It also examines foreign policy influences on immigration policy and places immigration within a global context to examine the origins of immigration as well as international migration patterns. Investigates the basic requirements and underlying conditions of a democratic society. Examining factors such as the nature of political authority, the social structure of various societies, the role of personal and public morality, and the impact of political and psychological forces, helps explain why democracy is so difficult to establish and maintain. A crisis typically provides a supreme challenge to the wisdom and resourcefulness of the decision-makers involved. We live in an imperfect world - a world with terrorist attacks, brushfire wars, environmental threats, dramatic economic shifts and other major crises.
Reality is a sobering experience.
This course examines crises to see if they may be prevented or controlled so that conflict becomes less, rather than more, frequent in the global arena. Department chairperson's or instructor's permission Permits advanced students to study special topics. Course credit will also include intensive study of positions of assigned nations. Allows repetition for credit, but only one offering may be applied to the government minor. Government Department internship director Offers students the opportunity to arrange, in conjunction with the college, employment in a public or nonprofit organization.