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Janda Student Outlines | New Faces | Election links: see PSC 311 below.. Serow: 4/e Contents | Publisher's web | Outlines: Parts: [01] [02] [03] [04] [05] [06] [07] [08] [09] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] Janda Website | US politics | Idealog (Web, needs Flash plug-in) [are you liberal, conservative?] [Matt's graph] ['07 set] NEW Lecture on British and US Constitution, for US Constitution Day [PPT] JusticeLearning.org [notes] explains US constitution & justice issues http://www.constitutionday.us/ has useful links. Cornell.edu also has a fine, more advanced, US constitution site. Match your policy choices to a (surprising) candidate for president in 2008NEW Politics on YouTube, links added in 2007 Election materials and links have moved here Concept slides on Introductory American politics have moved here
Homework essays and papers | Janda Website | Outlines: | Serow| Serow, old 3e | Brewster | Brewster Lectures | State of Union messages: Bush '07 Thomas Patterson, Ch. 21: State and Local Politics. James Q. Wilson, Ch. 25: State & Local Government. Alabama's politics links have moved here Education: Secondary Schools' League Tables in UK, 2007 History of US wars and leadership (animated timeline) NEW Hillary Clinton as Big Brother in the Apple 1984 TV spot Politics on YouTube, 2007 NEW Guest Speakers and Field trips: American & Law Topics, Spring '07 | International & Comparative Topics, Spring '07 | PSC Day in Court, '06 | Spring '05 |
Questions on European readings (from Master's level course, summer '05). Country Briefings from Economist Comparative and International supplementary links have moved here Lectures: Comparative approaches | Systems slides | PM v Presidential Nomination | Research | Readings | Democracies Compared: | Democracies Table | Comparisons Table | Democracies' Challenges, C21st Weimar Failures Table | Larry Siedentop, Democracy in Europe. Bahrain & Kuwait | Books: Steiner: 4/e Workbook | 4/e Student Outlines | Student Outlines of Hauss, Magstadt | Magstadt & Schotten:Outlines | M&S Lectures | Questions | Wilson, European Politics, student outlines Video Outlines: De Gaulle, Vision of France, Outline | New Europeans, Workbook | Outline | Frost, John Major Interview, Slides
McCormick 2/e Questions | MAPS Index| Country Briefings from Economist International supplementary links have moved here Outlines: Rourke, Contents [Rourke, Outlines] | Thucydides | Speakers, '05 | Newcomers, '05 | McCormick, 2005 notes: [1-3] [4-6] [7-9] [10-12] | Documentary Videos FA, Agenda | Rwanda Genocide lecture: Maps | Links Wray Johnson, PhD, Essay on Just War Theory . Written specially for HC's Liberal Arts Symposium by a Lt. Col. of special forces, who is also a lecturer on human rights in warfare, and a professor. David Bosco, PhD, "Moral Principle vs Military Necessity," American Scholar, Winter 2008. Discusses the first US military code of conduct, developed during the civil war. [British] "Army Doesn't Know How to Treat Prisoners" [in first days of Iraq war, 2003]. Films: Notes on International videos: Berlin Airlift | The Power of Choice: Milton Friedman | Inconvenient Truth: Global Warning Ambush in Mogadishu notes on Terrorism videos
Stillman readings, student outlines: Concepts | Cases 7/e | Cases 8/e Kettl & Fesler student outlines, 3/e | Slides, 3/e | Publisher's page, 3/e | Companion pages, 3/e | Workbook, 2/e | Nivola & Rosenbloom (eds), Bureaucracy section outlines. Individual study timetable, spring '07 NEW Organizational Culture booklist | Humor: Rumsfeld's hand gestures video, '07 Students' Gallery '01 | Speakers, '05
Outlines: | Dye | Herrnson, 2e 1-6; 7-20 | Kingdon | Nivola: Policy Process | Herrnson 2e Contents | Local | Herrnson, 1e (1998) outlines 1-10; 11-19 | Notes to documentary video programs on public policies Comparative Cow Policy: a rendition of the venerable two cows jokes Notes on Frontline video, Beslan massacre.
Outlines: Traugott | Nivola & Rosenbloom. | Ware, Introduction | Lectures on Spatial Theory of Parties: European and American Parties -- & Responsible Parties | Presidential Debates PBS Video, Debating Our Destiny: 40 years of presidential debates. Outlines to other documentary videos: PBS, The Choice, 2004, outline. Bibby: Publisher's Description | WorkBook | Students' outlines | Old materials: | Nelson, '93 | Nelson '93 Workbook | Flanigan & Zingale Election 2008 links have moved here
Curtis, Great Political Theories: Outlines Vol. 1 | Vol. 2||
Documentary videos | Crazy Legal Case Styles | Restorative Justice | Resources for legal studies NEW| Kafka, The Trial | Response to Kafka, The Trial Supreme Court pages: List of Opinions | Case Notes | Research | video notes | Race preferences notes, NYT | Individual study timetable, spring '07 At this link, plug in the volume and page number from a Supreme Court in the "Citation Search" function.
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.htmlNEWSigning up for a FindLaw account, is free and easy. Summary of Ethical Principles, by Catherine Rainbow, Davidson College NEW
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| MAPS Index |Seminars vary in topics each term in which they are offered. Past topics have included civil rights. Likely topics include World Politics; Terrorism; Secrecy and Openness; and Southern Politics. PSC 371A for Fall 2005 & 2007: Seminar in Third World Politics & Terrorism, Syllabus | Timetable | Questions | Scores |MAPS Index | Course Description: Types of regime, politics and conflict in global regions. Nation states, non state actors and international organizations. The breeding grounds, motivation and methods of international terrorist groups, and the means of counter terrorism. Seminar with guest speakers likely. Non-political science majors welcome, especially those in history, international business and global leadership. Students' outlines: 9/11 Commission Report | 9/11 Rept. Summary | Badey, Annual Editions '07-08 | Howard, Terrorism & CT | Slide | Joseph (ed), Politics of the Developing World:China | India | Mexico | Brazil | Nigeria | Iran | Iran 3-5 PPT | Discussion Notes on Developing World NEW Book Contents | Book Prices | Timetable of readings, '05 | Outlines of discontinued books: Badey, Annual Editions '05-06 | Kettl, Homeland Security | Sterba, Theories of Justice | Resources: Definitions of Terrorism, in my Quotes page NEW Country Briefings from Economist Pew global attitudes survey, July 2005, on Islamist terrorism. [Chart & summary by Dr. Lewis] | House Report 2006 on BioTerrorism | Counter Insurgency, Army Field 2006, manual Notes | Databases on Terrorism: NEW APSA collection of syllabi and resources <http://www.apsanet.org/section_571.cfm>. MIPT database, allows data searches: <http://www.tkb.org/>. University of MD data collection, in progress <http://www.start.umd.edu/data/gtd/>. Alleged Terrorist groups' web sites:NEW Animal Liberation Front (ALF): <http://www.animalliberationfront.com/>. Earth Liberation Front (ELF): <http://www.earthliberationfront.com/>. Aum Shinrikyo/Aleph: <http://english.aleph.to/>. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE): <http://www.eelamweb.com/>. Videos: Documentary notes, on Terrorism | Notes on Frontline video, Beslan massacre. Videos of Developing World Rwanda Genocide lecture: Maps | Links Humor: polar bear indicates global warming [WMV] palestinian passport control [WMV] Speaker notes: Ms. Bernadette Lorenzo, "The Peace Corps experience in Paraguay." Mr. Craig Baab, "Terrorism as a Regional Force: Palestine and the Congo." | Notes of World Affairs Council speaker, Gen. Russell Howard, on modern terrorism, 8 Nov. '05. Maps of War site: History of world religions (animated timeline) NEW Empires of the middle east (animated timeline) NEW History of US wars and leadership (animated timeline) NEW CIA secret prison in Eastern Europe (animated satellite image) NEW Iraq as pressure vault (animated map) NEW Baghdad's Shia vs Sunni neighborhoods, Sep. '06 (colored satellite image) NEW Saddam's palace under US occupation (colored satellite image) NEW Podcasts at iTunes U. (samples; search for more) Peter Bergen, Rise of Religious Terrorism, Arizona State U. (Free, Podcast at iTunes Store, 35 minutes) Peter Bergen, A World At Risk: Successes and Failures of the War on Terrorism, Stanford U. (Free, Podcast at iTunes Store, 67 minutes) Christopher Hitchens, The War on Terror Revisited, Stanford U (Free, Podcast at iTunes U., 90 mins) Noam Chomsky, The New War on Terrorism, Fact & Fiction. (Podcast Album, $10 at iTunes U. Well, Chomsky is an 'academic rock star' for leftists!) Good Sources on Terrorism (from authors active pre-2001): Conway, Maura. 2002. “Reality Bytes: Cyberterrorism and Terrorist ‘Use’ of the Internet.” First
Monday 7 (November).Crenshaw, Martha. 1987. “Theories of Terrorism: Instrumental and Organizational Approaches.” Journal of Strategic Studies 10 (December): 13-31. -----. 1990. “The Logic of Terrorism: Terrorism as the Product of Strategic Choice.” In Origins of Terrorism: Psychologies, Ideologies, Theologies, States of Mind, ed. Walter Reich. Cambridge: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Cambridge University Press, 7-24. Hoffman, Brian. 1998. Inside Terrorism. New York: Columbia University Press, 7. Jenkins, Brian. 1975. “International Terrorism: A New Mode of Conflict.” In International Terrorism and World Security, eds. David Carlton and Carlo Schaerf. London: Croom Helm, 16. Pape, Robert. 2003. “The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism.” American Political Science Review 97 (August): 343-361. Rapoport, David. 1984. “Fear and Trembling: Terrorism in Three Religious Traditions.” American Political Science Review 78 (September): 658-677. 371B Seminar in Law, Fall 2007: Syllabus | Timetable | Signing up for a FindLaw account is free and easy. At the link below, plug in the volume and page number in the "Citation Search" function. http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html see resources for PSC 314 Constitutional Law 371C Seminar: Law and Order: CSI (College Students Investigating), Fall 2008, Syllabus | Timetable | NEW DRAFT Proposal: Tuesday evenings, 5:30 - 8:30 pm with these elements: police procedural issues (e.g. searches, seizures & interrogations) prosecution issues (i.e. crimes charged based on the evidence collected). reference to the Alabama Criminal Code a selection of (free) online cases, with guidance on the most important sections to read a textbook, yet to be chosen. general legal reasoning DRAFT Assignments: Mini-paper midterm essay exam Term paper final essay exam PSC 372 Seminar in International studies, syllabus | Timetable, Spring 2008 (3 Cr.), MW 1800-1915
(To be taught by Dr. Chris Carr of Air War College, an expert and a lively speaker.)Course Title : America’s Wars – Iraq and Afghanistan Description : This course will investigate the origins and conduct of the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. It will cover the decision-making process that led to the US interventions, the preparations behind the military commitment, how the conflicts have been fought, the distinct nature of the two different cultures of Iraq and Afghanistan and finally what are the long-term implications for US security policy and for the US global presence. The course will identify the key actors and agencies that participated in planning and executing US policy, it will look at how the United States has managed the process of politically and economically re-habilitating Iraq and Afghanistan and the course will encourage critical analysis of decisions made at the strategic and operational levels of the conflicts. The course will use a combination of lecture and seminar, with books and articles designed to provoke debate and encourage analysis. The books required are the following : Record, Jeffrey, Dark Victory: America’s Second War Against Iraq, ISBN-10: 1591147115/ISBN-13: 978-1591147114 Ricks, Thomas, Fiasco : The American Military Adventure in Iraq, ISBN-10: 159420103X/ISBN-13: 978-1594201035 Packer, George, The Assassins’ Gate, ISBN-10: 0374530556/ISBN-13: 978-0374530556 Stewart, Rory, The Prince of the Marshes, ISBN-10: 0156032791/ISBN-13: 978-0156032797 Dr. Carr will also be providing handouts and directing students to on-line material.
Nivola Outlines Index | APSA's sample proposals (for small research grants) ETS: Major Field Test in Political Science | US Percentile Guide 04-07 (where do your scores rank?) NEW Presentations Advice for Capstones NEW Congressional research exercises, from Dr. Borrelli at UA (scroll down linked page to PSC 312). Graduate research design articles and interviews, from Dr. Borrelli at UA (scroll down linked page to PSC 512). Presentations 2000-2004: Ppt files are slow. Click name for (faster) Html version. Most recent in bold. All Outlines, Nov '06 | All Outlines Nov '05 | All Outlines Nov '04 | HTML Template | Abbott | Ahmadi [ppt] | Enfinger [ppt] | Fails | Garrett | Goodrich | Gunnells | Hobbs | Hodo [ppt] | Hollis [ppt] | Isbell | Jordan [Notes] [slides] | Layson [ppt] | Leachman, v3 [ppt] | Lee| Lyles | McDonough | McLemore [ppt] | Pierce [ppt] | Sadler | Smith [ppt] | J. Stanton | Steinfels' 1st project [Images] | Thorn [ppt] | Tolbert [ppt] | Warren [ppt] | West | Wilkerson [ppt] | Winstead [ppt] | Wright [ppt] | Senior Test, question banks: Public Affairs | International Studies | Assessment Criteria, Faculty Form |
In case of discrepancies, registrar's data and college catalog hold the definitive information.Top of page.Which Major field should I take? Catalog changes for Political Science program, for 2005-06, from 8 April 2005 Faculty Meeting.
1. Eliminated the minor in International Studies.
2. Eliminated the MATH 171 Statistics requirement in the Political Science major.Political Science Major & Minor| (2005- catalogs)NEW Majors' Requirements Tables, Fall 2001- Fall 2004 Catalogs: Political Science Major & Minor (Fall 2001-2004 catalogs) Public Administration (only Fall 2001-2004 Catalogs) Public Affairs Tri-Subject (only Fall 2001-2004 Catalogs) Sam Mosier's PATS major course of study plan, 2004-08. International Studies Major & Minor| (only Fall 2001-2004 catalogs) Revisions May 2001: majors & minors. Majors' Requirements Tables, Fall 1999-2001 Catalogs: Political Science & Public Administration | International Studies Public Affairs Tri-Subject Political Science & Public Administration, Fall '99-00 Catalogs International Studies & Public Affairs, Fall '99-00 Catalogs Original Majors, Catalog '97-98, Class of '01 Political Science Majors at other colleges, for comparison.
With twelve to thirty students, these classes still use a seminar format but are able to take advantage of guest speakers from politics, government and law -- and (in spring) occasional visits to the legislature. For example, we observed the powerful AL House Ways and Means Education Committee hearing on a topic close to our own interests -- the Alabama state student grant bill. We have also observed cases in federal and state courts, with recess discussions led by the judges and lawyers involved.
Field trips, like speakers, cannot be guaranteed in any future course. They depend on college policy, timetables, and availability.
Upper Level Public Administration Courses
These include 306 Public Organizations (MWF,
odd Spring terms) and 307 Public Policy Analysis (TTh, even Spring terms).
Some of the most interesting recent reforms such as "reinvention" in government
have occurred in these fields. We tend to explore the reforms and
ask whether they have really improved government.
Upper Level International Studies Courses
We offer 302 Comparative Government (TTh,
even Fall semesters) and 303 International Relations (TTh, odd Spring
terms), plus 321 British Politics (MWF, even spring terms). We also
periodically travel abroad under the Huntingdon Plan. Dr. Lewis regularly
takes students to the excellent AL World Affairs Council's monthly speaker
meetings. A new seminar, PSC 371 [Third] World Politics and Terrorism,
is offered Fall 2005 and may become a regular offering.
Individual Study, Honors and Topical Seminars
These are offered occasionally where time
permits. They typically involve weekly tutorials or group seminars
with extensive reading and deeper research.
499 Senior Capstone
This rounds out your experience as a major
in a spring before graduation. Expect to take a standardized test
or jury-judged written exam. Expect also to read some classics in
the field and to present to faculty and students the findings of a major
research project. Bon Voyage!
