of the most pressing global challenges like climate change, inequality, and epidemics. We will engage classic literature about civil society, study contemporary organizations and movements, and think critically about their political, social and economic impact.
POSC 302.00 Subordinated Politics and Intergroup Relations* 6 credits
Closed: Size: 15, Registered: 19, Waitlist: 0
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1:15pm3:00pm | 1:15pm3:00pm |
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How do social and political groups interact? How do we understand these interactions in relation to power? This course will introduce the basic approaches and debates in the study of prejudice, racial attitudes, and intergroup relations. We will focus on three main questions. First, how do we understand and study prejudice and racism as they relate to U.S. politics? Second, how do group identities, stereotyping, and other factors help us understand the legitimation of discrimination, group hierarchy, and social domination? Third, what are the political and social challenges associated with reducing prejudice?
POSC 329.00 Reinventing Humanism: A Dialogue with Tzvetan Todorov 6 credits
Open: Size: 15, Registered: 7, Waitlist: 0
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10:10am11:55am | 10:10am11:55am |
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Humanism is today severely criticized for reducing humanity to Western culture and history and for its aggressive control and destruction of the non-human. Concomitantly, the history of the twentieth century reveals a growing totalitarian and anti-humanistic tendency in (post)modern societies and their politics, to replace individual agency, freedom, and responsibility with systemic solutions. The course explores, through a dialogue with the work of the French thinker, Tzvetan Todorov, how being human could be reinvented today in ways that avoid the moral and political pitfalls of the previous humanistic tradition, without devaluing, in the process, the idea of a shared humanity.
POSC 330.00 The Complexity of Politics* 6 credits
Open: Size: 15, Registered: 10, Waitlist: 0
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POSC 339.00 LGBTQ Politics in America 6 credits
Open: Size: 15, Registered: 9, Waitlist: 0
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9:50am11:00am | 9:50am11:00am | 9:40am10:40am |
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The advancement of LGBTQ rights in the United States has experienced unprecedented success over the last twenty years, shifting public attitudes and legal protections for LGBTQ Americans. This course provides a discussion of LGBTQ history and in-depth analysis of how LGBTQ policy victories were achieved, including background on the strategies and tactics used to generate results. We will take a critical look at such milestones and examine what they mean for the entire LGBTQ population, including queer people of color, transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals, the disabled, and the economically disadvantaged.
POSC 361.00 Approaches to Development* 6 credits
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POSC 367.00 Social Welfare in a Time of Crisis* 6 credits
Open: Size: 25, Registered: 5, Waitlist: 0
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3:10pm4:55pm | 3:10pm4:55pm |
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During COVID-19, many countries adopted new cash transfers, wage subsidies, and basic income experiments, among other innovative social policies, prompting major debates on the need to transform existing social protection systems. We will examine the origins and evolution of formal welfare institutions in the global north and south, with an intersectional focus on their consequences for diverse groups. We will also explore how non-state actors contribute to the construction and maintenance of social safety nets around the world. Based on these insights, we will consider how states, markets, families, and communities may shape the future of welfare states.
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