Theory and practice of survey research; planning, sampling, questionnaire construction, interviewing, content analysis, machine tabulation, analysis of data; two hours lecture; two hours lab or field work.
PS 534 Socialism and Transitions to the Market
Course focusing on state socialism as a political and economic system and the transition from that system in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, China, and elsewhere.
PS 519 African American Political Theory
Explores a range of theories that African Americans have drawn upon to cope with and ameliorate their political circumstances in the United States within the specific parameters of political theory.
PS 506 The Human Condition
Investigation at an advanced level of selected problems in political philosophy.
PS 506 Economy, Politics, Society
Investigation at an advanced level of selected problems in political philosophy.
PS 506 Toqueville’s Democracy in America
Investigation at an advanced level of selected problems in political philosophy.
PS 506 Economic Inequality in Political Theory
Investigation at an advanced level of selected problems in political philosophy.
PS 502 The Development of Modern Western Political Thought
Basic political ideas in the European tradition since Machiavelli, related to contemporary problems.
PS 481 Honors Seminar on Race and Politics in the United States
This course examines the sources and policy implications of racial division in American politics by analyzing a range of issues, such as affirmative action in the workplace and in higher education, the use of black …
PS 469 Women and Politics
Changing political roles, status, attitudes, and behaviors of women in contemporary society and of the political implications of changing female/male relationships.