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Primary problems and conflicts in the contemporary Islamic world and its relations with the West, as well as the relationship between Spain and Islam throughout history. Special attention to the history of al-Andalus, an Islamic state in the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages, evaluating the importance of its legacy in Europe and in contemporary Spain. Spain's leading role in relations between Europe and the Mediterranean Islamic states from the Modern Era to the present day.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom
Instructors:
Ariza Armada, A. (PI)
OSPMOSC 72: Space, Politics, and Modernity in Russia
The idea of space as a key to understanding Russian politics and governance, economy, society, and culture. Phenomenology of Russian space: structure, topology, and features, including notions of enormity. Space in its relation to state power; how geography shaped Russian history and politics. Reification of space-state relationship on levels such as economy, politics and administration, security and social mobility, nationalism and imperialism, culture and language, and habits and ways.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI
OSPOXFRD 18: Making Public Policy: An Introduction to Political Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
UK and U.S. What should society look like? How should incomes be distributed? How should it be taxed? How much inequality is acceptable? The overlap of economics with practical politics through political philosophy behind the government decisions; how public policy ought to be formulated. Issues include poverty, environmental policy, trade and globalization, and transport.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom
OSPOXFRD 42: Comparative Health Care Systems: UK and U.S.
Differences between UK and U.S. health care systems from modern and historical perspectives. Evolution, current problems, future developments. Case of Canada as point of comparison. Attempts to maximize health gains while controlling costs, one system on the public service ideal, the other on market principles. Social, cultural, and ethical issues related to the development of health care systems; field trips to be arranged.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom
OSPPARIS 6: Franco-Arab Encounters
Examination of the engagement of France with the Middle East and North Africa since the Napoleonic expedition to Egypt in 1798 using primary documents, historical readings, novels, films, and field trips. Egyptian expedition and colonial occupation of Algeria; Morocco, Tunisia and the Levant also addressed. Persistence of French cultural model as the standard of modernity and culture in much of North Africa and the Levant. In France, contemporary political debate regarding Muslim¿s struggles over identity, social status and rights.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom
Instructors:
Beinin, J. (PI)
OSPPARIS 91: Globalization and Its Effect on France and the European Union
Economic and political impact of globalization on France and the EU and influence of France and the EU on the process of globalization. Issues of sovereignty and national identity for France; protection from versus integration into the network of globalization.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Laurent, E. (PI)
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Le Cacheux, J. (PI)
OSPPARIS 92: Building Paris: Its History, Architecture, and Urban Design
The development of Parisian building and architecture from the 17th century to the present. Interaction of tradition and innovation in its transformation and its historical, political, and cultural underpinnings. Visits and case studies throughout Paris illustrate the formation of the city landscape and its culture.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, GER:EC-GlobalCom
Instructors:
Halevi, E. (PI)
OSPPARIS 153X: Health Systems and Health Insurance: France and the U.S., a Comparison across Space and Time
Should health systems be organized or left to the free market? What is the role of the state in the delivery of health care? The evolution of the health profession, health policy, and reform in France and the U.S.; measures restraining professional autonomy such as prescription guidelines in the French Medical Convention. Is the solution to the increase of health expenditures and reduced access to health care the end of autonomy for the medical profession?
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom
Instructors:
Fessler, J. (PI)
OSPPARIS 186F: Contemporary African Literature in French
Focus is on African writers and those of the diaspora, bound together by a common history of slave trade, bondage, colonization, and racism. Their works belong to the past, seeking to save an oral heritage of proverbs, story tales, and epics, but they are also contemporary.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-A-II, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Leca, F. (PI)
OSPSANTG 118X: Artistic Expression in Latin America
Elite, mass-media, and popular cultural changes in Chile under conditions of economic and political liberalization. The reception of cultural meanings from the center of the world social system (U.S., EU, and Japan), reformulation to respond to local conditions, and export in the shape of cultural artifacts. Innovative elements rooted in the regional and local culture.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Albornoz, C. (PI)
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