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PSCI 490

Special Subjects

Undergraduate

Fall 2018 · Issues in the 2018 US Election

Topics

  • 2018 US midterm elections
  • Party competition
  • Electoral campaigns
  • Political ideology
  • Race and party change

Readings

  • The Great Alignment: Race, Party Transformation, and the Rise of Donald Trump
    Alan I. Abramowitz · required
  • Neither Liberal nor Conservative: Ideological Innocence in the American Public
    Donald R. Kinder; Nathan P. Kalmoe · required
Winter 2015 · Gender and Global Politics

Topics

  • Gender and international relations
  • State sovereignty and diplomacy
  • Security, trade, and migration
  • Gendered experiences of global politics
  • Feminist research methods

Readings

  • Gender Matters in Global Politics: A Feminist Introduction to International Relations
    Laura J. Shepherd · 2nd edition (2014) · required
  • Feminist Methodologies for International Relations
    Brooke Ackerly; Maria Stern; Jacqui True, editors · unspecified
Winter 2014 · Rights and Public Policy

Topics

  • Rights discourse and policy change
  • Courts in policy-making
  • Comparative rights instruments
  • Charter rights in healthcare and social policy
  • Indigenous communities
  • Human-rights commissions

Readings

  • Required readings and cases provided through LEARN and library resources.
    unspecified
Winter 2013 · Comparative Public Policy

Topics

  • Comparative public policy
  • Policy processes and determinants
  • Politics-policy relationships
  • National policy variation
  • Comparative research design

Readings

  • Comparing Public Policies: Issues and Choices in Industrialized Countries
    Jessica R. Adolino; Charles H. Blake · 2nd edition (2010); 1st also accepted · recommended
  • Required scholarly articles supplied through electronic reserves.
    unspecified
Fall 2013

Topics

  • Globalization and development
  • International business operations
  • Multinational corporations
  • Foreign direct investment
  • The Global South

Readings

  • Globalization for Development: Meeting New Challenges
    Ian Goldin; Kenneth Reinert · required
  • Multinational Corporations and Foreign Direct Investment: Avoiding Simplicity, Embracing Complexity
    Stephen D. Cohen · required
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