Sophomore Government Tutorial: State and Society in the Modern Age
CSS 230
Spring 2013
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| Certificates: International Relations |
The sophomore tutorial in government introduces students to the study of the developing relationship between the government and the governed, and the institutions and evolving forms of justification that accompanied these reconfigurations from Plato's REPUBLIC to the American republic. Along the way, students will be introduced to the method of inquiry of the ancients and the moderns who, respectively, as political philosophers and political scientists, balanced contrasting first principles and competing interests to proffer their period-specific answers to the perennial question, "who governs?" |
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| Credit: 1.5 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS GOVT |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: Credit/Unsatisfactory |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CSS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 - 2nd Trimester |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
TBA
Topics Include:
Week 1: Classical Republicanism
Week 2: From Roving to Stationary Bandits: The Emergence of the State
Week 3: Machiavelli, Madison, and the "New Science" of Politics
Week 4: Liberalism and American "Exceptionalism"
Week 5: Sovereignty and the Police Power
Week 6: Equality, Order, and Liberty: Communism, Fascism and Liberal Democracy
Week 7: Justice, Democratic Socialism, and the Welfare State
Week 8: The Perils of Democracy
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly papers due at the beginning of each class meeting |
| Instructor(s): Lim,Elvin Times: .....F. 10:00AM-12:00PM; Location: PAC402; |
Permission of Instructor Required
Enrollment capacity: 10 | Permission of instructor approval will be granted by the instructor during pre-registration through the Electronic Portfolio. Click "Add to My Courses" and "To request a POI electronically, click here" to submit your request. |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
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| SECTION 02 - 3rd Trimester |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Same as Section 01 Above |
| Examinations and Assignments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Instructor(s): Lim,Elvin Times: .....F. 10:00AM-12:00PM; Location: PAC402; |
Permission of Instructor Required
Enrollment capacity: 10 | Permission of instructor approval will be granted by the instructor during pre-registration through the Electronic Portfolio. Click "Add to My Courses" and "To request a POI electronically, click here" to submit your request. |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 0 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
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