In the second semester, the foreign policies of contemporary major powers are analyzed and compared. A survey of the ideas that have shaped American political life from the 18th century to the present. Emphasis is placed on close reading and critical interpretation of the writings of such thinkers as Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Lincoln, and F. D. Roosevelt, as well as contemporary writers. Emphasis is placed on close reading and critical interpretation of selected primary texts. An examination of the political institutions and processes of Western Europe.
Attention focuses on Great Britain, France, and the Federal Republic of Germany.
The underlying theme of the course is the variety and problems of modern regimes. Political Science 220 or permission of the instructor. An analysis of the political institutions and processes of modernizing nations. Particular attention is given to the relationships between economic and social modernization and political change. Case studies are drawn from contemporary modernizing regimes.