The second part of the course focuses on the Iraq War and its consequences; the rise of ISIS; the Arab Spring; Turkey's changing foreign relations; and the war in Syria. We then consider patterns of economic development in Africa. Themes may include power, authority, freedom, justice, equality, democracy, neoliberalism, feminism, and violence, though the emphases will vary from semester to semester. How does Congress act as an institution and not just a platform for 535 individuals? justice and civil rights. race, class, gender, disability, indigenous, queer, subaltern); and 3) exploring the implications of a more inclusive approach to International Relations, both within the classroom as well as contemporary decolonization movements in the US and around the world. illegal migrants, refugees) have differential access to rights, services, and representation depending on how they are classified where they live (and where they are from). The final section takes a comparative approach to some of the most pressing issues in Africa today: health crises, migration and mobility, technological revolution, climate change, and the emerging power of women and youth. Yet history furnishes us with countless examples of laws, administrative rules, and social conventions that treat the human body as a form of property. To provide a broader context for Marcuse's critical theory, we will read a selection of his writings alongside related texts by Kant, Marx, Freud, and Davis. In addition to addressing this important question about the health of American democracy, students will learn how the traditional media and social media influences Americans' political attitudes and behaviors. Program: Physical Therapist Assistant AAS - Tulsa Community College [more], How do we judge the value of life? [more], This course provides an overview of the international relations of the Middle East, with a special focus on the period from the late nineteenth century to the present. This course identifies the political conditions under which welfare states developed in the twentieth century, and examines how they have responded to globalization, immigration, digital transformation, and other contemporary challenges. We will discuss signature liberal theorists both classic and current as well as some of their most notable critics. How have they tried to make cities more decent, just, and sustainable? [more], Are human beings the only beings who belong in politics? How does political leadership in the 21st century differ from leadership in earlier eras? Should they ally themselves with the liberals or the communists? The implications for political polarization, economic growth, social insurance programs, public health, military defense, even national survival are grim. To do so, we will draw on work in anthropology, critical theory, history, urban studies, and waste management science; representations of waste in popular culture; and experiences with waste in our lives. We will examine both the international and domestic context of the war, as well as pay close attention to both South and North Vietnamese perspectives on the war. Course readings will engage your thinking on the central debates in moral philosophy, normative approaches to international political economy, and grassroots efforts to secure justice for women and other severely disadvantaged groups. Who decides? Our focus, then, is nothing less than the story of America -- as told by those who lived it. defeat of Nazi Germany? While our examples will be drawn mainly from family law, the regulation of sex/reproduction, and workplace discrimination, the main task of this course will be to deepen our understanding of how the subject of law is constituted. We will investigate theories about where they come from, what they do, and to whom they matter, and explore controversies surrounding their agency, legitimacy, efficiency, and accountability. The third part surveys significant topics relevant to the themes of the course, with applications to current public policy issues, such as: power relations and autonomy in the workplace; asymmetric information and social insurance; economic inequality and distributive justice; equality of opportunity; the economics of health care; positional goods and the moral foundations of capitalism; social media and addiction; economic nationalism; behavioral economics; climate change and intergenerational equity; finance and financial crises; and rent-seeking. Methodologically interdisciplinary, the course shall examine written and audiovisual texts that explore Wynter's inquiries into the central seminar queries. Critics argue that today's media is shallow and uninformative, a vector of misinformation, and a promoter of extremism and violence. What are the social and ethical prerequisites--and consequences--of democracy? Transportation will be provided by the college. We will engage some of the central questions and issues in the current debate on East Asia. Thirty years later the future looks seriously derailed. To how we want American politics to work? Drawing on Freud, and challenged by his philosophical exchanges with Angela Davis, Marcuse came to the view that these movements were addressing not only material deprivations such as poverty and structural oppression, but also the effects of social alienation and a damaged psychic life. This class considers analytic concepts central to the study of politics generally--the state, legitimacy, democracy, authoritarianism, clientelism, nationalism--to comprehend political processes and transformations in various parts of the world. Can they be the same thing? Does this idea ultimately reinforce American hegemony, or plant the seeds of a non-American order? Visionaries, Pragmatists, and Demagogues: An Introduction to Leadership Studies. Can the strategies theorists propose and employ really aid in the advancement of racial equity? "rights"? Is solidarity possible only in utopia, or can we realize it in the world as well? citizens, migrants, refugees) have differential access to rights, services, and representation and why. Attention then turns to how post-World War II authoritariansm has been understood from a variety of perspectives, including: the "transitions to democracy" approach; analysis of problems of authoritarian control and authoritarian power-sharing; and examination of "authoritarian relience," among others. Why this hesitation? We begin by examining the colonization of Africa, nationalist movements, and patterns of rule in the first 30 years of independence. This course explores the causes and consequences of democratic erosion through the lens of comparative politics. What is the fate of democracy in the U.S.? Ideological polarization that regularly brings the government to a standstill and periodically threatens financial ruin. [more], This course deals with what democracy means and how it is achieved. As a final assignment, students will craft an 18-20-page research paper on a topic of their choice related to the themes of the course. The course investigates family models in historical and comparative context; the family and the welfare state; the economics of sex, gender, marriage, and class inequality; the dramatic value and behavioral changes of Gen Z around sex, cohabitation, and parenthood; and state policies to encourage partnership/marriage and childbearing in both left-wing (Scandinavia) and right-wing (Central Europe) variants. attack! The course extends over one semester and the winter study period. What is at stake, and what do different groups believe to be at stake? Third, through ongoing, self-guided reading on students' individual topics as well as feedback from both the seminar leader and other seminar participants on their written work about that topic, it endeavors to guide students to frame a viable and meaningful research project. Is there is a trade-off between democratic accountability and effective governance? Our focus is both contemporary and comparative, organized thematically around common political experiences and attributes across the region. [more], This course examines the most important political and diplomatic divide in the Western Hemisphere. Second, the course will consider the prelude and official responses to the 2008-11 financial crisis. There is no world government. One central concern will be to consider the different ways of understanding "Asia", both in terms of how the term and the region have been historically constituted; another will be to facilitate an understanding some of the salient factors (geography, belief systems, economy and polity)--past and present--that make for Asia's coherence and divergences; a third concern will be to unpack the troubled notions of "East" and "West" and re-center Asia within the newly emerging narratives of global interconnectedness. Yet, in spite of the state's efforts, opposition and dissent continue to bubble to the surface. argue) to virtually everything in American politics, including fundamental concepts that have no manifest racial content, like partisanship and the size and scope of government. In this class, we will consider the promise and limits of political theory to illuminate present day environmental crises and foster movements to overcome them. Meanwhile, national activists look to international apologies and reparations for models of what to demand. The emergence of an international system of sovereign states--the core foundation of international relations--presumes the process of dismantling systems of domination, extraction, and exclusion ended long ago. Indeed, a central concern of the founders was that democracy would invite demagogues who would bring the nation to ruin. Students will be asked to analyze and evaluate the strategic choices we examine, as well as the process by which they were reached. "revolutionary" effect on world politics, such that, fundamentally, international relations no longer works in more or less the same way that it did before the advent of nuclear weapons in 1945? The course concludes with an examination of a number of major contemporary policy debates in security studies. Students will take up the central philosophical questions that shaped the tradition from the early nineteenth century to the present by engaging historical thinkers like Anna Julia Cooper, W.E.B. They see themselves as original, dynamic, serious. How can they be better regulated? [more], This course examines one of the most important concepts in the analysis of sex and gender and efforts to envision sexual and gender justicethe concept of powerfrom multiple feminist perspectives. citizens, migrants, refugees) have differential access to rights, services, and representation and why. What kinds of alternatives are considered as solutions to these problems? In addition to active class participation, students will be expected to write a 5-page proposal for a research paper on a leader of their choice, a 10-page research paper, an in-class midterm exam, and a cumulative, in-class final exam. How effective are strategies like cross-domain deterrence? For whom do they function? Beginning from the presumption that change often has proximate as well as latent causes, this tutorial focuses on events as critical junctures in American politics. Can they be the same thing? This course provides a historical and theoretical context for understanding what is unique about President Trump's approach to American foreign policy in the 21st century. [more], Reserved for and required of those students accepted into the honors program during the second semester of their junior year, the fall semester Senior Thesis Research Design Seminar is intended to serve three purposes for aspiring senior thesis writers. Is America really a democracy at all? Du Bois, Richard Wright, Robert Williams, Yuri Kochiyama, Grace Lee and Jimmy Boggs, Ishmael Reed, and Amiri Baraka; films of Bruce Lee; music of Fred Ho; revolutionary praxis of Mao Tse Tung's Little Red Book and his writings on art and society; the Marxism of the Black Panther Party; the Afro-futurism of Sun Ra and Samuel Delany; and contemporary "Afro-pessimism." Assessing leadership in the moment is complicated because leaders press against the bounds of political convention--as do ideologues, malcontents, and lunatics. Possible texts include Hamilton, Madison, and Jay, The Federalist Papers; Alfred Thayer Mahan, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History; George Kennan, American Diplomacy; Richard Immerman, Empire for Liberty; Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy; James McPherson, Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief; and a collection of primary sources.