Analyze and evaluate diverse ideas of prominent thinkers from 1630 to present. International, national, and regional issues. Impact of systems on society. Significant recent and current cases and opinions in American law which act to discriminate between rights, duties, and obligations of men and women on the basis of gender. How administrative and regulatory agencies implement public policy.
Case studies illustrate the growing authority of agencies to implement policy.
Contemporary policy issues, such as health care, energy, education, immigration, or civil rights. May be repeated up to eight units. Significant concepts or movements in political thought. Radical ideas and movements from 19th century to present. Regions and cases vary with instructor.