Description
This course introduces contemporary global politics. At the end of the course, diligent students will be able to distinguish types of political regime, and they will be able to explain how various institutions, ideas, and identities shape political events around the world. Students will also defend an argument about a current global event or policy question. Special attention is paid to the political significance of racial, cultural sexual, religious, and other forms of diversity in global society. These institutions and sociological factors deeply shape the policies and events that interest us as citizens.