Month: March 2017
Yoshiko M. Herrera news post date 03/23/2017
Professor Yoshiko Herrera discusses President Trump’s ties to Russia on Deutsche Welle.
PS 933 Feminist Political Theory
Focuses on how specific schools of feminist thought redefine the political, spanning historical and contemporary feminist political theory.
PS 839 Methods of Political Theory
An overview of the central disciplinary approaches to interpreting, teaching, and writing about philosophical texts.
PS 900/904 The Changing Structure of American Politics
In-depth examination of selected topics on American politics and governmental institutions. This semester will feature the demise of the once-solid South, the rise of participatory politics, and the coming of partisan polarization.
PS 874 Policy-Making Process
An intensive study of policy-making processes involved in the formulation of public policies. This course is crosslisted with Public Affairs and Urban & Regional Planning.
PS 871 Public Program Evaluation
Compares the conceptual, statistical, and ethical issues of experimental, quasi-experimental and non-experimental designs for program evaluation. Definitions of outcomes, sample size issues, statistical biases in measuring causal effects of programs, and the reliability of findings …
PS 857 International Relations Theories
Analysis of the major theories on the functioning of the international political system and the behavior of nations within it.
PS 856 Field Seminar in Comparative Politics
A broad introduction to the field of comparative politics. It combines a theory-driven approach with a problem-driven approach to analyze key themes in comparative politics. Four paradigms in comparative politics–structural, cultural, rational-choice and institutional–will be …
PS 854 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
Comparative analysis of nationalism, national identity, and ethnicity and their impact on domestic and international conflict. Examines relationship between nationality, citizenship, and minority rights; territoriality and identity, contemporary religious nationalism; relationship between globalization and nationalism.