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  • 3.00 Credits

    Studies political systems of East Asia. Analyzes impact of social and economic factors upon political institutions. Dual listed with POLS 4230. Prerequisite: 9 hours of political science.
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    An analysis of the processes of political, economic and social change in the non-Western world. Dual listed with POLS 4255. Cross listed with INST 5255. Prerequisites: 9 hours of political science or international studies including POLS 1200, or POLS 1250, or POLS 2310, or permission of instructor.
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    Examines the theoretical/empirical research on causes of democratic transition and consolidation, including new waves of democratization and prospects for democratization in other contexts. Focus is given to a variety of theoretical/methodological perspectives such as the structural, strategic, social/cultural, institutional, and economic approaches. Dual listed with POLS 4260. Cross listed with INST 5260. Prerequisites: 9 hours of political science or international studies.
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    A survey of the inter-American system and the idea of hemispheric unity, followed by an analysis of the major issues confronting the inter-American community. Dual listed with POLS 4290. Prerequisite: 9 hours of political science or international studies including POLS 1200, or POLS 1250, or POLS 2310, or permission of the instructor.
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    Analyzes American foreign policy decision-making process and selected contemporary foreign policy problems. Stresses political and institutional factors along with analysis of policy options. Dual listed with POLS 4330. Prerequisite: 9 hours of political science including POLS 2310.
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    Encompasses development of world organizations such as League of Nations, United Nations and its affiliate bodies. Also studies regional organizations and private international bodies. Dual listed with POLS 4340. Prerequisite: 9 hours of political science including POLS 2310.
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    Considers in-depth meaning of "sustainable development" and trade-offs necessary to achieve it. Considers this issue from global perspective through application of theories in economics, political science, international relations, technology studies and ethics. Dual listed with POLS 4350. Prerequisite: 9 hours of political science or economics.
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    Why do nations go to war, engage in atrocities such as genocide, or move toward peace following conflict? Examines underlying processes behind both conflict and peace in the international system, including sources of conflict and ways conflicts might be moved toward sustainable peace. Dual listed with POLS 4360. Cross listed with INST 5360. Prerequisites: 9 hours of political science or international studies including POLS 2310.
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    Mechanisms provide accountability for gross human rights violations and acts of mass atrocity within nations. Case studies are used to examine types of transitional justice interventions; tensions between demands of justice at local, national, and international levels; and transitional justice's role in post-conflict peace-building and reconciliation. Dual listed with POLS 4375. Cross listed with INST 5375. Prerequisites: 9 hours of political science or international studies including POLS 2310.
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    Drawing on key theory and contemporary real-world case studies this course explores how environmental change and the competition for scarce resources (such as food, water, oil, gems, and timber) have increasingly been linked to violent interstate and intrastate conflict and how such conflicts might be addressed, managed, or resolved through international and national action. Dual listed with POLS 4385; cross listed with INST 5385. Prerequisite: 9 hours of POLS or INST, including POLS/INST 2310.