PS 300

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Credit: 3 hours.

Selected readings and research in political science. See Class Schedule for current topics.

May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours if topics vary. Prerequisite: Six hours of political science, or consent of instructor.

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PS 300 class schedule data for fall 2024
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
56249	Lecture-Discussion	A	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	321 Gregory Hall	Inacio, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Section Title: Politics & Inst in Brazil Section Info: Topic: Politics and Institutions in Brazil. Course will be taught by Prof. Magna Inacio. The broad academic purpose of the course is to evaluate presidential democracy in Brazil. The goal is to give students an introduction to the main debates on political institutions in Brazil and to help them identify issues for future research. The course explores distinct theoretical and empirical challenges associated with the functioning of democracy and the political institutions in Brazil. Since Brazil has increasingly witnessed growing protests, distrust of political institutions and collapsing governments, new avenues have refreshed the debate on the new challenges (or threats?) of the presidential democracies. This course reassesses the “executive dominance” thesis, which stresses the wide array of constitutional powers of directly elected presidents in light of recent political instability events in Brazil and Latin America. Since Latin American presidentialism is associated with directly elected and influential executives, we examine how they play out in a variety of political settings. Beyond the constitutional and partisan powers of the Brazilian president, we shed light on executives’ additional tools, such as administrative powers, distributive politics, and clientelism. This course proposal is divided into ten sessions addressing the broader research streams on presidential democracies. The readings compress the recent literature on this subject and offer a general view of recent theoretical and empirical developments of the research agenda on Brazilian political institutions. Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman class standing.
66745	Lecture-Discussion	GP	3:00PM -4:20PM	MW	212 David Kinley Hall	Pauselli, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Section Title: Global LGBT Rights Section Info: Course will be taught by Prof. Gino Pauselli. Dozens of countries now grant some form of same-sex unions. Simultaneously, numerous countries have increased restrictions on members of the LGBT community. This course is designed to explore the various aspects of the relationship between sexual minorities and the state and to understand the processes of policy changes. The course will analyze the historical journey of the LGBT movement, examine the global status of sexual minorities, and assess the roles played by states, non-state actors, and international organizations in promoting political change. The course surveys the academic literature in political science, including comparative politics, American politics, and international relations. Key questions that will guide the course are: What factors have facilitated the mobilization of LGBT people? How and why do public opinions and state laws towards LGBT individuals differ globally? What are the strategies behind the adoption of inclusive or restrictive laws worldwide? Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman class standing.
56999	Lecture-Discussion	XD	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	301 Architecture Building	Dai, X	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Section Title: Int'l Institutional Order Section Info: How does order emerge and evolve in the international system? This course focuses on the international institutional order. We study the theoretical foundation for order formation and evolution; we interrogate the relationship between power distributions and the international institutional order. We analyze the emergence of the contemporary international institutional order and further investigate the contestation over that order; we inspect challenges ranging from political to economic and from internal to external. This course will help students develop a well informed and thoughtfully reasoned understanding of global politics in an changing world. Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman class standing.