Department of Political Science

www.unc.edu/depts/polisci

EVELYNE HUBER, Chair

Professors

Thad Beyle (3) State and Local, Policy Studies

Thomas Carsey (67) American Politics, Methods

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

Associate Professors

Susan Bickford (58) History of Political Thought, Feminist Theory, Democratic Theory

Mark Crescenzi (05) International Politics, Conflict Processes, Political Economy

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

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

Assistant Professors

Navin Bapat (68) International Relations, Insurgency and Terrorism

Erik Engstrom (14) American Politics, Legislative Politics

Stephen Gent (8) International Conflict, Civil Conflict, Game Theory

Cecilia Martinez-Gallardo (69) Comparative Politics, Latin American political institutions, Government Formation and Change

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

Professors Emeriti

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.

Admission

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.

Graduate Study in Political Science

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 M.A. 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.

Field and Course Requirements

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).

Ph.D. 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 Graduate Certificate

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 advisor 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

The Center for European Studies (CES) and the European Union Center of Excellence (EUCE) provide a focus for interdisciplinary and political research on Europe by funding faculty course development, research projects, research working groups and travel as well as funding graduate student research, travel and foreign language learning. In recent years the center has hosted international conferences on the European Union, regional regimes, comparative social policy and the political economy of capitalist democracies as well as hosting three doctoral dissertation workshops in conjunction with European universities. Graduate students are always closely involved in our conferences and activities. The center has established a master's degree program with tracks in Transatlantic Relations and European Governance in consortium with 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 of Excellence by the European Comission. We are also network coordinators for all commission-funded EU centers in the United States.

Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies

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 Louis Harris Data Center

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, more than 200 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.

Publications

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.

Courses for Graduates and Advanced Undergraduates

295 [190] DOMESTIC POLICY SEMINAR (PLCY 295) (3). Taught as part of the UNC–Chapel Hill Washington Policy Seminar, the course introduces students to domestic policy making from the federal perspective using readings and lectures from the Washington policy making community.

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 I: 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). Prerequisite, POLI 100 or 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 the main requirement. Fall. Staff.

406 STATE GOVERNMENTS: LABORATORIES OF DEMOCRACY (3). Advanced topics in state government and politics, including political behavior and processes, governmental institutions, public policies. Emphasis on how states serve as the laboratories of democracy in a federal system.

407 [132] HEALTH POLITICS AND POLICY (3). An analysis of health care policy 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 nonmarket 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 of theory and practice. Fall. MacKuen.

410 [155] THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES (3). A study of the fundamental principles of constitutional interpretation and practice in the United States by means of lectures, textbooks and cases. Emphasis will be 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 political problems created by the expansion of protection for individual liberties in the United States. Emphasis will be on contemporary problems with some supplemental historical background. 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). An overview of the theories, problems and practices of police, courts and corrections, and the values underlying our adversary system, especially with relation to constitutional principles, judicial integrity and racial discrimination. Fall. LeFebvre.

415 [159] CRIMINAL LAW (3). This course is concerned with traditional substantive criminal law: crime, defenses and excuses to criminal liability, issues of morality attached to criminal law, constitutional limitations on punishments. 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 roles of judges, juries, counsel, litigants and interested groups in adjudication processes. Fall. Unah.

417 [167] ADVANCED POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY (3). Prerequisite, POLI 215, 216 or 697. Examines in greater depth 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, POLI 100 and junior-senior standing. 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 United States Congress. Emphasis on representation, the legislative process and policy making. Fall. Engstrom.

421 EQUALITY UNDER THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION (3). An analysis of the legal and political issues regarding equality as interpreted by the United States Supreme Court.

422 CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS IN THE UNITED STATES (3). A historical and analytic examination of the fundamental freedoms contained in the Bill of Rights, including speech, press and religion.

423 PEACE SETTLEMENTS IN ETHNICALLY DIVIDED SOCIETIES (3). Examines political peace settlements as components of conflict resolution in ethnically or regionally divided societies. The course identifies the aspects of negotiated settlements which seek to manage civil conflict.

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.

431 AFRICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETIES (3). Prerequisite, AFRI 101 or POLI 131 or 241. The problems of race, class and ideology are explored in the countries south of the Zambezi River, along with the political and economic ties that bind these countries.

432 [113] TOLERANCE IN LIBERAL STATES (3). Prerequisite, POLI 100 or 239. This course will compare 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 Union in comparative perspective. 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 (Spanish) (3). Prerequisites, POLI 238 and SPAN 101–204 or equivalent intermediate-level language knowledge, or permission of the instructor. The analysis of central issues of democracy and development in Latin America. Spring. Hartlyn.

437 POLITICAL CHANGE IN ASIA (3). This course will address how various nations in Asia are handling the pressures of democratization, the globalization of "democratic norms," and internal challenges to authoritarian regimes. 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 (EURO 442) (3). Prerequisites, ECON 101 and POLI 150. Theories of international political economy, major trends in international economic relations, selected contemporary policy issues. Fall. McKeown, Oatley.

443 [144] AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY: FORMULATION AND CONDUCT (PWAD 443) (3). Prerequisite, POLI 150 or permission of the instructor. The role of Congress, the press, public opinion, the president, the secretary and the Department of State, the military and the intelligence community in making American foreign policy. 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. 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 231 and/or 238 or PWAD 231. A comprehensive analysis of hemispheric international relations and foreign policies of individual Latin American nations.

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 and the impact of the external environment and domestic policies on the White House and Department of State. Staff.

457 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.

459 [122] THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA (3). A comparative inquiry into contrasting cultures, values, attitudes and behavior patterns: Why can't and why don't the Russians want to be like Americans? Fall. Staff.

469 CONFLICT AND INTERVENTION IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA (PWAD 469, RUES 469) (3). Focuses on ethnic and political conflicts in the former Yugoslavia and efforts by the international community to end conflict and promote peace and reconstruction.

470 [161] SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (3). An examination of the logic of social and political thought with an analysis of such concepts as society, state, power, authority, freedom, social and political obligation, law, rights. Fall or spring.

471 [166] RECENT CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THOUGHT (3). Survey of the historical foundations, central tenets and political consequences of prominent 20th-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 in democratic theory including definitions, presuppositions and justifications of democracy, liberty, equality, minority rights, public interest, participation, dissent and civil disobedience. Fall. Bickford, Lienesch.

473 POLITICS AND LITERATURE (3). Identifies and interprets political ideas using historical and contemporary literary sources. Examines literature as political practice.

474 RELIGION AND POLITICS (3). Examines the relationship between religion and politics, with emphasis on the United States. Topics include church-state issues, religious-political movements, religion and public policy, religion and voting.

475 [163] MARXISM AND SOCIALISM (3). A 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). Prerequisite, POLI/WMST 265. Examines in greater depth and complexity current issues in feminist political theory. Topics: theories of subjectivity and solidarity, feminist poststructuralist and post-Marxist thinking, gender in the public sphere. Fall and spring. Bickford.

697 [094B] THEORY AND PRACTICE OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT (3). Theories of representative government with special emphasis upon those derived from modern social choice theory.

698 PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS ,AND ECONOMICS II: CAPSTONE COURSE (ECON 698, PHIL 698) (3). Prerequisites, PHIL 384 and permission of the instructor. This capstone course advances PHIL 384, focusing on such theoretical and philosophical issues as the analysis of rights or distributive justice and the institutional implications of moral forms.

Courses for Graduates

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 noneconomic 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, 20th-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 I (3). An introduction to modern political thought, its major thinkers and issues. Fall or spring. Leonard, Lienesch, Bickford.

772 [265] MODERN POLITICAL THEORY II (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, poststructuralism. 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 noncooperative 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 19th- and 20th-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.