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Political Science

POLI 050 [006E]: Movies and Politics
Communication Intensive (CI); Social and Behavioral Sience (SS) [GC Social Science]
George Rabinowitz; Pamela Conover
Movies often reflect important social and political issues. In this course we will watch a set of movies, discuss them, and put them into social and political context. The course will require reading several books, writing a set of essays, and taking a final exam. The books will focus attention on the broader questions the movies raise. Among the topic areas covered will be work, race relations, ideas of community, and the role of elections.
The overarching purpose of the course is to develop a better understanding of politics in relation to the individual.

POLI 051 [006E]: Plessy v. Ferguson: The Play
North Atlantic World (NA); Philosophical and Moral Reasoning (PH); US Diversity (US) [GC Social Science]
Donna Lefebvre
This course introduces you to law, Southern history and culture, and civil rights through writing, producing, and performing a play. The Plessy case created the racist "separate but equal" doctrine. You'll learn about the law, times, and the people, including Homer Plessy, his lawyers, and New Orleans citizens who convinced Plessy in 1892 to break the law that made it a crime for whites and African Americans to sit together. You'll learn about dramatic arts, like scriptwriting and production, and then you'll be collaborating with classmates on writing, producing, and performing your play about the defense of Plessy. No prior experience expected!

POLI 053 [006E]: Politics of Shakespeare
Social & Behavioral Science/Other (SS) [GC Social Science]
Kevin McGuire
Literature quite often provides insight into political life. Issues such as power, justice, equality, and rights have long been illuminated by authors seeking to capture a wide variety of political relationships. Some of these relationships exist on a domestic level, involving competing factions within government or the connections between governments and their citizens. Others occur on the international stage, where governments engage in both benign and hostile interactions. One author who was particularly adept at portraying the complexities of politics was Shakespeare. In plays ranging from histories to comedies, he had quite a lot to say about topics as diverse as political ambition, executive decision making, and leadership. His work, as one leading scholar argues, " shows most vividly and comprehensively the fate of tyrants, the character of good rulers, the relations of friends, and the duties of citizens." In this seminar, we will begin to explore some of these issues. Students will read, view, and critically discuss a number of Shakespeare's plays, examining them from a political perspective and assessing their contemporary relevance. You will be asked to read and, where available, to view these plays outside of class. (Where possible, we will watch film versions together.) Students will engage in a series of projects connecting Shakespeare's work to political issues and have a leading role in class meetings, taking turns in leading discussions and generating questions.

POLI 054 [006E]: The American Worker: Sociology, Politics and History of Labor in the U.S.
North Atlantic World (NA) [GC Social Science]
Michele Hoyman
This course is an introduction of labor unions in the United States. Among other subjects, the course will cover these five "wonders" of labor in America: 1) I wonder if unions are dead?; 2) I wonder why only 11% of the workforce is unionized, when much higher numbers of workers respond that they would like to be represented by unions?; 3) I wonder why citizens (and the media) perceive unions to be narrow economic actors, when they are political and community actors?; 4) I wonder why public sector labor laws differ state by state?; 5) I wonder why there is no labor party in the U.S. as there is in Europe? This course is a highly interactive seminar in which we write, think about and discuss the above issues, as well as the key concepts from labor law and a glimpse of labor history. There is no traditional final exam and there is no huge research paper. There are many small assignments, short papers and reaction papers of one page length on each week's reading and there is a quiz covering the key terms from labor law. One of our projects will be to conduct as a group an oral history interview and then write it up. It will be on a labor union member or leader. We will also watch and critique a couple of films about famous strikes or campaigns. It should be hard work but also fun.

POLI 055 [006F]: Democracy and the Civic Ideal
Beyond the North Atlantic (BN) [GC Philosophical]
Stephen Leonard
This seminar explores the development of modern democratic sentiments and values in the history of the civic ideal in the West. We begin by examining the theory and practice of classical Greek democracy, then moving through Roman republicanism, early modern republicanism, the liberal revolutions of the 17th and 18th centuries (England, U.S., and France), and finishing with contemporary American democratic politics. We will use a variety of approaches and resources: simulations, films, re-enactments, panel discussions, and, of course, texts. Our goal will be to meet the challenge of marshalling good arguments and compelling evidence in political analysis. Students will put these skills to work by developing research projects on democratic politics.

POLI 056 [006F]: American Political Autobiography
North Atlantic World (NA); Philosophical and Moral Reasoning (PH); US Diversity (US) [GC Philosophical]
Michael Lienesch
How do we think about ourselves as Americans, and how do our identities influence our ideas about politics? In this course, we will try to answer these questions by reading and discussing autobiographies written by a diverse collection of writers from the seventeenth century to today. Among them are Benjamin Franklin, Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Jane Addams, Emma Goldman, Malcolm X,
Ron Kovic, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Richard Rodriquez. In addition to reading and reflecting on these and other sources, and discussing them in a variety of structured learning situations, we will also plan and write our own political autobiographies, describing the development of our own
personal and political views. Grades are based on the final exam, one midterm exam, the autobiographical writing project, and class participation. By the end of the course, we should not only be thinking more critically about the personal and public aspects of what it means to be an American, but we should also have a clearer conception of ourselves as political people.

POLI 057 [006E]: The Politics of Multiculturalism
Social & Behavioral Science/Other (SS) [GC Social Science]
Donald Searing
This seminar will examine the challenges that religious and ethnic identity groups are currently posing to the principles of liberal democracy, primarily in Europe and North America, but increasingly throughout the world. It will integrate materials from political science, philosophy, social psychology and sociology. We will begin by using cross-national data to trace the evolution of multiculturalism Then, we will address the politics of multicultural accommodation in Europe and the Unites States, focusing primarily on the political demands of Muslim, Hindu, Mexican-American and Christian groups. We will explore their understandings of their relationship to politics and their aspirations for political roles and redress of grievances. Then we will address the politics of multicultural accommodation in Europe and the United States, focusing primarily on the political demands of recent immigrants and religious fundamentalists.

POLI 058 [006E]: Global Production and Workers' Rights: North Carolina, Latin America and East Asia
Global Issues (GL); Social & Behavioral Science/Other (SS) [GC Social Science]
Layna Mosley
This course explores the politics of economic globalization, with a focus on the relationships among trade, multinational corporations, and workers' rights. We consider how industries in North Carolina (textiles, furniture, and technology) have been impacted by the relocation of production (both to and from North Carolina), and the politics surrounding trade and investment policy in the state. We then compare North Carolina's experience with that of two regions and industries in the developing world -- the textile sector in Mexico (and elsewhere in Latin America) and the technology sector in China (and elsewhere in Asia). The course begins with an overview of the economic rationale for trade and foreign direct investment, as well as review of trends in trade openness and multinational production. It then suggests several ways in which economic globalization can lead to political mobilization, both for and against greater openness. We spend the remainder of the course considering three cases of the globalization of production, with an eye toward understanding how economic transformation in North Carolina compares with the transformations taking place elsewhere in the world, and what the benefits (and costs) of such transformations are. No background in economics is necessary.

POLI 060 [006E]: International Politics and International Terrorism
Global Issues (GL); Social & Behavioral Science/Other (SS) [GC Social Science]
Timothy McKeown
The attacks of September 11, 2001 have once again focused attention on the use of terror in international politics. Terror has been used repeatedly, sometimes by individuals, often by governments, as a tool for obtaining favorable results. This course will address the nature of terror and its use by private individuals and by governments. We will be particularly concerned with claims that the U.S. is facing a new situation, arising from the diffusion of certain technologies, globalization, and the changing nature of the international system. We will also explore the current and historical policy responses to terror, not only in the U.S., but in other countries.

POLI 061 [006E]: The United States and Cuba: Making Sense of U.S. Foreign Policy
Communication Intensive (CI); Global Issues (GL); Social & Behavioral Science/Other (SS) [GC Social Science]
Lars Schoultz
This seminar is designed for students who would like to understand U.S. foreign policy - what the United States attempts to accomplish in its relations with other countries, and why. Rather than approach these two questions on a global level, this seminar is upon the enduring values and beliefs that underlie U.S. foreign policy, with secondary foci on the U/S. foreign policy decision- making process and the evolution of the U.S. foreign policy since the early 19th century.

POLI 062 [006E]: Power Politics
Communication Intensive (CI); Social and Behavioral Science (SS) [GC Social Science]
Terry Sullivan
The use of political power stands at the center of our experiences in an organized society; yet we know little of how successful leaders exercise their influence. For the most part, leaders carry on the business of power out of the limelight, in controlled circumstances, and away from observation. Students listen to confidential records of presidential bargaining between the administration and member of Congress, and heretofore-secret recordings of phone conversations between the President and other leaders in order to assess their persuasive tactics.

POLI 063 [006E]: Social Movements, Political Protest, and Violence
North Atlantic World (NA); Social & Behavioral Science (SS) [GC Social Science]
James White
This seminar focuses on unconventional collective political behavior: mass movements, riots, demonstrations, revolts, and revolutions. We will discuss when and why collective action occurs, who participates, what forms it takes, and how governments respond. Then we will study a particular case of collective action in depth - a movement, an organization, a protest action, or a revolution.

POLI 065 [006E]: Pressure and Power
Social & Behavioral Science/Other (SS) [GC Social Science]
Virginia Gray
Enron, the Sierra Club, the National Rifle Association, the University of North Carolina, and the Allied Underwear Association--what do they have in common? They are all interest organizations that employ lobbyists in Washington, D.C. As social scientists we can use a common framework to
analyze these and other organized interests: why are there so many of them; where do they come from; are they ruining democracy; can there be democracy without groups; what can we do about groups? Each student will select an interest group to track throughout the semester; a series of Web-based assignments will culminate in an analysis paper. Other assignments will involve watching "West Wing," participating in a debate, and group generation of reform proposals.

POLI 065 002: Pressure and Power
Social and Behavior Science (SS)
Frank Baumgartner
Interest groups, lobbying, money, power, influence and the difference between corruption and democratic participation will be the focus in this course. We’ll read a classic book written in 1960 that you will actually really enjoy, a book about business influence (and the limits to this), and a book about the environmental movement. We’ll also pay attention to how lobbyists make their case: how they frame their arguments, and in a series of short papers you will try your hand at building arguments for or against particular public policy proposals. Take a look at a web site the professor helped create before coming to UNC this year: lobby.la.psu.edu. We’ll use that web site as a source of information about what really goes on in Washington in order to separate out the fact from the fiction. In your papers you’ll link the concepts discussed in the books with the case material from the web site. Students will be expected to participate in hopefully lively debates in class and to keep an open mind.

POLI 066 [006E]: The U.S. and the European Union: Partners or Rivals?
Social & Behavioral Science/Other (SS) [GC Social Science]
Liesbet Hooghe
The alliance between America and the European Union is one of the most important political relationships today. It started after the Second War, and deepened during the Cold War. But recently the two seem to be drifting apart. What are the main tensions in the US-EU relationship? Why have they arisen? Are they temporary—froth on the waves of history—or do conflicts run deeper? What do elites on both sides of the Atlantic think? And what do American citizens think? We’ll read history, analyze European and US media, role-play US and EU positions on conflicts, and interview Chapel Hill residents to find out.

POLI 067 [006E]: Designing Democracy - Introduction to World Politics: Conflict, Democracy, and State Building
Social & Behavioral Science/Other (SS) [GC Social Science]
Andrew Reynolds
This course will present political institutions as levers of conflict management in ethnically plural, post-conflict national states. To highlight the issues that lie behind constitutional design attention will be focused on a province in turmoil within an established democracy (Northern Ireland), a democratizing state (South Africa), an ethnically divided society in the South Pacific (Fiji), and post war institutional design (either Afghanistan or Iraq). These states will be analyzed in terms of their paths toward democracy, the nature of their internal conflict, and the types of political institutions they have (or are) adopting. Key to the class will be the student's focus on their own case study of a democratizing state. The class will be briefed on the core 'building block' choices that go into a new constitution and the importance of rooting institutions in the distinct historical and socio-political characteristics of a nation. Through lectures, videos, and discussions we shall investigate how nations can seek to transform violent conflict into democratic debate.

POLI 068 [006E]: Shogun: Politics of the Sword in Early Modern Japan
Beyond the North Atlantic (BN); Historical Analysis (HS) [GC Social Science]
James White
This course will be using the novel and movie, SHOGUN, as a vehicle for studying politics, culture, language, customs, religion, food, death, the role of women, geography, and many other aspects of Japan around the year 1600. Other texts will be used to put the novel in its historical context and to assess its accuracy. The novel and movie will be the primary sources for the course and will be used to illuminate different features of life in early modern Japan, to contribute to an understanding of Japanese society today, and to contrast Japan, both early modern and contemporary, with the West.

POLI 069 [006E]: Computer-based Analysis of International Conflict
Social & Behavioral Science/Other (SS) [GC Social Science]
Timothy McKeown
This seminar will teach students computer-based methods of analyzing the history of international conflict. The objectives are (1) to gain a basic understanding of international conflict; (2) to introduce simple but powerful ways to analyze text and numerical data; and (3) to provide an opportunity to perform original research. Two computer-based methods will be presented: The content analysis of speeches and documents using text analysis software, and the analysis of numerical data using simple statistical programs. Students will carry out small-scale research projects using these tools.

POLI 070 [006E]: The Politics of the European Union
Social & Behavioral Science/Other (SS) [GC Social Science]
Gary Marks
This course examines the concerns the ongoing development of the European Union. What kind of polity is emerging at the European level? Does the process have an underlying dynamic? How are we to explain the path of European integration? Is European integration the beginning of the end of the national state western Europe, or will states harness the process within their current institutional structures? What role do member states, European institutions, and sub-national governments play in the creation of a single market, the Maastricht Accord, and in public policy? To make headway with these questions we will read and discuss a selection of literature on the history of the European Union and on key policy areas.

POLI 071 [006E]: The Life and Death of Political Organizations
Social & Behavioral Science/Other (SS) [GC Social Science]
David Lowery
This seminar examines how the definition of scientific problems, their tentative solution via the development of scientific theories, and the testing of these theories in one discipline influence the same activity in another. Students will study population ecology as applied to political organizations, examining the origins of population ecology models in biology and sociology, and focusing on populations of two types of political organizations -- interest groups and public bureaucracies.