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THE ECONOMICS AND POLITICS OF INEQUALITY  (PO2045)

This course provides an introduction to the analysis of economic and political inequalities and the interplay between these inequalities and development.

POLITICAL ANALYSIS (PO2050)

This course examines the nature of knowledge claims in political science: how we know what we know and how certain we are. Research schools, the nature of description and explanation in political science, and basis issues of quantitative analysis will form the core elements of this course, while substantive themes may vary each year.

THE COMMONS AND THE MARKET (PO2060)

What are the justifications and implications of using markets, and what arrangements are necessary to establish and protect the commons? This course studies foundational texts of (neo-)liberal economics that aim to legitimize market mechanisms; philosophical treatments and critiques of key concepts, such as rationality and motivation, property and common goods; political analyses of how allocative institutions produce distributional outcomes.

POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY (PO2062)

This course explores international political affairs from psychological perspectives. It examines how psychology contributes to politics while being shaped by it. Students learn about a range of psychological phenomena – such as emotion, memory, socialization, resilience, self, and identity – in the contexts of political institutions, political movements, cultural politics, and governmentality.

TOPICS IN POLITICS (PO2091)

TOPICS VARY BY SEMESTER

TOPICS IN POLITICS (PO2091)

Topics vary by semester

TOPICS IN POLITICS (PO2910)

TOPICS VARY BY SEMESTER

TOPICS IN POLITICS (PO2910)

Topics vary by semester

CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THOUGHT (PO3004)

The course provides a perspective on major currents of recent political thought in the context of the economy. It considers the spectrum of thinking from libertarianism through classical and progressive liberalism, focusing on distinctions between economic and political liberty, social justice, and democratic citizenship. The course considers lastly contemporary concerns with international distributive justice.

COMPARATIVE POLITICAL COMMUNICATION (PO3011)

This course provides an overview of political communication theories, modes, means and institutions and serves as an introduction to how communication scholars study politics and the media. We will cover prevalent political communication theories and trends, the relationship between political institutions and the press both in the US and in other countries, elections, debates, political campaigning and advertising, new media and politics, political socialization, education, politics and popular culture.