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247. Politics and Philosophy of Self and Other. Epistemological, ontological, ethical, and
political dimensions of relations between self and other. Theorists may include Husserl,
Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, Derrida, Adorno, Gadamer, Sartre, Foucault, and Bahktin.
Instructor: Coles. 3 units.
248. International Politics and International Law. Relationship between international
law and politics, with attention to how politics affects law and how law channels and
structures politics. Emphasis on changes in sovereignty as a result of globalization and shifts
in norms. Instructors: Staff. 3 units.
249. The Politics of Health Care. 3 units. C-L: see Public Policy Studies 253
252S. The Nation-State and the International System. The interaction between state
structures and the international system, with a focus on the rise and development of
European nations. Topics include war and its effects on national political institutions,
nationalism, and state formation; war and national revolution; imperialism and decolonization;
and economic dependency and national autonomy. Research paper required.
Prerequisite: Political Science 93. Instructor: Grieco. 3 units.
255S. State and Society in China. An examination of selected aspects of Chinese politics.
Prerequisite: Political Science 117 or equivalent. Instructor: Shi. 3 units.
256S. Theory and Practice of National Security. In-depth look at the theoretical and
empirical literature explaining how states seek to guarantee their national security. Topics
include: grand strategy, nuclear deterrence and warfighting, coercive diplomacy, military
intervention, decisions for war, and civil-military relations. Special attention paid to U.S.
national security during and after the Cold War. Instructor: Feaver. 3 units.
257S. Politics, Society and Development in China. Issues affecting development in China
including financial markets, labor, capital, democracy, and cultural patterns. Instructor: Shi.
3 units.
259S. American Civil-Military Relations. Theory and practice of relations between the
military, society, and the state in the US. Special attention paid to how civil-military relations
play out in the use of force. Other topics include: public opinion, casualty sensitivity, and
the role of the military in partisan politics. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Feaver.
3 units.
260S. Social Theory and Social Practice. Comparison and critique of some of the most
important answers given by philosophers and social theorists to the questions: what can we
know about society and what is the practical utility of that knowledge? Theorists and topics
include Aristotle, early modernity's "new science of politics," Marxist praxis, Weber's
"wertfrei" science, Mill's logic of the "moral sciences," Comte's sociology, Mannheim's
sociology of knowledge, behavioralism and its critics, the vocation of social science.
Instructor: Spragens. 3 units.
261S. Institutions and Reforms in China. Institutions set the framework of rules and
incentives that affect how people utilize resources in political and economic decisionmaking.
Course studies the creation and evolution of Chinese and political and economic
institutions from both the historical and theoretical perspectives. Topics include taxation
schemes, granary systems, political participation, voting methods, political control
mechanisms, community compact and local governance, and money raising methods.
Instructor: Niou. 3 units.
264. Marine Policy. 3 units. C-L: see Environment 276; also C-L: Public Policy Studies 297
266S. Topics in Early Modern Political Thought from Machiavelli to Mills. Topics vary
from semester to semester. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
268S. The Regulatory Process. 3 units. C-L: see Public Policy Studies 269S
271S. International Environmental Regimes. Law, politics, and institutional design of
international regimes created among nations to cope with environmental problems. Includes
study of particular conventions and treaties (for example, acid rain, ozone, carbon reduction,
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