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Spring 2004
Course Offerings
In order to help students in the process of registering for courses
in Spring 2004, PAWSS has compiled the following partial listing of course
offerings in peace and world security studies. Please check each institution's
listings and descriptions to determine if a particular course still has
openings (website addresses are listed below). Please let us know any
corrections or changes to this information at pawss@hampshire.edu.
Amherst College
http://www.amherst.edu
ASLC-64-01 Seminar:Modern Turkey
Monica Ringer T 2:00-4:00
Seminar on Modern Turkey—Modern Iran: From Authoritarian Modernization
to Islamic Resistance. (ME) (Also Asian 64.) In the early twentieth century
Turkey and Iran seemed to be on similar trajectories towards modernization.
Turkey and Iran today, however, evidence very different societies, political
systems, and relationships to religion and the West. This course will examine
the programs of the authoritarian modernizers of the twentieth century in historical
context and seek to illuminate the basis of their very different political,
cultural and social legacies. Why does Turkey follow a secularism that is intolerant
of sartorial freedoms and cultural and religious minorities? Why, in such a
secular state, is Turkey experiencing a rise of Islamist movements? Conversely,
why does Iran follow an Islamic government that is likewise intolerant of sartorial
freedoms and religious minorities? Both claim to be democratic—how and
why are these claims validated? What are the roots of their visions of the
modern world and where are these societies headed? One class meeting per week.
Limited to 20 students.
ASLC-48-01 Middle East 1800-Present
Monica Ringer TTH 11:30-12:50
The Modern Middle East: 1800-Present. (ME) (Also Asian 48.) This course surveys
the history of the Middle East from 1800 to the present. The focus is on the
political, social and intellectual trends involved in the process of modernization
and reform in the Middle East. General topics include the Ottoman Empire and
its decline, the impact of European imperialism and colonialism, programs of
modernization and reform, the construction of nationalism and national identities,
Islamism, development and contemporary approaches to modernity. Two class meetings
per week.
ASLC-62-01 Treaty-Port Japan
Lisbeth Brandt T 2:00-4:00
Treaty-port Japan. (AS) (Also Asian 62.) This seminar considers the society
and culture that emerged in the treaty-ports of late nineteenth-century Japan.
The so-called “unequal treaties” signed between Japan and the Western
powers in the 1850s designated several “open ports”—such
as Yokohama, Nagasaki, and Kobe—for residence and trade by foreign nationals.
In these cities, a shifting array of European, American, Chinese, and Japanese
merchants, soldiers, prostitutes, missionaries, fugitives, diplomats, tourists,
and adventurers interacted with each other, and with the larger Japanese society,
to create distinctive social and cultural forms that flourished well beyond
the legal dismantling of the treaty-port system in the early 1900s. The treaty-ports
have left behind a rich archive in several languages, much of which has yet
to be studied. We will begin to chart some of the possibilities for a history
of treaty-port Japan by drawing upon recent scholarship on colonialism, travel,
and frontiers and borderlands. Topics to be addressed include prostitution
and public health, tourism and the Victorian lady traveler, colonial architecture
and urban planning, colonial photography, and the study of the Ainu. A significant
portion of the course will be devoted to exploring the archival resources of
the Five College area and to developing individual research projects. One class
meeting per week.
COLQ-18-01 Post-Cold War American Diplomatic History
Norman Levin, Pavel Machala TH 2:00-4:30
Post-Cold War American Diplomatic History. This course will examine the history
of American foreign relations from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the present.
One class meeting per week. Limited to 30 students. Admission with consent
of the instructors with preference given to students who have taken one of
the following courses: Political Science 26, 30, History 49, 50, and 51. Not
open to first-year students. Second semester
HIST-50-01 American Diplomatic History II
Norman Levin MW 2:00-3:20
American Diplomatic History II. (US) This course will survey the history of
American foreign relations from the First World War to the Korean War.
HIST-73-01 American Defeat & Occupation of Japan
Ray Moore W 2:00-4:00
Seminar on the American Defeat and Occupation of Japan. (AS or US) (Also Asian
50.) This seminar will examine the Pacific War, the surrender of Japan in 1945,
and the Allied military occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1952. The theme of
the course is the transformation of Japan from a military, colonial power to
a democratic, pacifist nation relying on the U.S. for its national security.
After a brief review of the Pacific War, the course will analyze American wartime
planning for the occupation and development of a statement of the goals of
the U.S. and its allies (Potsdam Declaration) for postwar Japan. We will then
examine how the American military commander, General Douglas MacArthur, conducted
trials of war criminals, constitutional revision, land reform, education reform,
and the break-up of large corporations. We will also consider MacArthur’s
relations with Emperor Hirohito, conflicts with Washington, and the impact
of the Korean War on occupation policy. Students will write a research paper
on a subject agreed upon with the instructor. One class meeting per week.
HIST-22-01 Colonial & Post-Colonial Africa
Sean Redding MWF 10:00-10:50
Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa. (AF) This is a history of Africa from the
late nineteenth century to the present day. In the first half of the course,
we will study the imperial scramble to colonize Africa, the integration of
African societies into the world economy, the social and ecological impact
of imperial policies, and the nationalist struggles that resulted in the independent
African states. We will also examine the divisiveness of ethnicity in post-colonial
states. In the final half of the course, we will investigate three cases: Congo-Zaire
and the state as a source of chaos; mau mau in Kenya and the internecine nature
of the revolt; and gender politics among Africans in apartheid-era South Africa.
Three class meetings per week.
HIST-16-01 Modern China
Jerry Dennerline TTH 2:00-3:20
Modern China. (AS) (Also Asian 46.) A survey of Chinese history from the Manchu
conquest of 1644 to the present. Beginning with the successes and failures
of the imperial state as it faced global economic development, expanding European
empires, and internal social change, we will study the Opium War, massive nineteenth-century
religious rebellions, Republican revolution and state-building, the “New
Culture” movement, Communist revolution, the anti-Japanese war, Mao’s
Cultural Revolution, and the problems of post-Mao reform, all with comparative
reference to current events. Readings, which include a wide variety of documents
such as religious and revolutionary tracts, eye-witness accounts, memoirs,
and letters, are supplemented by interpretive essays and videos. Two class
meetings per week.
HIST-14-01 Modern Latin America
Rick Lopez TTH 11:30-12:50
Modern Latin America, 1820 to the Present. (LA) A survey of the social, political,
cultural, and economic history of Latin America from Independence (at the start
of the nineteenth century) to the present. The approach is thematic and chronological.
As a consequence, some countries and regions (Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina,
and Central America) will receive more attention than others (Paraguay, Uruguay,
Ecuador, and Venezuela). Major themes include the emergence and consolidation
of nation-states; changing ideas of race and gender; development of capitalist
economies; the complex role of the U.S. in the region; radicalization among
workers, peasants, students, and priests; and the production of historical
knowledge. Discussions and secondary readings will be supplemented by original
documents, fiction, movies, lectures, and visual materials. Three class meetings
per week.
POSC-26-01 World Politics
Pavel Machala MW 12:30-1:50
World Politics. An introductory course which examines the dynamics of emerging
post-Cold War international military, political and economic relations. Close
attention is paid to the collapse of the Soviet Union as well as the transformed
role of the United States. Among the topics examined are the technological
and economic bases of hegemonic power, “imperial overstretch,” spheres
of influence, nationalism, ethnic and racist violence, spread of weapons of
mass destruction, state and class interests, as well as the role of law and
legal institutions in world politics. Other issues to be discussed include
changes in world geopolitics (the European Union, the “German Question,” "China,” "rogue
states”) as well as changes in the world economy (protectionism, free
trade, globalization, regionalization). The course does not rely on a single
theoretical framework; instead, we will follow in the path of such classics
as Thucydides, Machiavelli, Kant, Hobbes, Clausewitz, Adam Smith and Karl Marx.
POSC-60-01 Punishment / Politics / Culture
Austin Sarat W 2:00-4:00
Punishment, Politics, and Culture. Other than war, punishment is the most dramatic
manifestation of state power. Whom a society punishes and how it punishes are
key political questions as well as indicators of its character and the character
of the people in whose name it acts. This course will explore the connections
between punishment and politics with particular reference to the contemporary
American situation. We will consider the ways crime and punishment have been
politicized in recent national elections as well as the racialization of punishment
in the United States. We will ask whether we punish too much and too severely,
or too little and too leniently. We will examine particular modalities of punishment,
e.g., maximum security prisons, torture, the death penalty, and inquire about
the character of those charged with imposing those punishments, e.g., prison
guards, executioners, etc. Among the questions we will discuss are: Does punishment
express our noblest aspirations for justice or our basest desires for vengeance?
Can it ever be an adequate expression of, or response to, the pain of victims
of crime? When is it appropriate to forgive rather than punish? We will consider
these questions in the context of arguments about the right way to deal with
juvenile offenders, drug offenders, sexual predators (“Megan’s
Law”), rapists, and murderers. We will, in addition, discuss the meaning
of punishment by examining its treatment in literature and popular culture.
Readings may include selections from The Book of Job, Greek tragedy, Kafka,
Nietzsche, Freud, George Herbert Mead, and contemporary treatments of punishment
such as Foucault’s Discipline and Punish, Butterfield’s All God’s
Children, Scarry’s Body in Pain, Garland’s Punishment in Modern
Society, Hart’s Punishment and Reasonability, and Mailer’s Executioner’s
Song. Films may include The Shawshank Redemption, Dead Man Walking, Mrs. Soffel,
Minority Report, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Limited enrollment.
Hampshire College
SS 102 Poverty and Wealth
Laurie Nisonoff TTH 10:30AM-11:50AM
Who gets the money in America and who doesn't? Why is there poverty in the
richest country in history? Although often sanctified by economic theorists
in oblique formulas, the state of poverty and character of wealth go to the
heart of what it is to live in America. This course encourages inquiry into
a hard accounting of this contemporary social and economic reality. Thematic
units include federal income measurement, facts and fictions: the business
elite; taxation; family and sexual inequality; race; health care and aging;
education; and the history of social welfare programs and charity. To understand
how income inequality is perceived and measured, we will also examine three
paradigms in economic inquiry; radical, liberal, and conservative. Students
will be encouraged to engage in field observations in local settings where
the poverty and policy issues we study are likely to be raised. Students with
an interest in the Community Service Scholars Project are encouraged to enroll.
Evaluation will be based on class participation and assigned problem sets and
essays. Learning Goals: PRJ, PRS, QUAN, WRI
SS 237 Indigenous Politics of Latin America
Michelle Bigenho W 02:30PM-05:20PM
On January 1, 1994 the Zapatistas captured the attention of the world with
an uprising against the unchecked advances of globalization and its specific
effects in Mexican society. This uprising, like other Latin American social
movements of the late 20th century, has drawn on the organizational and symbolic
power of indigenous identities. In the past, museum displays and ethnographic
texts on Latin America have contributed to the idea of frozen indigenous cultures,
comprised of primordial essences-cultures already lost or facing the threat
of imminent disappearance in the modern world. As an alternative, this course
presents a dynamic view of what it means to be indigenous in Latin American
contexts. The course will be taught through the disciplinary lens of anthropology
and readings will be drawn from case studies in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia,
Brazil, Peru and Bolivia. Depending on the Spanish language capabilities of
the students who take this course, part of the course may be conducted in Spanish.
SS 245 Making Threats
Elizabeth Hartmann TTH 02:00PM-03:20PM
This course will examine the construction of post-Cold War security threats
that draw on deep-seated assumptions, narratives, and tropes about biological
and environmental sources of danger emanating from the Third World. Drawing
on popular, academic and policy literature, we will examine the facts and fictions
that go into the construction of threats. Topics include: the population 'explosion'
and 'implosion'; immigration; coercive conservation; fears of invasive species
and pathogens' naturalizing ethnicity and tribalism; the 'youth bulge' and
the Islamic terrorist; bioterrorism; and the nuclear threat. We will analyze
the actors and interests involved in the construction of threats and the racial
targeting/profiling of marginalized communities both in the U.S. and overseas.
We will conclude the course by looking at how real threats, such as the environmental
contamination caused by nuclear weapons, are often obscured.
SS 170 Social Movements/Social Change
Margaret Cerullo, Amy Jordan WF 10:30AM-11:50AM
How doe we interpret the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements of the post
WWII era? What role do journalists, activists, and scholars play in shaping
how we remember the past? How do African-American communities give meaning
to the "movement?" Do we understand the "movement" by identifying
the leaders, determining the nature of the political climate, or by examining
community traditions? Where do we begin our exploration -in the 1950s, 1960s
or perhaps sooner? The questions we ask about the past, tell us something about
what we hope to gain from our inquiries. As a class we will critically examine
the questions that scholars and activists have raised about the "movement," but
we will also raise questions of our own. During the semester, students will
have an opportunity to examine primary documents and engage in the kind of
thinking processes that scholars who chronicle social movements do. Learning
Goals: MCP, PRS, REA, WRI
SS 222 Women and Politics in Africa
Catharine Newbury TTH 10:30AM-11:50AM
This course explores the genesis and effects of political activism by women
in Africa, which some believe represents a new African feminism, and its implications
for state/civil society relations in contemporary Africa. Topics will include
the historical effects of colonialism on the economic, social, and political
roles of African women, the nature of urban/rural distinctions, and the diverse
responses by women to the economic and political crises of postcolonial African
polities. Case studies of specific African countries, with readings of novels
and women's life histories as well as analyses by social scientists.
SS 106 Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
Flavio Risech-Ozeguera MW 02:30PM-03:50PM
Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity: Never Again? Attempts to wipe out entire
groups of people based solely on their social identities are relatively rare
phenomena in human history, though man's inhumanity to man is all too frequently
demonstrated. We will examine the debates over the definition, adjudication
and punishment of such acts, and study several cases in depth in order to shed
light on how effective domestic and international legal institutions can be
in preventing such crimes in the future and redressing those that do occur.
The course will offer an optional opportunity to visit and observe proceedings
at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and other
international judicial bodies at The Hague, Netherlands. Students accepted
for this trip will need to pay their own travel expenses and a special program
fee. Learning Goals: PRJ,PRS,REA,WRI
SS 141 Third World Development
Frank Holmquist TTH 02:00PM-03:20PM
Twentieth-century trends indicate a profound process of development going on
in most of the Third World. But in many places and for millions of people poverty
hunger, unemployment, and insecurity are growing. Even where democratic forms
of rule are in place, the majority appears to reap few material rewards. We
will try to explain this uneven and contradictory process of development with
one eye on general theories and the other on often unique regional and local
experience including government and elite ruling strategies, as well as male,
female, group, and community strategies of coping with poverty and everyday
life in cities and in the countryside. Our approach will be historically grounded
in the evolution of global political economy and situationally specific, and
we will focus upon development goals of economic growth, equality, and democracy.
We will address material from Africa, Asia and Latin America, and all the social
science disciplines. We will also use first-person accounts. Along with several
short essay assignments, a research paper is required which could be the basis
of a Division I examination paper. There will be an emphasis on writing through
regular submission of short essays as well as a research paper. Particular
attention will be paid to framing papers, crafting arguments, and marshalling
evidence. The topic of the research paper will be formulated in consultations
with the student and the instructor
SS 224 Global Resource Politics
Michael Klare MW 10:30AM-11:50AM
This course provides an in-depth assessment of the impact of intensified resource
competition on international politics and conflict dynamics in the 21st century.
The course will examine global supply and demand patterns for those resources
considered essential to human life and modern industrial society: oil, water,
minerals, timber, food, and land. In particular, it will consider how globalization,
population growth, and unsustainable consumption are affecting the competition
for these materials. Particular emphasis will be placed on the potential for
conflict arising from the competition for vital materials. The course will
also consider how conclude the international system can better manage resource
disputes so as to reduce the risk of conflict. Students will be expected to
write a research paper on one aspect of this larger problem and to summarize
their findings in class; group work will be encouraged.
SS 243 Immigrants, Refugees
Linda Allegro TTH 12:30PM-01:50PM
Globalization has reshaped labor and capital flows; reorganized refugee resettlement;
and redefined notions of race, class and gender for post 1965 newcomers. In
this course we will explore: the significance of transnationalism in redefining
membership in America; the impact of remittances on sender and receiving nations;
the political economy of undocumented labor; the "shielding factor" of
the ethnic enclave; and the emergence of new social actors such as home town
associations in facilitating movement and adjustment for newcomers. Considerable
time will be spent in the second half of the semester on case studies of immigrant
communities, including Dominican, Chinese and more recently Mexican immigrants
to the New York metropolitan region.
SS 232 Global Capitalism
Frank Holmquist, Frederick Weaver TTH 09:00AM-10:20AM
Profound changes in the international realm during the last two decades have
produced a more integrated, interdependent world. In this course, we critically
review the debates about the economic, political, and cultural causes of these
changes, and we look closely at the complex relationships among free-market
policies, democracy, cultural resistance, and national sovereignty. Throughout
the course, we emphasize the significance of these changes for the peoples
of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Enrollment is open for students who have
completed some course work on the Third World or political economy
NS 235 Anthropology of Violence
Ventura Perez TTH 10:30AM-11:50AM
This course will examine the complex social and cultural interactions that
can lead to violence. Students will explore how violence targets the psyche,
body, and sociocultural order of the perpetrators, victims, and societies in
which it occurs. How people come to terms with such tragic events and how cultures
are effected by them will be examined. Next, students will explore key concepts
and principles in forensic science, clinical forensic medicine, and medicolegal
death investigation. This will include causes and manner of death, postmortem
changes, forensic case studies, crime scene investigation, forensic anthropology,
and forensic odontology. The course stresses that violence and trauma should
be studied and analyzed in conjunction rather than separately paying explicit
attention to the affects of violence and trauma on both the individual and
social group.
Mount Holyoke College
Asian 331-02 Asian History
J Lipman MWF 11:00-12:15
A research seminar on Japan's imperial venture from its inception in the 1870s
to its rapid expansion and calamitous defeat in the 1940s. The enormous size
of the Japanese empire at its height demands that we study a wide variety of
local situations, indigenous peoples, and specific adaptations of and to Japan's
imperial style and organization. After initial secondary readings, each student
will identify a research question then discover her own sources to answer it
in a 20-page final essay.
Class 232 From Hoplites to Legions: Warfare in the Ancient World
G Sumi MW 2:40-3:55
Greeks and Romans viewed warfare as an abiding part of the human condition.
The literature and artwork of this period are filled with images of the two
faces of war: it conferred great glory on the victors as well as profound horror
and suffering on all involved. In this course we will examine warfare from
archaic Greece and the rise of the city-state (c. 800 B.C.E.) to the fall of
the Roman Empire in the West (c. 476 C.E.). We will consider such topics as
the culture and ethics of war and imperialism, logistics and strategies of
warfare, as well as armor, weaponry and battlefield tactics, by closely reading
a variety of primary sources and secondary materials.
Comorg 349 / Polit 349 International Organization
W Stewart M 7:00-10:00 pm
This course is the study of the United Nations system and regional organizations,
including the European Communities, the Organization of African Unity, and
the Organization of American States, with a view to ascertaining their contribution
to the international political order and the impact on these organizations
of international interdependencies in such fields as ecology, economics, and
technology.
Hist 151 Modern and Contemporary European Civilization
J King MW 11:00-12:15
Surveys the major movements and developments in Europe during the era of European
expansion and dominance - from the devastations of the Thirty Years War to
the Second World War - and up to the current era of European Union. Topics
include: the French Revolution and the birth of nationalism; the scientific
and industrial revolutions; the modern history of international relations;
imperialism, fascism, the Holocaust, the two World Wars, and the present and
potential roles of Europe at the dawn of the twenty-first century.
Hist 217 The Crusades
C Straw M 2:00-4:50
Long before Operations “Desert Storm” and “Iraqi Freedom,” Westerners
were drawn to the Middle East. This course will examine the “Holy War” of
Christians against Moslems and Jews in the Middle Ages and seek to determine
underlying causes: the need to defend Constantinople and the Holy Land from
the infidel, the greed for markets and the spoils of war, the domestic frustrations
that were displaced to an external enemy, the ideology of divine mission and
martyrdom. Sources: laws, chronicles, memoirs, sermons and treatises from Latin,
Greek, and Moslem perspectives.
Hist 141 Violence and Social Change in Modern Africa
H Hanson TTH 2:30-3:55
This course examines processes of change that have shaped modern Africa. It
seeks to provide both the information and the conceptual tools necessary for
an informed interpretation of African affairs presented (and not presented)
by popular media. Using fiction, historical narratives, and a wide range of
interdisciplinary sources, the class examines nineteenth-century interactions
of Africans and Europeans and the nature of colonial conquest, economic and
social change during the colonial period, and the emergence of postcolonial
African societies.
Hist 361 Modern Europe: The Nineteenth Century
J Wald M 1:00-3:50
The "long" nineteenth century, stretching roughly from the political
ascendancy of Napoleon Bonaparte to the outbreak of the First World War, was
one of drama and contradictions. Europe was rocked by revolutions, and yet
it attained unprecedented prosperity and secured its hold over colonial empires.
New categories and loyalties arose: the nation began to supplant the dynasty,
and ties between individuals were increasingly based on market relations rather
than traditional obligation. Capitalists and socialists alike declared their
faith in the power of industry, science, and progress. It was in every sense
the century of both Darwin and Marx.
Hist 338 Gender and Colonialism: Masculinities, Feminisms, and
the Imperial State
D Ghosh TH 1:00-3:50
This course considers how gender was a central frame for regulating political
and social relations in European empires and their colonies in the last 200
years. The readings bring interrelated historical themes into play: the multiple
ways in which masculinity and its privileges structured the ways that European
men negotiated with non-European men over questions of political authority;
how women, both European and native, became a focus of social, cultural, and
sexual regulation. A final theme addresses the relationship between European
feminist discourses and feminist movements in colonies. Students will be asked
to analyze a memoir, travel narrative, or another primary source.
Hist 124 History of Modern South Asia, 1700 to the Present
D Ghosh TTH 11:00-12:15
This course seeks to give a broad overview of the history of the South Asian
subcontinent from the end of the Mughal empire to the present. As one of the
largest and longest occupied postcolonial regions, the Indian subcontinent
has been witness to more than two centuries of colonialism. Prominent themes:
the emergence of religious and regional identities, ethnic violence, social
reform and the "woman question," deindustrialization, and nationalism.
We will consider how the history of this region has been written, by whom,
and why. Using primary and secondary sources, this course addresses these questions
and raises more about whether there is such a thing as one history of South
Asia.
Hist 135 Modern Korea
J Lipman MW 8:35-9:50
An introduction to Korean history since the fourteenth century. After a brief
introduction to geography and premodern cultural forms, the course will survey
the evolution of the Yi dynasty (1392-1910) in the religious, intellectual,
and socioeconomic realms. The second half will focus on Korea's interaction
with the Euro-American powers and the rising Japanese empire (nineteenth and
twentieth centuries). We will examine the devastating effects of imperialism,
colonial occupation, civil war, and long-term division, which have also enabled
rapid economic development since the 1960s.
Intrel 224 The United States and Iran
S Hashmi MW 11:00-12:15
Explores America's relationship with Iran from the end of World War II to the
present. Examines America's close ties to the Shah and the political, social,
and economic causes of the Iranian revolution, with emphasis on the role of
Shi'ite Islam. Concludes with analysis of politics and society in the Islamic
Republic under Khomeini and his successors.
Intrel 265 The U.S. & the Middle East Since 1945
S Lasensky TTH 11:00-12:15
The goal of the course is to provide a conceptual and narrative framework to
understand how the U.S. has become a dominant force influencing politics and
economics of the Middle East and North Africa. The focus is on the development
of U.S. policy from 1945 to the present, with special emphasis on energy politics,
the Cold War, Arab-Israeli issues, the Persian Gulf, and terrorism. Course
material is presented both chronologically and thematically -- and incorporates
a variety of levels of analysis. U.S. policy is evaluated through three prisms:
international politics; American domestic politics; and the role of individual
actors (i.e. leadership).
Intrel 270 American Foreign Policy
J Western / V Ferraro MW 11:00-12:15
In this examination of American foreign policy since 1898, topics include the
emergence of the United States as a global power, its role in World War I and
II, its conduct and interests in the cold war, and its possible objectives
in a post-cold war world. Particular attention is paid to the relationship
between domestic interests and foreign policy, the role of nuclear weapons
in determining policy, and the special difficulties in implementing a democratic
foreign policy. See www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel for a more detailed description.
Polit 381 South Asian Politics
K Khory W 1:00-3:50
A comparative study of the governments and politics of the region. Consideration
of the history, social structure, and colonial heritage of the region establishes
the context for understanding the political framework of the seven South Asian
states. Each faces critical problems of nation and state building, political
participation, economic development, and resource distribution. The focus will
be on political and economic development within these states, regional relations,
and the involvement of outside powers in regional affairs.
Intrel 365 Ethics and International Relations
S Hashmi W 1:00-3:50
Do ethical considerations matter in international relations? Should they? These
questions are examined from the perspective of Western writers on these specific
issues: just war, intervention, human rights, weapons of mass destruction,
and distributive justice. The course also considers challenges to the international
system posed by the critiques and responses of non-Western states and peoples.
Polit 109 / Res131 Nomads, Steppes, and Cities: Introduction
to the Peoples and Cultures of Russia and Eurasia
S Jones, P Scotto MW 1:15-2:30
The collapse of the Soviet Union has revealed a mosaic of nations, peoples,
and cultures emerging from a hidden landscape formerly perceived as monolithic.
We will explore the rediscovered histories, cultures, and arts of peoples who
have dwelled upon the vast Eurasian plain for more than 2,000 years and whose
interaction with one another and the West has been and will continue to be
crucial in shaping the history of two continents.
Polit 116-01 / Polit 116-02 World Politics
K Khory / L Reed TTH 11:00-12:15/MW 11:00-12:15
This course is a survey of contending approaches to the study of conflict and
cooperation in world politics. Examines key concepts--including balance of
power, imperialism, collective security, deterrence, and interdependence--with
historical examples ranging from the Peloponnesian War to the post-cold war
world. Analyzes the emerging world order.
Polit 240 International Political Economy
V Ferraro MW 1:15-2:30
Examines the interaction of politics and economics in the global economy. Topics
include the development of the capitalist economy and its critics, the politics
of trade and investment, and the phenomenon of global poverty.
Polit 208 Chinese Politics
C Chen TTH 11:00-12:15
This course examines the politics of contemporary China. Beginning with an
assessment of the origins of the Chinese Revolution, the course then examines
core institutions and events in the People's Republic, including the Great
Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution, post-Mao reforms, and the Tiananmen Incident.
In addition, the course analyzes the changing nature of state-society relations,
the emergence of new social and political identities, and China's role in the
international arena.
Polit 379-01 Topics in European Politics
P Gill T 1:00-3:50
A research seminar. Europeans of both west and east are intensifying their
efforts to broaden and deepen European integration at the same time that there
has been a startling revival of ethnic conflict and nationalist agendas. Voters
in Scotland and Wales elect their own parliaments while civil wars rage in
the Balkans; Central Europeans struggle to solidify democratic nation-states
in a global environment where some claim the nation-state may soon be obsolete.
How are these centrifugal and centripetal forces interrelated?
Polit 388 Post-Communist Transitions
C Chen W 1:00-3:50
This seminar examines and analyzes the dramatic transformation of former Leninist
regimes-specifically, Russia, Eastern Europe, and China-in historical and comparative
perspective. Focuses on understanding why Leninism imploded, and the challenges
confronting nations making a "transition from socialism." Assesses
the impact and consequences of the Leninist legacy on economic and political
institutions, and state-society relations, and the definition of national identity
and community.
Res 242 Oil and Water Don't Mix: Geopolitics, Energy, and the
Environment
S Jones TTH 1:15-12:30
Following the collapse of the USSR and the Gulf War, Central Asia and the Caucasus
became new centers of geopolitical rivalry. The new states are a source of
energy (oil and gas) for Western powers and a vital transit corridor between
Eastern Europe and China. While a new "Great Game" is being fought
between Western, Far Eastern, and Middle Eastern powers for control over energy
pipelines, the region is threatened by environmental catastrophe and water
shortages. Is the new oil industry a source of prosperity or an instrument
for further exploitation, corruption, and instability? How important are the
new states to the West's strategic energy interests?
Soci 350 Sociology of Punishment
R Moran M 1:00-3:50
This seminar covers the social history of punishment, beginning with the birth
of the prison in the late eighteenth century and continuing to the present.
Emphasis on the shift in philosophy from public to private punishment, prison
reform movements, and the death penalty.
Smith College
ANT 261 01 Lecture Culture and Conflict in the Himalayas
Aggarwal, Ravina TTh10:30-11:50
The Himalayas have often been portrayed as mystic utopias or else as dangerous
zones of religious extremism and war. With a special focus on the regions of
Tibet and Kashmir, this course looks beyond conventional area studies divisions
of places and explores the various ways in which Himalayan geography and culture
have been portrayed in the Western imagination, in Chinese, Indian, and Pakistani
nationalist descriptions, and in self-representations by local communities.
Using ethnographic, historical, literary, and media sources, students will
engage with topics such as colonialism and nationalism, the Cultural Revolution
and minority policies, the effects of nuclearization and militarization in
the area, the Kashmiri struggle for independence and Tibetan resistance movements,
the relationship between Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and state power, ethnic
conflict and violence, problems of development, the transformation of gender
identities, refugee culture, and human rights.
4 credits
ANT 237 01 Lecture Native South Americans: Conquest and Resistance
Joralemon, Donald MWF11:00-12:10
The differential impact of European conquest on tropical forest, Andean, and
sub-Andean Indian societies. How native cosmologies can contribute to either
cultural survival or extinction as Indians respond to economic and ideological
domination.
4 credits
ANT 232 01 Lecture Third World Politics: Anthropological Perspectives
Hopkins, Elizabeth MW 2:40-04:00
The dynamics of nonwestern politics. How enduring are traditional political
priorities and the colonial experience in the postcolonial world? The impact
of urbanization, population dislocations and the global economy on contemporary
politics and national identity. Topics include: the nature of political behavior
and the political process; changing expectations and options for women; ethnicity
and privilege in the national arena; Christianity and Islam as strategies of
secular resistance; the logic of genocide and armed conflict.
4 credits
GOV 236 01 Lecture Central Africa: Development, Democratization, and
Violence
Newbury, M. Catharine TTh 3:00-04:50
A study of colonial dynamics, decolonization, and post colonial politics of
central African states. Topics include the state’s role in development,
the changing character of state/society relationships, grassroots pressures
for democratization in the 1990s, and the roots to genocide and war in the
region. In addition to social science analyses and accounts by journalists,
we will study popular paintings and life histories which reflect cultural attitudes
and practices, depicting the everyday experiences of people from different
social strata. Suggested preparation GOV 233 or one course in African politics,
anthropology, or history.
4 credits
GOV 345 01 Seminar Seminar in International Politics
Nkiwane, Tandeka T01:00-02:50
Topic: South Africa in the Globalized Context
This course examines contemporary South African politics, and South Africa's
role in the regional, continental and international spheres. Special reference
is paid to the evolving role of the Southern African Development Community
(SADC) as a force for regional economic and political integration. Major themes
of the course include the challenges of nation-building in the post-apartheid
era, and the problems associated with uneven development
4 credits
GOV 246 01 Lecture Perspectives on War
Hymans, Jacques TTh01:00-02:50
In this course we analyze war by asking the following questions: What is war?
What causes it to break out, escalate, and terminate? How is war experienced
by kings and presidents, military officers, foot soldiers, and civilians? What
are its longer-range political and social consequences? And when, if ever,
is it justified? Prerequisite: 241 or permission of the instructor.
4 credits
GOV 341 01 Seminar International Politics: Weapons of Mass Destruction
Hymans, Jacques W07:30-09:30
This seminar explores the politics of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Topics
covered include the motives for WMD proliferation and use, strategies for deterrence
and defense, and prospects for a WMD-free world. Prerequisite: 241 or permission
of the instructor.
GOV 251 01 Lecture Foreign Policy of Japan
Yasutomo, Dennis MW02:40-04:00
The socio-cultural, political, and economic foundations of Japanese foreign
policy. Emphasis on the post-World War II period and the search for a global
role.
GOV 323 01 Seminar Comparative Government
Divine, Donna Robinson T01:00-02:50
Topic: Warring for Heaven and Earth: Jewish and Muslim Political Activism in
the Middle East. This seminar explores the rise and spread of Jewish and Muslim
political activism in the Middle East with a special focus on those which operate
in Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, the Palestinian territories, and in Saudi Arabia.
The particular groups addressed include Gush Emunim, Kach, Israel’s Redemption
Movements, Hamas Hizbullah, Islamic Jihad in both the Palestinian territories
and in Egypt, and al-Queda. The reading material focuses on the conditions
giving rise to these various activist groups and examines their political objectives.
The social organization of these movements will also be explored particularly
with regard to gender and the consequences of globalization.
4 credits
GOV 349 01 Seminar International Relations and Comparative Politics
Goldstein, Steven W07:30-09:30
Topic: The Political Economy of the Newly Industrializing Countries of Asia.
An examination of the post-war development of Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore
and Taiwan.
4 credits
GOV 362 01 Seminar Political Theory: Revolution to Consolidation
Lendler, Marc T03:00-04:50
A look at how American political thinkers and activists justified a war for
independence, puzzled through the construction of a new political order, thought
about creating a democratic nation state, and argued over issues such as individual
rights, the role of political parties, and the capabilities of citizens for
self-government. We will look at specific debates between 1776 and 1800 and
also an overview of the most important contributors: Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton,
and John Adams. Prerequisite: Some previous course on American government or
permission of the instructor.
GOV 343 01 Seminar International Migration
White, Gregory Th01:00-02:50
This interdisciplinary seminar examines the politics of labor migration within
the context of globalization. It begins with an examination of the globalization
literature. It then turns to immigration specifically. Although we will discuss
a wide array of cases and examples, the seminar focuses on case studies from
three geographical areas: The Mediterranean basin, the Persian Gulf, and North
America. Materials employed in the course will include social science analyses,
as well as ethnographic descriptions, documentary and feature-length films,
and migrants' diaries. The emphasis of the seminar will be on each student's
completion of a 30-page research paper. Enrollment limited to 20.
4 credits
HST 208 01 Lecture The Shaping of the Modern Middle East, 1789-1956 Brown,
Daniel TTh03:00-04:30
A survey of Middle Eastern history from the decline of the Ottoman Empire to
the end of the era of European imperialism. The historical background necessary
to understand the major movements, figures and ideologies of the modern Middle
East; the rise and impact of European imperialism and fascism; the emergence
of Arab and Turkish Nationalism, the impact of Zionism, and the development
of new nation states and ideologies after the World War I.
4 credits
HST 209 01 Colloq Aspects of Middle Eastern History
Brown, Daniel Th07:00-09:30
Same as REL 278. Topic: Islam in the Twenty-First Century: Readings in Islamic
Fundamentalism and Liberalism. An exploration of thinkers and ideas that have
shaped the intellectual environment of contemporary Islam. The course will
trace the history of the most important ideas and trends in contemporary Islamic
thought, beginning with their roots in the great classics of the Islamic tradition
by Ibn Khaldun, al-Ghazali and Ibn Taymiyya. Close reading of the most important
modern Muslim thinkers, including Muhammad Abduh, Muhammad Iqbal, Sayyid Qutb,
Ali Shariati, Fazlur Rahman, and Mohammed Arkoun.
4 credits
HST 292 01 Colloq (C) The 19th-Century Crisis in East Asia
Eskildsen, Robert MW01:10-02:30
Reactions in China, Korea, and Japan to political, diplomatic, and economic
circumstances in East Asia during the 19th century as those countries confronted
a common challenge posed by European imperialism. Topics include theories of
diplomacy and trade, rebellion, invasion, economic and cultural transformation,
and the birth of Japanese expansionism.
4 credits
HST 221 01 Lecture (L) The Rise of Modern Japan
Eskildsen, Robert MW09:00-10:20
Japan from the Tokugawa period to its occupation by the United States and the “economic
miracle.” Elite politics and political economy, the arrival of European
imperialists, the Meiji Restoration, Japanese imperialism and war, cultural
transformation and conflict within Japanese society.
4 credits
HST 247 01 Colloq (C) The Rise and Collapse of the Russian and
Soviet Empires
W01:10-03:40
Formation of the Great Russian and Soviet Empires; theory and practice of government
policy toward minority populations; political, economic, and cultural relations
among constituent peoples in the 19th and 20th centuries.
4 credits
HST 251 01 Lecture (L) Europe in the Twentieth Century
Benz, Ernest TTh03:00-04:30
Ideological and military rivalries of the contemporary era. Special attention
to the origin, character, and outcome of the two World Wars and to the experience
of Fascism, Nazism, and Communism.
4 credits
SOC 228 01 Lecture Women, Gender, and Globalization
King, Leslie TTh09:00-10:20
Globalization implies many things, including corporatization, privatization,
and “Americanization.” In this course, we will explore how globalization
affects the social construction of gender and how, in turn, local gender regimes
shape globalization. Globalization is a process that is at once economic, political,
and cultural; this course will explore globalization from these varying angles,
always with women and gender at the center of analysis. (E)
4 credits
UMASS Amherst
AFROAM 361-1 Revolution In The Third World
Strickland,William L MW 10.10-12.05
Changing nature of revolution in the Third World, from the "classical" revolutions
in Cuba, China, Algeria and Vietnam to the popular insurgencies of Grenada,
Iran, the Philippines and Haiti. Internal and external factors which have contributed
to the fall from grace of many of these once popularly supported struggles.
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture.
COMP-LIT 391D War Stories
Hicks, James M. TTh 11:15-12:30
HONORS 292W-1 / 2 America At War
Dow,Robert J. T 19.00-22.00 TTh 16.00-17.15 / W 15.35-18.00
Keeping as our primary concern the viewpoint of the individual as he/she journeys
through the landscape of war and his/her memory of that experience, we will
examine WWI, WWII, and Vietnam. It is through literature, history and film
that this course explores the nature of war. Using these mediums we will examine
the experience of the individual during wartime, of those who engaged in battle
as well as those who did not. We will ask, how do war stories and films influence
our values and attitudes about war? How do these stories make us think and
feel? It is in this light that we will discuss the historical and political
aspects and, as Kurtz so succinctly puts it in Heart of Darkness, ``the horror
of war." The readings include the fiction of Hemingway, Heller, and O'Brien,
the non-fiction of Fussell and Herr, and selected readings from oral histories.
The films of Kubrick, Peterson, Coppola and others will be discussed critically
in conjunction with the reading assignments.
HISTORY 381-1 US & The Cold War 1917-90
Pelz,Stephen E TTh 09.30-10.45
Events in American diplomatic history from 1900 to present, stressing habits,
patterns, and trends that may have influenced these events. 3 units min / 3
units max, Lecture.
HISTORY 387-1 History of the Holocaust
Swartz,Marvin MW 08.40-09.55
Destruction of the Jews of Europe. Topics include antisemitism, the rise of
Nazism, treatment of Jews within Germany between 1933 and 1939, plans for the "final
solution" and their execution, life and death within the concentration
camps. Lengthy readings, some of them emotionally taxing. Sophomore level and
above. 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture.
HISTORY 116-1 History of East Asia-Japan
Minear,Richard H MW 13.25-14.15
Japanese civilization. Emphasis on racism and ethnocentrism in non-Japanese
perceptions of Japan; on Japanese literature; on the era of the Pacific War;
and on Japan's economic development since 1945. (Gen.Ed. HS, G) 3 units min
/ 3 units max, Lecture.
HISTORY 131- 1 Middle East History II
Wilson,Mary C. TTh 16.00-17.15
Survey of social, political and cultural change in the Middle East from the
rise of the Ottoman Empire around 1300 to the present. Topics include the impact
on the Middle East of the shift in world trade from the Mediterranean to the
Atlantic; social, political, and cultural change; Ottoman and European relations;
imperialism and revolution; World War I and the peace settlement; state formation;
and the rise of nationalism and religious fundamentalism. (Gen.Ed. HS, G) (Planned
for Spring) 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture
HISTORY 391J-1 Antisemitism Historical Perspective
Berkovitz,Jay R TTh 11.15-12.30
Lecture. Survey of anti-Semitism through its various stages of historical development,
from ancient times to the present. Primary focus on the intellectual, religious,
political, and social roots of Jew-hatred. Special attention to its impact
on Jewish life and thought, and to the range of Jewish responses to anti-semitism.
Topics include: the Jews in Graeco-Roman society; medieval Christendom and
Islam; the emergence of modern political and racial anti-semitism.
HISTORY 397C-01 Crusades
Broadbridge,Anne F. MWF 09.00-09.55
Compliments R. Sullivan's History 297A: Crusades and the Image of Islam, and
also fulfills the department pre-1500 and diversity requirements. This course
is a historical survey of the age of the Crusades 1090s-1290s. We will look
at the eight major crusades to the Levant and North Africa, as well as some
of the spin-off ventures that accompanied them. We will study European Crusading
groups, those on the receiving end in the Levant and North Africa (Seljuks,
Fatimids, Ayyubids, Mamluks, Mongols and Ottomans), and the interactions between
the two sides. We will end with a the Crusading efforts of later centuries.
Grade based on exams, participation, possible paper.
LEGAL 397V- 01 Civil Liberties in Wartime
Holmes,Judith L. TTh 14.30-15.45
When the executive branch of government faces the awesome task of waging war,
it will take whatever steps it deems necessary to win. Curtailing civil liberties
is often one of the first steps. President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ
of habeas corpus during the Civil War. During World War I, President Woodrow
Wilson locked up protestors who handed out anti-war leaflets at induction centers
and summarily deported hundreds of immigrants without due process. President
Franklin Roosevelt locked up 100,000 Japanese Americans during World War II.
At the time, all of these actions were challenged in court and upheld by the
U.S. Supreme Court which was unwilling to question assertions of military necessity.
With hindsight, we can see that some of these measures went too far. In 1988,
for instance, Congress declared that the Japanese internment had been wrong.
Immediately following the attacks on September 11, 2001, President Bush declared
war on terrorism. In an effort to win that war, his administration persuaded
Congress to pass the far-reaching USA Patriot Act, detained and deported an
unknown number of Muslims living in the U.S., and is prosecuting a handful
of people in U.S. courts while detaining hundreds more in military bases outside
the reach of the U.S. courts for prosecution in military commissions. Our task
in this course is to examine the current war on terrorism and its impact on
civil liberties with the benefit of the historical precedents. Will future
generations come to see the current measures as going too far? What role should
courts play in questioning declarations of military necessity? How is a democracy
affected when civil liberties are curtailed? Students wishing to register should
contact Professor Holmes at jholmes@legal.umass.edu.
HISTORY 493H –1 Development of Modern Warfare
Pelz,Stephen E M 13.25-16.15
4 credits) Honors Seminar. The aim of this course is to understand the transformation
of warfare from its early aristocratic forms to the modern era of industrialized,
popular, and revolutionary conflict. Group discussions of a number of core
texts, plus discussions of oral reports on specialized books, which the students
choose. Two book reports; two oral reports; one midterm and one final exam.
Prerequisites: history 140, 141, 151, or their equivalents.
STPEC 492H-1 Terrorism and Empire
Machala,Pavel T 14.30-17.00
The terms "terrorism" and "empire" connote numerous images
and invoke multiple conceptions of political power, one of which is their extreme
and arbitrary character. Our seminar will be devoted not only to analyzing
the conceptual and analytical similarities between these two manifestations
of political power, but also to assessing them in their concrete historical
contexts. The culmination of our project will consist of examining the relationship
between "terrorism" and "empire," both in the current phase
of American global military preeminence and within the globalizing capitalist
social formation. Pavel Machala is a Professor of Political Science at Amherst
College.
POLISCI 346-1 Government & Politics of West Africa
Edie,Carlene J TTh 13.00-14.15
Comparison of political economy of four former British colonies of West Africa:
Nigeria, Ghana, the Gambia and Sierra Leone. Difficulties of nation-state formation,
the politics of the military state, role of governments in promoting, altering
or retarding economic growth; impact of IMF and other external institutions
on development processes. The Gambia as deviate case: liberalism and electoral
politics examined. Recommended: POLSCI 111. 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture.
POLISCI 255-1 American Foreign Policy
Tan,Lena MWF 14.30-15.20
Principles of American foreign policy with an emphasis on the historical, political,
and administrative sources of contemporary policies. Analysis of the foreign
policy-making process with specific reference to illustrative case studies.
Recommended: equivalent of POLSCI 101 or 121. 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture.
POLSCI 351 National Security Policy
Klare, Michael TTH 11:15-12:30
Theories about the causes of war and peace, including efforts to identify foreign
policies and institutional arrangements that foster war or peace, and the policy
implications of these theories in the past, present, and future. International
relations scholarship, science fiction novels, and films used to address these
issues. 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture.
POLISCI 361-01/ 02 Civil Liberties
Goldman,Sheldon TTh 09.30-10.45 / TTh 11.15-12.30
Development of constitutional law in the civil liberties sphere. First Amendment
freedoms of speech, press, and religion, and certain rights of the accused;
the rights of African-Americans and other minorites and women under the equal
protection of the laws clause. Prerequisite: basic American politics course
or equivalent. 3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture.
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