Courses

• CAS PO 504: Public Policy Analysis: Issues, Concepts, and Tools
  The analytical foundations of public policy analysis and the limitations on "rational" policy-making. An analysis of several controversial public policies (e.g., regulating the economy, immigration, health care reform) which may vary from year to year. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 641.
• CAS PO 508: The Judiciary and Civil Liberties
  First Amendment rights of speech, press, assembly, religion; rights of defendants in criminal cases; and the constitutional protection of racial minorities. Supreme Court decision-making processes and modes of compliance with its decisions are also considered. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 514.
• CAS PO 511: American Electoral Behavior
  The scientific study of elections and political participation with emphasis on voting in U.S. presidential elections. Topics include partisanship, ideology, voter turnout, political participation, campaign organization and strategy, and the effects of campaigns on voters. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 524.
• CAS PO 515: American Politics and Use of Force
  Examines how domestic politics drive the use of force in the postwar United States. Explores how Congress, courts, interest groups, media, and public opinion define Presidential action in times of crisis, as well as the kinds of crises that evoke action. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 518.
• CAS PO 516: Gender and Politics
  Analyzes the development of female citizenship in the United States since the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women's suffrage. Inequalities based on sex and sexuality, and the political and legal attempts to address these issues are discussed.
• CAS PO 524: Governance
  What is good governance, and what are its causes and effects? These questions, at the heart of political science since Aristotle, are addressed empirically through cross-national data and case studies. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the title "Democratic Governance" that was previously numbered CAS PO 521.
• CAS PO 525: Bureaucracy and Governance: A Comparative Inquiry
  (Meets with CAS IR 513.) Bureaucracy is not only credited with underpinning economic development but also blamed for corruption and inefficiency. Exploring both theory and comparative development, this course looks at some of the most basic and important issues informing our understanding of governance. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 546.
• CAS PO 526: Global Justice
  Meets with CAS IR 523. Charts the course of human development over history and inquires why the quality of life varies so dramatically in the world today. Geographic, economic, cultural, and political factors are explored. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 523.
• CAS PO 528: Seminar: The Political Economy of Advanced Industrialized Societies
  Meets with GRS IR 723. Surveys forces contributing to national differences in social and economic policy; identifies current challenges to state sovereignty, such as globalization and immigration; and examines how nations from different welfare state regimes are coping with these threats to the nation state. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 621.
• CAS PO 529: Globalization and Contemporary Capitalism in Advanced Industrialized Nations
  Meets with CAS IR 596. How has globalization affected national sovereignty and control? Competing hypotheses are examined with specific reference to the internationalization of trade and the financial markets, and its impact on the three postwar models of capitalism. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 538.
• CAS PO 535: European Integration
  Meets with CAS IR 550. Assesses the meaning of "European Union" in its domestic, foreign policy, and economic dimensions. To understand the opportunities and limits of cooperation and conflict, relevant issue areas of European Community policy are discussed from a functionalist and realist perspective. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 525.
• CAS PO 536: Social Europe: Identity, Citizenship, and the Welfare State
  Meets with CAS IR 551. The past, present and future of "social Europe." Impact of European economic and political integration on national identities, cultures, politics, and citizenship; EU policies affecting these social constructions; and changes over time in the welfare state. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 528.
• CAS PO 539: Topics in European Politics and Culture
  Meets with CAS IR 452. Explores European politics through the lens of culture, using materials from literature, film, and the social sciences, including live sessions with European writers/artists. Topic for Spring 2013: Critical Moments and Memory in Europe. Includes the shadows cast by the Holocaust, the Spanish Civil War, the Cold War, and post-Communist transitions, as well as economic dislocations and immigrations. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 584.
• CAS PO 540: Turkey and the European Union: The History and Contemporary Aspects of Turkey's European Path
  Meets with CAS IR 558. Examines the relationship between Turkey and the European Union (EU). Interaction of two data sets is considered: key concepts, actors, concerns and issues of European integration; historical and contemporary hallmarks of Turkey's political, economic, cultural, and military development. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 588.
• CAS PO 541: Seminar on European Politics
  Selected topics in European Politics: the political development of European states, the changing dynamics of European party systems, the rise of the Radical Right, the politics of immigration, and questions of nationalism, European identity and the future of the European Union. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 561.
• CAS PO 542: Immigration: Politics and Policy
  Immigration has become a subject of much debate and controversy in democratic polities. This course explores the politics, economics, and social consequences of immigration policies across a number of countries, including European states and the United States.
• CAS PO 544: Nordic Europe
  Meets with CAS IR 552. A brief historical overview of the region from the Viking Age to the emergence of the modern states is followed by study of the Nordic countries with respect to the European Union, security arrangements, and assistance to the developing world. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 529.
• CAS PO 545: Politics and International Relations of the Federal Republic of Germany
  Meets with CAS IR 549. Analysis of contemporary German polity; domestic and international forces that have created the strengths and weaknesses of the present-day German state; implications for the viability of German political institutions and for Germany?s present and future role in the world.
• CAS PO 548: Political Economy of China
  Meets with CAS IR 527. How did China implement economic reform? What were the progresses and limitations? How is China's political-economic development influencing the global system? Discussions are conducted in a comparative perspective. Countries of reference include Japan and India. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 527.
• CAS PO 549: Problems and Issues in Post-Mao China
  Meets with CAS IR 585. An in-depth examination of politics in post-Mao China, this course focuses on several critical issues, uses various conceptual frameworks to try to understand why the reform process broke down and examines prospects for the future. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 558.

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