An introduction to global issues and the political, economic and geographic information and concepts requisite to understanding them. Emphasis is placed on developing skill in retrieving and utilizing political, economic and geographic information. Consideration will be given to the experience of other countries and to alternate paradigms of environmental protection. Emphasis is placed on close reading and interpretation of primary texts.
Emphasis is placed on close reading and interpretation of primary texts.
Emphasis will be placed on the analysis and evaluation of policy alternatives. Some consideration will be given to public policy in other nations. A study of diplomacy, alliance systems, war, interdependence, and nationalism in the international arena. Special attention will be given to the causes of international conflict. The student learns how to read and analyze constitutional cases in the areas of civil rights and civil liberties, free speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, the right of privacy, race and sex discrimination, and the conflict of congressional and presidential powers.