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POLI SCI 341

ISRAELI POLITICS AND SOCIETY

3-4 credits.

Examines the issues currently facing Israeli society and the ongoing debates in Israeli politics. Provides historical background and analytical understanding of contemporary Israeli politics. Attention will be paid to political history, institutions, economic development, coalition formation, ethnic politics, and religious-secular divisions as they are manifested in Israeli politics.

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Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn about Israeli politics, history, and culture. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply political science concepts and theories to understand Israeli politics and society. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Understand who the main actors are in Israeli politics. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Understand the main social and political cleavages in Israel. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate an original research question in the context of those gaps. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn about Israeli politics, history, and culture. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply political science concepts and theories to understand Israeli politics and society. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Understand who the main actors are in Israeli politics. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Understand the main social and political cleavages in Israel. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate an original research question in the context of those gaps. Audience: Graduate

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