Quizzes; 25Z-Midterm; 45S-Final
READINGS: Jones, LOGIC OF
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; WORLD
POLITICS
DESCRIPTION: This course is a
general introduction to
international relations. Vie explore
the structure ar.d functioning of the
international system by examining
perceptions, conflict, power, and
political economy. Students will be
expected to follow day-to-day events
in the international system through
the course of the term.
PS 225 POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES (3)
Dryzek, 912 PLC
MEETS: 9:30-10:50 UF, 176 Euucation
FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 6C
WEEKLY READING: 55 Pages
EVALUATION: 30*-Paper; 30Z-Kidterm;
40J-Final
READINGS: Marx and Engels, THE
COMMUNIST MANIFESTO; Friedman and
Friedman, FREE TO CHOOSE; Selections
form Locke, Mill, Hitler, Mussolini,
Burks, etc.
DESCRIPTION: This course is a
survey and comparison of political
ideologies such as liberalism,
conservatism, socialism, Marxism,
fascism, anarchism, and "Green"
politics. Asice from introducing
you to these ioeclogies, one goal of
the course is to help you reflect
upon your own ideology through
encounter with the variety of modern
ideologies.
PS 240 INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC POLICY
(3)
Wong, 916 PLC
MEETS: 11:30 WW+, 342 Gilbert
FORMAT: Lecture
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: CO-96
WEEKLY READING: 30-40 Pages
PREREQUISITES: Previously offered
as PS 340, no repeat
EVALUATION: lOi-Attendance; 20J-2
Midterms; 50i-Final
READINGS: Peterson, WHEN FEDERALISM
WORKS; Light, THE PRESIDENT’S
AGENDA; Pressman and Wildavsky,
IMPLEMENTATION; Jones, INTRO TO
STUDY OF PUBLIC POLICY
DESCRIPTION: An introduction to the
complexities of various key stages
cf the "policy process," including
program formulation, legitimation,
appropriations, implementations, and
evaluation. Particular attention
to: 1) How the President sets his
domestic agenda from Johnson's
"Great Society" to the "Reagan
Revolution" over the past 20 years;
2) the organizaional complexity in
implementing federal programs; ana
3) the utility of a "policy
typology" approach in understanding
the management of public policy. We
shall look at relevant examples in
education, health, housing, and
community development, as well as
other social welfare issues.
PS 321 IITBODOCTION TO POLITICAL
ANALYSIS (3)
Mitchell, 621 PLC
MEETS: 14:00-15:20 UH, 189 PLC
FORMAT: Lecture/Discursion
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 18
WEEKLY READING: 75 Pat>es
EVALUATION: 33*-Midterm; 675-Final
READINGS: McKenzie and Tullock,
MODERN POLITICAL ECONOMY
DESCRIPTION: A comparative study of
markets and political processes.
PS 325 OS FOREIGN POLICY (3)
Huelshoff, 921 PLC
MEETS: 9:30 MW*, 302 Cerlinter
FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 100+
WEEKLY READING: 4 Chapters
EVALUATION: 10*-Attendance; 20J-4
Quizzes; 25Y-Hidterm; 45%-Final
READINGS: Bremer, AMERICAN FOREIGN
POLICY: WORLD POLITICS; Dushkin,
WORLD POLITICS 85/86; Spanier,
AMERICAN FOREIGN FOLICY SINCE WORLD
WAR II
DESCRIPTION: This course is a
general intrcauction to US foreign
policy. We will explore various
theories of how policy is made and
implemented, as well as a variety of
the problems facing US foreign
policy makers. These problems
include aro.s and nuclear war,
economic management in the
international system, and various
regional issues (Southern Africa,
Central America, Europe).
PS 336 POLITICS OF POSTWAR GERMANY
(3)
Hanhardt, 937 FLC
KELTS: 10:30 KWF, 238 Gilbert
FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion
AVERAGE aASS SIZE: 90
WEEKLY READING: 2 Chapters and
Oregonian
EVALUATION: 50*-Kidterm; 5011-Final
READINGS: Conradt, THE GERMAN
POLICY; Scharf, POLITICS AND CHANGE
IN EAST GERMANY
DESCRIPTION: We shall examine the
origins and development of East and
West Gercany. Because of the West
German elections on the 25th of
January, we shall spend considerable
time on the parties and elections in
the Federal Republic of Germany.
COMMENTS: This winter tern, there
will be a federal election in West
Germany, the instructor will be in
Germany for that event. The class
meetings will be held ty our TA,who
knows Gernan politics very well.
Details in course syllabus.
PS 361 SOCIAL SCIENCE METHODS II (3)
Baugh, 930 PLC
MEETS: 9:30-10:50 Uh, 627 PLC
FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 15
WEEKLY READING: 50 Pages
PREREQUISITES: PS 360 or
Instructor's permission
EVALUATION: 50X-3 to 4 Quizzes;
50X-Homework
READINGS: Babbie, THE PPACTICE OF
SOCIAL RESEARCH; Jendrek, THROUGH
THE MAZE: STATISTICS V.ITH COMPUTER
APPLICATION; Noruais, SPSS
INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS GUIDE
DESCRIPTION: By the end of the term
students should be able to do the
following: 1) Format, interpret and
carry out a range of statistical
tests on data arrayed in contingency
tables; 2) Manipulate data sets and
carry out statistical tests on
computer using SPSS statistical
program package; 3) Construct a
sound and detailed model for
sociopolitical behavior in some
substantive area of interest,
working, inoividually or in small
groups; 4) Plan and conduct a survey
or collect secondary data needed to
test their model; and 5) Establish
their collected data in a computer
readable set, and utilize computer
techniques in analyzing that data
set.
CO MR ENTS: This course is a
continuation of PS 360, and will
continue the development and
refinement of skills which social
scientists use in studying the way
in which the world around us works.
UTL 407C WORLD VALUE STSTEHS (3)
Thurber, 837 PLC
MEETS: 14:00-15:20 UH, 301 Condon
FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion
AVERAGE aASS SIZE: 20
WEEKLY READItlG: 100 Pages
PREREQUISITES: Int'l Studies Major
or have taken INTL 250, 251, 252, or
Comparative Politics, (Poli Sci)
EVALUATION: 10*-Discussicn; 15*
Participation; 5*-Attendance; 50J-2
Papers; 35*-Micterm
READINGS: Boulding, THE WORLD AS A
TOTAL SYSTEM; Miller, GLOBAL ORDER:
VALUES AND POWER IN INTERNATIONAL
POLITICS; Boyer, AMERICA'S FUTURE;
Lerr.er, AMERICA AS CIVILIZATION;
Eakash, REIGN OF THE AYATOLLAHS;
Galbraith, A LIFE IN OUR TIMES;
Critchfield, VILLAGES; Smith, THE
RUSSIANS
DESCRIPTION: Edward T. Hall writes
that "culture is communication," ano
instant, worlowiae communication is
the hallmark of our age. Many now
recognize that the U.S. is part of a
world economic, political, and
social system. However, the
implications for all cf us, and
especially for foreign policy, are
r.ot necessarily clear. This course
explores these implications.
COMMENTS: Professor Thurber opens
class with a short lecture and then
encourages student reports and
initiatives for the remaining class
time. Two shorter papers (15 pgs.
each) take the place of the second
Midterm anc Final. These are on
genuine world-wide problems or
issues, such as inter-cultural
communication, the world education
crisis,world food, nuclearenergy,
arms control, etc.
1IITL *07G AID TO DETELOPING
COUNTRIES (3)
Thurber, 637 PLC
MEETS: 9:30-10:50 UH, 201 Condon
FORMAT: Lecture/Discusaion
AVERAGE aASS SIZE: 35
UEEKLY hEADING: 100-150 Pages
EVALUATION: 7C%-2 Miderms; 30S
Paper or Final
READINGS: Sewell, Feignberg, and
Kallab, US FOREIGN POLICY Ak'D THE
THIRD WORLD; Eliot and Morse, U.S.
FOREIGN AID: AN ASSESSMENT OF HEW
AND TRADITIONAL DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGIES; Tender, INSIDE FOREIGN
AID; Montgomery, INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT; Thurber, TRAINING
AMERICANS FOR OVERSEAS SERVICE:
TRAINING FOREIGN NATIONALS;
Montgomery, THE POLITICS OF FOREIGN
AID
DESCRIPTION: This is a survey of
the origins, growth, and present
status of aid to developing
countries, including bilateral
(country tc country) assistance
(U.S. to India, etc., the Peace
Corps); multilateral (U.N., World
Eank); and private aid (Ford,
Rockefeller Foundations and private
voluntary organizations such as