Political Science

This course reviews the theories and approaches that are typically used to analyze the political economies and political regimes of countries in the global South. The reliability, validity and normative implications of these theories will be evaluated with reference to key case studies - in many cases drawn from the African continent - in order to illustrate or problematize their claims. Though this is a political science course, our study of the politics of the South will be informed by debates that span a number of disciplines, including history, economics, law, anthropology and sociology.

This course introduces students to the study of the dynamic interaction between the pursuit of wealth and the pursuit of power in the global economy. The course presents the key concepts and theories of IPE, and how these can be used to understand pressing empirical and economic policy questions facing policymakers and citizens in the 21st century.

This course focuses on the emergence and early structure and function of international institutions. It discusses the various departments or “organs” within the United Nations and the responsibilities they hold.

The study of politics includes not only how the political world operates, but also how it ought to operate. This course focuses on some of the most important contemporary political thoughts that have been presented within the last few decades. Topics include democratic ideal, liberalism, conservatism, socialism and communism, fascism, politics of identity, green politics, and populism.

This course examines both philosophical topics in human rights and the history and politics of human rights in Argentina, specifically during the military dictatorship and the democratic transition. Philosophical topics include: analysis of human rights, genocide, and torture; competing philosophical justifications; feminist theory and women's human rights. Historical topics include: a survey of Argentine political history; Argentine state violence; other social actors in the violation of human rights; the lexicon and discourse of violence and how they shaped the body politic; transitional justice; the role and morphology of collective memory; gender in human rights violations.