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  • Chinese Politics

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  • This course provides an overview of China's political system. We will begin with a brief historical overview of China's political development from 1949 to the present. The remainder of the course will examine the key challenges facing the current generation of CCP leadership, focusing on prospects for democratization and political reform. Among other topics, we will examine: factionalism and political purges; corruption; avenues for political participation; village elections; public opinion; protest movements and dissidents; co-optation of the business class; and media and internet control.

     

  • Fee: $250.00

  • Instructor: Rory Truex

  • Capacity Remaining: -5

  • Semester Dates: 1/27/2026 - 4/23/2026 

  • Times: 1:20 PM - 2:10 PM

  • Sessions: 24

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  • Civil Liberties

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  • An inquiry into the value of liberty and of particular civil rights and liberties. The course considers competing theoretical justifications for rights and liberties generally, as well as particular problems concerning freedom of speech and the press, religion, sexuality, abortion, and discrimination. Supreme Court opinions regarding the constitutionality of legislation in each of these areas will be discussed and criticized.

     

  • Fee: $250.00

  • Instructor: Robert George

  • Capacity Remaining: -3

  • Semester Dates: 1/27/2026 - 4/21/2026 

  • Times: 10:40 AM - 12:00 PM

  • Sessions: 12

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  • Democratic Representation and Accountability: What Does the Public Want and Do They Get It?

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  • Representation and accountability are foundational building blocks of democratic governance. This course examines how they work in practice. Does public policy - laws, rules, and regulations - reflect what the public wants? How do we know "what the public wants"? What if "the public" cannot agree or does not know what it wants? What are the channels by which public opinion affects lawmakers? Under what conditions do elected officials ignore the public? The course addresses all these questions. Through readings and lectures, the course teaches theoretical frameworks and systematic empirical patterns.

     

  • Fee: $250.00

  • Instructor: Markus Prior

  • Capacity Remaining: -1

  • Semester Dates: 1/26/2026 - 4/22/2026 

  • Times: 9:35 AM - 10:25 AM

  • Sessions: 24

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  • Game Theory in Politics

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  • An introduction to the use of formal game-theoretic models in the study of politics. Applications include: voting, bargaining, lobbying, legislative institutions, and strategic information transmission. Familiarity with mathematical reasoning is helpful.

     

  • Fee: $250.00

  • Instructor: Matias Iaryczower

  • Capacity Remaining: -2

  • Semester Dates: 1/26/2026 - 4/15/2026 

  • Times: 3:30 PM - 4:20 PM

  • Sessions: 24

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  • International Relations

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  • This course introduces major theories of international relations, uses them to explain historical events from 10,000 BC to the present, and investigates contemporary policy issues such as human rights, terrorism, US foreign policy, climate change and global environmental regulation. The course also trains students how to write academic analyses, policy memos and media opinion pieces, thus preparing them for more specialized courses and research in international relations, as well as jobs in foreign policy.

     

  • Fee: $250.00

  • Instructor: Andrew Moravcsik

  • Capacity Remaining: 0

  • Semester Dates: 1/26/2026 - 4/22/2026 

  • Times: 9:35 AM - 10:25 AM

  • Sessions: 24

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  • Introduction to Game Theory

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  • This course serves as an introduction to strategic issues in politics as well as non-cooperative game theory. The course develops the basic concepts and equilibrium concepts of normal and extensive form games with both complete and incomplete information. We will look at collective action problems, bargaining, voting, legislative politics, deliberation, deterrence and campaigns. Evaluation is through problem sets, exams and a short paper in which students develop their own model and analysis. Two lectures, one preceptorial.

     

  • Fee: $250.00

  • Instructor: Giampaolo Bonomi

  • Capacity Remaining: -1

  • Semester Dates: 1/27/2026 - 4/23/2026 

  • Times: 9:35 AM - 10:25 AM

  • Sessions: 24

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  • Law and Society

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  • An exploration of the relationships between law and society, using judicial and other materials from the American legal system. Topics considered include the stages of legal development, law and morality, judicial decision making, formal resolution of disputes, social control through law, the political nature of law, and courts. 

     

  • Fee: $250.00

  • Instructor: Sarah Staszak

  • Capacity Remaining: -2

  • Semester Dates: 1/27/2026 - 4/23/2026 

  • Times: 9:35 AM - 10:25 AM

  • Sessions: 24

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  • Modern Political Theory

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  • A survey of the foundational texts of modern political theory. Emphasis is placed on close reading and the reconstruction and analysis of theoretical arguments.

     

  • Fee: $250.00

  • Instructor: Gregory Conti

  • Capacity Remaining: -1

  • Semester Dates: 1/26/2026 - 4/22/2026 

  • Times: 10:40 AM - 11:30 AM

  • Sessions: 24

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  • Politics and Religion

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  • We revisit some of the basic normative questions to do with religion and democratic politics: how can democratic polities be protected from religion, and how can religion be protected from politics? Might certain forms of democratic politics depend on religious sources? In particular, might liberal democracy actually "live off" religious sentiments in ways that many liberal theorists fail to acknowledge? Does even the religiously neutral state need a "civil religion" of some sort or other to preserve its moral foundations?

     

  • Fee: $250.00

  • Instructor: Jan-Werner Mueller

  • Capacity Remaining: 3

  • Semester Dates: 1/26/2026 - 4/22/2026 

  • Times: 9:35 AM - 10:25 AM

  • Sessions: 24

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  • The Political Economy of the United States

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  • Many of America's problems are economic in nature, yet politics make the solutions elusive. In "The Political Economy of the United States", this conundrum is explored in detail. We seek to explicitly understand the links between economic outcomes and political processes. Among the concepts explored are special interest influence, the role of money in politics, and regulatory capture. These concepts are brought to life in discussions about key issues and debates such as wealth taxation, the monopolization of social media, and the political effects of economic shocks and de-industrialization.

     

  • Fee: $250.00

  • Instructor: Nolan McCarty

  • Capacity Remaining: 0

  • Semester Dates: 1/26/2026 - 4/22/2026 

  • Times: 10:40 AM - 11:30 AM

  • Sessions: 24

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  • The Politics of Southeast Asia

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  • This course provides an overview and introduction to the politics of Southeast Asia. We will focus our attention on domestic politics and history of the ten constituent members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), plus East Timor and Papua New Guinea. The material covered in this course will mainly cover topics and events that have occurred since the end of World War II. We will begin with an overview of the region, before turning to a focus on the domestic politics of Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. We will end with comparative analysis of thematic areas.

     

  • Fee: $250.00

  • Instructor: Nicholas Kuipers

  • Capacity Remaining: -1

  • Semester Dates: 1/26/2026 - 4/22/2026 

  • Times: 2:25 PM - 3:15 PM

  • Sessions: 24

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