Emphasis will be given to the development of liberalism, fascism, communism, and democratic socialism. It is hoped that the student can acquire an additional resource to order, define, and evaluate political reality. Third World ideologies is an exploration of some of the theories of political development and mobilization used in the lesser-developed world. Particular writers examined include Gandhi, Frantz Fanon, Julius Nyerere and Marx. No previous experience in political theory is necessary.
Exams are essay, and the reading load is heavy.
This course introduces the graduate student to the central theories, scholars and questions examined at the advanced level in international relations. In doing so, we will address the behavior of states and international organizations, theories of war, modes of foreign policy decision making and various other approaches and questions posed in the study of international relations. The course is designed to provide the M.A. student with a foundation for further study in international relations, and to provide a foundation of IR scholarship for the M.A. comprehensive exam. Rather than focusing on the development of any particular policy area, we examine the development of institutional structures that craft, propose and implement policy. The first section of the course examines comparative electoral systems.