Central concern is with the arts of diplomacy and the resort to the use of force in the 19th and 20th centuries from the era of Napoleon to the emergence of the Cold War. International political issues in the last decade of the 20th century with special emphasis on the role of the great powers in the contemporary world and the changing shape of an international system complicated by a large increase in the number of actors and growing interdependencies. Specific topics will be chosen to reflect current events. An analysis of the management of public policy by and through public agencies. Extensive use of cases to demonstrate contemporary decision-making in handling problems of the public sector.
Special attention is paid to personnel administration and administrative ethics and law.
Examples from major areas of environmental concern, such as air pollution, water quality, energy policy and waste disposal are used to illustrate how political institutions and movements cope with local, regional and global threats to the environment. Special attention is paid to the changing political systems of the area in the twentieth century, regional relations and political relations with the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Attention paid to historical and cultural aspects of these issues and how they affect political institutions and behavior. Papers- that are important in the emergence of liberal democracy. Classic texts from Marx and Weber are used to structure an approach to contemporary theorists.