2008-09 Gov Courses Cheat Sheet - Department of Government

2011-12 Gov Course Summaries: Spring 2012 Page 4
Course Meets Instructor Description
Gov98sm
Political Regimes
Around the World
W 2-4 Sebastian Mazzuca (lecturer) French Revolution, Rise of Nazism, breakdown of USSR. Do these transformations
involve a change of government, or regime or of state? What are the causes? Would you
like to be confident in answering such questions, and deepen your ability to analyze big
political events? If so, this course is for you. It will cover: the conceptualization of
political regime, democracy and authoritarianism; the characterization of political
regimes around the world; the explanations of regime change.
Gov98fh
Rights, Resources, and
Democratic Equality in
Brazil
EAS121
Global Cities in East
Asia
Gov98ef
Black Politics in the
Post-Civil Rights Era
Gov98qa
Community in
America
Gov98ia
Sino-US Relations
W 2-4 Frances Hagopian (visitor) Introduces students to researching politics and society in Latin America’s largest and
most unequal country through an examination of an array of grassroots movements and
initiatives organized to redress inequality, including women’s, landless, environmental,
and religious movements; racial quotas, and participatory budgeting experiments.
Seminar focuses on citizenship rights under neoliberalism and how social movements
intersect with formal political institutions, political parties, and unions and other
organizations to reorder the national political and policy agendas.
Tu 2-4 Nara Dillon (lecturer) This course examines urbanization and globalization in East Asia, focusing first on the
development of Tokyo as a global city, then turning to the socialist cities of
contemporary China, before concluding with an examination of uneven development in
Southeast Asian cities. In each section of the course, we will examine how urbanization
and globalization affect major social groups (in particular, entrepreneurs and women)
who have both propelled and been marginalized by these processes.
Junior Research Seminars - American
M 4-6 Claudine Gay Course examines shift among African Americans from protest to politics. Emphasis is
on development and use of political resources as the means to achieve policy objectives
in the post-Civil Rights Era. Beginning with 1965 Voting Rights Act, course will
explore the issues, opportunities, and challenges that have defined African American
political life in the last forty years, as well as the attitudes and debates that have shaped
efforts to increase African American influence over the political process.
Tu 2-4 Robert Putnam Has the social fabric of America’s communities and the civic engagement of its citizens
changed over the last generation? Why? Does it matter? What lessons might we find in
American history? These questions are at the focus of this seminar.
Junior Research Seminars – IR
M 2-4 Iain Johnston Assesses theoretical arguments and empirical evidence concerning the implications of
Chinese economic and military modernization for conflict and cooperation between
China and the US. Some issues examined include global arms control, trade, the
environment, and regional security.