The historical construction of politics in the U.S. Topics include liberalism and conservatism; state-building and party-building; industrialization and the welfare state; political traditions, regimes, and orders; electoral realignments; constitutional development; social movements; and racial politics. Historical-institutional themes of timing and sequence, critical junctures, path dependence, policy feedback, political entrepreneurship, and intercurrence.
Contemporary international relations theory. Basic concepts on the philosophy of social science and substantive theories of international relations, including neorealism, neoliberalism, marxism, and constructivism.
POLI_SCI 460-0-20 Comparative Politics Proseminar II
Survey of major topics in comparative politics. Contemporary state of the subfield, its evolution, and emerging research questions and controversies. Themes include institutions, identities, the state, regimes, inequality.
POLI_SCI 483-0-20 American Political Behavior Graduate Workshop
Key debates and developments in research on American Political Behavior; the development, presentation and critique of student-generated original research.
POLI_SCI 490-0-21 Political Power in the United States