POLISCI 18N:
Civil War and International Politics: Syria in Context
How and why do civil wars start, drag on, and end? What does focus of post-Cold War U.S. foreign policy on countries torn apart by civil war tell us about contemporary international relations? We consider these and related questions, with the conflict in Syria as our main case study.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
POLISCI 24Q:
Law and Order
Preference to sophomores. The role of law in promoting social order. What is the rule of law? How does it differ from the rule of men? What institutions best support the rule of law? Is a state needed to ensure that laws are enforced? Should victims be allowed to avenge wrongs? What is the relationship between justice and mercy?
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
POLISCI 25N:
The US Congress in Historical and Comparative Perspective
This course traces the development of legislatures from their medieval European origins to the present, with primary emphasis on the case of the U.S. Congress. Students will learn about the early role played by assemblies in placing limits on royal power, especially via the ¿power of the purse.¿ About half the course will then turn to a more detailed consideration of the U.S. Congress¿s contemporary performance, analyzing how that performance is affected by procedural legacies from the past that affect most democratic legislatures worldwide.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
POLISCI 101:
Introduction to International Relations
(Formerly POLISCI 1) Approaches to the study of conflict and cooperation in world affairs. Applications to war, terrorism, trade policy, the environment, and world poverty. Debates about the ethics of war and the global distribution of wealth.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-AQR, WAY-SI
POLISCI 103:
Justice (ETHICSOC 171, IPS 208, PHIL 171, PHIL 271, POLISCI 136S, POLISCI 336S, PUBLPOL 103C, PUBLPOL 307)
Focus is on the ideal of a just society, and the place of liberty and equality in it, in light of contemporary theories of justice and political controversies. Topics include financing schools and elections, regulating markets, discriminating against people with disabilities, and enforcing sexual morality. Counts as Writing in the Major for PoliSci majors.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-ER
POLISCI 114D:
Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (INTNLREL 114D, IPS 230, POLISCI 314D)
Links among the establishment of democracy, economic growth, and the rule of law. How democratic, economically developed states arise. How the rule of law can be established where it has been historically absent. Variations in how such systems function and the consequences of institutional forms and choices. How democratic systems have arisen in different parts of the world. Available policy instruments used in international democracy, rule of law, and development promotion efforts.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
POLISCI 118P:
U.S. Relations in Iran
The evolution of relations between the U.S. and Iran. The years after WW II when the U.S. became more involved in Iran. Relations after the victory of the Islamic republic. The current state of affairs and the prospects for the future. Emphasis is on original documents of U.S. diplomacy (White House, State Department, and the U.S. Embassy in Iran). Research paper.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
POLISCI 120C:
What's Wrong with American Government? An Institutional Approach (PUBLPOL 124)
How politicians, once elected, work together to govern America. The roles of the President, Congress, and Courts in making and enforcing laws. Focus is on the impact of constitutional rules on the incentives of each branch, and on how they influence law. Fulfills the Writing in the Major Requirement for Political Science majors.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
POLISCI 122:
Introduction to American Law (AMSTUD 179, PUBLPOL 302A)
For undergraduates. The structure of the American legal system including the courts; American legal culture; the legal profession and its social role; the scope and reach of the legal system; the background and impact of legal regulation; criminal justice; civil rights and civil liberties; and the relationship between the American legal system and American society in general.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
POLISCI 124R:
The Federal System: Judicial Politics and Constitutional Law
Does the constitution matter? And if so, how exactly does it shape our daily lives? In this course, we will examine the impact of structural features, such as the separation of powers and federalism. While these features often seem boring and unimportant, they are not. As we will see, arguments over structure were at the heart of the debates over slavery, the incarceration of the Japanese during WWII, the drug war and gay marriage. Prerequisites: 2 or equivalent, and sophomore standing. Fulfills Writing in the Major requirement for PoliSci majors.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
POLISCI 125M:
Latino Social Movements (CHILATST 181)
Historically significant and contemporary political and social movements in Latino communities in the U.S., with a focus on events of the modern era such as the Spring 2006 marches and student walkouts, the 2009 Basta Dobbs campaign, the 2010 resistance to Arizona's SB1070, and ongoing efforts in 2014 and 2015 related to detention and deportation policies.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
POLISCI 131L:
Modern Political Thought: Machiavelli to Marx and Mill (ETHICSOC 131S)
This course offers an introduction to the history of Western political thought from the late fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries. We will consider the development of ideas like individual rights, government by consent, and the protection of private property. We will also explore the ways in which these ideas continue to animate contemporary political debates. Thinkers covered will include: Niccolò Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Edmund Burke, John Stuart Mill, and Karl Marx.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-A-II, WAY-ER
POLISCI 136S:
Justice (ETHICSOC 171, IPS 208, PHIL 171, PHIL 271, POLISCI 103, POLISCI 336S, PUBLPOL 103C, PUBLPOL 307)
Focus is on the ideal of a just society, and the place of liberty and equality in it, in light of contemporary theories of justice and political controversies. Topics include financing schools and elections, regulating markets, discriminating against people with disabilities, and enforcing sexual morality. Counts as Writing in the Major for PoliSci majors.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-ER
POLISCI 143S:
Comparative Corruption (SOC 113)
Causes, effects, and solutions to various forms of corruption in business and politics in both developing regions (e.g. Asia, E. Europe) and developed ones (the US and the EU).
Terms: Aut, Sum
| Units: 4-5
POLISCI 144A:
Revolution and Reconciliation Through Film
The course uses the Spanish political experience in the 20th Century, both in the Spanish civil war and in its transition to democracy in the late 1970s, as a starting point, to focus on the human and social effects of the numerous political upheavals in the transitions from democracy to authoritarianism and back again. Using films about revolutionary change in several different societies, we will treat these as the `texts¿ to motivate our thinking, and examine both the process of social breakdown during periods of civil strife and the role of reconciliation in the reconstruction of societies. We will focus on multiple elements of social consequences in political transitions, including gender, children, non-violent resistance, racism, social class, and the role of the United States. Course requirements will include weekly film screening, discussion, and two critical response papers written across the quarter.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
POLISCI 146A:
African Politics (AFRICAAM 146A)
Africa has lagged the rest of the developing world in terms of economic development, the establishment of social order, and the consolidation of democracy. This course seeks to identify the historical and political sources accounting for this lag, and to provide extensive case study and statistical material to understand what sustains it, and how it might be overcome.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-EDP
POLISCI 150A:
Data Science for Politics (POLISCI 355A)
Data science is quickly changing the way we understand and and engage in the political process. In this course we will develop fundamental techniques of data science and apply them to large political datasets on elections, campaign finance, lobbying, and more. The objective is to give students the skills to carry out cutting edge quantitative political studies in both academia and the private sector. Students with technical backgrounds looking to study politics quantitatively are encouraged to enroll.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-AQR
POLISCI 216:
State Building
How and when can external actors (others states, aid agencies, NGOs?) promote institutional change in weak and badly governed states?
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
POLISCI 219:
Directed Reading and Research in International Relations
May be repeated for credit. Requires a petition that can be found on our Political Science website.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-10
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Blacker, C. (PI);
Blaydes, L. (PI);
Brady, D. (PI);
Cohen, J. (PI);
Cox, G. (PI);
Diamond, L. (PI);
Fearon, J. (PI);
Fiorina, M. (PI);
Frisby, T. (PI);
Goldstein, J. (PI);
Grimmer, J. (PI);
Haber, S. (PI);
Hainmueller, J. (PI);
Holloway, D. (PI);
Ish Shalom, P. (PI);
Iyengar, S. (PI);
Jackman, S. (PI);
Jusko, K. (PI);
Karl, T. (PI);
Krasner, S. (PI);
Krosnick, J. (PI);
Laitin, D. (PI);
Lipscy, P. (PI);
Magaloni-Kerpel, B. (PI);
McFaul, M. (PI);
Milani, A. (PI);
Moe, T. (PI);
Ober, J. (PI);
Oi, J. (PI);
Rakove, J. (PI);
Reich, R. (PI);
Rice, C. (PI);
Rivers, D. (PI);
Rodden, J. (PI);
Rutten, A. (PI);
Sagan, S. (PI);
Scheve, K. (PI);
Schultz, K. (PI);
Segura, G. (PI);
Sniderman, P. (PI);
Stacy, H. (PI);
Stedman, S. (PI);
Stoner, K. (PI);
Tomz, M. (PI);
Wand, J. (PI);
Weingast, B. (PI);
Weinstein, J. (PI)
POLISCI 220R:
The Presidency (POLISCI 320R)
This course provides students with a comprehensive perspective on the American presidency and covers a range of topics: elections, policy making, control of the bureaucracy, unilateral action, war-making, and much more. But throughout, the goal is to understand why presidents behave as they do, and why the presidency as an institution has developed as it has¿with special attention to the dynamics of the American political system and how they condition incentives, opportunities, and power.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
POLISCI 226:
Race and Racism in American Politics (AMSTUD 226, CSRE 226, POLISCI 326)
Topics include the historical conceptualization of race; whether and how racial animus reveals itself and the forms it might take; its role in the creation and maintenance of economic stratification; its effect on contemporary U.S. partisan and electoral politics; and policy making consequences.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
POLISCI 226U:
Approaches to American Legal History (HISTORY 253D)
Legal history, once primarily devoted to exploring legal doctrines and key judicial opinions and thus of interest mainly to legal scholars and lawyers,now resembles historical writing more generally; the study of legal ideas and practices is increasingly integrated with social, intellectual, cultural, and political history. Recent writings in American legal history; how the field reflects developments in historical writing; and how the use of legal materials affects understanding of American history.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
POLISCI 229:
Directed Reading and Research in American Politics
May be repeated for credit. Requires a petition that can be found on our Political Science website.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-10
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Blaydes, L. (PI);
Bonica, A. (PI);
Brady, D. (PI);
Cohen, J. (PI);
Cox, G. (PI);
Fearon, J. (PI);
Fiorina, M. (PI);
Frisby, T. (PI);
Fukuyama, F. (PI);
Goldstein, J. (PI);
Grimmer, J. (PI);
Haber, S. (PI);
Holloway, D. (PI);
Iyengar, S. (PI);
Jackman, S. (PI);
Jusko, K. (PI);
Karl, T. (PI);
Krasner, S. (PI);
Krosnick, J. (PI);
Laitin, D. (PI);
Lipscy, P. (PI);
Magaloni-Kerpel, B. (PI);
McFaul, M. (PI);
Milani, A. (PI);
Moe, T. (PI);
Nall, C. (PI);
Ober, J. (PI);
Oi, J. (PI);
Persily, N. (PI);
Rakove, J. (PI);
Reich, R. (PI);
Rivers, D. (PI);
Rodden, J. (PI);
Rutten, A. (PI);
Sagan, S. (PI);
Schultz, K. (PI);
Segura, G. (PI);
Sniderman, P. (PI);
Stoner, K. (PI);
Tomz, M. (PI);
Wand, J. (PI);
Weingast, B. (PI);
Weinstein, J. (PI);
Sze, E. (GP)
POLISCI 239:
Directed Reading and Research in Political Theory
May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-10
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Brady, D. (PI);
Chapman, E. (PI);
Cohen, J. (PI);
Cox, G. (PI);
Grimmer, J. (PI);
McQueen, A. (PI);
Ober, J. (PI);
Rakove, J. (PI);
Reich, R. (PI);
Sievers, B. (PI);
Weingast, B. (PI)
POLISCI 241S:
Spatial Approaches to Social Science (ANTHRO 130D, ANTHRO 230D, URBANST 124)
This multidisciplinary course combines different approaches to how GIS and spatial tools can be applied in social science research. We take a collaborative, project oriented approach to bring together technical expertise and substantive applications from several social science disciplines. The course aims to integrate tools, methods, and current debates in social science research and will enable students to engage in critical spatial research and a multidisciplinary dialogue around geographic space.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-AQR, WAY-SI
POLISCI 244U:
Political Culture (POLISCI 344U)
Implications of cultural coordination and cultural difference for political processes and institutions. Prerequisite: 4 or equivalent.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
POLISCI 246P:
The Dynamics of Change in Africa (AFRICAST 301A, HISTORY 246, HISTORY 346, POLISCI 346P)
Crossdisciplinary colloquium; required for the M.A. degree in African Studies. Open to advanced undergraduates and PhD students. Addresses critical issues including patterns of economic collapse and recovery; political change and democratization; and political violence, civil war, and genocide. Focus on cross-cutting issues including the impact of colonialism; the role of religion, ethnicity, and inequality; and Africa's engagement with globalization.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
POLISCI 247A:
Games Developing Nations Play (ECON 162, POLISCI 347A)
If, as economists argue, development can make everyone in a society better off, why do leaders fail to pursue policies that promote development? The course uses game theoretic approaches from both economics and political science to address this question. Incentive problems are at the heart of explanations for development failure. Specifically, the course focuses on a series of questions central to the development problem: Why do developing countries have weak and often counterproductive political institutions? Why is violence (civil wars, ethnic conflict, military coups) so prevalent in the developing world, and how does it interact with development? Why do developing economies fail to generate high levels of income and wealth? We study how various kinds of development traps arise, preventing development for most countries. We also explain how some countries have overcome such traps. This approach emphasizes the importance of simultaneous economic and political development as two different facets of the same developmental process. No background in game theory is required.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 5
POLISCI 249:
Directed Reading and Research in Comparative Politics
May be repeated for credit. Requires a petition that can be found on our Political Science website.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-10
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Blaydes, L. (PI);
Brady, D. (PI);
Cohen, J. (PI);
Cox, G. (PI);
Diamond, L. (PI);
Dorfman, G. (PI);
Fearon, J. (PI);
Fiorina, M. (PI);
Frisby, T. (PI);
Goldstein, J. (PI);
Grimmer, J. (PI);
Haber, S. (PI);
Holloway, D. (PI);
Iyengar, S. (PI);
Jackman, S. (PI);
Jusko, K. (PI);
Karl, T. (PI);
Krasner, S. (PI);
Krosnick, J. (PI);
Laitin, D. (PI);
Lipscy, P. (PI);
Magaloni-Kerpel, B. (PI);
McFaul, M. (PI);
Milani, A. (PI);
Miller, A. (PI);
Moe, T. (PI);
Ober, J. (PI);
Oi, J. (PI);
Rakove, J. (PI);
Reich, R. (PI);
Rivers, D. (PI);
Rodden, J. (PI);
Rutten, A. (PI);
Sagan, S. (PI);
Schultz, K. (PI);
Segura, G. (PI);
Sniderman, P. (PI);
Stacy, H. (PI);
Stedman, S. (PI);
Stoner, K. (PI);
Tomz, M. (PI);
Wand, J. (PI);
Weingast, B. (PI);
Weinstein, J. (PI);
Young, P. (PI)
POLISCI 259:
Directed Reading and Research in Political Methodology
May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-10
| Repeatable
for credit
POLISCI 299A:
Honors Thesis
Students conduct independent research work towards a senior honors thesis. Restricted to students in the Research Track Honors Program in Political Science.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
POLISCI 299Q:
Honors Thesis Seminar
Restricted to Research Honors Track students who have completed PoliSci 291, 292, and 293.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
POLISCI 314D:
Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (INTNLREL 114D, IPS 230, POLISCI 114D)
Links among the establishment of democracy, economic growth, and the rule of law. How democratic, economically developed states arise. How the rule of law can be established where it has been historically absent. Variations in how such systems function and the consequences of institutional forms and choices. How democratic systems have arisen in different parts of the world. Available policy instruments used in international democracy, rule of law, and development promotion efforts.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
POLISCI 319:
Directed Reading in International Relations
May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-10
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Blacker, C. (PI);
Blaydes, L. (PI);
Bonica, A. (PI);
Brady, D. (PI);
Cohen, J. (PI);
Cox, G. (PI);
Crenshaw, M. (PI);
Fearon, J. (PI);
Fiorina, M. (PI);
Goldstein, J. (PI);
Grimmer, J. (PI);
Haber, S. (PI);
Holloway, D. (PI);
Iyengar, S. (PI);
Jackman, S. (PI);
Jusko, K. (PI);
Karl, T. (PI);
Krasner, S. (PI);
Krosnick, J. (PI);
Laitin, D. (PI);
Lipscy, P. (PI);
Magaloni-Kerpel, B. (PI);
McFaul, M. (PI);
McQueen, A. (PI);
Moe, T. (PI);
Nall, C. (PI);
Ober, J. (PI);
Oi, J. (PI);
Rakove, J. (PI);
Reich, R. (PI);
Rice, C. (PI);
Rivers, D. (PI);
Rodden, J. (PI);
Sagan, S. (PI);
Schultz, K. (PI);
Segura, G. (PI);
Sniderman, P. (PI);
Tomz, M. (PI);
Wand, J. (PI);
Weingast, B. (PI);
Weinstein, J. (PI)
POLISCI 320R:
The Presidency (POLISCI 220R)
This course provides students with a comprehensive perspective on the American presidency and covers a range of topics: elections, policy making, control of the bureaucracy, unilateral action, war-making, and much more. But throughout, the goal is to understand why presidents behave as they do, and why the presidency as an institution has developed as it has¿with special attention to the dynamics of the American political system and how they condition incentives, opportunities, and power.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
POLISCI 324:
Graduate Seminar in Political Psychology (COMM 308)
For students interested in research in political science, psychology, or communication. Methodological techniques for studying political attitudes and behaviors. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
POLISCI 326:
Race and Racism in American Politics (AMSTUD 226, CSRE 226, POLISCI 226)
Topics include the historical conceptualization of race; whether and how racial animus reveals itself and the forms it might take; its role in the creation and maintenance of economic stratification; its effect on contemporary U.S. partisan and electoral politics; and policy making consequences.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
POLISCI 329:
Directed Reading and Research in American Politics
May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-10
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Blaydes, L. (PI);
Bonica, A. (PI);
Brady, D. (PI);
Cain, B. (PI);
Cohen, J. (PI);
Cox, G. (PI);
Fearon, J. (PI);
Fiorina, M. (PI);
Goldstein, J. (PI);
Grimmer, J. (PI);
Haber, S. (PI);
Holloway, D. (PI);
Iyengar, S. (PI);
Jackman, S. (PI);
Jusko, K. (PI);
Karl, T. (PI);
Krasner, S. (PI);
Krosnick, J. (PI);
Laitin, D. (PI);
Lipscy, P. (PI);
Magaloni-Kerpel, B. (PI);
Malhotra, N. (PI);
McFaul, M. (PI);
McQueen, A. (PI);
Moe, T. (PI);
Nall, C. (PI);
Ober, J. (PI);
Oi, J. (PI);
Rakove, J. (PI);
Reich, R. (PI);
Rivers, D. (PI);
Rodden, J. (PI);
Sagan, S. (PI);
Schultz, K. (PI);
Segura, G. (PI);
Sniderman, P. (PI);
Tomz, M. (PI);
Wand, J. (PI);
Weingast, B. (PI);
Weinstein, J. (PI)
POLISCI 334:
Philanthropy and Civil Society (EDUC 374, SOC 374)
Cross-listed with Law (LAW 781), Political Science (POLISCI 334) and Sociology (SOC 374). Associated with the Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS). Year-long workshop for doctoral students and advanced undergraduates writing senior theses on the nature of civil society or philanthropy. Focus is on pursuit of progressive research and writing contributing to the current scholarly knowledge of the nonprofit sector and philanthropy. Accomplished in a large part through peer review. Readings include recent scholarship in aforementioned fields. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 9 units.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
(up to 297 units total)
POLISCI 336S:
Justice (ETHICSOC 171, IPS 208, PHIL 171, PHIL 271, POLISCI 103, POLISCI 136S, PUBLPOL 103C, PUBLPOL 307)
Focus is on the ideal of a just society, and the place of liberty and equality in it, in light of contemporary theories of justice and political controversies. Topics include financing schools and elections, regulating markets, discriminating against people with disabilities, and enforcing sexual morality. Counts as Writing in the Major for PoliSci majors.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
POLISCI 339:
Directed Reading and Research in Political Theory
May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Blaydes, L. (PI);
Brady, D. (PI);
Cohen, J. (PI);
Cox, G. (PI);
Fearon, J. (PI);
Fiorina, M. (PI);
Fukuyama, F. (PI);
Goldstein, J. (PI);
Grimmer, J. (PI);
Haber, S. (PI);
Holloway, D. (PI);
Iyengar, S. (PI);
Jackman, S. (PI);
Jusko, K. (PI);
Karl, T. (PI);
Krasner, S. (PI);
Krosnick, J. (PI);
Laitin, D. (PI);
Lipscy, P. (PI);
Magaloni-Kerpel, B. (PI);
McFaul, M. (PI);
McQueen, A. (PI);
Moe, T. (PI);
Ober, J. (PI);
Oi, J. (PI);
Rakove, J. (PI);
Reich, R. (PI);
Rivers, D. (PI);
Rodden, J. (PI);
Sagan, S. (PI);
Schultz, K. (PI);
Segura, G. (PI);
Sniderman, P. (PI);
Tomz, M. (PI);
Wand, J. (PI);
Weingast, B. (PI);
Weinstein, J. (PI)
POLISCI 344:
Politics and Geography
The role of geography in topics in political economy, including development, political representation, voting, redistribution, regional autonomy movements, fiscal competition, and federalism.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
POLISCI 344U:
Political Culture (POLISCI 244U)
Implications of cultural coordination and cultural difference for political processes and institutions. Prerequisite: 4 or equivalent.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
POLISCI 346P:
The Dynamics of Change in Africa (AFRICAST 301A, HISTORY 246, HISTORY 346, POLISCI 246P)
Crossdisciplinary colloquium; required for the M.A. degree in African Studies. Open to advanced undergraduates and PhD students. Addresses critical issues including patterns of economic collapse and recovery; political change and democratization; and political violence, civil war, and genocide. Focus on cross-cutting issues including the impact of colonialism; the role of religion, ethnicity, and inequality; and Africa's engagement with globalization.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
POLISCI 347A:
Games Developing Nations Play (ECON 162, POLISCI 247A)
If, as economists argue, development can make everyone in a society better off, why do leaders fail to pursue policies that promote development? The course uses game theoretic approaches from both economics and political science to address this question. Incentive problems are at the heart of explanations for development failure. Specifically, the course focuses on a series of questions central to the development problem: Why do developing countries have weak and often counterproductive political institutions? Why is violence (civil wars, ethnic conflict, military coups) so prevalent in the developing world, and how does it interact with development? Why do developing economies fail to generate high levels of income and wealth? We study how various kinds of development traps arise, preventing development for most countries. We also explain how some countries have overcome such traps. This approach emphasizes the importance of simultaneous economic and political development as two different facets of the same developmental process. No background in game theory is required.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 5
POLISCI 349:
Directed Reading and Research in Comparative Politics
May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-10
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Blaydes, L. (PI);
Bonica, A. (PI);
Brady, D. (PI);
Cohen, J. (PI);
Cox, G. (PI);
Diamond, L. (PI);
Fearon, J. (PI);
Fiorina, M. (PI);
Fukuyama, F. (PI);
Goldstein, J. (PI);
Grimmer, J. (PI);
Haber, S. (PI);
Holloway, D. (PI);
Iyengar, S. (PI);
Jackman, S. (PI);
Jusko, K. (PI);
Karl, T. (PI);
Krasner, S. (PI);
Krosnick, J. (PI);
Laitin, D. (PI);
Lipscy, P. (PI);
Magaloni-Kerpel, B. (PI);
McFaul, M. (PI);
McQueen, A. (PI);
Milani, A. (PI);
Moe, T. (PI);
Nall, C. (PI);
Ober, J. (PI);
Oi, J. (PI);
Rakove, J. (PI);
Reich, R. (PI);
Rivers, D. (PI);
Rodden, J. (PI);
Sagan, S. (PI);
Scheve, K. (PI);
Schultz, K. (PI);
Segura, G. (PI);
Sniderman, P. (PI);
Stoner, K. (PI);
Tomz, M. (PI);
Wand, J. (PI);
Weingast, B. (PI);
Weinstein, J. (PI)
POLISCI 350A:
Political Methodology I: Regression
Introduction to statistical research in political science, with a focus on linear regression. Teaches students how to apply multiple regression models as used in much of political science research. Also covers elements of probability and sampling theory.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
POLISCI 350D:
Political Methodology IV: Advanced Topics
Covers advanced statistical tools that are useful for empirical research in political science. Possible topics include missing data, survey sampling and experimental designs for field research, machine learning, text mining, clustering, Bayesian methods, spatial statistics, and web scraping.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
POLISCI 351A:
Foundations of Political Economy
Introduction to political economy with an emphasis on formal models of collective choice, public institutions, and political competition. Topics include voting theory, social choice, institutional equilibria, agenda setting, interest group politics, bureaucratic behavior, and electoral competition.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
POLISCI 353A:
Workshop in Statistical Modeling
Theoretical aspects and empirical applications of statistical modeling in the social sciences. Guest speakers. Students present a research paper. Prerequisite: 350B or equivalent. May be repeat for credit.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
(up to 99 units total)
POLISCI 355A:
Data Science for Politics (POLISCI 150A)
Data science is quickly changing the way we understand and and engage in the political process. In this course we will develop fundamental techniques of data science and apply them to large political datasets on elections, campaign finance, lobbying, and more. The objective is to give students the skills to carry out cutting edge quantitative political studies in both academia and the private sector. Students with technical backgrounds looking to study politics quantitatively are encouraged to enroll.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
POLISCI 359:
Advanced Individual Study in Political Methodology
May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-10
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Acharya, A. (PI);
Blaydes, L. (PI);
Bonica, A. (PI);
Brady, D. (PI);
Cohen, J. (PI);
Cox, G. (PI);
Fearon, J. (PI);
Fiorina, M. (PI);
Goldstein, J. (PI);
Grimmer, J. (PI);
Haber, S. (PI);
Hainmueller, J. (PI);
Hall, A. (PI);
Holloway, D. (PI);
Iyengar, S. (PI);
Jackman, S. (PI);
Jusko, K. (PI);
Karl, T. (PI);
Krasner, S. (PI);
Krosnick, J. (PI);
Laitin, D. (PI);
Lipscy, P. (PI);
Magaloni-Kerpel, B. (PI);
Malhotra, N. (PI);
McFaul, M. (PI);
McQueen, A. (PI);
Moe, T. (PI);
Nall, C. (PI);
Ober, J. (PI);
Oi, J. (PI);
Rakove, J. (PI);
Reich, R. (PI);
Rivers, D. (PI);
Rodden, J. (PI);
Sagan, S. (PI);
Schultz, K. (PI);
Segura, G. (PI);
Sniderman, P. (PI);
Tomz, M. (PI);
Wand, J. (PI);
Weingast, B. (PI);
Weinstein, J. (PI)
POLISCI 400:
Dissertation
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-10
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Blaydes, L. (PI);
Bonica, A. (PI);
Brady, D. (PI);
Cain, B. (PI);
Cohen, J. (PI);
Cox, G. (PI);
Fearon, J. (PI);
Fiorina, M. (PI);
Goldstein, J. (PI);
Grimmer, J. (PI);
Haber, S. (PI);
Holloway, D. (PI);
Iyengar, S. (PI);
Jackman, S. (PI);
Jusko, K. (PI);
Karl, T. (PI);
Krasner, S. (PI);
Krosnick, J. (PI);
Laitin, D. (PI);
Lipscy, P. (PI);
Magaloni-Kerpel, B. (PI);
McFaul, M. (PI);
McQueen, A. (PI);
Moe, T. (PI);
Nall, C. (PI);
Ober, J. (PI);
Oi, J. (PI);
Rakove, J. (PI);
Reich, R. (PI);
Rivers, D. (PI);
Rodden, J. (PI);
Sagan, S. (PI);
Scheve, K. (PI);
Schultz, K. (PI);
Segura, G. (PI);
Sniderman, P. (PI);
Tomz, M. (PI);
Wand, J. (PI);
Weingast, B. (PI);
Weinstein, J. (PI)
POLISCI 410A:
International Relations Theory, Part I
First of a three-part graduate sequence. History of international relations, current debates, and applications to problems of international security and political economy.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
POLISCI 411A:
Workshop in International Relations
For graduate students. Contemporary work. Organized around presentation of research by students and outside scholars. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
POLISCI 420A:
American Political Institutions
Theories of American politics, focusing on Congress, the presidency, the bureaucracy, and the courts.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
POLISCI 422:
Workshop in American Politics
Research seminar. Frontiers in mass political behavior. Sources include data sets from the 2004 election cycle. Prerequisite: 420B or equivalent. Course may be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
POLISCI 432R:
Selections in Modern Political Thought
This graduate-level seminar explores selections from the canon of Western political thought from the late fifteenth through nineteenth centuries. Throughout the course, we will engage in close textual readings of individual thinkers and consider some of the larger questions raised by political modernity. The Fall 2015 offering of the course will focus on the three modern social contract thinkers: Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
POLISCI 433:
Workshop in Political Theory
For graduate students. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
for credit
POLISCI 440A:
Theories in Comparative Politics
Required of Political Science Ph.D. students with comparative politics as first or second concentration; others by consent of instructor. Theories addressing major concerns in the comparative field including democracy, regime change, the state, revolutions, national heterogeneity, and economic performance.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
POLISCI 440D:
Workshop in Comparative Politics
Faculty, guest speakers, and graduate students conducting research in comparative politics present work-in-progress. Graduate students may enroll for up to 5 total units apportioned by quarter. Auditors welcome. Course may be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
for credit
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 0
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Blaydes, L. (PI);
Bonica, A. (PI);
Brady, D. (PI);
Cohen, J. (PI);
Cox, G. (PI);
Fearon, J. (PI);
Fiorina, M. (PI);
Goldstein, J. (PI);
Grimmer, J. (PI);
Haber, S. (PI);
Holloway, D. (PI);
Iyengar, S. (PI);
Jackman, S. (PI);
Jusko, K. (PI);
Karl, T. (PI);
Krasner, S. (PI);
Krosnick, J. (PI);
Laitin, D. (PI);
Lipscy, P. (PI);
Magaloni-Kerpel, B. (PI);
McFaul, M. (PI);
McQueen, A. (PI);
Moe, T. (PI);
Nall, C. (PI);
Ober, J. (PI);
Oi, J. (PI);
Rakove, J. (PI);
Reich, R. (PI);
Rivers, D. (PI);
Rodden, J. (PI);
Sagan, S. (PI);
Schultz, K. (PI);
Segura, G. (PI);
Sniderman, P. (PI);
Tomz, M. (PI);
Wand, J. (PI);
Weingast, B. (PI);
Weinstein, J. (PI)
POLISCI 802:
TGR Dissertation
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 0
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Bendor, J. (PI);
Blaydes, L. (PI);
Bonica, A. (PI);
Brady, D. (PI);
Cohen, J. (PI);
Cox, G. (PI);
Fearon, J. (PI);
Fiorina, M. (PI);
Goldstein, J. (PI);
Grimmer, J. (PI);
Haber, S. (PI);
Hainmueller, J. (PI);
Holloway, D. (PI);
Iyengar, S. (PI);
Jackman, S. (PI);
Jusko, K. (PI);
Karl, T. (PI);
Krasner, S. (PI);
Krosnick, J. (PI);
Laitin, D. (PI);
Lipscy, P. (PI);
Magaloni-Kerpel, B. (PI);
McFaul, M. (PI);
McQueen, A. (PI);
Moe, T. (PI);
Nall, C. (PI);
Ober, J. (PI);
Oi, J. (PI);
Rakove, J. (PI);
Reich, R. (PI);
Rivers, D. (PI);
Rodden, J. (PI);
Sagan, S. (PI);
Satz, D. (PI);
Schultz, K. (PI);
Segura, G. (PI);
Sniderman, P. (PI);
Tomz, M. (PI);
Wand, J. (PI);
Weingast, B. (PI);
Weinstein, J. (PI)
