May be taken twice for credit. May be taken twice, with study of different governments each time. May be taken concurrently with PSC 321. Analyses of the problems and prospects challenging the global community at a time of political and economic change through the study of the rules of industrialized countries, former socialist bloc states and the Third World. Attention will be given to the interplay of political and economic power as components of planetary well-being.
Students prepare and argue a moot case.
A survey of the history of Western political thought. Any 200-level PSC course or two PHL courses. A brief introduction to the concept of justice, followed by an examination of the alternative views of distributive justice. May include major research paper. Topics in political science with an emphasis on international relations theory and global change.