International Relations and Comparative Government

242. International Politics
How and why states compete and cooperate internationally. Addresses concepts such as the balance of power between states, collective security through treaties and international organizations, nuclear deterrence, and the growing influence of non-Western states. Typically includes historical and current case studies. (Social Science) YAMANISHI 

243. Comparative Politics
Various types of political systems, including liberal democracies, current and former communist systems, and mixed systems of the developing world. (Social Science) A. THOMAS, YAMANISHI

330. Women and Politics: A Cross-National Perspective
This course examines a variety of issues and debates within the field of Political Science that are particularly relevant to the study of women and politics. The course will examine women's participation in formal politics in a comparative perspective, by focusing on women's roles as voters, candidates, and officeholders. Course materials include case studies from various countries. Prerequisite: POL 243. Alternate years. (Social Science) A. THOMAS 

331. Gender and Development
This course will critically investigate the complex ways in which gender relationships shape history, ideology, economy, and polity in developing countries. The role and status of Asian women will be examined to enable students to compare and contrast non-Western experiences with Western experiences. The forces of modernity and the impact on colonialism will also be discussed especially in relation to the economic and political conditions of the non-Western world and development. Prerequisite: POL 243. Alternate years. (Social Science) A. THOMAS 

332. Human Rights
Practices and characteristics of governments and non-governmental actors that abuse and protect human rights, history of the concept and treatment of rights, justifications for the protection of rights, differences between categories of rights, prospects for the improved protection of rights through international and domestic action. Prerequisite: junior standing. Alternate years. (Social Science) YAMANISHI 

333. International Organizations
History, present characteristics, and future prospects of efforts to establish international order through global and regional integration and governance, the development of international law, the activity of internationally-oriented non-state actors and social movements, and resistance thereto. Prerequisite: POL 242. Alternate years. (Social Science) YAMANISHI 

334. Strategies to Alleviate Poverty
The course explores the nature of poverty in the developing world. What causes it? What behaviors does it induce? Emphasis is on discussing various institutional factors that lead to poverty. The course will explore strategies and programs designed to alleviate poverty at the international, national and local levels, and analyze the role of the World Bank, national governments and non-governmental organizations in eliminating poverty. Can poverty be eradicated and if so, can the solution be found in capitalism itself? If not, is there a viable alternative? Prerequisite: POL 242 or 243. Alternate years. (Social Science) A. THOMAS

335-339. Seminar in International Relations and Comparative Government
Examination of a particular topic or issue in international relations or in comparative government. Content varies from year to year. See Topics Courses. Prerequisite: POL 242 or 243. Offered subject to availability of faculty. (Social Science)

341. Latin American Politics
History, present characteristics, and future prospects of political systems in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Addresses decolonization, authoritarianism, democratization, human rights, the political effects of social institutions and economic crises, and foreign relations with the US and other powers. Prerequisite: POL 243, LAS 141, or HIS 141. Alternate years. (Social Science) YAMANISHI 

346. Political Economy of Developing Countries
Political-economic systems of selected developing countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Discussions of independence movements, post-independence experiences of civilian rule, civil-military relations, and the evolving relationships between politics and economics in these countries. Prerequisite: POL 243. Alternate years. (Social Science) A. THOMAS 

348. U.S. Foreign Policy
Process by which U.S. foreign policy is made and implemented, focusing on contemporary cases. Emphasis on how the political process and distribution of authority affect policy. Prerequisite: POL 242. (Social Science) YAMANISHI 

349. International Political Economy
Analysis of the interrelationships between the international political and economic systems since 1945. Emphasis upon U.S.-Western European-Japanese and Western industrialized-Third World political-economic relations. Prerequisites: POL 242 and ECB 101. Alternate years. (Social Science) YAMANISHI