International Family Planning
Association, as veil as some
attention to Arab Aid). Includes a
discussion of ideological issues
(aid as imperialism, aid as
capitalism, aid as communism),
absorptive capacities (how much can
they use?), and administrative
issues (how effectively is aid
used?). Seme special attention will
be given to alternative approaches
to problems of world food and
development (i.e., subsistence
farming vs. commercial farcing for
export.
INTL 407G SOUTHEAST ASIA POLITICS
(3)
Fry, 837 PLC
MEETS: 19:00-21:50 U, 20 A Cor.dcn
FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion/Films
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 5C
WEEKLY READING: 100 Pa^es
EVALlATION: 50S-Paper; 50S-Midterm
READINGS: Kceh, THE YEAR OF LIVING
DANGEROUSLY; Hudson, ThE KILLING
FIELDS; Takeyama, HARP CF BURMA;
Hesse, SIDDHARTLA; Greene, THE CU1R.T
AMERICA!.
DLSCFiPT10II: The basic assumption
underlying this course is that lilts
have played a major rcle ir.
influencing perceptions ot Southeast
Asia. A number of novels and films
dealing with Southeast Asian
politics arc. cultures will be
critically examined. At. or.£ major
countries discussed will be
Indonesia, Thailand, the
Philippines, Vietnam, Burma, and
Kampuchea. Cultural and political
informants froL Southeast Asia will
share their reactions to Distortions
in the films viewed and discussed.
COMMENTS: This crass is part of an
experimental project in Southeast
Asian Studies to enhance awar eness
of this important ano rapidly
chantinp geopolitical arena. The
class utilizes multiple approaches
to learning, with a focus on films
ano related political novels.
PS 407G UNITED STATES FOREIGN
POLICY II (3)
Eaugh, 93C PLC
IKETS: 11:00-12:20 UH, 276 EE
FORFiAT: Lecture/Discussion
PREREQUISITES: PS 325 or'
instructor's permission
EVALUATION: ^CJ-Paper; 25*-Midtere;
35£-Final
READINGS: Nathan ana Oliver,
FOREIGN POLICY FAKING AND THE
AMERICAN POLITICAL SYETEF.; Nash,
AMERICAN FOREIGF; POLICY: A SEARCH
FOR SECURITY; Packet
DESCRIPTION: This new course is
intendeo for students who have
already had PS 3*5. United States
Foreign Policy, or comparable
experience. Its focus is the set of
precesses by which foreign policy is
made ar.o executed. Topics to be
conoidered include the following:
the tcols cr types of policy
options, from diplomacy to war,
available tc decision-makers; how
clashes of interest arise anc are
resolved between government
agencies, between individuals within
agencies, and between individual and
agency interests; cross-pressures
between domestic dr. o foreign
politics; how bureaucratic
procedures and politics work to
insure policy continuity and defeat
innovation, both at home and abroad;
how crises may be maae and defused;
and how to find out what’s really
going on in specific policy debates.
We shall ur.oertake these goals
through a detailed study of several
of the major agencies and policy
areas, with applications to a range
of contemporary problems in US
foreign relations.
PS 407C POLITICAL REVOLUTION (3)
Dryzek, 913 PLC
MEETS: 19:00-21:50 K, 184 PLC
FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 40
WEEKLY READING: 80 Pages
EVALUATION: 40*-Pafer; 30J-Midterm:
30';-Final
READINGS: Skocpol, STATES AND
SOCIAL KEVOLUTIONS; Goldstone,
REVOLUTIONS: COMPARATIVE,
THEORETICAL, AND HISTORICAL STUDIES
DESCRIPTION: We will examine
theories of why revolutions occur,
and what happens in the aftero.ath of
successful revolutions. These
questions will be studied in the
context of several of history's
great revolutions: the French,
Chinese, and Russian revolutions,
and the Nazi experience in Germany.
PS 407G PUBLIC POLICY AMD 1NEWALITI
(3)
Jacobs, 931 PLC
MELTS: 14:30 tft.F, 301 Condor.
FORMAT: Lccture/Discussion
AVLPACL CLASS SIZE: 30
WEEKLY FF.AD1I G: 3C Pages
FiLABIl. GS: Lurnstein,
DISCRIMINATION, JOBS Al.'D POLITICS;
Duncan, YEARS OF POVERTY, YiAHS OF
PLEI.TY; Oktn, EQUALITY ADD
EFFICIENCY
DJSCRIPTION: Theories ano empirical
determinants of economic inequality
together with reasons why governcent
intervention is viewed as a
necessary. Government policies
which bear on poverty and
inequality.
PS *07G AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
(3)
Foide, 91^ PLC
MEETS: 11:30 EVF, 2 ACT
FORMAT: Seminar
WEEKLY READING: 50 Pates
EVALUATION: 7GJ-2 Papers; 30%-Final
READINGS: Hamilton and Madison, THE
FEEERALI1T PAPERS; Storing, IRE
ANTI-FEDERALIST; Tocqueville,
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA; Packet
DESCRIPTION: This course provices a
fairly thorough introuuction to
American political thought,
particularly thought concerning the
underlying principles of the
American political system ana
American way of life. The course
begins with a background study of
the philosophy of liberalise, of
individual rights, and the theory of
the separation cf powers. We will
then move to an examination oi the
debate surrounding the U.S.
Constitution, a debate that
addresses the fundamental
alternatives that were open to the
Americans of that generation. The
final segment of the course will be
devoted to a penetrating look at how
American principles and American
civilisation work themselves out in
practice, with the aid primarily of
writing and speeches from Alexis de
Tocqueville and Abraham Lincoln.
PS 419G INTERMATIORAL PROTECTION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS (3)
Hovet, 92M PLC
MEETS: 12:30-13:50 UK, 250 CLS
FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 70-80
WEEKLY READING: 150 Pages
EVALUATIOK: Midterm and Final or 3
given research problems and 3 brief
exercises.
° E A DIN G S : Hannuc, GUIDE TO
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICE;
Robertson, HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE
WOhLD; Packet
DESCRIPTION: This course is
concerned with an analysis of the
standards of human rights that have
been developed by the international
system. It will look at the
international treaties, commissions
ano courts that have evolved to
promote and protect human rights and
funcamental freedoms in order to
minimise the international conflict
caused by he denial of these rights.
As a practical application, the
course sboulc provide inforcatior.
and training on how one might seek
action over ana above the nation
state in order to protect basic
human rights ano funaarental
freedoms.
PS *23C OCEAN POLITICS (3)
liovet, 92^ PLC
I.LETS: 11:00-12:20 UK, 290 CLS
FORI.AT: Lectui e/Discussion
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 70-60
WEEKLY READING: 1904- Paget
EVALUATION: Midterm ano Final or 2
Research Papers and cr.e take hOLe
essay
READINGS: United Nations, A CUIET
REVOLUTION—THE U.N. CONVENTION CM
THE LAW OF THE SEA; United Nations,
THE LAW OF THE SEA—U.N. CONVENTION
ON THE LAV CF ThE SEA—WITH INDEX
AND FINAL ACT OF THE THIRD UNITED
NATIONS COHERENCE ON THE LAW OF THE
SEA
DESCRIPTION: Every issue facing the
international community today
reflects itself in the oceans,
relations between inoustrialiseo anu
developing countries, the anus race,
the impact of science and technology
on institutions in society, on the
environm en t, relations between
states, the international community,
ana multinational corporations, food
energy, resource management,
communications and international
tiade — to name only the most
important ones. This course will
examine and analyze the multitude of
lacets of international relations
that are being reflected in the
efforts to determine control and use
of the oceans. A major focus will
be on efforts to draft a low of the
sea treaty, and its aftermath as
states seek to exert more claims to
areas of the ocean.
PS 426G GOVERNM ENT AND POLITICS OF
THE USSR (3)
IiuLu.i.r.| 9E/ PLC
KELTS: 11:30 l.WF, 104 PLC
READINGS: Hill, SOVIET Ul.IGK;
Cohen, RETHINKING TIL SOVIET
EXPERIENCE; hsr.son arc Licet., l.CSCCN
\ Cl.t.I.
DI-SCFI1PT10N: Ueteai uurinp the
previous tei a. (PS 4270) the class
uealt with the cultural-historical
backf^ our.o ol the Soviet policy, the
icieolCi. y, the larty anc its
leacership, this ter a the focus is