Students write a major research paper. The writing and arguing of case briefs are required. The same approach is employed as an Introduction to Constitutional Law, but the cases covered are the leading ones in the development of American civil liberties. The seminar's major themes are the formation and interaction of states and markets, the institutions governing the flow of commodities, labor and capital, theories of imperialism, hegemonic stability theory, and regime theory, and the role of 'domestic' politics in the creation of governing institutions for regulation of trade, capital and labor flows. Covers geography and economics as well as politics.
Considerable attention is given to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Offered alternate years. Readings include work by contemporary scholars on the historical emergence of nationalism as well as works by scholars in philosophy and cultural studies who explore the ways in which the cultural frameworks provided by national or political communities are constitutive of an individual's personal identity. Engages students in a critical analysis of several contemporary issues in international ethics. The political philosophy of selected great classics from Plato to the present. Students write a major research paper.