Basic institutions and processes of American government. The role of constitutional structures, parties, interest groups and elections in the system; policy formation and policy content.
Courses
PS 103 Introduction to International Relations
Explores past and present patterns of political, social and technological change in terms of their contemporary and future implications for international relations.
PS 401 Political Controversy & Political Skills
This course presents a choice between enjoying the sensation of ‘being right’ and the possibility of moving one’s personal and political agenda forward in concrete ways. Lately, political culture has been almost exclusively about the …
PS 401 Political Controversy & Political Skills
This course presents a choice between enjoying the sensation of ‘being right’ and the possibility of moving one’s personal and political agenda forward in concrete ways. Lately, political culture has been almost exclusively about the …
PS 948 Political Violence
Although violence is an ancient social phenomenon, the study of violence is increasingly common in political science and related disciplines. Within the past 15 years, an exciting field of study has emerged, bringing together experienced …
PS 933 Concepts and Categories: Feminist Political Thought and Practice
Taking Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s definition of queer—”the open mesh of possibilities, gaps, overlaps, dissonances and resonances, lapses and excesses of meaning when the constituent elements of anyone’s gender, of anyone’s sexuality aren’t made (or can’t be made) …
PS 904 Macro Theories of American Politics
In-depth examination of selected topics on American politics and governmental institutions.
PS 900 Economic Inequality in Modern Political Thought
Economic inequality is a topic that dominates contemporary political debate. Yet long before Bernie Sanders opined about the moral injustice of economic inequality theorists in the eighteenth and nineteenth century grappled with the political and …
PS 857 Theories of International Relations
This course offers a graduate-level introductory survey of the field of international relations. The primary purpose is to understand the development of the field, and to understand and be able to evaluate the main theoretical …
PS 856 Field Seminar in Comparative Politics
This seminar is designed to serve five goals: (1) To acquaint students with many of the leading theories within the field of comparative politics. Students will be made aware of the relevant literatures so that they will be able to …