Sophomore Government Tutorial: State and Society in the Modern Age
CSS 230
Fall 2012
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01
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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 - 1st 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 will be granted during the drop/add period. Students must submit either a ranked or unranked drop/add request for this course. |
| 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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