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    Power and Politics in Today’s World - Office Hours

    Power and Politics in Today’s World - Office Hours

    Power and Politics in Today's world, taught by professor Ian Shapiro, provides answers to the questions: How did we get from the huge euphoria that followed the fall of communism in the early 1990s to our present politics of fear and resentment, and what are the prospects going forward? In this playlist, Shapiro and the course's designated teaching fellow discuss recurring and/or interesting questions raised by students in the course.

    Subjects:
    Political Science
    Keywords:
    International relations Power (Social sciences) Political science
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    International Studies 12: Global Issues & Institutions

    International Studies 12: Global Issues & Institutions

    International Studies 12: Global Issues & Institutions cross listed as Political Science 44A: Global Issues and Institutions. Global Issues and Institutions is an introductory survey course designed to introduce the students to numerous current issues confronting policy-makers, pundits, and concerned global citizens as well as to the international institutions that regularly cope with those same issues. Among the issues discussed are the following: nuclear politics, energy crisis, war, international terrorism, globalization, ethnic conflict, environmental degradation, development, debt, and dependence. At the end of the quarter students will be able to: (a) identify and describe some major political, economic, social, and environmental issues confronting the global community; (b) evaluate major threats to peace and stability in the world today; (c) understand the role of power and military force in global affairs and limitations to the use of force; and (d) evaluate the demographic, economic, and national aspects of development.

    Subjects:
    Political Science
    Keywords:
    International relations Policy sciences
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    Courseware