ANTH G6057: Governmentality, Citizenship and Indigenous Political Critique
Simpson, Audra; 3 credits; T 6:10pm-8:00pm (SEM)

This seminar explores the ways in which Indigenous peoples have theorized, deployed, critiqued notions of 'nationhood', 'citizenship' and 'sovereignty' in order to articulate and claim rights to territory, to jurisdiction and to the past. Our aim is to interrogate what these critical concepts mean in the literature of anthropology, political theory and Native American Studies as well as to examine the ways in which Indigenous peoples understand and critique state practices, maintain and construct their own modes of governance and mobilize politically to achieve their ends. This course is comparative in scope; literature and cases will be drawn from various sites but will dwell largely within Native North America. This course is open to advanced level undergraduates and graduate students. (Enrollment 15)

CPLS G4125: Critique of Human Rights and the Institution of the Citizen
Balibar, Etienne; 3 credits; Sep. 27 - Nov 3: TuTh 6:10pm-8:50pm (SEM)

This mini-seminar requires an application. APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Please send an email to Assistant Director Catherine LaSota with the following information: -name; -program and year; -relevant courses taken; -a couple of sentences explaining interest in the course; The course aims at rethinking the articulation of "insurrection" and "constitution" in the trajectory of modern citizenship. It begins with a return to the conflicts between vindications and critiques of the "natural rights" declared by bourgeois revolutionaries, and finishes with a discussion of the perspectives of a "citizenship beyond the institution" opened by the contemporary crisis of the national, social and imperial State. A turning point will be provided by the critical discussion of Hannah Arendt's statement of the "right to have rights" as a negative foundation of the political community.

ECON W4480: Gender and Applied Economics
Edlund, Lena; 3 credits; MW 2:40pm-3:55pm (LEC)

This course studies gender gaps, their extent, determinants and consequences. The focus will be on the allocation of rights in different cultures and over time, why women's rights have typically been more limited and why most societies have traditionally favored males in the allocation of resources.

HIST W3800: Gandhi's India
Bakhle, Janaki; 3 credits; MW 10:35am-11:50am (LEC)

Focus on the history of modern India, using the life and times of Mohandas Gandhi as the basis for not only an engagement with an extraordinary historical figure, but also for a consideration of a great variety of historical issues, including the relationship between nationalism and religion, caste politics in India and affirmative action policies in the United States today, and racism as encountered by Gandhi in relation to colonialism and the Civil Rights movement in the U.S.

HIST W3926: Historical Origins of Human Rights
Moyn, Sam; 4 credits; MW 9:10am-10:25am (LEC)

Dedicated to four main topics on human rights: 1) long-term origins; 2)short-term origins; 3) evolution through the present; 4) moral defenses and ideological criticisms

HIST W4946: International Criminal Law: History and Theory
Moyn, Sam; 4 credits; M 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

Application required

HIST G8547: History of Women and Gender
Kessler-Harris, Alice; 4 credits; M 4:10pm-6:00pm (COLL)

Intensive reading and discussion course designed to critically analyze some of the major themes and newest scholarship in women's and gender history.

HRTS W3950: Human Rights and Human Wrongs
Cronin, Bruce; 4 credits; W 11:00am-12:50pm (SEM)

This course will examine the tension between two contradictory trends in world politics. On the one hand, we have emerged from a century that has seen some of the most brutal practices ever perpetrated by states against their populations in the form of genocide, systematic torture, mass murder and ethnic cleansing. Many of these abuses occurred after the Holocaust, even though the mantra “never again” was viewed by many as a pledge never to allow a repeat of these practices. Events in the new century suggest that these trends will not end anytime soon. At the same time, since the middle of the twentieth century, for the first time in human history there has been a growing global consensus that all individuals are entitled to at least some level of protection from abuse by their governments. This concept of human rights has been institutionalized through international law, diplomacy, international discourse, transnational activism, and the foreign policies of many states. Over the past two decades, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, and international tribunals have gone further than any institutions in human history to try to stem state abuses. This seminar will try to make sense of these contradictions.

HRTS G4020: Introduction to Human Rights
Chuman, Joseph N; 3 credits; R 4:30pm-6:00pm (LEC)

This course will provide a wide-ranging survey of conceptual foundations and issues in contemporary human rights. The class will examine the philosophical origins of human rights, their explication in the evolving series of international documents, as well as questions of enforcement through international law and treaty arrangements. The course will also examine contemporary topics that are in the forefront of concern, among them - the status of women, refugees, children, the use of torture and the horrors of genocide. Though the course emphasizes political rights, it also recognizes the evolution of the human rights culture, the growing importance of economic rights and tensions related to globalization and multiculturalism. The broad range of subjects covered in the course is intended to assist students in honing their interests and making future course selections in the human rights field.

HRTS G4800: Human Rights and International Law
Sabatello, Maya; 3 credits; W 4:10pm-7:00pm (SEM)

This course introduces the fundamental concepts and problems of public international law. What are the origins of international law? Is international law really law? Who is governed by it? How are treaties interpreted? What is the relationship between international law and domestic law? We examine the interplay between law and international politics, in particular with reference to international human rights, humanitarian law, the use of force, and international criminal prosecutions. No prior knowledge of international law is required. While the topics are necessarily law-related, the course will assume no prior exposure to legal studies.

HRTS G4820: Human Rights and International Organizations
Andreopoulos, George; 3 credits; T 4:10pm-6:00pm (LEC)

This course examines the role of international organizations in the promotion and protection of internationally recognized human rights norms. In particular, the course surveys contending approaches on the importance of international organizations in world politics; explores the constitution, history and function of various international organizations for the promotion/protection of human rights and studies the way in which the human rights discourse has been increasingly intersecting with the peace and security and the sustainable development discourses in the work of these organizations; provides an overview of the growing interaction between international organizations and NGOs; and assesses the record of these organizations’ monitoring and enforcement mechanisms in the area of human rights.

HRTS G8010: Human Rights Grad Res Colloq I
Martin, J. Paul; 1-2 credits; W 4:10pm-6:00pm (COL)

Colloquium I introduces students to current research in the field and resources in print and electronic formats fundamental to advanced human rights research. Class meetings include lectures by faculty and researchers in the field and library staff on reference tools and skills. Students will complete the thesis proposal and present their proposals for peer review. Colloquium I may be taken for one or two credits.

HRTS G8020: Human Rights Grad Res Colloq II
Martin, J. Paul; 2-3 credits; W 4:10pm-6:00pm (COL)

Colloquium II is designed for Human Rights Studies students writing the thesis and other graduate students completing similar research projects on human rights. The colloquium provides a structured opportunity to research and write in stages. Students review and discuss current research in human rights, review research resources and develop skills required for a successful thesis, present their own and discuss others’ work, and receive constructive advice on their work and the thesis process. Colloquium II is taken for two or three credits.

INAF U6041: Corporate Social Responsibility
Bauer, Joanne R; 3 credits; T 11:00am-12:50pm (LEC)

This course is designed to provide students the opportunity to learn about the growing importance of human rights and their impact in the world today. Through an in-depth examination of the field of business and human rights students will gain an understanding of the existing and emerging international human rights framework relevant to business, learn ways in which business and human rights intersect, and be exposed to the range of methods and tactics being employed by human rights advocates and businesses to address their human rights impacts. By the end of the course, the student will have a firm grasp of the current business and human rights debates, and be able to critically evaluate the efficacy of applying human rights standards to corporations and the effect of corporate practices on human rights. Classroom discussion will include a review of trends in human rights; the development of human rights principles or standards relevant to corporations; human rights issues facing business operations abroad; the growing public demand for greater accountability; strategies of civil society advocacy around business and human rights; collaborative efforts between business and non-profit organizations; and other issues managers must deal with. Through guest lectures, students will have the opportunity to engage first hand with business managers and advocacy professionals dealing with these issues.

INAF U6190: Complex Emergencies: Root Causes to Rebuilding
Salomons, Dirk; 3 credits; M 11:00a - 12:50p (LEC)

This course forms an introduction to the broader program on humanitarian affairs. We will address the root causes of complex humanitarian emergencies, the practices of humanitarian intervention, the main actors, and the opportunities and dilemmas for rebuilding. We will also discuss the main critiques of humanitarian action and possible alternatives. The course advocates the principle that humanitarian aid should be provided from a (long-term) development perspective? otherwise it can reinforce conflict and exclusion.

INAF U6253: Introduction to International Development
Ocampo, Jose A; 3 credits; R 6:10pm-8:00pm, F 9:00am-11:00am, F 1:00pm-2:50pm, F 2:10pm-4:00pm (LEC)

This course is the gateway introductory course for those concentrating on Economic and Political Development. As such, this course will provide participants with a framework and context for their programmatic work over the next two years. The course aims to provide students with: 1) a systematic overview of how development approaches, actors and perspectives have changed over time. 2) a historically informed understanding of ongoing debates concerning not only how to promote development (means) but also what constitutes "development" (ends). 3) an introduction to current thinking on how development intersects with human rights, conflict resolution and humanitarian affairs.

INAF U6405: Human Rights and Development Policy
Braun, Rainer; 3 credits; W 2:10pm-4:00pm (LEC)

Human rights can provide a framework for shaping development policies. How will the observance of human rights criteria in planning, implementing and evaluating development projects and policies contribute to their effectiveness and sustainability? The class will examine development policy choices and their impact by juxtaposing the interests and points-of-view of the various stakeholders involved in designing and implementing development policies.

INAF U6406: International Responses to Landmine Challenges
Kirkey, Christopher; 1.5 credits; F 12:00pm-5:00pm, S 10:00am-2:00pm (LEC)

The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction effectively seeks to permanently eliminate landmines. The origins, negotiation, and implementation of this December 1997 international agreement forms the substantive core of this course. The course will continue by examining the operationalization of the Convention. What programs have been implemented and which have proved to be successful? What is the geographic scope of the humanitarian threat posed by landmines in October 2004? What roles are states, international organizations and nongovernmental organizations playing? As a practical example of global humanitarian intervention by the international community, what challenges remain and how best can they be tackled? Finally, how "successful" has the Ottawa Convention been? Dates: October 29th and 30th

INAF U6440: Peace Operations in Fragile States
Guehenno, Jean-Marie; 3 credits; M 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

This course will focus on peace operations and the stabilization of fragile states. It will assess the various tools used by the International community and the evolution in their use: the deployment of military forces, transitional authorities, multidimensional operations, security sector reform, rule of law and transitional justice, support to political processes. It will conclude with an examination of the evolving broader political context and the growing challenge it poses to effective stabilization strategies: an increasingly divided international community, limited consent of host countries, obstacles to effective reform of the United Nations. The course will be entirely based on case studies drawn from operations of the last 20 years.

INAF U6751: International Human Rights Law
Ergas, Yasmine; 3 credits; T 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

This course introduces students to international human rights law (IHRL). In what sense are internationally-defined human rights "rights" and in what sense can the instruments which define them be considered "law"? How do we know that a claim is actually a "human right"? What are the relations among international, regional and national institutions in establishing and enforcing (or not) IHRL? Does IHRL represent an encroachment on national sovereignty? Is the future of IHRL regional? What enforcement mechanisms can we use, and who can decide upon their use? Finally, what redress is there for human rights violations, and how effective is it? In this class, we will learn the law, but we will also explore tools for assessing when, where and how law matters. Developments in human rights and the environment, gender analysis, inter-sections between human rights and humanitarian action and corporate accountability will be explored. The current specific question of the US and its place in and under international human rights law will also be considered

INAF U8172: Theory, History, and Practice of Human Rights
Mamdani, Mahmood; 3 credits; T 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

This course is intended to introduce student to key debates in the field of human rights. It will require extensive reading as background to a focused discussion of key theoretical issues. Historically, we shall distinguish between two epochs in the development of human rights discourse: (a) the politically-centered articulation of human rights, an epoch that began with the French Revolution and the Rights of Man and closed with Eleanor Roosevelt's 1948 Declaration that provided the intellectual foundation for the 20th century welfare state, and (b) the ethically-centered call, 'Never Again', as the lesson of the Holocaust, which provides the foundation for a programmatic Responsibility to Protect (R2P). What has changed and what has remained the same as the focus of human rights has shifted from a call for resistance to one for rescue and intervention? We shall compare and contrast two specific contexts in which human rights discourse has become dominant: (a) survivor states: the United States (and South Africa) ; (b) victim states: Israel (and Rwanda). What was the lesson of Auschwitz (and Hiroshima)? And what is the lesson of the South African transition?

INAF U8180: Human Rights Skills & Advocacy
Becker, Jo; 3 credits; F 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

The course seeks to provide students within the Human Rights Concentration with opportunities to learn and apply skills essential for human rights advocacy, analysis of human rights challenges and the development of appropriate responses; it also addresses the Human Rights. Through classroom trainings, completion of case studies and potentially, interaction with clients, students will gain hands-on experience of rights-based work and exposure to rights professionals. The course is designed to enhance both (1) the practical skills students will need as human rights professionals; and (2) the critical thinking skills they will need to assess both effective and ineffective campaigns, strategies or approaches to expanding rights protections and enjoyment.

INAF U8189: History and Reconciliation
Barkan, Elazar; 3 credits; M 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

Since the end of the Cold War historical memory has come to play an increasing role in international and intranational conflicts. In addition numerous countries which are transitioning from dictatorship to democracy have focused on the gross historical violations of the previous regime. But not all. The question is how does a focus on the past facilitate present reconciliation? Societies are faced with the expectation that they will attend to the crimes of previous regimes. But what are crimes in historical perspective? And what are the standards for historical responsibility? How does historical conflict and reconciliation differ from approaches to immediate accountability for the past in newly democratic societies? The course examines these political and ethical dilemmas in a comparative historical perspective.

INAF U8507: The Security Council and Peacekeeping in Africa in the 21st Century
Lindenmayer, Elisabeth; 3 credits; W 11:00am-12:50pm (SEM)

This course will focus on the role of the Security Council (SC) as a decision making body in the establishment and conduct of peace keeping operations in Africa in the post cold war period. It will examine the multiple factors, which come into play in the authorization of peace keeping operations by the SC. It will provide an understanding of the political dynamics and practical diplomacy of the international system as it applies to Africa. The course will analyze the current political context, in which conflicts in Africa are bound to happen in the future. It will examine the reorientation of the UN's attention towards issues like terrorism, Middle East, Iraq and Afghanistan and WMD. Will Africa be the poor parent and remain outside the intervention zone?

INAF U8559: Building Peace After Conflict
Salomons, Dirk; 1.5 credits; R 4:10pm-6:00pm (COL)

This short course traces the outlines of the international community's steep learning curve in addressing the challenges of post-conflict peace building. It will examine some of the early UN and World Bank experiments in restoring nation states, follow the institutional changes meant to build capacity in the field of post-conflict recovery, look at the methodological and funding tools developed to strengthen field operations, and review some case studies illustrating the impact of this evolution.

POLS W3673: Power and Progress in International Relations
Snyder, Jack L; 3 credits; MW 10:35am-11:50am (LEC)

To understand the current geopolitical competition between liberal democratic states and other global forces, we will try to integrate the insights from the realist logic of struggle for domination and security—the logic of power—with the logic of political development and modernization —the logic of progress. Historical and contemporary themes will include the origins of the modern states system, the rise of nationalism and democratization, the management of the global market economy, decolonization, human rights activism, changing norms for the use of force, and multiple paths to modernity.  Prerequisite:  Students should have taken (or be simultaneously taking) POLS V1601, Introduction to International Politics, or have the permission of the instructor.

POLS W3921: Bill of Rights
Zebrowski, Martha K; 4 credits; T 6:10pm-8:00pm (SEM)

This seminar is an investigation of the nature and importance of the federal Bill of Rights in the American federal and state constitutional systems. Common readings, class discussions, and student seminar papers consider the social, political, and legal significance of the Bill of Rights in historical and contemporary American discourse and analysis, along with constitutional case law regarding specific rights. The first part of the course is devoted to a discussion of common, required readings that consider the Bill of Rights in historical and contemporary perspective. The second part of the course is devoted to students' presentations, in class, of their own research on individual topics relating to a particular rights grounded in the American federal and state bills of rights.

POLS W3921: Terrorism & Counterterrorism
Nacos, Brigitte; 4 credits; Location W 11:00am-12:50pm (SEM)

The seminar is designed to illuminate students' understanding of the most important aspects of domestic and international terrorism with an emphasis on the United States as target of and responder to this sort of political violence.

POLS W3921: Majority Rule/Minority Rights
Smith, Raymond A; 4 credits; T 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

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POLS W3921: Equality and the Law
Abdur, Robert; 4 credits; M 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

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POLS W3921: Issues that Divide America
Gertzog, Irwin; 4 credits; T 11:00am-12:50pm (SEM)

Seminar focuses on four political issues so contentious that they have produced enduring cultural, socio-economic, and political divisions throughout the United States. The four issues are slavery and efforts to end it; the use of alcoholic beverages and the struggle to curtail it; abortion and attempts to prohibit it; and lesbian and gay rights and the battle to impede them.

POLS W3930: Constitutional Law
Rosdeitcher, Sidney; 4 credits; T 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

This course explores major features of U.S. constitutional law through close examination of  selected decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court.  Through student discussion and some lecturing, the seminar addresses issues arising from the Constitution's allocation of power among the three branches of government, including the role of the federal judiciary in a democratic polity; the allocation of powers between the National and State governments, including the scope of Congress’ regulatory powers; and the protection of the private sphere from arbitrary and discriminatory government conduct, including the evolution of the concept of liberty from its protection of economic interests before the New Deal to its current role in  protecting individual autonomy and privacy, protections against racial and gender discrimination and some aspects of freedom of speech and press.  More generally the seminar aims to enhance understanding of some main aspects of our constitutional tradition and the judicial process by which it is elaborated.

POLS W3951: Comparative Politics of Inequality
Ullman, Claire F; 4 credits; M 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

This seminar uses some of the major analytical perspectives in comparative politics to understand the issue of persistent gender inequality in the advanced industrial states.   In doing so, it provides an overview of some of the issues in the study of political representation and participation, political culture, political economy and varieties of capitalism, the historical development of welfare states, electoral systems and electoral quotas, supranational and international organizations, and public policy.  Students are welcome to extend the focus of the seminar in their own research papers either to other geographic areas or to other types of inequality."

POLS W3961: Ending Wars/Keeping Peace
Fortna, Virginia Pag; 4 credits; T 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

The study of war in international relations has traditionally focused on its causes, but less attention has been paid to ending wars once they begin, and to keeping peace in their aftermath.  This course will address: the process by which belligerents in international and cicil wars reach cease-fires and negotiate peace; why peace sometimes lasts and sometimes falls apart; and the prospects for reconciliation among adversaries and for rebuilding after war.  We will examine both international and civil conflicts.  Students write a research paper and present their research to the class.

POLS W3961: Law & Ethics of International Intervention
Doyle, Michael; 4 credits; T 11:00am-12:50pm (SEM)

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POLS W4226: American Politics and Social Welfare Policy
Lieberman, Robert; 3 credits; MW 9:10am-10:25am (LEC)

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POLS G6601: Issues in Political Theory
TBD; 3 credits; W 11:00am-12:50pm (LEC)

Exploration of the various structures, institutions, and processes that order relations among states and/or actors in the international system. Emphasis will be placed on contemporary issues such as dilemmas of humanitarian intervention, the politics of international institutions, the rise of non-governmental organizations, and globalization.

PUAF U8360: Social Movements and Social Change
Vasi, Bogdan; 3 credits; W 2:10pm-4:00pm (COL)

This graduate seminar examines social change mainly as a product of social movements, or the collective efforts to promote social change by people who lack access to institutionalized power. We will engage with some of the main debates in the study of social movements, reading both theoretical analyses of key issues and empirical research on various movements and social change case studies. The seminar will focus on social change as an outcome of social movements at the local community level, the national level, and the transnational level. The main goal is to help students understand different processes of social change and, in particular, "how social movements matter" -or how movements affect social and political change.

REGN U6639: Gender and Development in Southeast Asia
Kelly, Kristy; 3 credits; W 11:00am-12:50pm (LEC)

This course is designed to introduce students to issues of gender and development in Southeast Asia in comparative context. Development debates are currently in flux with important implications for the practice and analysis of gender and development. Some argue for market-driven, neo-liberal solutions to gender equality, while others believe that equitable gender relations will only come when women (and men) are empowered to understand their predicaments and work together to find local solutions to improve their lives. Empowerment and human rights approaches are popular among development practitioners, particularly those concerned with gender equity. This course uses the context of development in Southeast Asia to critically engage with issues important to development planners, national leaders and women�s groups throughout Southeast Asia. We begin with a general overview of the historical context of development and the role and relationship of gender relations to development planning. We also consider the role of international development organizations (such as the World Bank, United Nations, Asian Development Bank, other governments and international non-government organizations), as well as local governments and civil society actors in the Southeast Asian context. The course then examines ongoing gender and development debates in and between countries specifically focusing on issues of labor and migration, education, health and HIV/AIDS, and political participation and leadership of women as they relate to issues of poverty alleviation and gender equity for women and men. The course draws from theoretical and empirical research and aims to provide insight into both regional and global challenges of linking theory with practice in gender equity and development.

REGN U8730: Reforming Legal Systems after Communism in Eastern Europe and Eurasia
Koroteyeva, Victoria; 3 credits; W 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

This course analyzes legal reforms in Eastern Europe and countries of the former Soviet Union which are members of the Council of Europe from legal, political and sociological perspectives. It considers common problems that these societies faced at the end of communist regimes and examines their uneven success in introducing the rule of law. The course starts with working definitions of the "rule of law." It then focuses on developments in three areas of public law - constitutional, criminal, civil rights and liberties. Did countries in transition simply amend existing constitutions or did they create a completely new legal order? How distinct are new constitutions in Eastern Europe and Eurasia from West European counterparts or constitutional models elsewhere? Could nascent legal systems judge the communist past without violating basic principles of the rule of law? Choices made at the start of legal reforms continue to shape these countries' internal political dynamics and their relations with the international community. Assessing successes and failures of legal reforms, the course examines their driving forces - among others, aspirations to join European institutions, internal political pressures, importation of western legal models, and demands for legal reform by civil society. The study of formal legal institutions such as independent judiciaries is combined with an attempt to measure more elusive social phenomena such as legal cultures. Formal training in law is not required - rather, the course helps non-lawyers to acquire skills necessary to read and interpret legislation and the case law of domestic and international tribunals.

RELI W4612: Religion and Humanitarianism
Kenny, Gale; 4 credits; M 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

This seminar examines the role of religion in the antislavery movement, foreign missions, and women's rights in the nineteenth century, and its relevance to contemporary humanitarian activism

SOCI W3915: Stigma and Discrimination
Phelan, Jo; 4 credits; R 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

This course considers stigma and discrimination as general processes that apply to a broad range of phenomena, from mental illness to obesity to HIV/AIDS to racial groups. We will use a conceptual framework that considers power and social stratification to be central to stigma and discrimination. We will focus on both macro- and micro-level social processes and their interconnections, and we will draw on literature from both sociology and psychology.

SOCI G4370: Processes of Stratification and Inequality
Spilerman, Seymour; 3 credits; T 11:00am-12:50pm (SEM)

The nature of opportunity in American society; the measurement of inequality; trends in income and wealth inequality; issues of poverty and poverty policy; international comparisons.

WMST W4300: Feminism and Diaspora
Hirsch, Marianne; 4 credits; M 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

The losses suffered in the last century, the atrocities that have dominated it, and the displacement of peoples across the globe continue to preoccupy our current imagination, calling for justice and acts of repair. This course will explore contemporary theories of diaspora and transnational feminism from the perspective of the ethics and politics of return.  Through a cross-disciplinary analysis of new and old media of return to past places (memoir and fiction, ritual and performance, visual and digital media, tourism, museums and memorials, as well as the science of genealogy), we will focus on a number of sites where contested histories collide and lost stories are waiting to be recovered (the aftermath of the slavery in Africa and the new world; anti-semitism, the Holocaust and the Nakbah in Europe and Israel/Palestine; racism, poverty and Katrina in New Orleans; queer diaspora and transnational adoption; and the claims of indigenous peoples to restitution and redress). The personal, the familial, the affective, and the intimate have offered constitutive structures of thinking in feminist theory, trauma theory, and psychoanalysis. We will bring these same emphases to bear on the paradigms of diaspora, place and displacement.

AFAS G4080: Topics in the Black Experience
Griffin, Farah; 4 credits; T 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

This seminar will investigate the cultural contributions of Africans in the formation of the contemporary Americas. There will be a particular focus on the African religious traditions that have continued and developed in spite of hostile social and political pressures. Because of their important roles in the continuations of African aesthetics, the areas of visual art, music and dance will be emphasized in the exploration of the topic. This seminar will also discuss two important African ethnic groups: the Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria, and the Bakongo of Central Africa. It will highlight the American religious traditions of these cultures, e.g., Candomblé Nago/Ketu, Santeria/Lucumi, Shango, Xangô, etc., for the Yoruba, and Palo Mayombe, Umbanda, Macumba, Kumina, African-American Christianity, etc., for the Bakongo and other Central Africans. In the course discussions, the Americas are to include Brazil, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, the United States and numerous other appropriate locations. There will also be a focus on visual artists like Charles Abramson, Jose Bedia, Juan Boza, Lourdes Lopez, Manuel Mendive, etc., whose works are grounded in African based religions. In addition, we will explore how African religious philosophy has impacted on every-day life in the Americas, for example in the areas of international athletics, procedures of greeting and degreeting, culinary practices, etc. *This course has been designated that it can be used as a Majors Cultures required course*

AFAS G4510: Critical Approaches to African-American Studies
TBD; 4 credits; TBD (SEM)

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AFAS G4520: Race and the Articulation of Difference
Gregory, Steven; 3 credits; TBD (SEM)

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AMST W3930: Topics in American Studies: Equity in Higher Education
Lehecka And Delbanco; 4 credits; M 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

In this seminar, we will examine the roles colleges and universities play in American society, the differential access to those institutions available to high school students based on family background and income, ethnicity, and other characteristics, the causes and consequences of this differential access, and some attempts to make the system more equitable. Readings and class meetings will include a study of the following subjects historically and in the 21st century: the wide variety of American institutions of higher education, financial aid policies (locally and nationally), affirmative action, and the role of the high school in helping students attend college. Students in the seminar will be required to spend at least four hours each week as volunteers at the Double Discovery Center (DDC) in addition to completing assigned reading, participating in seminar discussions, and completing written assignments. DDC is an on-campus program that helps New York City high school students who lack many of the resources they need to attend college and to become more successful in gaining admission and finding financial aid. The seminar will integrate its students' first-hand experiences with readings and class discussions.

AMST W3930: Topics in American Studies: Writing September 11: Narratives and Arguments
Kirsch, Adam; 4 credits; R 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 were one of the greatest traumas in American history, and like all traumas, they demanded not just practical response but interpretation. How should we understand what happened that day—as an act of war, a criminal conspiracy, a punishment? How should we commemorate the victims? How did the attacks change the way Americans thought about their society and their role in the world? This seminar will examine some of the answers to such questions offered by novelists, journalists, and intellectuals in the years after 9/11. Readings will include the official government inquiry, “The 9/11 Commission Report,” and some of the conspiracy theories that challenged it; “American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center,” by William Langewiesche; “Terror and Liberalism” by Paul Berman; “Terrorist” by John Updike; “Falling Man” by Don DeLillo; and other works of fiction and nonfiction.

AMST W3930: Topics in American Studies: History of the US Supreme Court
Greenaway Jr., Josep; 4 credits; R 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

In this course we consider the origins of the Supreme Court, including how the framers of the Constitution envisioned the function and authority of the judicial branch of the federal government; the importance of judicial independence; and the Supreme Court’s role in the development of American democracy. We examine the lives and work of several individual justices to determine the role that perspective and life experiences have on judicial decision making. Issues considered include the evolution of the law governing civil rights, from the 13th and 14th Amendments to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. Readings range from the Federalist Papers to biographies of individual justices to relevant Supreme Court cases.

ANTH G8014: Advanced Study of South Asian History, Culture, Society
Chaterjee And Dirks; 3 credits; M 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

Prerequisites: Previous graduate course on South Asia or background in South Asian studies. This course is intended to be an advanced graduate seminar on late medieval and modern South Asia (i.e., from roughly 1600 to the present). Students will be expected either to have taken a previous graduate course on South Asia or to have extensive background in South Asian studies. The content of the course will change from year to year depending on the particular interests of the students and the professor. Students will be expected to prepare a paper based on primary research, and will make a presentation on the issues involved in their research at some point during the second half of the term.

ANTH G4201: Principles and Applications of Society and Culture
Marakowitz, Ellen; 3 credits; M 2:10pm-4:00pm (LEC)

Required for students in Anthropology Department's master degree program and for students in the graduate programs of other departments and professional schools desiring an introduction in this field. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Introductory survey of major concepts and areas of research in social and cultural anthropology. Emphasis is on both the field as it is currently constituted and its relationship to other scholarly and professional disciplines.

ANTH W4277: Anthropology of the Middle East
Abu-Lughod, Lila; 3 credits; R 2:10pm-4:00pm (LEC)

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ANTH G6248: Decolonizing Methodologies
West, Paige; 3 credits; M 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

The goals of this graduate seminar are multiple. First, we will critically examine the ways in which research has been conducted and how research methodology has been taught in anthropology. Second, we will, drawing on the work of indigenous scholars and critics of the colonial nature of anthropological practice and discourse, attempt to theorize new forms of social inquiry that do not replicate the historic injustices of anthropological research, representation, and the material consequences of the two. Third, we will critically examine the assumed relationship between European social theory and the lived experiences of indigenous peoples by comparing various theories of space and place. Finally, each student will produce a draft of a dissertation research proposal.

CSER W3250: Native American Representation
Gamber, John; 3 credits; T 4:10pm-6:00pm (LEC)

All too often, the general population's ideas about American Indians are shaped by representations that do not come from Indian people. These often stereotyping images of Native Americans shape not only popular, but even indigenous notions about what Indians are or ought to be. This course is designed to provide students with a background in the ways that Native people have represented themselves, whether they are writing/creating back against outside portrayals or creating for their own expression. This is an ethnic studies course. As such we will be addressing issues including indigeneity, race, ethnicity, privilege, and marginalization. We will also address the intersections between these issues and those of class, gender, and sexuality.

CSER W3905: Asian American & Psychology of Race
Han, Shinhee; 4 credits; R 11:00am-12:50pm (SEM)

This seminar provides an introduction to mental health issues for Asian Americans. In particular, it focuses on the psychology of Asian Americans as racial/ethnic minorities in the United States by exploring a number of key concepts: immigration, racialization, prejudice, family, identity, pathology, and loss. We will examine the development of identity in relation to self, family, college, and society. Quantitative investigation, qualitative research, psychology theories of multiculturalism, and Asian American literature will also be integrated into the course.

CSER W3919: Modes of Inquiry
Fennel, Cassie; 4 credits; W 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

One of CSER's new required courses, Modes of Inquiry aims to introduce students to a variety of ways of knowing key to several fields that investigate racial and ethnic difference in social, cultural, political and economic life. The seminar will also ask students to think reflexively and critically about the approaches they employ and evaluate the ethics, constraints and potential of contemporary knowledge production about difference. The course will culminate in a semester project, an 8-10 page proposal for research that will ideally be related to the student senior project.

CSER W3926: Latin Music and Identity
Edward Morales; 4 credits; W 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

Latin music has had a historically strained relationship with mainstream music tastes, exploding in occasional "boom" periods, and receding into invisibility in others. What if this were true because it is a space for hybrid construction of identity that directly reflects a mixture of traditions across racial lines in Latin America? This course will investigate Latin music's transgression of binary views of race in Anglo-American society, even as it directly affects the development of pop music in America. From New Orleans jazz to Texas corridos, salsa, rock, and reggaetón, Latin music acts as both as a soundtrack and a structural blueprint for the 21st century's multicultural experiment. There will be a strong focus on studying Latin music's political economy, and investigating the story it tells about migration and globalization.

CSER W3928: Colonization/Decolonization
Ngai And Brown; 4 credits; W 11:00am-12:50pm (SEM)

This course focuses on the spread of European influence and hegemony throughout the world from the age of discovery in the late fifteenth and sixteenth century to the era of decolonization after World War II and postcolonial realities of the present. We are interested in the processes and contents of social and cultural contact and exchange, the development of knowledge, and how they shape relations of power; the place of colonialism in the development of western capitalism; and the elements of colonial power and resistance, including ideologies of liberal political philosophy, social Darwinism, and nationalism. We will think about how ideas about civilization, religion, self and other, and freedom have evolved over time and shaped the making of the modern world. Class is held as a discussion seminar based on close reading of the primary-source documents.

EAAS W3880: History of Modern China I
Zelin, Madeleine; 3 credits; TR 10:35am-11:50am (LEC)

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EAAS G8841: Colloquium on History and Modernity in Japan
Harootunian, Harry; 3 credits; M 4:10pm-6:00pm (COL)

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EAAS G8888: Colloquium on Chinese Legal History
Zelin, Madeleine; 3 credits; W 4:10pm-6:00pm (COL)

An introduction to Chinese legal history (particularly of the Qing period). Issues covered include civil and criminal law, formal and informal justice, law and the family, law and the economy, the search for legal history beyond the law codes, and the question of a rule of law in China.

EAAS G9500: Korean Literature and Colonial Modernity
Hughes, Theodore; 3 credits; T 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

Examines major literary texts and critical works from the early 1900s to the end of colonial rule in 1945. Topics include the formation of "modern literature," the emergence of proletarian literature and the nationalist response, representations of the "new woman," literary agrarianisms, constructions of the "everyday," modernism, assimilation/resistance.

ECON G4301: Economic Growth and Development I
Quella, Nuria; 3 credits; MW 4:10pm-5:25pm (LEC)

Empirical findings on economic development, theoretical development models; problems of efficient resource allocation in a growing economy; balanced and unbalanced growth in closed and open economic systems; the role of capital accumulation and innovation in economic growth.

ECON W4325: Economic Development of Japan
Weinstein, David; 3 credits; TR 9:10am-10:25am (LEC)

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ECON W4370: Political Economy
Alessandra Casella; 3 credits; MW 9:10am-10:25am (LEC)

The interaction between economics and politics. Anintroduction to the voting theory and other alternative theories of the interaction between economic policy and elections in democracies. Examines both fiscal and monetary policies with relation to different interest groups. Also considers political economy of stabilizationpolicies in developing countries.

ECON W4400: Labor Economics
Edlund, Lena; 3 credits; MW 11:00am-12:15pm (LEC)

The labor force and labor markets, educational and man power training, unions and collective bargaining, mobility and immobility, sex and race discrimination, unemployment.

ECON W4625: Economics of the Environment
Schlenker, Wolfram; 3 credits; TR 4:10pm-5:25pm (LEC)

Microeconomics is used to study who has an incentive to protect the environment. Government's possible and actual role in protecting the environment is explored. How do technological change, economic development, and free trade affect the environment? Emphasis on hypothesis testing and quantitative analysis of real-world policy issues.

ECON W4750: Globalization and Its Risks
Chichilnisky, Gracie; 3 credits; MW 5:40pm-6:55pm (LEC)

The world is being transformed by dramatic increases in flows of people, goods and services across nations. Globalization has the potential for enormous gains but is also associated to serious risks. The gains are related to international commerce where the industrial countries dominate, while the risks involve the global environment, poverty and the satisfaction of basic needs that affect in great measure the developing nations. Both are linked to a historical division of the world into the North and the South-the industrial and the developing nations. Key to future evolution are (1) the creation of new markets that trade privately produced public goods, such as knowledge and greenhouse gas emissions, as in the Kyoto Protocol; (2) the updating of the Breton Woods Institutions, including the creation of a Knowledge Bank and an International Bank for Environmental Settlements.

ECON W4921: Seminar in Political Economy
Alessandra Casella; 4 credits; M 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

Provides a forum in which students can integrate the economics and political science approach to political economy. The theoretical tools learned in political economy are applied: the analysis of a historical episode and the empirical relation between income distribution and politics on one side and growth on the other.

ECON G6308: Political Economy: Theory and Emprics
TBD; 3 credits; TBD (LEC)

The course is primarily intended for graduate level students in economics but is open for enrollment by graduate students in political science as well as those with knowledge of econometrics and microeconomics. Explores several current topics in the theory of political economy as well as its historical evolution, drawing on both economic and political science literature. It will focus primarily on economic decision-making, taking into consideration political processes.

ECON G6451: The Economics of Labor I
Wachter, Till Von; 3 credits; TBD (LEC)

Introduction to labor economics, theory and practice.

ECON G6903: Theory of International Trade
Davis, Donald; 3 credits; TBD (LEC)

The theory of comparative advantage, the gains form trade, trade and income distribution, international factor mobility, growth and trade.

EEEB W4321: Human Nature: DNA, Race & Identity
Pollack, Robert; 3 credits; W 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

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EEEB W4700: Race: The Tangled History of a Biological Concept
Shapiro, Jill; 4 credits; MW 4:10pm-5:25pm (LEC)

From Aristotle to the Bell Curve, this course examines the history of race as a biological concept. We will explore the complex relationship between the scientific study of biological differences, real, imagined, or invented and the historical and cultural factors involved in the development and expression of "racial ideas."

EMPA U6036: Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility
Decker, Hans W; 3 credits; M 6:10pm-8:00pm (LEC)

This course will introduce students to the global context of CSR through comparative business perspectives. After considering the theoretical frameworks for undertaking CSR activities the course will addresses a number of public policy issues facing globalizing companies through a series of case studies. Under examination is the manner in which business and ethical considerations have impacted upon different social, labor, and environmental challenges. We will be asking students to consider: to what extent such factors have been, and will be, part of the corporate strategy decision-making process; why companies are having to adapt (or not) to different pressures; and whether they might sometimes be going above and beyond the standards required by regulation.

EMPA U8225: Public Management: Power of Social Innovation
Goldsmith, Steve; 3 credits; T 6:10pm-8:00pm (LEC)

The course is designed to introduce you to the field of public management. It is a practical course organized around the tools managers may use to influence the behavior of their organizations. The course also discusses the political environment in which public managers must interact.

ENGL W3285: Post-1945 American Literature
Posnock, Ross; 3 credits; MW 6:10pm-7:25pm (LEC)

This course surveys major works of American fiction, poetry, essays, literary and cultural criticism written since 1945. It will situate the analysis of literature against a historical backdrop that includes such key events as the Holocaust; the atomic bomb; the Beatniks; youth counterculture; the women's, peace, and Civil Rights movements; the Korean, Vietnam, and Gulf Wars; the energy crisis; globalization; the rise of the internet; and the War on Terror. We will also consider major literary and artistic movements such as postmodernism, the Beats, confessional poetry, minimalism, the New Journalism, and historiographic metafiction. Lectures will emphasize literature in its cultural/historical context, but will also attend to its formal/aesthetic properties.

ENGL W3510: Immigration, Relocation, Diaspora
Gamber, John; 3 credits; TR 2:40pm-3:55pm (LEC)

The master narrative of the United States has always vacillated between valorizations of movement and settlement. While ours is a nation of immigrants, one which privileges its history of westward expansion and pioneering, trailblazing adventurers, we also seem to long for what Wallace Stegner called a "sense of place," a true belonging within a single locale. Each of these constructions has tended to focus on individuals with a tremendous degree of agency in terms of where and whether they go. However, it is equally important to understand the tension between movement and stasis within communities most frequently subjected to spatial upheavals. To that end, this course is designed to examine narratives of immigration, migration, relocation, and diaspora by authors of color in the United States.

ENGL G6792: Law and the Humanities
Peters, Julie; 3 credits; T 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

This course offers graduate students working in law and humanities an intensive theoretical and methodological training in the field.  We will read a number of theoretical texts—those that have been most influential or provocative for theorists of law and culture (Plato, Cover, Benjamin, Schmitt, Lacan, Derrida, Foucault, Agamben, Butler, etc.).  We will then engage in a series of case studies of trials and other legal events, looking at primary sources (trial documents, judicial opinions, film footage, journalism, etc.) and evaluating a variety of critical approaches to this material.  In this context, guest speakers may be invited to discuss their current work.  Finally, the seminar will function as a research colloquium, in which students will develop their own projects, circulating their work in the seminar. Students in any field (literature, history, political theory, anthropology, performance, etc...) and at any stage of graduate study welcome.

HIST/AMST W3478: U.S. Intellectual History, 1865 To the Present
Blake, Casey; 3 credits; MW 5:40pm-6:55pm (LEC)

This course examines major themes in U.S. intellectual history since the Civil War. Among other topics, we will examine the public role of intellectuals; the modern liberal-progressive tradition and its radical and conservative critics; the uneasy status of religion ina secular culture; cultural radicalism and feminism; critiques of corporate capitalism and consumer culture; the response of intellectuals to hot and cold wars, the Great Depression, and the upheavals of the 1960s.

HIST W3535: History of City of New York
Jackson, Kenneth; 3 credits; MW 10:35am-11:50am (LEC)

The social, cultural, economic, political, and demographic development of America's metropolis from colonial days to present. Slides and walking tours supplement the readings (novels and historical works).

HIST W3618: The Modern Caribbean
Lightfoot, Natasha; 3 credits; MW 2:40pm-3:55pm (LEC)

This lecture course examines the social, cultural, and political history of the islands of the Caribbean Sea and coastal regions of Central and South American that collectively form the Caribbean region, from Amerindian settlement, through the era of European imperialism and African enslavement, to the period of socialist revolution and independence. The course will examine historical trajectories of colonialism, slavery, and labor regimes, post-emancipation experiences and migration, radical insurgencies and anti-colonial movements, and intersections of race, culture, and neocolonialism. It will also investigate the production of national, creole, and transborder indentities. Formerly listed as "The Caribbean in the 19th and 20th centuries"

HIST W3657: Medieval Jewish Cultures
Carlebach, Elisheva; 3 credits; MW 10:35am-11:50am (LEC)

This course will survey some of the major historical, cultural, intellectual and social developments among Jews from the fourth century CE through the fifteenth. We will study Jewish cultures from the Christianization of the Roman Empire, the age of the Talmuds, the rise of Islam, the world of the Geniza, medieval Spain, to the early modern period. We will look at a rich variety of primary texts and images, including mosaics, poems, prayers, polemics, and personal letters.

HIST W3716: History of Islamic Society
Kamaly, Hossein; 3 credits; MW 4:10pm-5:25pm (LEC)

Focus on religions, conversion, ethnic relations, development of social institutions, and the relationship between government and religion.

HIST W3719: History of Modern Middle East
Khalidi, Rashid; 3 credits; TR 9:10am-10:25am (LEC)

This Course will cover the History of the Middle East from the 18th century until the present, examining the region ranging from Morocco to Iran and including the Ottoman Empire. It will focus on transformations in the states of the region, external intervention , and the emergence of modern nation-states, as well as aspects of social, economic, cultural and intellectual history of the region.

HIST W4227: Empire and Nation: Nationality Issues in the Russian Empire
Bilenky, Serhiy; 4 credits; M 6:10pm-8:00pm (SEM)

This senior seminar deals with nationalist challenges and nationality policies in imperial Russia. Particular emphasis will be placed on the imperial policies vis-à-vis national peripheries (primarily Poland, Ukraine, the Baltic, and Volga region) as well as religious minorities (particularly Jews, Roman Catholics, and Muslims). We will also analyze the relationship between the imperial government and Russian nationalism. The gap between nation and empire in Russia will be considered. The main chronological focus of the seminar is the long nineteenth century, the late eighteenth-the early twentieth centuries.

HIST W4235: Central Asia: Imperial Legacies, New Images
Kendirbai, Gulnar T; 4 credits; T 6:10pm-8:00pm (SEM)

This course is designed to give an overview of the politics and history of the five Central Asian states, including Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan starting from Russian imperial expansion to the present. We will examine the imperial tsarist and Soviet legacies that have profoundly reshaped the regional societies' and governments' practices and policies of Islam, gender, nation-state building, democratization, and economic development.

HIST W4358: Themes in Intellectual History: Education
Lilla, Mark; 4 credits; F 11:00am-12:50pm (SEM)

"Themes in Intellectual History" offers an intensive examination of one major intellectual concept or problem as it develops over time. This semester will be devoted to some classic modern works on education: its aims, its methods, its prerequisites, its limitations, its social and political implications. These works by Montaigne, Descartes, Locke, Vico, and Rousseau have been chosen for intensive study due to their wide influence and the starkly different pedagogical alternatives they develop. Particular attention will be devoted to Rousseau's Emile and its relation to its precursors.

HIST W4380: The Idea of Europe
Collins, Nancy; 4 credits; M 11:00am-12:50pm (SEM)

This seminar is dedicated to studying the historical developments of the idea of Europe from antiquity until the early twenty-first century with an emphasis on modern times. We will examine the major shifts in the meanings and interpretations of Europe, covering regions from Russia to the United Kingdom, Hungary to the Netherlands, Portugal to Estonia. We will consider a wide range of historical perspectives, including but not limited to political, legal, economic, cultural, and religious traditions.

HIST W4400: America and the Natural World, 1800-Present
Leach, William; 4 credits; M 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

This seminar deals with how Americans have treated and understood the natural world, connected or failed to connect to it, since 1800. It focuses on changing context over time, from the agrarian period to industrialization, followed by the rise of the suburban and hyper-technological landscape. We will trace the shift from natural history to evolutionary biology, give special attention to the American interest in entomology, ornithology, and botany, examine the quest to save pristine spaces, and read from the works of Buffon, Humboldt, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Darwin, Aldo Leopold, Nabokov, among others. Perspectives on naming, classifying, ordering, and most especially, collecting, will come under scrutiny. Throughout the semester we will assess the strengths and weaknesses of the environmentalist movement, confront those who thought they could defy nature, transcend it, and even live without it.

HIST W4481: Culture, Memory, Crisis in the US
Hallett, Hilary-Anne ; 4 credits; M 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

How have Americans used culture as a means of responding to, interpreting, and memorializing periods of social, economic, and political crisis? Do these periods create breaks in cultural forms and practices? Or do periods of significant upheaval encourage an impetus to defend cultural practices, thereby facilitating the ?invention of tradition?? How are the emotional responses produced by critical moments?whether trauma, outrage, insecurity, or fear?turned into cultural artifacts? And, finally, how are cultural crises memorialized? This course focuses on Americans? cultural responses to the lynching of black Americans in the era of World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II to answer these questions. We will examine a wide range of individual and collective cultural expressions, including anti-lynching plays and songs, WPA programs, the 1939 World?s Fair, war photographs and radio broadcasts, the zoot suit and swing culture, and the military?s effort to preserve culture in European war areas.

HIST W4535: 20th Century New York City History
Jackson, Kenneth; 4 credits; M 6:10pm-8:00pm (SEM)

This course explores critical areas of New York's economic development in the 20th century, with a view to understanding the rise, fall and resurgence of this world capital. Discussions also focus on the social and political significance of these shifts. Assignments include primary sources, secondary readings, film viewings, trips, and archival research. Students use original sources as part of their investigation of New York City industries for a 20-page research paper. An annotated bibliography is also required. Students are asked to give a weekly update on research progress, and share information regarding useful archives and websites.

HIST W4768: Writing Contemporary African History
Mann, Gregory; 4 credits; W 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

An exploration of the historiography of contemporary (post-1960) Africa, this course asks what African history is, what is unique about it, and what is at stake in its production.

HIST G8165: History of Political Economy
Wennerlind, Carl; Force, Pierre; 4 credits; T 4:10pm-6:00pm (COL)

A study of the emergence of political economy in eighteenth-century Britain and France, with a focus on the problematic relationship between economics and politics, and the gradual establishment of economics as a separate field of knowledge. Authors include Hobbes, Locke, Mandeville, Montesquieu, Hume, Rousseau, Smith, Say, and Ricardo.

HIST G8530: Civil War and Reconstruction
Foner, Eric; 4 credits; T 2:10pm-4:00pm (COL)

Colloquium on the Civil War and Reconstruction. The Civil War and the crisis of Reconstruction. Emphasis on the implications of Emancipation for American history and the social and political struggle over Reconstruction.

HIST G8538: The South After Reconstruction
Fields, Barbara J.; 4 credits; T 4:10pm-6:00pm (COL)

The period of Southern history between the end of Reconstruction and World War I, during which the foundation was laid for a Southern Order more durable than any of its predecessors - either the Old South of King Cotton, the Confederate South of the Civil War era, or the Republican south of the Reconstruction.

HIST G8712: U.S.,. Middle East, and the Cold War
Khalidi, Rashid I; 4 credits; T 2:10pm-4:00pm (COL)

This course will examine various answers to these questions, as well as the continuities and disjunctures between these different periods. Specifically, we will look at great power policies in the Middle East until 1917, and attempt to see which constants carried over to the Soviet period and the Cold War. We will also examine the degree to which the United States simply stepped into the shoes of Britain in the Middle East, beginning in 1947. Much of the course will concentrate on the strategic weight attached to the Middle East by great power rivals, and the nature of their interaction with each other and with internal regional dynamics -- nationalism, religion, reform and revolution -- in the pre-Soviet and Soviet periods. We will conclude by examining how the collapse of the Soviet Union has changed the situation in the Middle East.

HIST G9702: The Ottoman Empire and Its Rivals
Philliou, Christine M; 4 credits; T 9:10am-10:50am (SEM)

In this research seminar we will consider the 18th- and 19th-century Ottoman Empire in light of two kinds of rivals: rival empires, such as Iran, Russia, Britain and France, and rival movements that arose within Ottoman domains. The course will proceed chronologically and, alternating between external and internal rivals, we will examine the ways particular rivalries shaped the internal workings of Ottoman governance. Major sets of issues include: methods and frameworks for comparing empires; political participation and allegiances of borderland populations between Ottoman and rival empires; 19th-century movements for reform and nationalism that linked external and internal rivals; and analogous mechanisms of governance that arose in rival empires such as Russia. Along with weekly readings students are expected to develop a research project of their own, presenting the results and a final research paper in the closing weeks of the semester.

HSME W3260: Rethinking Middle East Politics
Mitchell, Timothy; 3 credits; MW 2:40pm-3:55pm (LEC)

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INAF U4090: Humanitarian Affairs Practicum
Martone, Gerald; 1.5 credits; R 6:10pm-8:00pm (PRC)

This seven-week practicum is designed to give students from a variety of disciplines a background in some of the psychosocial issues associated with fieldwork in the context of complex emergencies. Practitioners from humanitarian aid organizations, public health experts, trauma specialists and managers from international organizations will present sessions focusing on psychosocial issues that confront fieldworkers in conflict settings.

INAF U4409: Politics, Society, Economic Development --Brazil I
Trebat, Thomas; 1.5 credits; W 6:10pm-8:00pm (LEC)

This course is a practicum, which has been designed to enable you to discuss major problems of contemporary Brazil with important political figures, business representatives, activists and analysts. Normally the guest speaker will make an opening statement of approximately 40 minutes and the rest of the time will be devoted to a discussion. Guest speakers may recommend one or two articles or documents they have written, or that they think are particularly relevant, for the policy issues they will discuss.

INAF U4545: Contemporary Diplomacy
Hirsch, John; 3 credits; M 2:10pm-4:00pm (LEC)

This course examines the process of diplomacy; the patterns, purposes, and people that shape the contemporary interactions of states. In the first, entitled "Making War and Peace"- we look at a series of the most important episodes in twentieth-century diplomacy. In the second section under the heading "Professional Norms and Pathologies"-we consider some of the problems faced by diplomats in any period. The concluding section of the course called "The Newest 'New Diplomacy'"- takes up distinctive aspects of diplomacy in the current period: how the United States and other governments have dealt with the proliferation of multilateral organizations (and of weapons of mass destruction), with ethnic warfare and genocide, with the pressures and opportunities of globalization, and with the war on terrorism that began after September 11, 2001.

INAF U6017: International Trade
Panagariya, Arvind; 3 credits; F 1:30pm-3:20pm (LEC)

Prerequisites: SIPA U6400 The course has two dimensions: theory and policy. In the former, the fundamental models of international trade theory will be presented. Using these models we will try to understand why countries specialize and trade, what determines the pattern of trade (i.e., which country will export which good), and how trade affects relative prices, welfare, and income distribution within a country. The second part of the course deals with issues concerning trade policy. We will compare the effects of and rationale behind the usage of various policy instruments such as tariffs, subsidies, quotas, etc. The political economy of trade policy and trade policy in developing countries will also be covered. Additional topics may be included at a later stage if time permits.

INAF U6042: Energy Business and Economic Development
Morris, Ellen; 3 credits; W 11:00am-12:50pm (LEC)

Energy is a key input and a key business in economic development. The course first develops the current understanding of the economic development process, with a focus on the role of energy, and energy businesses and markets. Then we examine development problems and policies in resource dependent economies, middle income reforming economies, low income economies and conclude with a look at the interface between economic development and environmental protection.

INAF U6043: Integrated Development Practice
Sachs, Jeffrey; 3 credits; T 8:00am-10:00am (LEC)

This course aims to provide students with a general introduction to the basic core competencies and practical skills required of a generalist development practitioner. The course will be offered at a number of universities around the world, and each week students will have the opportunity to learn from an expert practitioner. (For a complete list of participating universities, see Annex 3.) Course topics will be grounded in a practical, multi-disciplinary approach that will focus on the inter-relationship of each of the following core fields of study: Public Health, Agriculture and Nutrition, Environment and Climate Science, Technology and Engineering, Economics, Policy, Anthropology and Social Studies, and Management. Both conceptual and practical management issues will be stressed throughout each course topic. The course will incorporate state-of-the-art web-based technologies for sharing lectures across countries, and to facilitate international discussion and collaboration among students at participating universities. The Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CNMTL) will support the interactive, web-based components of the course including the development of electronic learning resources and the lecture videos. Contact Mark Orrs ([email protected]) with any questions. Recitation is required.

INAF U6046: Media and Economic Development
Schiffrin, Anya Maria; 3 credits; M 2:10pm-4:00pm (LEC)

Media has an important role to play in the economic development of emerging countries. Much scholarly work has been done on how the media can help promote good governance, sound policy making and economic growth. However, the reality is often very different. Underpaid and poorly trained journalists struggle to write about economics and business. They often work in newsrooms that lack resources and they face tremendous political and commercial pressures. This research seminar will look first at the theory of what role the media should play and then examine how journalism actually copes with these multiple challenges. We will spend a lot of time looking at media coverage of economics and development to see how it lives up to the grand ideals. We will consider how developing country journalists engage with government, international organizations and civil society. A key question addressed by the course is explaining why the media has often failed to live up to expectations. We will consider subjects such as censorship, ownership and the effect that donor-driven training has on the media

INAF U6212: New Media in Development Communication
Nelson, Anne; 3 credits; W 11:00am-12:50pm (LEC)

New Media in Development Communication is an inter-disciplinary course that will introduce students to advanced concepts in communications skills and policy, with an emphasis on applicability in developing countries. The world is in the midst of simultaneous revolutions in communications technologies and the attitudinal changes brought about by the forces of globalization. The media plays an increasingly crucial part in international affairs, both in affecting and recording change. This course will give students hands-on experience with new technologies (such as Internet publication, video, and cell phones) combined with guidance in the principles of creating editorial products. It will address evolving policy issues and new challenges in development communications, such state censorship and communications in the context of natural disasters and humanitarian crises. Special attention will be given to the challenges and opportunities of working under technologically primitive field conditions with modest resources. The course will offer occasional guest speakers who are leading figures in the field.

INAF U6222: Intelligence Establishment and National Security
Wagner, Abraham; 1.5 credits; T 4:10pm-6:00pm (LEC)

"National Estimates and National Security" explores the evolution of estimative intelligence porcess and related technologies as well as their application to the current national security environment. Beginning with an overview of Intelligence Community organization; the intelligence process; and its relation to policy-making, the course considers important questions and strategic estimates of the Cold War, and Cold War era, as well as estimates related to the problems posed by state and non-state actors; terrorists; and the development of nuclear weapons by nations such as Iran and North Korea. Course Dates - September 7 - October 19

INAF U6234: Public Opinion, Energy, and Environment
Folke, Olle; 1.5 credits; R 11:00am-12:50pm (SEM)

Public opinion is a key determinant of public policy. To learn about policy we thus need to understand the shaping forces and determinants of opinions. In a basic framework, voters acquire information which is then transformed into political preferences. How information is transformed into preferences and opinions is dependent on a multitude of factors. The transformation is also the key element of how public opinion is shaped. Once public preferences and opinions are formed they constitute constraints on the policy space of political actors. An enlightening example of this process is the issue of climate change, where public opinion severely shapes the possible avenues of policy design. This course is designed to give students a general understanding of the determinants of public opinion and how it is measured. A theory heavy first half of course work is combined with a second half focusing on case studies from environmental policy and energy policy in order to provide a deeper understanding public opinion on these policy areas. In this part of the course special attention will be given to climate change. Besides giving students knowledge about how public opinion is shaped and constrains policy design and implementation, it will also provide students with the basic skills to assess public opinion polls. Dates: October 21, 28, November 4, 11, 18, December 2, and 9

INAF U6236: History of American Ecology & Environmentalism
Tjossem, Sara; 3 credits; M 2:10pm-4:00pm (LEC)

We will explore various conceptions of nature and ecology in changing ideas of conservation, preservation, the Dust Bowl, the atomic age, growing environmentalism, and the current focus on biodiversity as one route to a sustainable society. We will look at how scientific information has been constructed and used in environmental debates over pollution and overpopulation and will question the utility of distinguishing between "first nature" (untouched by humans) and "second nature" (nature modified by humans). Along the way, we will address connections between environmentalism and nationalism, the relationship between environmental change and social inequality, the rise of modern environmental politics, and different visions for the future of nature.

INAF U6310: Budgeting for Nonprofits/NGO's
Holloway, Sarah; 3 credits; Multiple sections (LEC)

There are more than one million nonprofit organizations in the United States and hundreds of thousands more internationally and the number is growing. The nonprofit sector includes an enormous diversity of organizations, ranging from complex health care systems, to education and arts institutions, to small community-based human service organizations. This course will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of how to conduct the financial management of a nonprofit entity. Through the use of readings, case studies, a class project and lecture, we will study financial statements, financial analysis, and accounting for non-profit organizations and international NGOs. We will examine how the principles of financial management assist the nonprofit and NGO manager in making operating, budgeting, capital, and long-term financial planning decisions. We will also explore contemporary ethical, accountability, and mission issues facing national and international organizations.

INAF U6352: United Nations and Globalization
Jenks, Bruce; 3 credits; R 11:00am-12:50pm (LEC)

The course will explore the multiple dimensions of the impact of globalization on the role of the United Nations. The new millennium has seen a vigorous debate take shape on global governance. Every aspect of global governance is currently the subject of review and debate : the financial system, security and the role and composition of the Security Council, a new climate change architecture, the trade regime and the future of the Doha round, human rights, the future of development assistance and the provision of global public goods, and the need for a new multilateralism. It has been over half a century since so many core issues at the heart of effective global governance have been on the drawing board simultaneously. This course will analyse the implications of a range of these issues for the current work of the UN and for its future role. The session headings indicate the specific issues that will be covered. SIPA: Intl Org. SIPA: UN Studies.

INAF U6359: Global Economic Governance
Ocampo, Jose A; 3 credits; M 4:10pm-6:00pm (LEC)

This course aims at familiarizing students with major issues surrounding global economic governance and its effects on developing countries. It will start with two general lectures that will deal with the objectives of international cooperation, the historical evolution of the current governance and typologies of the different rules, organization and governance structures that have been created at varied times. It will then deal in detail with major topics in the broad agenda of global economic governance, exploring both issues that are the subject of current debates as well as the institutional questions involved. "Global economic governance" is understood in a broad sense, to refer both to global and regional frameworks, as well as those rules of international transactions that have been left to bilateral agreements or are under the domain of national sovereignty. "Economic" is also understood in a broad sense, to include also social and environmental issues.

INAF U6362: Global Colllective Action
Barrett, Scott; 3 credits; W 2:10pm-4:00pm (LEC)

Prerequisites: SIPA U4200 or SIPA U6400. This course develops a framework in which the role of institutions emerges endogenously. The course then applies this to a large number of cases, from climate change to nuclear non-proliferation; from big science research to over-fishing; from war to peacekeeping; from disease eradication to choosing technical standards. The course shows what globalization really means. It also reveals the relationship between global (and regional) collective action and international development. Applying the framework requires tools. Economics enables us to express the consequences of different outcomes in comparable units. It also exposes fundamental incentives. Game theory makes us consider who the players are, what their choices are, and the nature of their interaction. Game theory explains why institutions (like treaties) exist and what they are and are not able to do.

INAF U6368: Women and Globalization
Barry, Subha; 1.5 credits; T 4:10pm-6:00pm (LEC)

This course will relate the topics of globalization to women and focus on how globalization has and is affecting women's lives around the world. With a case-study focus, we will explore how globalization has either fostered or inhibited the utilization of the female talent pool in certain contexts. Case studies will include Middle East, India, Russia, China and Latin America. Course Dates: September 7 - October 19

INAF U6480: Poverty and Development in Local Perspective
Schoenhals, Martin; 3 credits; M 11:00am-12:50pm (LEC)

Poverty alleviation is one of the central goals of development. In this course we will discuss the origins of poverty, debates about how to define it, and potential solutions to eliminate it worldwide. We will discuss poverty and gender, urban versus rural poverty, migration and its effects, and many other topics. Case studies will include China, because of the claims made about its success in poverty alleviation during its last two decades of rapid industrialization, and India, the nation with the largest number of poor people worldwide. The course, taught by an anthropologist, will adopt a local perspective in order to understand poverty's full effects on a society and culture. In keeping with the spirit of anthropology, we will fully consider the views of poor people about their own lives and about potential solutions to poverty.

INAF U6639: Challenges to Security - South Asia
Abbas, Hassan ; 3 credits; M 2:10pm-4:00pm (LEC)

This seminar course focuses on the central challenges shaping current debates about security and conflict in South Asia, specifically in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Burma. The overall social-political and economic development of South Asia has been seriously hindered by intra-state as well as inter-state conflicts in recent decades. This region, which is ethnically, culturally and linguistically one of the most diverse in the world, has also been host to deeply entrenched ethnic hostility, simmering insurgencies, religious extremism and numerous wars. The course broadly has four segments: 1) an examination of strategic culture of leading states of South Asia and major border conflicts, 2) analysis of how internal security issues (especially ethnic, religious and sectarian related) affect regional security arena, 3) an evaluation of how non-state actors and influences are affecting security in the area, and 4) exploration of consequences of instability and conflict in South Asia for international security, specifically in the context of nuclear proliferation in relation to the AQ Khan network in Pakistan.

INAF U6644: The Idea of Political Islam
Abbas, Hassan ; 3 credits; T 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

This course will analyze the assumptions and frameworks that are commonly used to define and understand the idea of Political Islam. Political Islam and its manifestations in world politics can be assessed in at least three different ways: as an explanation of the Islamic theory and concepts that determine how things are supposed to be; an understanding of the process by which politics and Islam are intertwined in the real Islamic world; and a prediction of what will be. We will explore these different approaches of theory and search for our own best way to make sense of the politics of the Muslim world. This course will pay special attention to contemporary writings on the subject by Muslim scholars as well as non-Muslim writers. For the purpose of understanding the prevailing scenario, the course will specifically focus on Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey, though other cases where political Islam influences the direction of the state will be discussed as well. Besides surveying the diversity of political thought in contemporary Islam, Patterns of interaction between various Muslim states and the West (especially the United States) will be studied as this factor also influenced ideological formations and modes of political mobilizations in various parts of the Muslim World.

INAF U6672: Political Economy of Pakistan
Zaidi, Akbar; 3 credits; T 2:10pm-4:00pm (LEC)

This seminar course will try and provide a broad historical review of the nature of changes which have taken place in Pakistan and have affected many of the impressions which are now part of conventional wisdom about Pakistan. The emphasis of the course will be on social and structural change and transformation, of society, the state and the economy. The early half of the course will familiarise students through some chronology of Pakistan, looking at events and processes in different eras, in a political economy framework, followed by a deeper analysis of key themes over time.

INAF U6680: US Energy Security: Geopolitics- Oil & Gas
Chanis, Jonathan; 3 credits; R 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

This seminar is designed to provide students with a broad understanding of the relationship between U.S. national security and the economics and politics of the international oil and gas industry. The course places the current U.S. energy predicament in the context of past American experiences, and it analyzes how energy policy affects U.S. relations with other states. The course also examines how these other states use their energy resources (or lack thereof) to cooperate and/or compete with the United States. The political, economic, diplomatic and military aspects of "energy security" are considered through a series of case studies. The final sessions are devoted to the U.S. bilateral energy security issues with Canada and Mexico, Brazil, Nigeria, India, and China.

INAF U6735: Issues in Rural Development
Kale, Pratima; 3 credits; T 2:10pm-4:00pm (LEC)

This is a survey course; students will be exposed to a range of resource persons, ideas and concepts. The objectives of the course are to: improve the understanding of the role and importance of rural development in today's world; develop awareness and conceptual, analytical and operational skills relevant to the social, environmental and economic dimensions of rural development, improve the ability to engage with and influence debates on rural development, and increase the ability to access the rural development literature and community. The course is organized around technical, economic and governance issues.

INAF U6775: Indian Economy in Transition
Panagariya, Arvind; 3 credits; T 4:10pm-6:00pm (LEC)

This course will be devoted to an analytic study of the transformation. The bulk of the course will be devoted to understanding the reforms that are under way or must be undertaken to accelerate growth and poverty reduction. On the macroeconomic front, we will discuss the issues related to fiscal deficit, public debt and the likelihood of a macroeconomic crisis. Special attention will be paid to the external sector reforms including trade liberalization, foreign investment liberalization, capital account convertibility, preferential trade arrangements and multilateral trade negotiations. Among domestic reforms, we will discuss the reform of the tax system, subsidies, agriculture, product and factor markets, infrastructure and social sectors. Cautionary Note: This is a new course whose content will evolve as the semester progresses. Therefore, the description should be viewed as tentative.

INAF U6798: Central Issues in American Foreign Policy
Gottlieb, Stuart; 3 credits; T 2:10pm-4:00pm (LEC)

This course examines the sources, substance, and enduring themes of American foreign policy. Part I reviews the rise of American power in world affairs from the 18th Century through the end of the Cold War. Part II provides an overview of the process and politics of American foreign policy making. Part III applies the theory and history of Part I, and the process of Part II, to examine a number of contemporary U.S. foreign policy issues and debates, including America's two wars with Iraq; America's responses to the threat of global terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; and what role the U.S. should play in the world economy, global and regional institutions, and the developing world.

INAF U6799: Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict
Long, Austin G; 3 credits; R 2:10pm-4:00pm (LEC)

This course is intended to provide an understanding of two of the major components of warfare and international security since World War II. The first is special operations, defined broadly as military operations whose high risk and potential high pay-off require forces with extraordinary capabilities. The second is low-intensity conflict, defined broadly as conflict conducted by or against organizations other than conventional or nuclear forces. This includes terrorism and counterterrorism, insurgency and counterinsurgency, support to law enforcement against criminal organizations, and certain types of paramilitary operations. The two are grouped together in this course both because of their inherent relationship and because the U.S. government organizes itself in this way, having an Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict (ASD SO/LIC). The focus of the course is largely but not exclusively on U.S. special operations and low-intensity conflict. There are three principal reasons for this. First, the U.S. special operations community is larger than many countries' entire military establishment and as of 2009 it is roughly one third the size of the entire British Army. This quantity thus has a quality all its own. Second, the United States has since World War II been heavily involved in low-intensity conflict around the globe and this involvement has only intensified since 2001. Third, the instructor's personal experience and knowledge of the subject are, for idiosyncratic reasons, mostly with U.S. special operations and low-intensity conflict. That said, both Russian/Soviet and British special operations and low intensity conflict are discussed in the course, and students are further encouraged to examine non-U.S. cases in course work if they are so inclined. The basic outline of the course is that the first half will provide students with a general understanding of both special operations and low-intensity conflict. The second half will then apply that understanding to six case studies.

INAF U6800: Conceptual Foundations of International Politics
Sestanovich, Stephen; 4 credits; M 4:10pm-6:00pm (LEC)

Introduces central concepts and approaches from a variety of social science perspectives, particularly comparative politics and international relations, used to explain, analyze, and evaluate international politics and economics. Designed to help students think theoretically and analytically about leading issues in international affairs by introducing them to social science methods and scholarship and by exposing them to the uses of such concepts in practice, through examination of contemporary problems and challenges in international affairs.

INAF U6820: Theory of International Political Economy
Lukauskas, Arvid; 3 credits; W 2:10pm-4:00pm (LEC)

This course serves as an introduction to the politics of international economic relations. We examine the history and institutions of the international political economy and the theories that seek to explain them as well as analyze several political economy issues at once classic and contemporary, such as the sources of economic growth, the origins and consequences of globalization, and causes of and appropriate policy responses to income inequality. In addition to sampling contemporary writings in the field, we read several classic works, especially on theoretical approaches. Students need not have an extensive background in international economics to complete this course satisfactorily, but those not familiar with basic economic principles will find several sections of the class very challenging.

INAF U6880: Planning U.S. Military Forces
Johnson, Stuart E; 3 credits; R 6:10pm-8:00pm (LEC)

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INAF U6897: Writing on International Affairs
Prasso, Sheridan; 3 credits; T 6:10pm-8:00pm (LEC)

Good writing and effective skills to communicate global issues are in high demand. Whether one is working for a media outlet or publication, an international organization, an NGO, or a media strategy/relations firm, the ability to gather and process information and present it in clear, effective written format is key to landing a dream job and getting ahead. In this course, students will learn to craft clear, precise written communications using means often employed in global careers: the Op-Ed and commentary, the press release, the newspaper and magazine story, talking points, the policy or country summary/contact brief, as well as writing for the Web. Writing topics will focus on core issues in international affairs: the global economy, environment, international business, international organizations, political analysis, and human rights/law. As the class has a heavy concentration on writing, reading will be assigned to facilitate writing styles and improve technique.

INAF U8145: Advanced Economic Development for International Affairs
Verhoogen, Eric A; 3 credits; R 2:10pm-4:00pm (COL)

Prerequisites: SIPA U6401. This is an advanced course in development economics, designed for SIPA students concentrating in economic and political development. The treatment of the material will be rigorous, and will presume knowledge of calculus. Coursework will include extensive empirical exercises, requiring the use of Stata or similar statistical software. Topics will include the economics of growth; the relationship between growth and poverty and inequality; the role of population pressures and rural-urban migration; the interaction between agrarian institutions in land, labor, credit, and insurance markets; management of common-property resources and sustainable development; and trade and globalization from the perspective of developing countries.

INAF U8221: Elections and Political Development
Mitchell, Lincoln A; 3 credits; M 11:00am-12:50pm (SEM)

This course will begin with a review of the major issues surrounding elections and political development including: electoral systems, election fraud and the role of domestic and international monitors, political parties, and the relationship between elections and democratic breakthroughs and consolidations.

INAF U8350: Microfinance and Developing World
Ashe, Jefferey; 3 credits; T 6:10pm-10:00pm (COL)

Focuses on financial service models and institutions or "microfinance". The objectives are to increase understanding of the issues involved in the design and management of micro- and small enterprise (MSE) development, explore the institutional dynamics of microfinance institutions, and develop and put into practice analytical skills, tools, and techniques used by MSE project managers.

INAF U8415: U.S.-Latin American Relations: WWII-Present
Coatsworth, John; 3 credits; M 2:10pm-4:00pm (COL)

The course seeks to analyze the dynamics and issues that describe relations between the Untied States and Latin America since the end of World War II. A complete picture of the current state of affairs in the hemisphere and the reasons that led to it require an analysis in three different - but related - dimensions. To cover the first one, the course analyzes historical benchmarks that contextualize particular overt American interventions in the region, dissecting their causes, operation and consequences. In a second dimension, the course looks at topics that have permeated the relationship between the United States and Latin America over this period. Because of their typically cross-national nature, they illustrate a different set of dynamics and concerns that have fueled tensions in the relationship. A third and final dimension concerns recent developments in Latin America that affect and have been affected by American foreign policy. Their novelty suggests that these issues will remain relevant at least in the immediate future.

INAF U8561: War Termination & Stability of Peace
Fortna, Virginia Pag; 3 credits; T 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

The study of war in international relations has traditionally focused on its causes, but less attention has been paid to ending wars once they begin, and to keeping peace in their aftermath. This course will address: the process by which belligerents in international and civil wars reach cease-fires and negotiate peace; why peace sometimes lasts and sometimes falls apart and what can be done to make peace more stable; as well as the longer-term prospects for reconciliation among adversaries and for rebuilding after war. We will examine both international and civil conflicts with an eye toward policy choices and dilemmas.

INAF U8562: Maritime Transportation, Law, and Public Policy
Quartaro, Neil; 3 credits; T 9:00am-10:50am (COL)

An introduction to legal and public policy issues in maritime transportation. This course covers the history of marine transportation from a legal and public policy perspective, at both an international and a domestic level, and focuses on the major strategic public policy issues currently facing the various stakeholders in the sector.

INAF U8675: Emerging Capital Markets: Theory & Practice
Wolfson, Bruce; 3 credits; T 6:10pm-8:00pm (SEM)

The goal of this course is to teach students about the historical relationships between financial risk, capital structure and legal and policy issues in emerging markets. Our strategy will be to develop a model of how and why international capital flows to emerging market countries and to use the model to examine various topics in the history of international financing from the 1820's to the present. Students will identify patterns in investor and borrower behavior, evaluate sovereign capital structures, and analyze sovereign defaults, including the debt negotiation process during the various debt crises of the past 175 years. We will focus primarily on Latin America, emerging Asia, and Russia, although the lessons will be generalized to cover all emerging market countries.

INAF U8689: Future of Global Financial Institutions
Goldberg, Richard; 1.5 credits; R 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

In today's global world, there is no aspect of business that is not directly or materially affected by the giants of the financial services sector. The study of international commerce, then, should include an understanding of the current and future role of global financial institutions, key drivers influencing the industry, and strategic challenges and opportunities facing today's financial services' CEOs. This course will provide a student, without a financial institution background, with critical fundamentals to apply to their own experiences. Course Dates: September 9 through October 21

INAF U8778: Urban Energy Systems & Policy
Hammer, Stephen; 3 credits; M 9:00am-10:50am (SEM)

This course examines the unique nature of energy use and planning in urban areas. As the home to significant and ever growing rates of energy consumption, urban areas are logical candidates for energy planning efforts. Understanding how cities use energy; the institutional, market, and regulatory environment in which urban policymakers operate; and what steps cities are taking to better manage their energy use are the core topics of this course. We also will focus on energy-related business opportunities that exist in urban areas, examining the challenges such businesses face in dealing with multiple decision-makers or opinion leaders.

INAF U8799: Reporting Conflict: Media and Policy
Lasner, Thomas; 1.5 credits; FS 9:00am-5:00pm (SEM)

Examine and understand the ongoing struggles -- and sometimes cooperation -- among media and militaries and governments to control access to and information from conflict zones and to shape reporting that reflects their positions most favorably.

INAF U8879: Technology and National Security
Wagner, Abraham; 3 credits; W 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

Technology and National Security explores the evolution of modern military and related intelligence technologies as well as their application to the current national security environment. Assignments are designed for learning and applying lessons to the current political and military context. The course should be most directly relevant to those who intend to pursue careers in the national security or homeland security areas, as well as those students of international relations seeking a deeper understanding of how technology developments have influenced the evolution of national security policy, intelligence activities, and military operations.

INAF U8909: Environment, Conflict & Resolution Strategies
Levy, Marc; 3 credits; R 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

Environmental conflict resolution has emerged with an integrated role of research and practice within the growing field of conflict analysis and resolution. As the world faces increasing environmental problems and conflicts with growing environmental dimensions, there has also been an increasing creativity of response through different channels. The implications for the successful resolution of environmental conflict are the necessary and integrated contributions of all aspects of international affairs, including international security policy, economic policy, human rights and development.

MDES W3000: Theories of Culture: Middle East/South Asia
Diouf, Mamadou; 4 credits; TR 2:10pm-4:00pm (LEC)

Critical introduction to theories of culture as they are related to the Middle East and South Asia. Enables students to articulate their emerging knowledge of these two regions and cultures in a theoretically informed language.

MDES W3923: Central Question in Islamic Law
Hallaq, Wael; 3 credits; T 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

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MDES W3942: Introduction to Modern African History
Diouf, Mamadou; 3 credits; MW 9:10am-10:25am (LEC)

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MDES G4000: Theory and Methods- Middle East & Asia
Kaviraj, Sudipta; 3 credits; W 11:00am-12:50pm (SEM)

Explores recent studies on the Middle East with explicitly stated theoretical orientations that may be grouped under three broad catagories of nationalism, discipline, and power and resistance. Methodologies as diverse as comparative method, post-structuralism, narrative, and ethnography are not investigated in the abstract but in the context of rich empirical case studies.

MDES G4062: Global Political Thought
Kaviraj, Sudipta; 3 credits; W 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

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MDES G6020: Colonialism and the Intellectual
Mitchell, Timothy; 3 credits; T 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

The purpose of this seminar is to investigate the theoretical and historical dimension of Colonialism as one of the most vociferous forces of change in modernity. The seminar is intended primarily for graduate students. Advanced undergraduate students will be considered only after interview. In this course, we will follow two simultaneous tracks: As we explore various theoretical issues concerning colonialism, we will equally navigate the historical manifestations of this force in various continental contexts. The course is heavily investigative, research-based, and bibliography-oriented. We are primarily after an investigation of the economic and social changes that preceded and followed colonialism.

PEPM U4612: Microeconomics & Public Pollicy
Jehle, Geoffrey; 3 credits; M 11:00am-12:50pm (LEC)

To design and manage successful economic policy professionals need a sophisticated command of modern microeconomics. This course strengthens and extends understanding of microeconomic theory, and gives practice applying it. We study the relationship between market structure and market performance, exploring conditions under which policy intervention can improve market performance, and when it can be counter-productive. Both distributional and efficiency aspects of intervention are stressed. An introduction to formal strategic analysis is included, along with its application in the modern theory of auctions.

PHIL G9121: Skepticism
Vogt, Katja; 3 credits; M 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

Detailed analysis of selected texts, including Pre-Socratic philosophy, Plato, Aristotle, and Hellenistic philosophy.

PHIL G9567: Theories of Personal Autonomy
Bilgrami And Elster; 3 credits; T 6:10pm-8:00pm (SEM)

Theories of personal autonomy will be pursued by a study of a range of different topics such as individual rationality, the nature of motivation, weakness of will, self-deception, and the nature of human values and their relation to desires, beliefs, and human action.

PHIL G9755: Problems of Social Philosphy
Neuhouser, Frederick; 3 credits; R 11:00am-12:50pm (SEM)

Focus on theories of modernity. Authors discussed will include Weber, Blumberg, Habermas, Lyotard, Taylor.

POLS W3180: Liberty and Empire
Hornqvist, Mikael; 3 credits; TBD (LEC)

Recent geopolitical developments have brought the notions of empire and liberal imperialism to the fore. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of Western imperialism, including the ancient empires of Athens and Rome, the Respublica Christiana, Europe's overseas expansion during the Early Modern period, Western colonialism and twentieth-century totalitarianism. Our focus will be on how these developments are reflected and conceptualized in the works of leading political theorists like Aristotle, Machiavelli, Tocqueville and Arendt. Particular emphasis will be placed on the dual theme of liberty and empire, and the classical republican idea of liberty at home and empire abroad. In a contemporary context, the course will touch on questions concerning national sovereignty, religious universalism, identitarian politics, the doctrine of human rights, and American exceptionalism. From a normative perspective, we will addresses a series of interrelated questions of great current import: Is empire compatible with liberal and democratic values broadly defined? What, if any, are the alternatives to empire and Western hegemony? And what is the price – political, economic, military, and social – of empire? To gain a more in-depth understanding of how these theoretical issues are played out and experienced on a more personal level, we will turn to literary and cinematographic works of fiction.

POLS W3202: Labor and American Politics
Warren, Dorian; 3 credits; MW 11:00am-12:15pm (LEC)

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POLS W3210: Judicial Politics
Lax, Jeffrey; 3 credits; TR 2:40pm-3:55pm (LEC)

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POLS W3215: Workshop in Media & Politics
Knight, Kathleen; 2 credits; TBD (WKSHP)

2-credit workshop.  Permission of the instructor is required before signing up for this course. Interested should contact instructor by email. The Workshop in Media and Politics is the academic component of a media internship, and is available to both Barnard and Columbia students. Through it the student receives two units of academic credit while working in a media-related job. The internships themselves must be pre-arranged independently or through the Office of Career Services. Any kind of media-related internship (radio, television, magazines, the music industry, public relations firms, government agencies, political campaigns, and so on) is potentially acceptable, but only if the student can relate the internship to larger issues of the role/impact of the mass media in contemporary politics. It is advised that students download the application form, fill it out, and bring it with them to the first meeting with the professor. An appointment for the first meeting should be arranged with the professor via email, or during office hours.

POLS W3220: Logic of Collective Choice
Lax, Jeffrey; 3 credits; TR 10:35am-11:50am (LEC)

Much (most?) of politics is about combining individual preferences or actions into collective choices. We will make use of two theoretical approaches. Our primary approach will be social choice theory, which studies how we aggregate what individuals want into what the collective �wants.� The second approach, game theory, covers how we aggregate what individuals want into what the group gets, given that social, economic, and political outcomes usually depend on the interaction of individual choices. The aggregation of preferences or choices is usually governed by some set of institutional rules, formal or informal. Our main themes include the rationality of individual and group preferences, the underpinnings and implications of using majority rule, tradeoffs between aggregation methods, the fairness of group choice, the effects of institutional constraints on choice (e.g., agenda control), and the implications for democratic choice. Most of the course material is highly abstract, but these abstract issues turn up in many real-world problems, from bargaining between the branches of government to campus elections to judicial decisions on multi-member courts to the allocation of relief funds among victims of natural disasters to the scoring of Olympic events. The collective choice problem is one faced by society as a whole and by the smallest group alike.

POLS W3631: American Foreign Policy
Cronin, Bruce L; 3 credits; TBD (LEC)

Introduction to American foreign policy since 1945 with an emphasis on post-cold war topics. Will cover major schools of American thought, the policy making process, and key policies and issues.

POLS W3911: Political Theory Seminar: Religion and Democracy
Cohen, Jean; 4 credits; M 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

The class will be organized as a close reading of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America.

POLS W3921: Gays & Lesbians in American Politics
Phillips, Justin; 4 credits; W 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

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POLS W3921: 20th Century African-American Thought
Harris, Fredrick; 4 credits; R 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

This course surveys the political and social thought of African-Americans during the 20th century.  It will consider the social, political, and historical context of political ideologies in black communities, from the standpoint of early thinkers and activists such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett to post-World War II thinkers such as Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, bell hooks, Cornel West, among others.  The course will critically assess such perspectives as liberalism, nationalism, feminism, conservatism, and Marxism as considered by important black thinkers of the era.  The course approaches the study of African Americans political and social thought from theoretical and historical perspectives.

POLS W3921: Quantitative Analysis/American Politics
Hirano, Shiego; 4 credits; T 9:00am-10:50am (SEM)

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POLS W3921: Media and American Politics
Knight, Kathleen; 4 credits; W 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

Both conventional wisdom and scholarly research about the role of the mass media in American politics have changed rapidly in a very short period of time. This course explores the influence of the mass media on politics with attention to changes in the relationship between the media and government. We will start with consideration of the historical role of the mass media and how it has changed. Then we will focus on the question of how much real influence the media have, and how it is exercised. This will involve examination of media treatment of substantive topics of current interest. These will include the fall political campaigns, the war, and additional topics chosen on the basis of student interest. This is a research seminar in American politics. Students are expected to engage in original empirical research on one of several topics in mass media and politics and to contribute to group efforts on data collection, coding, fact checking, cross-verification and review. In the event of excess demand, an application process with take place at the first class meeting. 

POLS W3951: Size of Government
Goodhart, Lucy; 4 credits; T 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

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POLS W3951: Democracy and Regime Change
Kasara, Kimuli; 4 credits; T 11:00am-12:50pm (SEM)

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POLS W3961: National Security Policy
Betts, Richard K; 4 credits; M 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

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POLS W3961: Globalization and International Politics
Pinto, Pablo M; 4 credits; M 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

Globalization involves the increasing integration of economic, social and political processes across international borders.  Workers in Bangalore man telephones in the middle of the night to provide technical support to customers in the US and Europe.  Farmers in Chiapas and college students in Nice demonstrate against the World Bank.  Multinational corporations and backyard business clamor for greater access to markets.  Governments in Asia find that they are beholden to panic by investors a world away. To some degree, these processes (or ones like them) have always been with us.  However, international politics, which has traditionally been organized around the physical control of geography by sovereign governments, increasingly poses tensions or contradictions as the scope of the world that defies boundaries increases.  While globalization means many things to many different people, this course will begin to map some of the most obvious examples where sovereignty and the global society collide.  Globalization defies easy definition in part because these processes are dynamic and ongoing.  We will explore the economics, politics and conflict processes  associated with a globalizing world.

POLS W3961: Seminar in Foreign Policy/Decisionmaking
Farnham, Barbara; 4 credits; R 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

How can we account for the foreign policies of states in the international system? Why do they behave the way they do? This seminar focuses on a critical examination of the major explanations for foreign policy outcomes. Our main emphasis is on decision-making. However, we will begin with explanations operating at other levels of analysis, such as the international system and domestic politics. We then explore decision-making explanations, including those derived from cognitive and social psychology, theories of motivation and personality, the impact of the political context, and the role of group dynamics. Throughout, we will be looking at these different approaches in the light of actual episodes taken largely, but not exclusively, from American foreign policy. 

POLS W4210: Research Topics in Game Theory
Ting, Michael; 3 credits; MW 2:40pm-3:55pm (LEC)

Advanced topics in game theory will cover the study of repeated games, games of incomplete information and principal-agent models with applications in the fields of voting, bargaining, lobbying and violent conflict. Results from the study of social choice theory, mechanism design and auction theory will also be treated. The course will concentrate on mathematical techniques for constructing and solving games. Students will be required to develop a topic relating political science and game theory and to write a formal research paper. Prerequisite: W4209 or instructor's permission.

POLS W4454: Politics Systems of South Asia
Oldenburg, Phillip; 3 credits; TR 1:10pm-2:25pm (LEC)

This course first compares the post-independence political histories of South Asian countries, particularly India and Pakistan.  It then explores selected topics across countries: social and cultural dimensions of politics; structures of power; and political behavior.  The underlying theme is to explain the development and durability of the particular political regimes – democratic or authoritarian – in each country. 

POLS W4471: Chinese Politics
TBD; 3 credits; TBD (LEC)

Selected aspects of contemporary Chinese politics, including the causes and character of the Chinese revolution, the transformation worked in Chinese society by the revolutionary government, political conflict, and the goals of government policies and the policies of carrying them out.

POLS G4472: Japanese Politics
Shimizu, Kay; 3 credits; Location T 4:10pm-6:00pm (LEC)

Surveys key features of the Japanese political system, with focus on political institutions and processes. Themes include party politics, bureaucratic power, the role of the Diet, voting behavior, the role of the state in the economy, and the domestic politics of foreign policy

POLS G4491: Post-Soviet States and Markets
Frye, Timothy; 3 credits; R 2:10pm-4:00pm (LEC)

Recommended preparation: some familiarity with Communist or post-Communist states. Considers the collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union and the challenge of building new political and economic systems in the post-Communist space. Evaluates contending theories of markets, transitions, constitutions, federalism, and democratic institutions. Primary focus on the post-Soviet states, with some reference to Eastern Europe and China.

POLS W4496: Contemporary African Politics
Kasara, Kimuli; 3 credits; MW 10:35am-11:50am (LEC)

Topics include the transition from colonialism to independence, ethnic and class relations, the state, strategies for development, international influences, and case studies of selected countries.

POLS G4610: Recent Continental Political Thought
Cohen, Jean; 3 credits; W 4:10pm-6:00pm (LEC)

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POLS W4895: War, Peace & Strategy
Betts, Richard K; 3 credits; MW 11:00am-12:15pm (LEC)

Survey of the causes of war and peace, functions of military strategy, interaction of political ends and military means. Emphasis on 20th-century conflicts; nuclear deterrence; economic, technological, and moral aspects of strategy; crisis management; and institutional norms and mechanisms for promoting stability.

POLS W4910: Quantitative Political Research
Shapiro, Robert; 3 credits; TR 10:35am-11:50am (LEC)

Introduction to the use of quantitative techniques in political science and public policy. Topics include descriptive statistics and principles of statistical inference and probability through analysis of variance and ordinary least-squares regression. Computer applications are emphasized.

POLS G6411: Comparative Politics Survey I
Huber, John; 3 credits; F 11:00am-12:50pm (LEC)

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POLS G6801: Theories of International Relations
Jervis, Robert L; 3 credits; M 2:10pm-4:00pm (COL)

Issues and problems in theory of international politics; systems theories and the current international system; the domestic sources of foreign policy and theories of decision making; transnational forces, the balance of power, and alliances.

POLS G8223: Legislative Behavior and Institutions
O'Halloran, Sharyn; 3 credits; R 4:10pm-6:00pm (COL)

Surveys key features of the Japanese political system, with focus on political institutions and processes. Themes include party politics, bureaucratic power, the role of the Diet, voting behavior, the role of the state in the economy, and the domestic politics of foreign policy

POLS G8493: Topics in Comparative Politics: Political Development
Berman, Sheri; 3 credits; M 2:10pm-4:00pm (COL)

This is a graduate course in political development. It will focus on the development of, and relationship among, the three constituent features of the modern political world: states, nations and democracy. The course will analyze both historical and contemporary cases, tracing how causal processes unfold over time and space and what past conditions and experiences lie behind today's political dynamics and problems. Along the way, the course will introduce students to the main approaches and schools of thought in the political development literature. The course will encourage rigorous comparative thinking and writing and prepare students for general exams and dissertation work.

POLS G8659: Collective Decisionmaking
Elster, Jon; 3 credits; M 4:10pm-6:00pm (COL)

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POLS G8674: Contemporary Republicanism
Urbinati, Nadia; 3 credits; T 4:10pm-6:00pm (COL)

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POLS G8804: International Political Economy
Margalit, Yotam; 3 credits; T 2:10pm-4:00pm (COL)

Analysis of theories in international political economy, examining the relationship between politics of economics globally and the causes of the rise and decline of states.  Instructor permission required before registration.

POLS G8811: Civil Wars
Fazal, Tanisha; 3 credits; T 2:10pm-4:00pm (COL)

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POLS G8844: Nationalism
Snyder, Jack L; 3 credits; T 2:10pm-4:00pm (COL)

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POLS G8867: International Cooperation & Institutions
Urpelainen, Johannes; 3 credits; W 4:10pm-6:00pm (COL)

Why do governments and leaders cooperate?  What is the role of international institutions in world politics?  This course is an introduction to the scientific study of international cooperation and institutions.   The course emphasizes recent empirical and theoretical research across issue areas.

POLS G8870: Colloquium: US Relations with East Asia
Curtis, Gerald L; 3 credits; W 4:10pm-6:00pm (COL)

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POLS G9290: Qualitative Methods in Political Science
Warren, Dorian; 3 credits; T 2:10pm-4:00pm (COL)

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PUAF U4260: Critical Issues in Urban Public Policy
Dinkins, David; 3 credits; T 4:10pm-6:00pm (LEC)

This course is designed to prepare future policymakers to critically analyze and evaluate key urban policy issues in New York. It is unique in offering exposure to both practical leadership experience and urban affairs scholarship that will equip students to meet the challenges that face urban areas. Students will read academic articles and chapters from books dealing with urban politics and policy, and will hear from an exciting array of guest lecturers from the governmental, not-for-profit, and private sectors. Drawing from my experiences as former Mayor of New York City, I will lay out the basic elements of urban government and policymaking, emphasizing the most important demographic, economic, and political trends facing urban areas.

PUAF U6110: Politics of Policymaking I
Lieberman, Robert; 4 credits; W 4:10pm-6:00pm (LEC)

This course is an introduction to practical political analysis for public-sector and non-profit managers and analysts. Professionals in these sectors operate within a political environment. This is an inescapable fact about the nature of public affairs; it is intrinsic to the enterprise. Managers and analysts who understand the political environment within which they operate and who can integrate political, managerial, and policy analysis are likely to prove far more effective than those who do not and cannot. This is not primarily a course in American politics, and we do not presume any particular knowledge of the American political system.

PUAF U8232: Seminar in Urban Politics
Fuchs, Ester; 3 credits; T 11:00am-12:50pm (SEM)

All public policy occurs within a political context. The purpose of this seminar is to examine the politics of America's large cities. While we rely on case material from American cities the theoretical and applied problems we consider are relevant to understanding public policy in any global city. Cities are not legal entities defined in the American Constitution. Yet, historically they have developed a politics and policymaking process that at once seems archetypically American and strangely foreign We will consider whether America's traditional institutions of representation "work" for urban America; how the city functions within our federal system; and whether neighborhood democracy is a meaningful construct. We will also consider the impact of politics on urban policymaking. Can cities solve the myriad problems of their populations under existing institutional arrangements? Are cities really rebounding economically or does a crisis remain in communities beyond the resurgence in many downtown business districts? Do the economic and social factors which impact urban politics and policy delimit the city's capacity to find and implement solutions to their problems? Finally, can urban politics be structured to make cities places where working and middle class people choose to live and work and businesses choose to locate; the ultimate test of their viability in the twenty first century.

PUAF U8510: Women and Power: the Impact of Public & Private Sector Policy
Buck-Luce, Carolyn; 1.5 credits; R 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

This practicum takes a hard look at the gains of the "women's revolution" and the gains across a range of sectors. A group of prominent individuals (business and civic leaders, scholars, policymakers), all pioneers in the own right, will assess how far women have come in a variety of fields -- Business, Philanthropy, Government, Non Profit and Entrepreneurship -- and describe what they see as the unfinished agenda. Particular attention will be paid to exploring policy proposals that encompass both public and private sector initiatives. Course Dates: October 21 - December 9.

REGN U4567: Current Developments in Russia
Beliaev, Edward; 4 credits; MWF 9:35am-11:35am (LEC)

This course is designed for those students who, due to their career goals, need to keep a finger on the pulse of Russian domestic developments and at the same time want to maintain their high level of Russian language. The course will explore the current situation in the spheres of politics and the economy as a result of complex interplay of many domestic and international factors. Considerable time will be devoted to the issues of the CIS and Russian foreign affairs. The course is mainly based on current Russian periodicals but sometimes, if necessary, texts in English will be offered as a background or an explanation for the issues to be discussed. The course is conducted in Russian.

REGN U4690: Palestinian and Israeli Security Dilemmas
Weinberger, Naomi; 3 credits; T 2:10pm-4:00pm (LEC)

Competing Palestinian and Israeli national aspirations have generated security dilemmas for each, with broad regional reverberations. The partition formula which failed to heal the conflicts of the Palestine mandate era still dominates the discourse on conflict resolution, but domestic and regional opponents stymie its implementation. This course examines the evolution of Palestinian resistance, Israeli foreign policy debates, Egypt�s early leadership in war and peacemaking, Iran�s rising influence, and the credibility of mediatory efforts by the US and other third parties. We will consider whether the international community can help remedy the absence of human security in the West Bank and Gaza and ongoing Israeli security dilemmas by facilitating realization of a two-state solution.

REGN U6423: Problems of Economic Growth in Latin America
Trebat, Thomas; 3 credits; M 6:10pm-8:00pm (LEC)

The course is organized around the most important question in Latin America today: Why have the lives of most people in Latin America failed to improve economically despite the region's adoption of the most ambitious reforms in its history? We will examine this growth puzzle from as many points of view as possible, drawing insights from various disciplines and calling upon expert practitioners in various fields of finance and business. We will do this in an attempt to learn the key strengths that sustained economic growth in Latin America for decades, the factors that led to a weakening of this growth after 1980, and the rationale for and results of the great economic reforms of the 1990s. Most importantly of all, we will focus on what lies ahead - on case studies of successful and failed strategies, on what seems to be working in terms of economic policies and what needs to be changed.

REGN U8090: The Transatlantic Economy
O'Cleireacain, Seamus ; 3 credits; W 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

A course on economic relations in an era of regionalism and the formation of rival economic blocs. This course examines the changing architecture of contemporary US-EU relations, placing this relationship within wider multilateral obligations. Topics to be discussed include conceptual frameworks within which the relationship may be analyzed; the economic dimension to common security; causes and consequences of past and present trade disputes; the development and implementation of the Transatlantic Agenda and related programs such as the Transatlantic Business Dialogue; implications for the dollar of European Monetary Union; and the impact on the relationship of each side's ties to other regional arrangements such as APEC, Mercosur and EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe. Course requirements: A term paper and classroom presentations.

REGN U8595: Persian Gulf in the 20th Century
Potter, Lawrence; 3 credits; W 2:00pm-3:50pm (SEM)

Focus on maritime society in the Gulf, the Gulf and its oil states, tribes and state formation, British paramountcy, border problems, oil and social change, the Iranian Revolution, Islamic resurgence in the Persian Gulf, the Gulf wars, Iraq, the role of women, and the Gulf states today

REGN U8600: China's New Marketplace
Rosen, Daniel; 3 credits; T 6:10pm-8:00pm (SEM)

This seminar is for students anticipating China-focused careers, shaping and responding to economic development. It is relevant both to those interested in international business and those interested in economic policy. This is an application class for 20 students, including those pursuing non-SIPA degrees. Second year students who have completed the first year economic sequence are encouraged to apply, as the course will require a strong conversance in topical economics (not econometrics).

REGN U8757: Ukranian Foreign Policy: Russia, Europe & the U.S.
Kuchynskyi, Valerii; 3 credits; T 11:00am-12:50pm (SEM)

The course will provide historical perspectives on Ukraine's foreign relations and examine the trajectory of its foreign policy since Independence in 1991 till the Orange Revolution in 2004 and beyond. While providing an assessment of political, social and economic transformations and their impact on foreign policy, the course will focus on Ukraine's relationship with its major partners: Russia, Europe and the US, and its role at the United Nations. The class will be able to analyze Ukraine's renunciation of its nuclear arsenal, its quest for Euroatlantic integration and the obstacles thereto, its participation in regional structures and its attitude towards the Commonwealth of Independent States. The course delivers first-hand insights by a career diplomat who has been actively involved in the implementation of Ukrainian foreign policy. The format of the course will encourage active dialogue and analytical reflection on the part of the students. Each student will prepare a 10-15 page paper exploring the prospect of Ukraine's joining NATO and the EU or staying in the zone of Russia's influence, and the consequences thereof.

RELI W4322: Exploring Sharia: Islamic Law
Haider, Najam; 4 credits; W 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

The platform of every modern Islamist political party calls for the implementation of the sharia. This term is invariably (and incorrectly) interpreted as an unchanging legal code dating back to 7th century Arabia. In reality, Islamic law is an organic and constantly evolving human project aimed at ascertaining Gods will in a given historical and cultural context. This course offers a detailed and nuanced look at the Islamic legal methodology and its evolution over the last 1400 years. The first part of the semester is dedicated to classical Islamic jurisprudence, concentrating on the manner in which jurists used the Quran, the Sunna (the model of the Prophet), and rationality to articulate a coherent legal system. The second part of the course focuses on those areas of the law that engender passionate debate and controversy in the contemporary world. Specifically, we examine the discourse surrounding Islamic family (medical ethics, marriage, divorce, womens rights) and criminal (capital punishment, apostasy, suicide/martyrdom) law. The course concludes by discussing the legal implications of Muslims living as minorities in non-Islamic countries and the effects of modernity on the foundations of Islamic jurisprudence

RELI W4620: Religious Worlds of New York
Bender And Hawley; 4 credits; W 11:00am-12:50pm (SEM)

Exploration of religious diversity in New York City with emphasis on the current historical moment. Meetings will focus on the impact of immigrant and migrant cultures on New York's religious landscape and on texts that explore the experiences and histories of religious communities in New York. Students conduct supervised research on and observation of a particular religious site or community.

RELI G6210: Issues- Study of South Asian Religions
Mcdermott, Rachel; 4 credits; W 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

Consideration of critical themes or major issues in the study of South Asian religions, especially those having major methodological implications. Themes vary from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

SOCI W3243: China Today: Change, Inequality, Social Life
Lu, Yao; 3 credits; TR 4:10pm-5:25pm (LEC)

Comprehensive introduction to the major social issues in contemporary China. Not a survey in general Chinese history, but a discussion of important thematic issues, we will read and discuss with an emphasis on changes in the post-Mao era. Meant to be interdisciplinary, incorporating readings in anthropology, history, economics, political science, a number of important subjects will be discussed: state politics in pre-reform China since the 1949 revolution, shift to market reforms since 1978, rural China, and various population issues.

SOCI W3264: The Changing American Family
Aidala, Angela; 3 credits; MW 4:10pm-5:25pm (LEC)

Examines social forces contributing to changes in U.S. family formation including declines in marriage, increases in nonmarital childbearing, and women's labor force participation. Analyzes forces affecting growth of "non-traditional" families including lesbian/gay, multigenerational families. Particular attention given to urban, suburban, rural contexts of poverty.

SOCI W3277: Post Racial America?
Nelson, Alondra R; 3 credits; MW 4:10pm-5:25pm (LEC)

What is race? Is the US a post-racial society? Is such a society desirable? Is a post-racial society necessarily a just and egalitarian one? We consider these questions from ethnographic, historical, and theoretical perspectives. Topics discussed include intersectionality, multiracial identity, colorism, genetics, and the race and/or class debate.

SOCI W3324: Global Urbanism
Sassen, Saskia J; 3 credits; MW 2:40pm-3:55pm (LEC)

Using classical texts about cities (do they still work for us?) and on the diverse new literatures on cities and larger subjects with direct urban implications, we will use a variety of data sets to get at detailed empirical information, and draw on two large ongoing research projects involving major and minor global cities around the world (a total of over 60 cities are covered in detail as of 2008).

SOCI W3355: Religion and Politics
Barkey, Karen; 3 credits; MW 10:35am-11:50am (LEC)

Exploring the major themes of religion and politics in the contemporary world: how did the major thinkers conceptualize the role of religion in society, the relationship between religion and politics, and state and church? How do different religions conceptualize and give life to these arrangements? After a mix of theoretical and historical readings, we study various substantive examples of the relationship between religion and politics, within differing contexts, different religions as well as different nation-states.

SOCI W3490: Mistake, Misconduction, Disaster
Vaughan, Diane; 3 credits; MW 4:10pm-5:25pm (LEC)

How Organizations Fail - the fundamental principles of organizations, examining how and why organizations fail, producing harmful outcomes. Studying failures opens up parts of organizations for public view that are seldom seen; studying the dark side is especially revealing. Students will examine cases to identify the causes of failures and think about what kind of strategies can be developed that prevent failure.

SOCI W3945: Inequality and Public Policy
Spilerman, Seymour; 4 credits; W 2:10pm-4:00pm (SEM)

Economic inequality in the United States; the roles of labor market processes and inheritance with respect to wealth assimilation; assets and the poor; public policies in regard to income redistribution; taxation of income, wealth, and bequests; issues in poverty policy.

SOCI G4042: Economic Sociology Meets Economic Geography
Whitford, Joshua; 3 credits; R 4:10pm-6:00pm (LEC)

For students interested in economic and organizational sociology, in the interplay of local and global forces, in political economy, and in the intersection of business and policy studies, the course is to be a graduate level seminar tracing the development and future direction of the conversation between the fields of economic sociology and economic geography.

SOCI G6320: Immigration, Cities, States
Sassen, Saskia J; 3 credits; F 11:00am-12:50pm (SEM)

Transnational processes such as economic globalization and cross-border migrations confront the social sciences with a series of theoretical and methodological challenges. This course examines these challenges through a focus oon both macro level cross-border flows and micro processes which might take place at a global or at a sub-national level. Particular attention will go to analyzing the challenges for theorization and empirical specification.

SOCI G8200: Economic Sociology
Stark, David; 3 credits; W 2:10pm-4:00pm (COLL)

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WMST G6001: Theoretical Paradigm Feminist Scholar: Meanings of Motherhood
Kessler-Harris And Sanger; 3 credits; T 4:10pm-6:00pm (SEM)

This course will explore the shifting and contested meanings of motherhood as individual experience and in its institutional context at different historical moments and in contemporary United States. The materials focus on the complex relationships between motherhood and such topics as work, citizenship, sexuality, poverty, reproductive technologies, and the fetus itself. We will also look at categories of mothers (birth mothers, grandmothers, immigrant mothers, unwed mothers, welfare mothers, slave mothers, to name a few). Materials will be drawn from historical sources, legal text, and selected fictional works. The course is open to ten law students and ten graduate students selected on the basis of written statements of interest. Please do not register until your application has been approved.