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POWER

WEEK 1

Introduction: Read: Grigsby chapter 1, 2.

WEEK 2

Key concepts in Political Science: Power, State and Nation

Read: Grigsby Ch. 3, “bases and types of power” – Alapo ch. 1

Anastasios Syrianos articles: 1)  “How to make your government do the right thing” 2); “How to control politicians and their exercise of political power”.

WEEK 3

Political Ideologies: Liberalism, Conservative, Socialism. Read: Grigsby chapter 5.

WEEK 4

Political Ideologies 2: Fascism, Totalitarianism

Read: Grigsby chapter 6

WEEK 5

Political Ideologies 3: Feminism, Environmentalism, Post Modernism

Read: Grigsby Chapter 7

QUIZ (post responses on BB).

GOVERNMENT

WEEK 6

Government Systems: Democracy and Non – Democracy

Read: Grigsby Chapter 8

What is Democracy? Read: article on “meaning of democracy”.

“The 9 fundamental principles common to all democracies”.

WEEK 7

Interest Groups, Political Parties and Elections

Read: Grigsby Chapter 9

Article on “Interest Groups and Political Parties / Voting and Elections.”

WEEK 8

Interest Groups, Political Parties and Elections (cont.)

Read: Grigsby Chapter 9

Article on “Political Parties”.

WEEK 9

Interest Groups, Political Parties and Elections (cont.)

Read: Grigsby Chapter 9

Article on “Voting and Elections”

MIDTERM EXAM (post response / research paper on BB).

WEEK 10

Governing Democracies: Executives, Legislatures and Judiciaries

Read: Grigsby Chapter 10

Article on “The Presidential and Parliamentary types of government; Systems of Government: Parliamentarism and Presidentialism”.

 POLITICS

WEEK 11

International Relations: The United Nations

Read: “About the United Nations” and “UN Charter” and “Main organs of the UN”.

CONFLICT

WEEK 12

Contemporary Issues in Politics: Global conflict

Read: “Conflict theory by Karl Marx”.

“Economic and Political Causes of Conflict: An Overview and Some Policy Implications”.

“Global issues overview”.

JUSTICE

WEEK 13

Contemporary Issue in Politics: Global Justice

Read: “Sustainable Development Goals: 17 Goals to Transform our World”.

WEEK 14

Civic and Political Action

Read: “Young People’s Civic and Political Engagement and Global Citizenship” (Brown and Sterwart, 2015).

“Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Global Competency for an Inclusive World” (Paris, 2016).

WEEK 15

Review for Final Exams: Final Exam Pol 100 – 1600 Fall 2018