Government 20. Introduction to Comparative Politics
Catalog Number: 6166
Eva Bellin and Grzegorz Ekiert
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 14
Explores important questions and concepts in contemporary comparative politics. Themes will include the historical evolution of the state and citizenship, the power of ethnicity, the dynamics of regime change, the varied modalities of participation and contentious politics, and interactions between politics, economics, and culture. Cases will be drawn from different regions and historical periods to give students a grounding in the tools of comparative analysis.
Government 30. Introduction to American Government
Catalog Number: 0263
Andrea L. Campbell and Paul E. Peterson
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
An introduction to American government and politics, emphasizing how citizens and institutions (the Congress, executive, courts, political parties, interest groups, public opinion, and the electorate) interact in the formation of public policies, and how this interaction has changed over time. The political process studied primarily through examination of several historical and contemporary cases, in areas such as civil rights, foreign policy, economic regulation, and electoral behavior.
[Government 90ac. Urban Politics]
Catalog Number: 5488
Michael Jones-Correa
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Uses readings focused on three cities—Los Angeles, New York, and Miami—to look at ongoing changes in urban politics. A major theme of the course will be how cities have dealt with rapid demographic change—white (and sometimes black) flight, the influx of immigration, and the rise of the multi-racial city. How do different urban institutions deal with these structural changes? How are new actors incorporated into existing (or new) political institutions? What are the preconditions for conflict and cooperation among different ethnic groups?
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Government 90an. The International Relations of Post-Soviet Russia
Catalog Number: 9898
Jonathan George Haslam (Cambridge University)
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
The transformation of Russia from a centrally planned economy directed by a regime committed to the transformation of the international system into a presidential democracy reigning over a free market is still incomplete. What effects have these dramatic changes had on Russia’s foreign policy? Has Putin dropped the legacy of the Soviet past? Has Moscow found a new identity? More generally, we will focus on the tensions arising from adaptation to democratic capitalism but resistance to imitation of the West. We will investigate the inter-relationship between economic transformation and foreign policy, as well as reach back into the pan-slavic past to the writings of those like Danilevskii who rejected the west as a model, in order to trace Russia’s trajectory into the future.
Government 90au. Political Economy
Catalog Number: 8213
Torben Iversen
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Examines modern theories of political economy and their applications to macro problems in advanced industrialized democracies. Why do some governments and countries generate better economic performance than others? Why are some economies more egalitarian than others? How do politicians manipulate the economy for partisan gain, and how are politicians constrained by institutions and the global economy? These are some of the questions that we will seek to answer using the most promising theories in political science and economics.
Government 90bc. The Political Significance of Legal Ambiguity
Catalog Number: 4047
Keith J. Bybee
Half course (spring term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Examines the uncertainties and inconsistencies in judicial reasoning, with special attention to the political purposes that such ambiguities serve. Readings include works by legal realists and selected areas of constitutional adjudication.
Government 90bw. Markets and Morals
Catalog Number: 5921
Michael J. Sandel
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
The seminar will examine controversial cases of commodification, and ask whether there are some things money cannot or should not buy. Topics to include organ sales, surrogacy, college financial aid, pollution permits, for-profit prisons, mercenary armies, and others. Some previous course work in political theory is recommended but not required.
Government 90cl. Human Rights in World Politics
Catalog Number: 4536
Andrew Moravcsik
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
An examination of the history, politics, and law of the international human rights protection. The seminar analyzes the emergence, expansion, and enforcement of international norms concerning national guarantees of human rights.
[Government 90cm. Human Rights: Political and Philosophical Perspectives]
Catalog Number: 4459
Glyn Morgan
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Examines some of the philosophical and political issues raised by human rights. The philosophical questions discussed include: do human rights need a philosophical justification? Are human rights “ethnocentric”? Can philosophical arguments help us identify a list of human rights? Political questions include: what is the status of human rights with respect to constitutional and legal rights? What role should human rights play in an ethical foreign policy? Is the modern nation state a guarantor or a predator of human rights?
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Government 90cv. The Politics of European Integration
Catalog Number: 8428
Christiane G. Lemke (University of Hanover, Germany)
Half course (spring term). Tu., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
Explores the history of the European Union, its institutions, key policies and concepts, and deals with major theoretical approaches to analyzing the process of integration. Topics include evolving patterns of political integration in the post Maastricht era, European identity, citizenship, and government. Emphasis is placed on the changing meaning of Europe after the collapse of communism and the interplay between economic and political integration.
Government 90dd. Education Politics and Policy
Catalog Number: 3796
Paul E. Peterson
Half course (fall term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Analysis of political forces shaping elementary and secondary education governance and policy. Major contemporary issues to be discussed. Students expected to write term papers.
Government 90dx. Political Participation and Public Policy in the U.S.
Catalog Number: 1784
Andrea L. Campbell
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4.
Examines the role of mass political participation in the policy-making process. Discussion of what normative theory says that role should be, how the public actually behaves, and how representatives respond. Considers whether differences in participation rates by race, ethnicity, gender, age, and class lead to unequal policy treatment. Case studies will include welfare, social security, health care, agricultural subsidies, and tax policy.
[Government 90el. International Financial Institutions]
Catalog Number: 5667
Devesh Kapur
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Examines the evolving role of the Bretton Woods Institutions (IMF and World Bank) and (to a lesser degree), the regional development banks. Topics include the governance and purposes of these institutions; the factors that shape their programs and policies; and the economic, social, and political consequences of their programs.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Government 90eo (formerly Government 1785). Globalization and American Foreign Economic Policy
Catalog Number: 9955
Mark R. Brawley (McGill University)
Half course (spring term). W., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Examines the foreign economic policies of the United States in the context of increasing global economic integration. Topics include: globalization—benefits and costs, winners and losers; lessons from history; determinants of trade policy; political economy of multinational corporations; and reforming the international financial architecture.
[Government 90ge. States and Markets in Developing Countries]
Catalog Number: 7665
Devesh Kapur
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Examines the interaction of states and markets in economic development in LDCs. Readings and discussion will focus on state and market institutions and the effects of globalization.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Government 90gn. Cultural Politics: Religion and State in Modern Democracies
Catalog Number: 2868
Eva Bellin
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Studies contemporary responses to the classic dilemma of church-state separation in modern democracies. Focuses on such flash points as the politics of veiling in France; abortion in Ireland; personal status in Israel; education and prayer in the U.S., and free speech in Iran. Analyzes the political and ideological underpinnings of diverse approaches to the church-state relationship from official secularism and the “non-establishment” of religion to “equal protection” and the state in the service of faith.
Government 90gs. Civil Society in Asia
Catalog Number: 7546
Susan J. Pharr
Half course (spring term). Th., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 17, 18
This seminar looks at the concept of civil society in the Asian context, with particular emphasis on East Asia. The seminar first examines how the concept originally evolved in Western societies, looking at the debates over civil society in Western and Eastern Europe. It then explores how the term applies in the Asian context. It looks at how the Internet, globalization, religion, ethnic conflict, market reforms, corruption, international NGOs, the IMF, and other forces, internal and external, are affecting civil societies in Asia, and the relation between developments in civil society and democratization. It also looks at the evolution of international civil society and Asia’s place in it.
Government 90hg. Building the Activist State: American Public Policy Since 1960.
Catalog Number: 8096
Paul Pierson
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
The role of the federal government in American society is now highly controversial. These contemporary conflicts over domestic policy play out against the backdrop of a dramatic expansion of government activity that occurred over the past four decades. This course examines the causes and political consequences of the gradual growth of activist government, focusing on three domains: the expansion of social programs, the emergence of “new” social regulation in areas such as the environment and consumer protection, and the expansion of protections for particular groups (often termed the “rights revolution”).
Government 90ia. Sino-U.S. Relations in an Era of Rising Chinese Power
Catalog Number: 9006
Alastair Iain Johnston
Half course (spring term). M., 2–4.
The course will assess theoretical arguments and empirical evidence concerning the implications of Chinese economic and military modernization for conflict and cooperation between China and the U.S. Some issues to be examined include global arms control, trade, the environment, and regional security.
Government 90ib. Contemporary Issues in U.S. Defense Policy
Catalog Number: 0386
Paul K. Huth (University of Michigan)
Half course (fall term). W., 7–9 p.m. EXAM GROUP: 9
In this seminar U.S. security policy in three areas will be examined. First, nuclear arms control policies towards Russia will be considered with a focus on the future of the ABM Treaty and what are the prospects for and possible security implications of further arms reductions beyond START II. Second, U.S. policy in NATO will be examined with particular attention given to assessing the rationale and security implications of NATO enlargement and the alliance’s military intervention into the Balkan civil wars over the past decade. Third, the debate over U.S. grand strategy for responding to and managing the rising economic and military power of China will be assessed. For each of the three main topics covered in the seminar, general theories and empirical findings on the causes of international conflict and cooperation will be drawn upon to help assess contending positions in policy debates.
Government 90id. The Politics of International Monetary Relations
Catalog Number: 7071
Mark R. Brawley (McGill University)
Half course (fall term). Tu., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 18
This course examines some of the political issues surrounding the nature of international monetary relations, including how monetary policies are selected, the impact of international monetary problems, and rules governing international monetary flows. Monetary relations are the foundation upon which other international economic relations rest. Some of the subjects include the gold standard, the Bretton Woods system, the role of international monetary institutions such as the IMF and IBRD, floating exchange rates, international debt, EMU, and future international monetary prospects.
Government 90jp. The Struggle for Palestine/Israel
Catalog Number: 1254
Eva Bellin
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Studies the century-long struggle over Palestine/Israel from a local perspective. Considers competing historical and moral claims to the land, the creation of political “facts” and dispossession, the influence of regional politics, the role of local political organizations from Hamas to Gush Emunim, the nature of conditions in the West Bank and Gaza, and the possibilities for reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis.
Government 90ka. Rethinking the Welfare State
Catalog Number: 2138
Margarita Estevez-Abe
Half course (spring term). Tu., 7–9 p.m. EXAM GROUP: 18
The goal of the course is to challenge existing notions of the welfare state. Who shapes welfare programs? Does the welfare state help the poor? Does the welfare state treat men and women equally? Is the welfare state “anti-market” in nature? Does it simply place a burden on the national economy or does it promote national competitiveness? Although class readings and cases are mostly from advanced industrial societies, the course includes a unit on new trajectories from emerging economies.
[Government 90kc. Women and the Law]
Catalog Number: 2621
Seyla Benhabib
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
After a historical examination of Aristotle, Locke, and Hegel on women, family, the state and law, this course will look at contemporary debates around abortion, pornography, and sexual harassment. Readings from McKinnon, Cornell, Butler, Nussbaum, Scott, and others.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
[Government 90km. The Political Economy of Africa]
Catalog Number: 1215
Robert H. Bates
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Covers recent writings on the politics and economics of Africa. Emphasis placed on recent writings on political reform (democratization), state disintegrations, and violence.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Government 90nd. Liberalism and Democracy in Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Tocqueville
Catalog Number: 4516
Sharon R. Krause
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Examines the political philosophy of Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Tocqueville with particular attention to their views of liberty and equality, history and human nature, the advantages and characteristic dangers of modern democratic politics, and the relationship between political institutions and their extrapolitical supports—all with an eye to the implications for contemporary liberal democracy.
Government 90nk. Classical Theories of International Relations
Catalog Number: 1830
Jonathan George Haslam (Cambridge University)
Half course (spring term). W., 7–9 p.m. EXAM GROUP: 9
The theoretical underpinning of International Relations is a historical construct made up of philosophical parts. Ignorance of this past dooms the theorist to re-inventing the wheel. The course will highlight the roots of such key principles as liberal universalism (including the belief that free trade makes for peace and democracies do not fight one another), the notions of Reasons of State and Realpolitik, the concept of the Balance of Power and more. We will then proceed to place current theorists in their historical and philosophical contexts. Thinkers addressed include Aquinas, Machiavelli, Guicciadini, Botero, Grotius, Hobbes, Kant, Bolingbroke, and, latterly, Carr, Spykman, Morgenthau, Tucker, Hoffmann, Waltz, Keohane, and others.
Government 90os. Democracy, Interdependence, and Peace
Catalog Number: 5069
Bruce M. Russett (Yale University)
Half course (spring term). M., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Examination of whether the international system is changing fundamentally, with zones of peace among many countries, through forces of democratization, economic linkages, and international organizations. Consideration of how classical and contemporary theories of international relations may illuminate these questions and what the empirical evidence may be.
[Government 90q. U.S. – Latin American Relations]
Catalog Number: 5153
Jorge I. Domínguez
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4.
A study of political and economic relations between the United States and Latin American countries, and of the international relations of Latin America since 1945. Attention also given to foreign policy decision making in the United States and Latin America, and to alternative approaches to the study of international relations and foreign policy.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Government 90qa. Community in America
Catalog Number: 4941
Robert D. Putnam
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
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 will be at the focus of this seminar.
Government 90rb. Comparative Constitutional Engineering
Catalog Number: 4678
Cindy Skach
Half course (fall term). W., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
This course critically examines when, and how, institutional design affects the performance and stability of democracy. Topics include the manipulation of party systems via electoral systems; incentive structures in the presidential, parliamentary, and semi-presidential constitutional types: the “problems” of divided government, minority government and divided minority government; the increasingly important role of constitutional courts; and the challenge of engineering in deeply divided societies. Examples are drawn from a variety of world regions and historical periods.
Government 90sa. The Wealth of Nations: Adam Smith in Enlightenment Context
Catalog Number: 1486
Istvan Hont (Cambridge University)
Half course (fall term). M., 7 p.m.–9 p.m. EXAM GROUP: 18
What was Adam Smith’s own political and moral theory as opposed to the ones associated with his name today? Was he a liberal, a libertarian, or a conservative? A critic or defender of modernity? A visionary market theorist or a timid and piecemeal reformer? The seminar examines the complex structure of the most celebrated foundational text of economics in the context of what Albert Hirschman famously called “political arguments for capitalism before its triumph.” Topics will include Smith’s advocacy of mass production, his four stages theory of history, his explanation of the origins of modern liberal Europe, his theory of moral sentiments, his relationship to fellow thinkers in the Scottish Enlightenment, and his controversy with Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the French Physiocrats.
Government 90sc. Enlightenment and Its Critics
Catalog Number: 8957
James Schmidt (Boston University)
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
This course will trace the vicissitudes of Enlightenment ideals of reason, critique, and autonomy in the 19th and 20th centuries. It will examine the ways in which the arguments of the Enlightenment’s contemporaries (including Hamann, Burke, and Hegel) have been taken up by such 20th-century thinkers such as Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and Michel Foucault.
Government 90sp. Future of War
Catalog Number: 6012
Stephen Peter Rosen
Half course (spring term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
The course will examine the character and implications of political and technological factors that could affect the future conduct of war.
Government 90vo. Edmund Burke and Modern Politics
Catalog Number: 3640
Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Half course (spring term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
This course will examine the writings of Edmund Burke. Topics to be discussed include: liberty, representation, revolution, imperialism, commerce, and constitutionalism. Readings will include Burke’s writings and selected contemporary texts.
Government 90we. Law and Politics of Affirmative Action
Catalog Number: 9950
Keith J. Bybee
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Examines the origins and development of affirmative action in education and employment. Particular emphasis placed on the political theories courts have used to justify and critique racial preferences.
*Government 97. Tutorial — Sophomore Year
Catalog Number: 0392
Andrea L. Campbell, Harvey C. Mansfield, Russell Muirhead, and members of the Department
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Designed to provide a foundation for thinking, reading, writing, and talking about questions of politics, sophomore tutorial uses the experience of political development in the United States to investigate the fundamental political questions that confront any society.
Note: Fall term enrollment required of sophomore concentrators
*Government 98r. Tutorial — Junior Year
Catalog Number: 7179
Russell Muirhead and members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Ordinarily taken as two half courses by juniors who have elected the honors program, but open to all junior Government concentrators. Students may take two junior tutorials (Government 98), two junior seminars (Government 90), or one of each. Enrollment determined by a lottery based on student preferences. Students planning on being off campus during part or all of junior year should see the Head Tutor about permission to take junior tutorials or seminars before or after their absence. Undergraduate nonconcentrators may enroll in junior tutorials or seminars if space is available. All students wishing to enroll in Government 90 or 98 must participate in the lottery.
*Government 99r. Tutorial — Senior Year
Catalog Number: 3652
Russell Muirhead and members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Taken as two half courses by those who have elected the honors program and in order to write their senior theses.
Prerequisite: Two half courses of Government 98 or 90, in any combination.
[Government 1003. Designing Political Science Research]
Catalog Number: 2742
Lisa L. Martin and Gary King
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Teaches how to design social science research. Explains how to recognize research questions that are most likely to be answerable and productive. Analyzes how to develop successful strategies for answering research questions, including deciding what evidence to gather, how to organize and analyze it, and how you would know if you were right or wrong. This course is for those planning to go to graduate school or law school, or considering writing senior theses, or who are curious about how to do political science rather than merely debate its findings.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Government 2002. Topics in Quantitative Methods
Catalog Number: 8168
Jasjeet Singh Sekhon
Half course (spring term). Th., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 18
Explores various topics in quantitative methods. Topics include time series, time series cross section, latent variable, and limited-dependent and qualitative variable methods. Undergraduates are welcome.
*Government 2004. Qualitative Analysis: Analytic Frameworks for Explaining and Predicting Decisions and Actions in Domestic and Foreign Affairs
Catalog Number: 5002 Enrollment: Limited to 12. Limited to 12.
Graham T. Allison, Jr. (Kennedy School)
Half course (fall term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Exploration and practice in qualitative methods of analysis. Begins with examination of philosophical and conceptual assumptions embodied in alternative models for explaining and predicting decisions and actions in both domestic and foreign affairs. Examines theories of rational choice, cognition and perception, organizational behavior, bureaucratic politics, intergovernmental relations, and multilevel game theory. Each student will prepare a research paper. Grades will be based on the paper and on class participation.
Note: Offered jointly with the Kennedy School of Government as ISP-305. Meets at the Kennedy School.
Government 2005 (formerly Government 2050). Theory of Collective Choice: Strategy, Voting, and Choice
Catalog Number: 1719
Scott Ashworth
Half course (fall term). Tu., 12–2. EXAM GROUP: 14, 15
An introduction to game theory and its applications to political science. Applications will include majority voting, bargaining, collective action, reputation, signaling and the implementation of social choice rules.
Government 2006 (formerly Government 2051). Collective Choice: Institutions and Positive Political Theory
Catalog Number: 5487
Scott Ashworth and Kenneth A. Shepsle
Half course (spring term). F., 10–12. EXAM GROUP: 3, 4
Examines political institutions from a rational choice perspective. The now-burgeoning rational choice literature on legislatures, bureaucracies, courts, and elections constitutes the chief focus. The central idea is to understand what role institutions play in achieving political outcomes by democratic means.
Note: Government 2005 (formerly 2050) or equivalent recommended.
[Government 2010. Strategies of Political Inquiry]
Catalog Number: 7421
Gary King, Dennis F. Thompson, and Sidney Verba
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
If you could learn only one thing in graduate school, it should be how to do scholarly research. You should be able to assess the state of scholarly literature, identify interesting questions, formulate strategies for answering them, have the methodological tools with which to conduct the research, and understand how to write up the results so they can be published. Although many graduate level courses address these issues of research design indirectly, we provide an explicit analysis of each. We take empirical evidence to be historical, quantitative, or anthropological and focus on the theory of descriptive and causal inference underlying both quantitative and qualitative research. This year, we also plan to address ways that political philosophy and empirical analysis can be used to improve research in both areas.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Government 1061. The History of Modern Political Philosophy
Catalog Number: 5035
Harvey C. Mansfield
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 2–3:30. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Political philosophy from Machiavelli to Neitzsche, with emphasis on its contribution to modern liberalism.
[*Government 1065. From Hegel to Habermas: Topics in Continental Thought]
Catalog Number: 6288
Seyla Benhabib
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
After an in-depth examination of Hegel’s theory of the modern state, the course examines concepts of legitimacy, sovereignty, rights, civil society, cosmopolitanism, and the nation in European political theory. Readings from Kant, Hegel, Weber, Franz Neumann, Carl Schmitt, the Frankfurt School, Habermas, and Derrida.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02. Open to qualified graduates and undergraduates with two or more courses in the history of modern political thought.
Government 1070. Theories of Rights
Catalog Number: 9381
Sharon R. Krause
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4 and a weekly section to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Examines several different arguments for rights within classical liberalism (Locke, Kant, and J.S. Mill) and then considers contemporary debates about the meaning, basis, scope, and exercise of rights. Topics include natural rights, utility and rights, autonomy and rights, rights and the welfare state, human rights, multiculturalism and group rights, civil rights and reform, environmentalism and animal rights, and current critiques of rights.
Government 1075. The American Political Novel
Catalog Number: 5339
Mary P. Nichols (Fordham University)
Half course (fall term). Th., 12–2. EXAM GROUP: 14, 15
What do American novelists (e.g., Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, James, Faulkner, and Hemingway) teach us about liberal principles of government, such as equality, freedom, consent, individual rights? How does their concern with the retreat into nature and return to society reflect on the American founding, as they examine the origins and purposes of government? How do American novelists contribute to political theory, and, more generally, how does literature contribute to the study of politics?
Government 1080. American Political Thought
Catalog Number: 8049
Russell Muirhead
Half course (spring term). M., W., at 1 and a section to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 6
American political thought, with a focus on the period 1760-1865. Topics include religion, empire and revolution, natural rights, federalism, race, pluralism, and national identity. Readings drawn mainly from primary sources, including the writings of Franklin, Madison, Hamilton, Adams, Webster, Calhoun, Anthony, Stanton, Douglas, and Lincoln. Course will also consider contemporary interpretations of the American political tradition and public philosophy.
*Government 2034. Markets, Morals, and Law
Catalog Number: 4652
Michael J. Sandel
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Are there some things that money cannot or should not buy? If so, what moral limits, if any, should the law impose on market exchanges? The seminar will examine a range of morally contested contracts and exchanges—from surrogacy, organ sales, and prostitution to usury and interest, vote-selling, life insurance, wage labor, and pollution permits—and consider the philosophical questions they raise. Course readings will be drawn from political theory, moral philosophy, and selected law cases.
Note: Offered jointly with, and meets at, the Law School. Open to GSAS students with permission of the instructor.
Government 2058. Markets and Enlightenment: The 18th-Century Debate on the Morals and Politics of Commercial Society
Catalog Number: 7516
Istvan Hont (Cambridge University)
Half course (fall term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
An introduction to Enlightenment theories of political economy and the various critiques and affirmations of modern civilization with which they were associated at the time. The seminar compares the morally contested theoretical histories of the origins of morality, sociability, and government emerging from the writings of Mandeville, Montesquieu, Hume, Rousseau, Adam Smith, Kant, and other 18th-century authors. Topics will include the luxury debate, “Das Adam Smith Problem” (including controversies between Adam Smith, Rousseau, and the Physiocrats), and questions related to the form and principle of the modern (as opposed to classical) republic.
Note: Open to qualified undergraduates.
[Government 2064. Nations, States, and Citizens]
Catalog Number: 8169
Seyla Benhabib
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Examines questions of citizenship and political membership in the global era. Examines philosophies of citizenship as well as recent developments in citizenship practices in the European Union. Readings from Aristotle, Rousseau, Kant, Arendt, Walzer, Habermas, Taylor, Shklar, Brubacker, and Rogers Smith.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
[*Government 2066. Political Theory and the Public Sphere]
Catalog Number: 1897
Seyla Benhabib
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Examines the concept of the public sphere and theories of “deliberative democracy.” Readings from Kant, Rawls, Habermas, Thompson and Gutmann, Fishkin, Walzer, and Taylor.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Government 2070. Public Reason in Theory and Practice
Catalog Number: 9962
James Schmidt (Boston University)
Half course (spring term). M., 12–2. EXAM GROUP: 5, 6
This course will examine the “public sphere” both as a distinctive feature of European society in the 18th century and as an ideal in recent political thought. Attention will be given both to discussions of the historical development of the various institutions associated with the public sphere (salons, coffee houses, the book trade, Masonic lodges) and with the attempts of thinkers such as Jürgen Habermas, Onora O’Neill, and John Rawls to articulate the particular features of the form of political reasoning that emerged from such institutions.
Government 2078. Heidegger, Politics, and Political Thought
Catalog Number: 9062
Mark Norman Blitz (Claremont McKenna College)
Half course (spring term). Tu., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 18
This course examines the implications of Martin Heidegger’s thought for political philosophy and political action. Readings will be selected from Being and Time, Basic Problems of Phenomenology, and several of Heidegger’s shorter essays and lectures.
[Government 2080. Topics in Political Philosophy: Manliness]
Catalog Number: 6828
Harvey C. Mansfield
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
The virtues and failings of this strange quality; whether it can be abolished, or if not, how it should be tamed; its relation to politics; its function in liberalism. Readings from ancient and modern philosophers from Plato to Nietzsche; works of fiction; feminist theory.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Government 1102. Democratization and Economic Reform
Catalog Number: 6232
Yoshiko M. Herrera
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 12
A comparative investigation of market-oriented economic reforms and transitions to democracy in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and East Asia. Considers the bases of democracy and economic prosperity, and analyzes the consolidation of political institutions under conditions of economic crisis, as well as the possibilities for economic reform under conditions of weak political institutions. Class sessions will be divided between lectures and discussions.
[*Government 1115 (formerly Government 2205). Collective Action, Protest Movements, and Politics]
Catalog Number: 5508
Grzegorz Ekiert
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Reviews the contemporary literature on collective action, protest, and social movements. Focuses primarily on political factors facilitating protest, repertoires of contention, the role of cultural factors and the construction of identities through collective action, and methods of studying collective action. Cases will be drawn from different regions and historical periods.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
[Government 1170. The Political Development of Western Europe]
Catalog Number: 9925
Peter A. Hall
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
A survey of the creation of modern politics in Britain, France, Germany and Italy, from the feudal period to the 20th century, focusing on the causes and consequences of crucial historical developments, such as the English and French Revolutions, the Industrial Revolution, 19th-century democratization, and the rise of fascism. Examines issues associated with: the development of the modern state, processes of democratization, the relationship between capitalism and democracy, and the origins of Nazism.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Government 1173. The Politics of Western Europe
Catalog Number: 0105
Cindy Skach
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 10, and a section to be arranged.
A critical introduction to domestic institutions and policy styles in Western Europe since 1945. Britain, France, Germany, and Italy will be examined in the context of more comparative themes. Topics discussed will include: political parties, interest groups, and changing patterns of interest articulation and representation; constitutional types and executive-legislative behavior; the politics of federalism and regionalism; the evolving conceptions of the state, sovereignty and citizenship; and the “Europeanization” of domestic politics.
Government 1207. Comparative Politics of the Middle East
Catalog Number: 5232
Eva Bellin
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
Introduction to the politics of the region through the study of regime type in five Middle Eastern countries. Considers the rentier patrimonial state in Saudi Arabia, the populist authoritarian state in Egypt, the praetorian exclusionary state in Syria, the (failed) consociational democratic state in Lebanon, and the cyclical democratic state in Turkey.
Government 1243. Russian Politics in Transition
Catalog Number: 1982
Timothy J. Colton
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
An examination of politics in the Russian Federation since the collapse of Soviet communism, focusing on the factors promoting and impeding the development of a stable democratic regime. Topics include the general dynamics of political and economic transformation, leadership, institution building, political culture, regionalism and federalism, electoral and party politics, state-society relations and interest groups, and Russian nationalism and neo-imperialism.
Government 1246. Comparative Politics of the Post-Soviet States
Catalog Number: 8809
Yoshiko M. Herrera
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 12
A comparative examination of politics and government among the 15 successor states to the Soviet Union, focusing on variation in the development of institutions, the degree of democratization, state strength, and economic prosperity. Topics include mass politics and political action institutions, nationalism and identity politics, and economic transformations since the end of the USSR in 1991.
Government 1273. The Political Economy of Japan
Catalog Number: 1365
Margarita Estevez-Abe
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
This course examines from a comparative perspective the history of Japanese political economy, its workings and its current problems. Topics include the emergence of commercial society, the development of capitalism, the period of the “Japanese miracle,” the bubble economy and its burst, and new challenges to Japan’s political economy.
Government 1280. Government and Politics of China
Catalog Number: 1643
Elizabeth J. Perry
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
General introduction to the politics of contemporary China. Basic objectives are to provide a working knowledge of Chinese political programs and practices, and to encourage a critical evaluation of the positive and negative aspects of China’s socialist experiment.
Government 1295. Comparative Politics in Latin America
Catalog Number: 4241
Steven R. Levitsky
Half course (spring term). M., W., 2–3:30, and a section to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Examines the dynamics of political and economic change in 20th-century Latin America, exploring the causes and consequences of the phenomena we have conceptualized as populism, import substituting industrialization (ISI), bureaucratic authoritarianism, democracy, and neoliberalism. Examines Latin American politics from the collapse of oligarchic rule and the emergence of populism and ISI in the 1930s and 1940s to the widespread collapse of democracy and establishment of military regimes in the 1960s and 1970s, to the contemporary processes of democratization and economic liberalization. The course compares different theoretical approaches in an effort to explain both these general processes of change and important differences across Latin American countries.
[*Government 2112. Comparative Political Economy]
Catalog Number: 8251
Peter A. Hall and Torben Iversen
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
A survey of several main topics and theories in comparative political economy with a focus on advanced industrial democracies. Concentrates on theories that try to explain fundamental differences in economic policy and performance across nations, seeking to establish the relative importance of institutional variables, political cleavages, partisanship and ideology with particular attention to pressures for convergence and the politics associated with “globalization.”
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Government 2113. Social Capital and Public Affairs: Research Seminar
Catalog Number: 7051
Robert D. Putnam
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4.
Topics in the relationship between politics and civil society in the United States.
Note: Offered jointly with the Kennedy School of Government as API-420. Meets at FAS.
[*Government 2131. Comparative Politics of Latin America]
Catalog Number: 3337
Jorge I. Domínguez
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Topics: historical paths, economic strategies, inflation and exchange rates, international explanations of domestic outcomes, authoritarian and democratic regimes, state institutions, the Roman Catholic Church, social movements, parties and party systems, and voters and voting behavior.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
[Government 2141. History, Institutions, and Political Analysis]
Catalog Number: 6266
Paul Pierson
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
A recent trend in political science has been the turn to history, as analysts ask what the investigation of earlier events and processes can tell us about the nature of contemporary politics. Course examines this body of research to clarify the pitfalls and possibilities of studying politics as a process which takes place over time. Among the themes to be explored are: ideas of path dependence and critical junctures in political development; techniques for studying the significance of timing and sequence in politics; and role of actors’ time horizons—which may be long or short—in shaping political processes. Places considerable emphasis on recent theories of institutional origins, development and change, because institutions are perhaps the principal instruments through which previous politics shape current politics. Readings will include a wide range of empirical and theoretical writings drawn from all the subfields of political science.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
[Government 2144. Issues in Comparative Political Analysis]
Catalog Number: 8747
Grzegorz Ekiert and Peter A. Hall
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Intended for doctoral students undertaking research in comparative politics. Explores a range of issues associated with effective research design and sound comparative analysis including issues of measurement, conceptualization, selection of cases, establishing causal relationships, and research techniques as well as some of the deeper dilemmas of modelling a complex, multicausal world.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Government 2148. Civil Society, West and East
Catalog Number: 4675
Susan J. Pharr and Grzegorz Ekiert
Half course (fall term). Th., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 17, 18
This seminar explores the rise of civil society in states worldwide. It examines the debates over what civil society is, the notion of “public space,” and the idea of “civic engagement,” and looks at the complex relationship between civil society and the state, on the one hand, and markets, on the other. After tracing the emergence of civil society in Western Europe, the seminar looks at the forms civil society is taking in other settings, from Eastern Europe to the Asia-Pacific. It examines how a wide range of factors, from wars to the internet to the rise of international NGOs, affects the nature and quality of civic life, and democratic transitions, in different countries.
Government 2158. Political Institutions and Economic Policy
Catalog Number: 6448
Jeffry Frieden and Kenneth A. Shepsle
Half course (fall term). M., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 9
This seminar explores the role of political institutions in the formation, implementation, and regulation of economic policy. We examine research traditions in the positive theory of political institutions, and in comparative and international political economy, and apply them to several substantive issue areas.
*Government 2160. Politics and Economics
Catalog Number: 7780
James E. Alt and Lisa L. Martin
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Covers the political economy of policymaking and institutional change. Readings include a mixture of foundational approaches and recent research. Topics include political business cycles and voting; debt, deficits, and the size of government; political economy of trade and special interests; and monetary institutions and exchange rates.
[Government 2162 (formerly Government 2062). Perspectives on Political Economy]
Catalog Number: 1999
Robert H. Bates and Kenneth A. Shepsle
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
A microperspective on various topics in political economy, including the emergence and development of institutions, property rights, agency relationships, the effects of time on politics, and the role of politicians (“putting the politicians back in”).
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
[*Government 2175. Comparative Politics of the Welfare State]
Catalog Number: 6345
Paul Pierson
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Explores the factors leading to distinctive patterns of social policy across the advanced industrial societies. Particular attention paid to the impact of contemporary pressures for austerity on national welfare states, and to an exploration of the linkages between systems of social provision and distinctive national “models” of economic development.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Government 2178. Contemporary Welfare Capitalism
Catalog Number: 8283
Torben Iversen and Paul Pierson
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
This course examines different approaches to the study of welfare capitalism in its distinct national forms across advanced democracies. Emphasis is placed on explaining differences in social institutions, policies, and outcomes across countries, and on exploring how these institutions, policies, and outcomes are affected over time by globalization and other forces of change. What are the trade-offs between policy goals such as equality and economic growth, and how are the choices over these trade-offs affected by national political institutions, the organization of production, and partisan politics?
Government 2180. Democracy and Accountability in the New Europe
Catalog Number: 9099
Cindy Skach and Andrew Moravcsik
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Is there a “democratic deficit” in Europe? Political decisions are increasingly delegated to insulated, non-majoritarian institutions, national bureaucracies, constitutional courts, central banks, and international organizations. In what sense are administrators, judges, diplomats, and chief executives democratically accountable? What are the political consequences? The course looks to positive and normative theory, as well as empirical material drawn from European integration, Central European democratic transitions, and West European political development, with assistance from visiting senior European scholars.
[*Government 2197. Political and Economic Development in Africa]
Catalog Number: 9130 Enrollment: Limited to 20. Limited to 20.
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Students will attend lectures with Social Analysis 52 and then meet for a two hour seminar. Reading and discussion will focus on the political economy of development in Africa, viewed from an historical perspective.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Government 2210. Political Economy of the Post-Socialist Transition
Catalog Number: 8815
Yoshiko M. Herrera
Half course (fall term). Th., 3:30–5:30. EXAM GROUP: 17, 18
This course examines political and administrative difficulties accompanying the effort to build market economies in Eastern Europe and the states of the former Soviet Union. After a historical introduction to socialist economic institutions, turns to central processes of privatization, stabilization, liberalization, enterprise adaptation, and fiscal and administrative development. Taught cooperatively with an MIT seminar led by Professor David Woodruff.
[Government 2213. Comparative Politics of Post-Socialism]
Catalog Number: 6876
Grzegorz Ekiert and Yoshiko M. Herrera
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
A research seminar designed to define an agenda for the comparative analysis of political developments among postsocialist systems. Emphasis placed on the formation of research proposals, methods of analysis, theory-building, and the presentation of comparative empirical research.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Government 2218. Topics in Russian Politics
Catalog Number: 0872
Timothy J. Colton
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
A research seminar on selected problems in the politics and government of post-Soviet Russia. Intended for students with some prior study of the subject.
[Government 2262. Politics and Political Economy in Japan]
Catalog Number: 7446
Susan J. Pharr
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Explores major issues in Japanese politics and political economy in historical and comparative perspective, including the role of the ruling party, bureaucracy, and big business in policymaking; the trade-offs of a “one-party dominant” political system; the role of an opposition in such a system; and the international, sociocultural, economic, and political determinants of domestic policy choices.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02. Open to qualified undergraduates.
Government 2284. Chinese Authors on Chinese Politics
Catalog Number: 7556
Roderick MacFarquhar
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
An examination of how P.R.C. authors have analyzed the politics of their country and comparisons with relevant Western accounts.
Prerequisite: A good reading knowledge of Chinese and previous course work on Chinese politics.
Government 2285. Political Science and China
Catalog Number: 1566
Elizabeth J. Perry
Half course (spring term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
This graduate seminar gives students control over the secondary literature on Chinese politics, with special attention to competing theoretical and methodological approaches.
Government 1335. The Role of the Jury in a Democratic Society
Catalog Number: 6726
Edward P. Schwartz
Half course (spring term). M., W., at 10, plus a one hour section to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 3
We will examine the history and current practices of the U.S. criminal jury system. We will focus on important Constitutional cases that shaped our jury system as well as ongoing debates about jury reform. Section meetings will take the form of jury deliberations, where students will be asked to make difficult decisions about law and justice in the context of a particular case.
Government 1340. Constitutional Interpretation
Catalog Number: 1721
Keith J. Bybee
Half course (fall term). M., W., at 2. EXAM GROUP: 7
An introduction to American constitutional interpretation. Provides a historical survey of basic Supreme Court doctrines and considers the stature of the Court as a particular sort of political institution.
[Government 1341. Civil Liberties]
Catalog Number: 5544
Keith J. Bybee
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
An examination of contemporary constitutional interpretation, focusing on the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment. Specific consideration given to issues of race, gender, privacy, property, free speech, religious diversity, and political representation.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Prerequisite: Government 1340.
[Government 1360. American Public Opinion]
Catalog Number: 8196
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 14
Analyzes what Americans think about politics, why they do so, and what consequences these beliefs have on citizen behavior and system response. Investigates methods of survey research.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Government 1540. The American Presidency
Catalog Number: 4925
Roger B. Porter (Kennedy School)
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 11:30–1. EXAM GROUP: 13
Analyzes the development and modern practice of presidential leadership. Examines the institutional presidency, presidential selection, decision making, and the relationship of the presidency with the executive branch, Congress, courts, interest groups, the press and the public. Considers the political resources and constraints influencing the President’s ability to provide leadership in the U.S. political system.
Note: Offered jointly with the Kennedy School of Government as PAL-115. Meets at FAS.
Government 1541. Women, Gender and Politics in the United States
Catalog Number: 6680
Gretchen Ritter (University of Texas)
Half course (fall term). M., W., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 6
This course is designed to introduce students to the issues and activities related to women and gender in American politics. This course is divided into four sections. Section I considers the history of American women’s rights movements. Section II looks at gender, citizenship and liberalism in American politics. Section III reviews the social policy debates relevant to women, and finally the fourth section reflects on sexuality and culture as they relate to gender politics. We will conclude the course with some thoughts about the future of gender and politics in the United States.
Government 1577. Minority Politics in the United States.
Catalog Number: 7932
Michael Jones-Correa
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 2, and a section to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 16
This course will provide a general survey of constraints and opportunities in minority politics, focusing on tensions between separatism and assimilation, electoral politics and protest politics, immigrants and minorities, and cooperation and competition within and among minority groups. The purpose of this course is not only to pinpoint the similarities and differences of the agendas and strategies adopted by minority groups, but to indicate the interactions between “minority” politics and American politics as a whole.
*Government 1582. Explorations in American National Identity
Catalog Number: 9119
Samuel P. Huntington
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4.
This is a limited enrollment discussion course open to both undergraduate and graduate students. Topics to be covered include: theories of identity; nationalism and ethnicity; origins, elements, and development of American national identity; immigration and assimilation; the place of religion in American self-definitions; current challenges to national identity; competing cultural and transnational identities; concepts of America as the “exceptional” or “universal” nation; prospects for a new American nationalism; the impact of changes in American identity for the American role in the world.
[Government 1590. Making American Public Policy]
Catalog Number: 4184
Paul Pierson
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Survey of basic approaches to the study of national policymaking in the United States. What factors influence the identification of policy problems, the setting of agendas, and executive legislative decisions? How does the distinctive structure of American political institutions affect the policymaking process? Course balances a review of theoretical approaches to public policy analysis with detailed case studies on environmental, health, and budgetary policy.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Government 2326. American Political Development and Contemporary Politics
Catalog Number: 8914
Paul Pierson and Theda Skocpol
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Analyzes the US polity since World War II, making explicit the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of an institutionalist and developmental approach sensitive to processes and structural transformations. Examines state capacities; relations of business, labor, and the state; public policies (including “the rights revolution”); and civic engagement and interest intermediation. Taught cooperatively with an M.I.T. seminar led by Professor Daniel Kryder.
*Government 2490. Educational Politics and Policy
Catalog Number: 3399
Paul E. Peterson
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Analyses of controversies in research on educational policy and government with special interest given to urban schools.
Note: Permission of instructor required for all students who are not degree candidates in the FAS Department of Government. Offered jointly with the Kennedy School of Government as HLE-348. Meets at the Kennedy School.
Government 2550. Gender, Movement Politics, and Public Policy
Catalog Number: 7459
Anna B. Greenberg (Kennedy School)
Half course (spring term). M., W., 2:30–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
This course examines the influence of grassroots politics, feminist social movements and women’s organizations on the policymaking process and policy outcomes. It focuses on women as political actors in contemporary politics (e.g., as voters, activists and leaders) covering such issues as the gender gap and women’s leadership style. Finally, the course explores a number of policy areas relevant to gender and politics, including reproductive issues, workplace issues, education issues, women in the military and social welfare policy.
Note: Offered jointly with the Kennedy School of Government as [PAL-237]. Meets at the Kennedy School.
Government 2577. Identity: Ethnicity, Nationalism and Race
Catalog Number: 1252
Michael Jones-Correa
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
This course proposes to explore such questions as: How should we go about describing ethnicity, nationalism, and race? Should we treat them as primordial or as social constructions? Much of the recent literature suggests the latter. If they are constructed, then by whom (or by what)? What constrains/structures these constructions? What purposes do these constructions serve? Whom do they serve? Are some constructions better representations of identity than others, and what does this mean? Readings will be drawn from various fields across political science as well as other related social sciences.
Government 1760. International Relations of East Asia
Catalog Number: 2733
Alastair Iain Johnston
Half course (fall term). M., W., 1–2:30. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Introduction to the historical, military, political, economic, and cultural features of interstate relations in East Asia and the Pacific. The course will also present some theoretical and methodological tools for more systematic analysis of these issues. The goal will be to understand changing levels of conflict and cooperation in the region.
Government 1778. Business, Government, and the Global Economy
Catalog Number: 7461
Sylvia Maxfield
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 15
Compares and analyzes strategies of national economic development and national economic performance in an era of increasing global integration. It uses the tools and concepts of both economics and political science to explore how the global economy shapes national economic decision-making. The course integrates analysis of specific decision-making episodes with more general discussion of pertinent themes. These issues include the costs and benefits of different development strategies. The seminar also looks at different kinds of capital flows, at environmental and labor standards and at international efforts to manage capital, labor, and the environment. The seminar draws on the experiences of a broad range of countries including the U.S., Mexico, and India, among others.
Government 1780. International Political Economy
Catalog Number: 0272
Mark R. Brawley (McGill University)
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 2. EXAM GROUP: 16
Analyzes the interaction of politics and economics in the international arena. Focuses on international trade, investment, monetary, and financial relations. Includes discussion of developed, developing, and formerly centrally-planned nations.
*Government 1820. International Relations Theory
Catalog Number: 6122
Bear F. Braumoeller
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 11.
An analysis of theories of conflict and cooperation in world politics. Emphasis is on the logic and applicability of a wide range of contemporary theories, although some attention is paid to earlier writers, particularly Thucydides.
Note: Open to advanced undergraduates and graduate students.
Government 1968. International Politics in the Middle East
Catalog Number: 9335
Carol R. Saivetz
Half course (spring term). M., W., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
Explores the interaction between indigenous Middle East conflicts and the policies of the outside powers. Will examine the roots of the Arab-Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the colonial legacy. With that background, will address questions such as: Did the Cold War always exacerbate the local conflicts in the region or did it actually dampen and control them as well? In this post-Cold War era, will we see more local conflicts? Will we see a final Arab-Israeli peace treaty? What is the likelihood of intensifying religious and ethnic conflicts?
[Government 1982. Chinese Foreign Policy, 1949–1998]
Catalog Number: 8908
Alastair Iain Johnston
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Introduction to the descriptive history of China’s international relations with special focus on different theoretical explanations for changes in foreign policy behavior (e.g. polarity, history, ideology, leadership, bureaucracy, among others). No prior background in China or international relations theory required.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
[*Government 2720. The Politics of International Monetary and Financial Relations]
Catalog Number: 5442
Jeffry Frieden
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Covers two interrelated topics. The first is the political economy of international finance: sovereign lending, international banking, international financial integration. The second is the politics of international monetary relations: monetary regimes, inter-state monetary interactions, national macroeconomic policy.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Government 2721. Psychological Approaches to International Relations
Catalog Number: 5404
Stephen Peter Rosen
Half course (spring term). Tu., 12–2. EXAM GROUP: 14, 15
This course will examine the relevance of the findings from experimental psychology to the behavior of individual decision makers in international relations. Topics will include prospect theory, attribution theory, and evolutionary psychology.
Note: Offered jointly with the Kennedy School as ISP-303. Meets at FAS.
Government 2726. The Use of Force: Political and Moral Criteria
Catalog Number: 7160
Stanley Hoffmann
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
This seminar will examine normative discourse about the use of force. Primary attention will be paid analytically and historically to the “Just-War/Just-Defense” ethic. Readings and lectures will assess the ethic in light of challenges to it from the tradition of non-violence and from the nature of modern warfare. The Just-War ethic will then be assessed in light of three cases: nuclear strategy, hi-tech conventional war, and interventions.
Note: Open to qualified undergraduates. Offered jointly with the Divinity School as 2853, and with the Kennedy School of Government as ISP-340. Meets at FAS.
Government 2740. Quantitative Analysis of International Relations
Catalog Number: 7181
Bear F. Braumoeller
Half course (spring term). M., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 9
This course focuses on the history of, and new directions in, the quantitative study of international affairs, especially but not exclusively those relating to international security affairs. “Quantitative” will be interpreted quite broadly to include both formalized theories and empirical/statistical testing.
Government 2745. Political Philosophy and International Relations
Catalog Number: 1452
Stanley Hoffmann and Pierre Hassner (University of Michigan)
Half course (fall term). W., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 9
A study of what thinkers such as Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, and Rawls wrote on war and peace, followed by a study of the present international system in the light of these writings.
*Government 2755. International Political Economy
Catalog Number: 7392
Mark R. Brawley (McGill University)
Half course (spring term). Tu., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 18
A graduate-level introduction to the theoretical and empirical literature on the political economy of international trade, monetary, regulatory, investment and environmental policies.
*Government 2761. International Organization
Catalog Number: 8442
Lisa L. Martin
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
International politics increasingly means institutionalized interaction among states. This course examines the sources and effects of international institutions. It draws on institutional theories from many fields: international relations, American politics, economics. The purpose is to generate topics for research.
[*Government 2784 (formerly Government 2788.). Global Politics in the Post-Cold War World]
Catalog Number: 1915
Samuel P. Huntington
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Reviews the emerging patterns of conflict in post-Cold War global politics, focusing on the relations among the major powers, the roles of economic, military, and “soft” power, weapons proliferation, and ethnic conflicts. An effort will be made to evaluate to what extent post-Cold War global politics can be explained by such theories as neo-realism, the end of history, economic integration, transnationalism, and the clash of civilizations.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02. Open to qualified undergraduates.
*Government 2790. Central Issues of American Foreign Policy
Catalog Number: 3567
Graham T. Allison, Jr. (Kennedy School) and Robert D. Blackwill (Kennedy School)
Half course (spring term). M., W., 11:30–1. EXAM GROUP: 4, 5
Examination of central issues of American foreign policy today. What developments pose principal challenges and opportunities for U.S. policy? What are priority U.S. national interests? In foreign policymaking, how are national, domestic, and bureaucratic interests and perspectives adjudicated and amalgamated? Course examines a dozen issues at the top of the current international agenda—from “loose nukes” in Russia, potential confrontation with China over Taiwan, and peacekeeping in Rwanda to trade disputes with Japan and the IMF reform—and analyzes the international environment, identifies specific policy options, considers pros and cons, and reflects on processes for choice and action. Course seeks to combine operational assignments and conceptual/theoretical writings that help clarify choices. Students learn both about current issues and how to analyze issues and present them in option memos.
Note: Offered jointly with the Kennedy School of Government as ISP-202. Meets at the Kennedy School.
[Government 2791. Comparative Foreign and Security Policy]
Catalog Number: 0588
Alastair Iain Johnston
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Focus is on the theory, methods, and data used in the empirical analysis of the foreign security policies of states. Examines the sources of state preferences, the structural and domestic constraints on state action, and foreign policy change. Prior training in IR theory strongly recommended.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
*Government 2880. International Relations Theory and Chinese Foreign Policy
Catalog Number: 4188
Alastair Iain Johnston
Half course (spring term). W., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 9
An intensive reading and research course in the application of international relations theory to the study of Chinese foreign policy. Topics will include structural, economic, normative, domestic, political, and psychological theories, research methods and data sources, and the use of these in the analysis of substantive issues in China’s bilateral and multilateral interactions.
[*Government 2900. U.S.–Latin American Relations]
Catalog Number: 8020
Jorge I. Domínguez
Half course (fall term). W., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 9
A study of political and economic relations between the U.S. and Latin American countries, and of the international relations of Latin America, since 1945. Attention also given to foreign policy decision making in the U.S. and Latin America, and to alternative approaches to the study of international relations and foreign policy.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. Expected to be given in 2002–03.
*Government 3000a. Reading and Research Seminar
Catalog Number: 4143
Members of the Department
Small seminar on special topics. May be arranged with faculty listed under Government 3000. Requires written work as does Government 3000, but also involves regular class meetings.
[*Government 3005a. Research Workshop in International Relations: Comparative and International Political Economy]
Catalog Number: 1934
Jeffry Frieden 1627, Peter A. Hall 7272 (on leave 2000-01), Lisa L. Martin 1048 (on leave fall term), and Steven Vogel 1766
Full course (indivisible). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
*Government 3005b. Research Workshop in International Relations: New Approaches to Security Studies
Catalog Number: 1016
Bear F. Braumoeller 3330, Alastair Iain Johnston 3213, and Stephen Peter Rosen 2721
Full course (indivisible). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Research workshop for advanced graduate students working on dissertation proposals in security studies.
*Government 3006. Research Workshop in Comparative Politics: The Performance of Democracies
Catalog Number: 0910
Devesh Kapur 3071, Susan J. Pharr 1518, and Robert D. Putnam 6193
Full course (indivisible). W., 4–6.
This advanced workshop will focus on problems of democracy and democratization, broadly defined, including both American and comparative cases. Participants will discuss recent examples of research from a range of methodological traditions and will present their own work-in-progress. Students at all stages of the research process, from preliminary prospectus drafting to thesis completion, are welcome.
*Government 3007. Research Workshop in Positive Political Economy
Catalog Number: 0968
Scott Ashworth, Scott Ashworth 3318, Yoshiko M. Herrera 1622, Torben Iversen 1250, and Kenneth A. Shepsle 1421 (on leave spring term)
Full course (indivisible). W., 4–6.
*Government 3008. Research Workshop in Political Theory
Catalog Number: 1704
Harvey C. Mansfield 1731, Russell Muirhead 1012, and members of the Department
Full course (indivisible). Th., 4–6.
*Government 3009. Research Workshop in Applied Statistics
Catalog Number: 8142
Gary King 1723, John Barnard 1916, Rebecca Betensky (Harvard School of Public Health), Jasjeet Singh Sekhon 2244 (on leave fall term), and Christopher Winship 3189
Full course (indivisible). W., 12–2.
A forum for graduate students, faculty, and visiting scholars to present and discuss work in progress. Features a tour of Harvard’s statistical innovations and applications with weekly stops in different disciplines. Occasional presentations by invited speakers.