EVELYNE HUBER, Chair
Thad Beyle (3) State and Local, Policy Studies
Pamela Conover (10) Political Psychology, Mass Political Behavior, Gender Politics
Virginia Gray (40) State Politics, Public Policy, Interest Groups
Jonathan Hartlyn (46) Comparative Politics, Latin American Politics
Liesbet Hooghe (04) Comparative Politics, European Union, West European Politics
Evelyne Huber (54) Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Latin American Politics
Michael Lienesch (38) History of Political Thought, American Political Theory
Stuart Elaine Macdonald (39) Political Behavior, Public Opinion, Research Methods
Michael MacKuen (66) American Politics, Political Methodology
Gary Marks (18) Comparative Politics, Western Europe
Timothy McKeown (22) International Relations, International Political Economy
George Rabinowitz (25) Elections, Political Parties, Statistical Methods
Lars Schoultz (20) U.S.-Latin American Relations
Donald Searing (30) Comparative Politics, Political Psychology
Jeffrey Spinner-Halev (11) History of Political Thought, Contemporary Political Theory, Democratic Theory
Jurg Steiner (31) Comparative Politics, Ethics in Politics
John Stephens (55) Political Economy, Western Europe, Caribbean
James Stimson (65) American Politics, Political Methodology
James White (34) Comparative Politics, Urban Politics, East Asia-Japanese Politics
Susan Bickford (58) History of Political Thought, Feminist Theory, Democratic Theory
Michele Hoyman (06) American Politics, Public Administration, Labor Relations and Labor Law, Rural Economic Development
Stephen Leonard (15) History of Political Thought, Philosophy of Social and Political Inquiry, Republicanism, History of the Academic Disciplines
Kevin McGuire (60) Judicial Politics, American Politics
Thomas Oatley (57) International Relations, International Political Economy, European Countries
Andrew Reynolds (13) Comparative Politics, Political Institutions, African Politics
Marco Steenbergen (61) Political Psychology, Public Opinion, Voting Behavior, Quantitative Methods
Terry Sullivan (47) Congressional and Executive Politics
Isaac Unah (62) Judicial Politics, Regulatory Policy, Bureaucratic Implementation
Georg Vanberg (17) American Politics, Comparative Politics, Formal Modeling
Mark Crescenzi (08) International Politics, Conflict Processes, Political Economy
Erik Engstrom (14) American Politics, Legislative Politics
Stephen Gent (8) International Conflict, Civil Conflict, Game Theory
Layna Mosley (9) International Relations, International Political Economy,
Comparative Political Economy
Graeme Robertson (7) Comparative Politics, Russian Politics, Labor and Social Movements, Democratization
Milada Vachudova (12) Comparative Politics, International Institutions, Western and Eastern European Politics
Raymond Dawson
Lewis Lipsitz
Duncan MacRae
Richard Richardson
Robert Rupen
Glenn Snyder
Alan Stern
Deil Wright
The Department of Political Science offers courses of study leading to the master of arts in political science, the master of arts in political science with a certificate in Latin American studies, and the doctor of philosophy in political science.
The general prerequisite for admission to graduate study is a bachelor of arts degree or equivalent. A student is not required to have an undergraduate major in political science but will normally be expected to have had at least nine semester hours of course work in political science.
All applicants for admission to graduate study must take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Prospective applicants should take the test early enough to enable them to submit official reports of scores with their application for admission. In considering applications for fellowship awards, these test scores receive heavy emphasis. Applicants are encouraged to have their applications complete by December 1. Applicants are also required to submit a writing sample and a personal statement.
Departmental programs of graduate study are intended to train professional political scientists. Thus graduate work is expected to be qualitatively different from undergraduate work. Its emphasis is upon the acquisition of tools, skills, and knowledge at a level to qualify the student to: carry on research; to teach;, to fill active political and administrative duties;, and to carry on other roles that advance the profession of practicing political scientists.
All candidates for graduate degrees will be expected to achieve broad mastery at the professional level of the literature, problems, and skills of the academic fields and subfields offered for the degree, and will have gained experience in teaching and research. Much more is required of the candidate than mere compilation of credits in relevant courses.
At the MA level, the student is required, in addition to passing the course programs successfully, to write a thesis and to be examined orally on the major field of interest and in defense of the thesis.
At the doctoral level, preliminary examinations are both written and oral, in that order. Written examinations are given twice each year, in September and in the spring semester. The final part of the examination is an oral defense of the dissertation proposal. Successful completion of these examinations permits a student to become a doctoral candidate. Following completion of the dissertation, a final oral examination will be held, which is primarily a defense of the dissertation but may include such excursions into underlying theory and related fields as are germane to the dissertation.
The political science curriculum is designed to ensure that graduate students develop a professional competence in the discipline as a whole, as well as expertise in one major and one minor field. The courses in the department are grouped under the following broad categories: international relations, comparative politics, political theory, American politics, methodology, and public policy/public administration (minor field only).
PhD students are required to demonstrate competence in two fields of study and, by participating in the instructional program, to undergo training as teachers. A minimum of four courses and a comprehensive examination is required in the major field. A comprehensive examination and three courses are required in the minor field.
The Institute of Latin American Studies and the Consortium in Latin American Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University serve as a medium for interdisciplinary communication on Latin America, encouraging and stimulating instruction and research on the region. They provide funding for interdisciplinary working groups, visiting scholars, research workshops, and guest lectures, as well as support for graduate students through academic year and summer fellowships and research and conference travel grants. The program has been funded as a National Resource (Title VI) Center since 1991 by the U.S. Department of Education.
Although the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill does not grant an interdisciplinary postgraduate degree in Latin American studies, graduate students seeking to document their area expertise are encouraged to earn a certificate in Latin American studies in conjunction with any advanced degree in any University graduate program. The requirements for the certificate are: 1) a minimum of two semesters of residence; 2) language competence in Spanish or Portuguese; 3) four graduate courses on Latin American topics; 4) a thesis on a topic related to Latin America; and 5) an oral defense of the thesis. For students in professional schools or departments that do not require defense of a thesis, a letter from the student's adviser indicating that a major research project on a Latin American topic was successfully completed will be sufficient to waive the requirement. Graduate students interested in obtaining a certificate in Latin American studies should contact the director of the Institute of Latin American Studies.
The Center for European Studies (CES) provides a focus for interdisciplinary and political research by funding research seminars, guest lectures, conferences, and graduate student summer and academic year fellowships. In recent years the center has hosted international conferences on the European Union, regional regimes, and the political economy of capitalist democracies. Graduate students have been closely involved in these conferences. The center has established a TransAtlantic master's degree program in consortium with eight European and American universities. CES is funded as a National Resource Center by the U.S. Department of Education and as a European Union Center by the EU.
The Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies (CSEEES) is an interdisciplinary center run jointly with a sister center at Duke University. In addition to offering an undergraduate major in Russian and East European studies, the center actively promotes graduate education and research in this area of the world.
As a U.S. Department of Education Title VI Center, CSEEES awards Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships to a few graduate students each academic year and summer to help them acquire the language skills and area expertise necessary for advanced study and field research in this part of the world.
The national polling company Harris Interactive (formerly Louis Harris & Associates) has been surveying Americans' opinions on issues of national importance since the late 1950s. Harris surveys cover many topics, including national morale, the arts, energy policy, women's roles, political candidates, violence, health, and housing. The breadth and scope of the Harris surveys make them a rich source for secondary analysis by social scientists.
In 1965, Louis Harris agreed to make his data available for secondary analysis by researchers. Harris and The University of North Carolina jointly agreed to establish at Chapel Hill the Louis Harris Data Center as the national archive for all Harris data. Since 1965, over two hundred national, state, and community studies conducted by Harris Interactive have been deposited at the Harris Data Center for use by researchers at the University and elsewhere.
The James Sprunt Studies in History and Political Science, established by the late Dr. James Sprunt, of Wilmington, North Carolina, is published under the direction of the departments involved.
295 [190] DOMESTIC POLICY SEMINAR (PLCY 295) (3). See PLCY 295 for description.
400 [172] EXECUTIVE POLITICS (3). This course explores how presidents select policy options, how they decide timing, what shapes their congressional support, and how they build successful coalitions. Spring. Sullivan.
401 [117] POLITICAL ECONOMY: THE DOMESTIC SYSTEM (3). Problems of the national government in managing capitalist development and economic growth; political constraints, patterns of conflict among domestic actors. Fall. Stimson.
404 [102] RESEARCH IN URBAN POLITICS (3). Prerequisites, POLI 100 or POLI 101. Examines contemporary research programs on urban politics conducted by political scientists. These topics will be examined both in terms of substantive findings and research methodology. Fall and spring. Lowery.
405 [134] NORTH CAROLINA POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY (3). An intensive study of politics, government, and public policy in the state of North Carolina. Emphasis is placed on student research projects, with a major paper being the main requirement. Fall. Staff.
407 [132] HEALTH POLITICS AND POLICY (3). An analysis of health care in the United States with selective comparisons from health care systems in other developed democratic societies. Spring.
408 [169] BUSINESS GOVERNMENT RELATIONS (3). Explores the non-market environment of firms and policy makers. Topics include the media, lobbying, antitrust, regulation, product safety, international trade, globalization, and corporate ethics. Emphasis on class discussion and presentation. Spring. Staff.
409 [154] MOCK CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION (3). Students employ their understanding of political philosophy and practical politics to write a new constitution for the United States. Emphasis is on creative blending theory and practice. Fall. MacKuen.
410 [155] THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES (HIST 530) (3). A study of the fundamental principles of constitutional interpretation and practice in the United States, utilizing lectures, textbooks, and cases. Emphasis is on the political context surrounding and the impact following Supreme Court decisions. Fall. McGuire.
411 [157] CIVIL LIBERTIES UNDER THE CONSTITUTION (3). An analysis of the complex problems created by the expansion of protections for individual liberties in the United States. Emphasis is on contemporary problems with some supplement involved in effecting changes in correctional administration. Spring. Unah, McGuire.
412 [170] UNITED STATES NATIONAL ELECTIONS (3). Course studies United States Presidential and Congressional elections. Emphasis on individual vote, changing party strengths, and the relation of outcomes to policy. Spring. Rabinowitz.
414 [151] THE ADVERSARY SYSTEM (3). Focuses upon the political, legal, and administrative problems encountered in the actual operation of the American system of criminal justice as affected by the adversarial nature of its processes. Fall. LeFebvre.
415 [159] CRIMINAL LAW (3). Analysis of problems in defining, invoking, and administering criminal law as a governmental process. Spring. LeFebvre.
416 [153] CONSTITUTIONAL POLICIES AND THE JUDICIAL PROCESS (PWAD 416) (3). Analysis of the structure and functions of judicial systems emphasizing the organization, administration, and politics of judicial bureaucracies and the roles of judges, juries, counsel, litigants, and interest groups in the adjudication process. Fall. Unah.
417 [167] ADVANCED POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY (3). Prerequisite, POLI 215, 216, or 697. Examines in greater depth a variety of issues in the field of political psychology, including: conflict and conflict resolution, socialization, attitude formation, mass movements, leader-follower relationships, and psychobiography. Spring.
418 [174] MASS MEDIA AND AMERICAN POLITICS (3). Prerequisites, junior/senior standing and POLI 100. Examination of the role, behavior, and influence of the mass media in American politics. MacKuen.
419 [171] RACE, POVERTY, AND POLITICS (3). Definitions of poverty and their policy implications; the composition and causation of poverty; an examination of public policies directed at the alleviation, reduction, and elimination of poverty. Spring. Staff.
420 [178] LEGISLATIVE POLITICS (3). Examines the politics of the U.S. Congress. Emphasis on representation, the legislative process, and policymaking. Fall. Engstrom.
430 [128] EUROPEAN POLITICS (3). Prerequisite, POLI 239. Active participation of students in a research project on career motives and ethical principles in European countries. Fall and spring. Staff.
432 [113] TOLERANCE IN LIBERAL STATES (3). Prerequisites, POLI 100, POLI 239. This course will examine the theory and practice of tolerance in the United States and Europe, with particular attention to Great Britain and France. Spring. Searing.
433 [115] POLITICS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (INTS 433) (3). Prerequisites, two prior courses in political science or international studies. Examines the politics and political economy of institutional change and policy making in the European Community. Fall, spring, and summer. Hooghe.
434 [116] POLITICS OF MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN (3). Prerequisite, POLI 238 or permission of the instructor. The analysis of politics in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. Fall or spring. Hartlyn, Huber.
435 [127] DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA (3). Prerequisite, POLI 238 or permission of the instructor. The analysis of central issues of democracy and development in Latin America. Fall or spring. Hartlyn, Huber.
436 [127S] DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA (3). Prerequisites, POLI 238 and SPAN 101, 102, 203, 204 or equivalent intermediate-level language knowledge; or, by permission of the instructor. The analysis of central issues of democracy and development in Latin America. Spring. Hartlyn.
437 [126] POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN AFRICA (3). Prerequisite, POLI 131, 241, or AFRI 101. Comparative analysis of state-society relations in selected postcolonial African countries. Spring.
438 [121] DEMOCRACY AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN AN UNDIVIDED EUROPE (INTS 438) (3). Explores the collapse of communist rule in 1989, and the reaction of international institutions to the challenges of democratization, economic transition, ethnic conflict, and European integration in an undivided Europe. Fall and spring. Vachudova.
439 [114] COMPARATIVE EUROPEAN SOCIETIES (SOCI 439) (3). Examination of commonalities and differences of European societies and of the tensions and difficulties attending the European integration process. Fall. Marks.
440 [123] GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN JAPAN (ASIA 440) (3). Examines the Japanese political process in the period since World War II, with emphasis on popular culture and behavior and on governmental policy making in both domestic and foreign affairs. Previous course work on East Asia recommended but not required. Spring. White.
442 [140] INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY (3). Prerequisites, POLI 150 and ECON 101. Theories of international political economy; major trends in international economic relations; selected contemporary issues. Fall. McKeown, Oatley.
443 [144] AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY: FORMULATION AND CONDUCT (PWAD 443) (3). Prerequisite, POLI 150 or permission of the instructor. This course focuses on the making of American foreign policy. It deals with the role of Congress, the press, public opinion, the President, the Secretary and the Department of State, the military, and the intelligence community. Emphasis is placed on the impact of the bureaucratic process on the content of foreign policy. Spring. Staff.
446 [149] DEFENSE POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY (AERO 446) (PWAD 446) (3). Prerequisite, POLI 150 or permission of the instructor. A study of national defense policy as affected by the constitutional and political setting, as well as its relation to foreign policy. Some attention to strategic doctrine. Crescenzi.
447 [150] THEORY OF WAR (PWAD 447) (3). Examines the nature, purposes, and conduct of war. Emphasizes interaction between political and military phenomena; introduces the study of strategy and its relationship to domestic and international politics. Spring. BA-level Social Science Perspective. Staff.
449 [141] HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW (3). This course examines international efforts to punish genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. The evolution of international criminal law, jurisdiction, remedies, problems, alternatives, and recent case studies is included.
450 [147] CONTEMPORARY INTER-AMERICAN RELATIONS (PWAD 450) (3). Prerequisite, POLI 238 and/or 231 or PWAD 231. A comprehensive analysis of hemispheric international relations and foreign policies of individual Latin American nations. Spring. Schoultz.
451 [146] INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPARATIVE JOURNALISM (JOMC 446) (3). Fall and spring.
456 [145] CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES (3). Prerequisite, POLI 150 or permission of the instructor. A study of selected United States foreign policy problems since World War II; analysis of the process of policy formulation from Truman to Reagan; and of the impact of the external environment and domestic politics on the White House and Department of State. Staff.
457 [142] INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT PROCESSES (3). Prerequisite, POLI 150 or permission of the instructor. Analysis of international conflict and the causal mechanisms that drive or prevent conflict. Emphasis is on the conditions and processes of conflict and cooperation between nations. Fall. Crescenzi. BA-level Social Science Perspective.
459 [122] THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA (3). A comparative inquiry into contrasting cultures, values, attitudes, and behavior patterns. Attempts to answer the question, "Why can't and why don't the Russians want to be like Americans?" Fall. Staff.
470 [161] SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (3). A study of selected topics and concepts in contemporary social and political philosophy, such as rights, liberty, obligation, the state, welfare, authority, and power. Fall or spring.
471 [166] RECENT CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THOUGHT (3). Survey of the historical foundations, central tenets, and political consequences of prominent twentieth-century political theories. Topics include: contemporary liberalism and Marxism, fascism, theories of development, populism, feminism. Fall or spring. Leonard.
472 [165] PROBLEMS OF MODERN DEMOCRATIC THEORY (3). Major problem areas: definitions, presuppositions, and justifications of democracy, liberty, equality, minority rights, public interest, participation, dissent, and civil disobedience. Fall. Bickford, Lienesch.
475 [163] MARXISM AND SOCIALISM (3). Consideration of the political thought of major Marxist and socialist schools, including Marxism, Leninism, contemporary Democratic and Revolutionary Socialism, with reference to Utopian socialism and recent controversies on the left. Fall. Staff.
477 [164] ADVANCED FEMINIST POLITICAL THEORY (WMST 477) (3). Prerequisites, POLI/WMST 265. Examines in greater depth and complexity current issues in feminist political theory. Topics: theories of subjectivity and solidarity; feminist post-structuralist and post-Marxist thinking; gender in the public sphere. Fall and spring. Bickford.
700 [210] CORE SEMINAR ON AMERICAN POLITICS (3). An overview of research on American politics that introduces students to a wide range of sustentative understandings and theoretical perspectives. Fall. MacKuen.
701 [204] AMERICAN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS (PLCY 710) (3). Theory and practice of political institutions in the American context. Fall. Staff.
702 [280] LEGISLATIVE SYSTEMS (3). Institutions and processes in the United States Congress with some cross-national comparisons. Staff.
703 [286] CONGRESS AND THEORY BUILDING (3). This course examines diverse theoretical perspectives on national institutional change and stability, using as our institutional focus the United States Congress between 1789 and 1989. Spring. Staff.
704 [285] AMERICAN PRESIDENCY (3). Survey of the substantial literature and research on the American Presidency. Staff.
705 [253] JUDICIAL POLITICS (3). Survey of recent literature on the politics of judicial institutions and the behavior of judges, lawyers, litigants, and other actors in the judicial process, emphasizing relationships between judicial and other policy-making processes. Spring. McGuire, Unah.
706 [255] PROBLEMS IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (3). A survey of issues in American constitutional law, with a special emphasis on the politics of constitutional interpretation. Fall and spring. Staff.
707 [232] GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN METROPOLITAN AREAS (3). Changing patterns of political cooperation and conflict in metropolitan areas; political behavior in central and suburban areas; the large metropolis as a political system; and national policies toward metropolitan problems. Spring. Staff.
708 [276] SEMINAR IN SUBNATIONAL POLITICS AND POLICY (3). This course surveys the major topics and research programs in subnational American politics and policy, with special attention to the vertical and horizontal intergovernmental interactions inherent within federal political systems. Fall and spring.
709 [236] RESEARCH TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY SOUTHERN POLITICS (3). Topics vary, but include minority politics in the region, the counter-mobilization of whites during the 1960s, party realignment and the decline of one-party politics, and the impact of the region on national politics. Fall or spring.
710 [275] POLITICAL PARTIES (3). Selected problems and issues in the study of American and comparative parties and party systems. Staff.
711 [203] AMERICAN POLITICAL BEHAVIOR (3). Theoretical study of mass behavior (i.e., participation, voting, protest) in the American context. Spring. Staff.
712 [270] PUBLIC OPINION (3). A study of public opinion, its formation, expression, and impact on political systems and public policy.
713 [271] DYNAMICS OF ELECTORAL POLITICS (3). Change within mass electorates. Topics include issue and attitude change, political realignments, and models of electoral competition. Rabinowitz.
714 [272] POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION (3). The learning process by which individuals acquire values, attitudes, and norms affecting their behavior in the political community, with emphasis on major agencies of socialization: family, schools, peer groups, and media. Staff.
715 [294] SEMINAR ON POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY (3). Prerequisite, POLI 711. This course surveys and evaluates current and past research in political psychology. Topics may include: personality, attitudes and values, socialization, political reasoning, information processing, decision making, political identity, and political affect. Spring. Steenbergen.
716 [216] POLITICS AND POLICY (3).
718 [205] PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS (PUBA 740) (3). The roles of expertise in policy discourse; the place of values in policy analysis; summarizing preferences; benefits and costs; policy models; policy expertise and democratic political systems. Fall. Staff.
719 [209] PLANNING AND GOVERNMENT (3). A survey of the nature and scope of government planning, its relation to other governmental activities, and its administrative and organizational problems. Spring. Beyle.
720 [213] MANAGING PUBLIC POLICY (PUBA 749) (3). Prerequisites, POLI 700, 745, or PUBA 723. The role(s), function(s), and strategy of public administrators in the formulation, adoption, and implementation of public policies. Policy from the perspective of the policy maker; cases exploring the relationship of theories to actual policy processes. Spring. Wright.
721 [221] PUBLIC POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION (3). Alternative explanation of public policies and policy-making processes; introduction to policy analysis as a way to inform choices among policy options; policy implementation through administrative practices and procedures. Fall or spring. Gray.
722 [219] POLITICS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS (PUBA 722) (3). The motivations of public agency officials, interactions between bureaucracies and other political actors, and alternative strategies to control bureaucratic power and discretion in making, implementing, and evaluating public policies. Fall.
724 [230] ORGANIZATION DESIGN (3). Prerequisite, POLI 700, or permission of the instructor. Field theory, motivation, communication, and systems perspectives as theoretical bases for organization design. Spring. Staff.
725 [237] METHODS FOR POLICY ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION (PUBA 720) (3). Introduction to selected techniques such as the following: multiple regression, decision theory, research design, social experiments and quasi-experiments, program evaluation, and policy-related models. Spring.
726 [238] INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS (PUBA 778) (3). Conflict and cooperation among governmental officials representing national, state, and local governments in the United States; changing roles of governments and new mechanisms for intergovernmental collaboration. Spring. Wright.
728 [239] POLICY WORKSHOP (3). Application of theories and techniques of policy analysis and planning to current public problems for actual clients. Focus on design and execution of policy research, and interpretation and presentation of results. Spring. Staff.
729 [295] THE PSYCHOLOGY OF COLLECTIVE POLITICS (3). Explores the psychological underpinnings of collective politics from the perspective of both individuals and groups. Political behaviors examined include: deliberation, protest, nationalism, and intergroup conflict. Fall. Conover.
730 [201] COMPARATIVE POLITICAL RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS (3). The seminar introduces the beginning graduate student to the central issues and major developments in the field of comparative government and politics. Fall and spring. Steiner, Searing.
731 [220] THE POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE (3). The theories, concepts, and mechanisms of political change, with particular attention to processes of development and modernization in the new nations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Hartlyn, Huber.
733 [273] COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ECONOMY (3). Examines topics in the comparative political economy of Western Europe such as neocorporatism, postindustrialism, the politics of industrial relations, and the European community. Fall. Marks.
734 [292] COMPARATIVE POLITICAL BEHAVIOR (3). Political behavior of the public in cross-national or non-American settings. Political culture, belief systems, participation, protest, revolution, voting behavior, civic behavior, socialization, and media. Fall and spring. Searing.
735 [231] COMPARATIVE BUREAUCRACY (3). A cross-national examination of functions, career patterns, role behavior, and relationships of bureaucratic elites within the context of national political systems. Research on particular countries is emphasized. Fall. Staff.
736 [291] POLITICAL TRANSITIONS AND DEMOCRATIZATION IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE (3). Examination of contrasting theoretical approaches to understanding democracy. Comparative study of Africa, Eastern Europe, and Latin America elucidates challenges and opportunities that affect possibilities for democratization and consolidation. Fall and spring. Hartlyn.
737 [293] PSYCHOLOGY OF ELITE DECISION MAKING (3). Political thinking of politicians and civil servants in domestic and foreign policy. Perception, cognition, learning, attitude change and persuasion, aging, motivation, emotions, and personality. Fall and spring. Searing.
738 [252] POWER AND MORALITY IN POLITICS (3). Motives of power and morality in rational choice theories and theories of power sharing. Empirical findings and normative evaluations. Spring. Steiner.
739 [224] COMMUNIST POLITICAL SYSTEMS (3). An examination of the political evolution and process in societies governed by communist parties. Fall. Staff.
740 [227] ISSUES IN LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS (3). Explores the central issues of Latin American politics and analyzes major theoretical debates. Fall or spring. Huber, Hartlyn.
741 [228] LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS: RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS (3). Reviews major works and theoretical perspectives in the literature, assesses contemporary political science research on Latin America, and examines problems of field research. Fall or spring. Hartlyn, Huber.
742 [229] POLITICAL ECONOMY OF LATIN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT (3). Examines effects of state, regime type, and political processes on agricultural and industrial policy in Latin America. Also considers the informal economy, international debt, and relationship between policy and politicization. Fall and spring. Hartlyn, Huber.
743 [246] SEMINAR ON UNITED STATES-LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS (3). Analysis of the central conceptual concerns and major theoretical approaches to the study of inter-American relations, with a focus on United States foreign policy toward the region. Spring. Schoultz.
744 [290] AFRICAN POLITICS: CHALLENGES OF DEMOCRATIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT (3). Study of the politics of development in contemporary Africa, with emphasis on changing state society relations, the roles of peasants and women in politics, and prospects for democratization. Fall.
745 [211] VARIETIES OF DEMOCRATIC CAPITALISM IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA (3). This course will examine the development of different types of welfare states in Europe and North America. Stephens.
750 [240] THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS I (3). Introduction to the central issues and major theoretical developments in the field of international relations, focusing on system structure, political and security issues, and decision making. Fall. McKeown.
751 [241] THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS II (3). Introduction to the central issues and major theoretical developments in the field of international relations, focusing on the politics of international economic relations, law and organization, and fundamental system change. Spring. McKeown.
752 [243] INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION (3). Theories and approaches to the study of international organizations and regimes, plus selected non-economic case studies. Staff.
753 [247] INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT AND COOPERATION (3). An examination of international conflict and cooperative processes in the context of the evolution of the international system. Spring. Staff.
754 [248] INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (3). Surveys research in mathematical models of international decision making, bargaining, systemic change, arms races, coalitions, and perception. Philosophic and historical considerations about this field are also discussed.
755 [242] POWER, MORALITY, AND INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY (3). Thucydides, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Kant, twentieth-century Realists (Niebuhr, Morgenthau), Idealists, Neo-Realists, the British School (Wight, Bull), and selected topics (e.g., just war, human rights, food policy). Staff.
756 [245] POLITICS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY (3). Positive theories of political choice in trade, monetary relations, foreign investment, and regional integration. McKeown.
757 [223] POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE NATION STATE IN THE WORLD SYSTEM (3). Prerequisite, ECON 460 or 465 or permission of the instructor. Analysis of the interaction between the external sector of the economy and domestic politics in weak capitalist states. Staff.
758 [257] THEORIES OF FOREIGN POLICY (3). This course is an introduction to the field of foreign policy analysis. Its primary goal is to expose students to the theories and methods of foreign policy research and analysis. Fall and spring. Staff.
759 [250] U.S. FOREIGN POLICY (3). This course provides an overview of United States foreign policy and exposes students to the major themes and controversies in the field. Fall and spring. Staff.
760 [244] TOPICS IN NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY (3). This research seminar examines contemporary substantive issues in national security and foreign policy in light of research, organizational, and administrative topics. Staff.
761 [249] SEMINAR IN PROBLEMS OF U.S. MILITARY POLICY AND CIVIL-MILITARY POLITICS (3). Research seminar in problems of United States military policy and civil-military problems, focused chiefly on deterrence, arms control, and disarmament. Staff.
762 [256] SECURITY STUDIES (3). This course introduces students to the major theoretical approaches to the study of national security. Fall and spring. Staff.
768 [266] FEMINIST POLITICAL THEORY (WMST 768) (3). A survey of feminist approaches to politics and political inquiry. Fall and spring. Bickford, Conover, Leonard.
770 [310] COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIES AND CHOICES (PUBA 770) (3). The goal of this course is to acquire a command of the fundamentals of economic development from the community's perspective. This is done by reading and absorbing the theoretical literature on economic development from the fields of urban politics, planning, sociology, economics, political science, and sociology. Hoyman.
771 [264] MODERN POLITICAL THEORY (3). An introduction to modern political thought, its major thinkers and issues. Fall or spring. Leonard, Lienesch, Bickford.
772 [265] RECENT AND CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THOUGHT (3). An introduction to recent and contemporary political thought, its major thinkers and issues. Emphasis on Continental thought. Topics include: post-Marx Marxism, critical theory, existentialism, structuralism, post-structuralism. Leonard.
773 [261] MAJOR ISSUES IN POLITICAL THEORY (3). An introduction to the major issues of political theory, with emphasis on the major thinkers in the history of Western political thought. Fall or spring. Leonard, Lienesch.
774 [263] CLASSICAL POLITICAL THEORY (3). An introduction to ancient and medieval political thought, its major thinkers and issues. Leonard, Lienesch, Bickford.
775 [262] AMERICAN POLITICAL THEORY (3). Survey of issues and problems in American political thought, with analysis of major thinkers and selected topics and emphasis on the role of family, society, and economy in political theory. Spring. Lienesch.
777 [267] MAJOR FIGURES IN POLITICAL THEORY (3). An in-depth study of the primary and secondary literature on one or two major figures in the history of political thought (e.g., Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Marx). Leonard, Lienesch, Bickford.
778 [207] THE FORMAL THEORY OF INSTITUTIONS (3). This course is a comprehensive introduction to the burgeoning literature on the formal theory of institutions.
780 [200] SCOPE AND METHODS OF POLITICAL RESEARCH (3). Permission of the instructor required. A discussion of the theory and process of political analysis, including philosophy of science, research design, the methods of drawing causal inferences, and of generating data. Stephens, Searing.
781 [206] INTERVIEWING IN SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH (3). This seminar deals with the theoretical underpinnings and practical execution of interview techniques ranging from the short survey instrument to the adaptation of prolonged clinical interviews. Most of the work emphasizes different varieties of in-depth interviewing. Fall. Staff.
782 [260] LOGIC OF POLITICAL INQUIRY (3). A critical examination of models of political inquiry. Empirical (naturalist), interpretive, and critical metatheories are considered in terms of each model's ontological, epistemological, and practical/political consequences and presuppositions. Fall or spring. Leonard.
783 [281] STATISTICS (3). Elementary descriptive statistics and basic principles of statistical inference including estimation and tests of hypotheses. Fall. Steenbergen.
784 [282] INTERMEDIATE STATISTICS (3). This course extends the coverage of POLI 281. Topics to be covered include analysis of variance, multiple and partials correlation, and multiple regression. Spring. Steenbergen.
785 [283] INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS (3). Prerequisite, POLI 784 or equivalent. Introduces structural equation models with observed variables and econometric estimation methods. Some attention to models with unobserved variables and LISREL-type analyses. Macdonald.
786 [284] TIME SERIES ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL DATA (3). Prerequisite, POLI 784 or permission of the instructor. Discusses the problems that arise when regression methodologies are applied to time series and pooled time series data. Fall. Staff.
787 [287] MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHODS (3). Prerequisites, POLI 783 and 784. Introduction to maximum likelihood estimation with applications to political science. Topics include discrete choice analysis, censored and truncated variables, event history analysis, sample selection models, and multilevel inference. Spring. Steenbergen.
789 [288] GAME THEORY (3). This class provides graduate students with an introduction to game theoretic modeling, focusing on non-cooperative game theory. Topics covered include normal form games, extensive-form games, and games of incomplete information. Vanberg.
790 [289] POSITIVE POLITICAL THEORY (3). This seminar surveys applications of rational choice models across the subfields of political science. It also considers critiques of national choice approaches and alternative theoretical approaches to modeling human behavior.
800 [321] SEMINAR IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS (3). Fall. Beyle.
801 [353] JUDICIAL BEHAVIOR RESEARCH (3).
802 [395] RESEARCH IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (PUBA 900) (Var.). Fall, spring, and summer. Staff.
803 [305] SEMINAR ON APPLICATION OF POLITICAL BEHAVIOR RESEARCH TO PUBLIC PROBLEMS (3). Exploration and examination of the ways in which political behavior research can be applied to understanding and ameliorating public problems. Beyle.
811 [311] SEMINAR IN POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY (SOCI 811) (3). The relationships between social structure and political decisions. Regimes and social structure; bureaucracies, political associations, and professions; science and politics; closed and open politics; political movements and change. Spring. Stephens.
813 [202] COMPARATIVE WELFARE STATES (SOCI 813) (3). This course examines the development, achievements, present crisis, and future of welfare states in advanced industrial democracies. Fall and spring. Stephens.
816 [268] INFLUENTIAL WORKS IN DEMOCRACY (SOCI 816) (3). The course covers the major traditions of democratic theory from ancient Greece to the present, ethnographies on political organization, and nineteenth- and twentieth-century observations on democracy. Fall. Staff.
846 [346] SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION (JOMC 846) (3). Prerequisite, JOMC 446 or permission of the instructor. Spring.
850 [303] THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS (3). Topics relating to the development of theory in the realm of international politics.
851 [302] SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (3). Special topics in international relations, such as alliances, bargaining, decision making, economic interdependence, and international human rights. Fall or spring. McKeown.
870 [361] SEMINAR IN POLITICAL THEORY (3). Special topics in political theory such as Marxism and Socialism, Democratic theory, contemporary political thought, or related topics. Fall or spring. Leonard, Lienesch.
880 [300] DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTS AND SURVEYS (3). Prerequisites, POLI 780 and 783. Introduction to the use of experimental and survey research methods in political science. Topics include: factorial designs, repeated measures design, ANOVA, sampling theory, survey errors and costs, and questionnaire design. Spring. Stephens, Searing.
881 [380] TEACHING POLITICAL SCIENCE (3). The director of graduate studies assigns each teacher to a faculty supervisor, who provides advice on course design, teaching, and related matters. Fall and spring.
890 [341] DIRECTED READINGS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (Var.). Directed readings in a special field under the direction of a member of the graduate faculty. By permission only. Fall, spring, and summer. Graduate faculty.
891 [342] SPECIAL TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (1-3). Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. Seminar in selected areas of political science. Topics vary from year to year. May be repeated for credit. Fall, spring, and summer. Graduate faculty.
993 [393] MASTER'S THESIS (3 or more). Fall and spring. Members of the graduate faculty.
994 [394] DOCTORAL DISSERTATION (3 or more). Fall and spring. Graduate faculty.