Politics

Kristina Mani, Professor, Chair
Marc Jeremy Blecher, James Monroe Professor of Politics
Stephen Crowley, Professor
Michael David Forrest, Assistant Professor
Joshua Freedman, Visiting Assistant Professor
Jennifer Garcia, Assistant Professor
Adam Howat, Visiting Assistant Professor
Chris Howell, James Monroe Professor of Politics
Michael Parkin, Erwin N. Griswold Professor of Politics
Robert Reamer, Visiting Assistant Professor
Jade Schiff, Assistant Professor
Miranda Yaver, Visiting Assistant Professor
Amanda Zadorian, Visiting Assistant Professor

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Advanced Placement

A student with a score of 5 on the American Politics, Comparative Politics, or General Politics AP exam will earn one full course (within the maximum limit of five full courses of work accepted before matriculation) toward the Politics major and toward graduation requirements.

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Majors and Minors

• Politics Major  
• Politics Minor  

Courses

• POLT 100 - Introduction to American Politics
• POLT 102 - Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
• POLT 107 - Intro to US Politics
• POLT 110 - Revolution, Socialism and Reform in China
• POLT 111 - Theater and Politics
• POLT 116 - The Theory and Practice of Contemporary Left Politics
• POLT 119 - Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies
• POLT 120 - Introduction to International Politics
• POLT 121 - Current Challenges to World Order
• POLT 130 - Being Political: Political Theory and Political Action
• POLT 134 - Political Theory Live: Thinking in Practice
• POLT 136 - Authority and Rule: An Introductory Survey
• POLT 138 - Political Concepts
• POLT 200 - Mass Politics in a Media Age
• POLT 201 - Constitutional Interpretation
• POLT 202 - American Constitutional Law
• POLT 203 - The First Amendment
• POLT 205 - Political Research and Analysis
• POLT 207 - Social Movements and the Policy Process
• POLT 208 - Environmental Policy
• POLT 210 - Latin American Politics
• POLT 211 - Revolutions
• POLT 212 - Political Economy of Development in Asia
• POLT 213 - The Politics of Oil
• POLT 214 - Social and Political Change in Eastern Europe
• POLT 216 - The Political Economy of Advanced Capitalism
• POLT 217 - Queer Comparative Politics
• POLT 219 - Work, Workers and Trade Unions in Advanced Capitalist Societies
• POLT 220 - International Security
• POLT 224 - The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
• POLT 225 - U.S. Foreign Policy and the Anti-Apartheid Movement
• POLT 228 - US Foreign Policy
• POLT 229 - Politics & Power of International Law”
• POLT 230 - Feminist Theory
• POLT 231 - Justice, Virtue, and the Good Life
• POLT 232 - European Political Theory: Rousseau & After
• POLT 234 - Critical Theory and Its Legacies
• POLT 236 - Rebellion and Revolution
• POLT 238 - Modern American Political Thought
• POLT 239 - Marxian Theory
• POLT 240 - Militarization of Global Politics, Economy & Society
• POLT 241 - Antisemitism & White Supremacy
• POLT 244 - Politics of Transitional Justice
• POLT 245 - Human Security
• POLT 246 - International Law and Organizations
• POLT 250 - Neoliberalism: Origins, Problems, Possibilities
• POLT 251 - Political Responsibility
• POLT 252 - Capitalism, Socialism, Anarchism: Perspectives on States, Markets, and Justice
• POLT 254 - American Political Theory from the Foundings to the Progressive Era
• POLT 255 - Democratic Theory, Citizenship, and Race
• POLT 256 - Environmental Political Theory
• POLT 258 - The Social Contract & Its Critics
• POLT 259 - Political Theories of Obedience and Disobedience
• POLT 260 - Post Soviet Politics
• POLT 263 - Comparative Political Economy in the Middle East
• POLT 264 - Urban Politics in Developing Cities
• POLT 269 - Latin American Politics Past and Present through Film
• POLT 271 - Gender, Sexuality and the Law
• POLT 273 - Is the U.S. a Democracy?
• POLT 274 - Law and Public Policy
• POLT 275 - Criminal Law
• POLT 278 - Ideal vs Practice of US Democracy: Gender, Race, and the War on Terror
• POLT 279 - American Presidency & Presidential Power
• POLT 280 - U.S. Congressional Politics and Legislative Strategies
• POLT 281 - Interest Groups and American Democracy
• POLT 282 - Politics of Inequality in the United States
• POLT 283 - Persuasion, Polling & the People’s Choice
• POLT 284 - The American Right
• POLT 287 - Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
• POLT 288 - Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers
• POLT 304 - Topics in Political Psychology
• POLT 306 - Gender and Migration
• POLT 308 - Constitutional Interpretation and Individual Rights
• POLT 309 - Justice
• POLT 310 - Zionisms
• POLT 311 - Global Capitalism: Corporate Citizens & Shareholder States
• POLT 313 - Seminar: Transition to Capitalist Society in China
• POLT 315 - Seminar: Future of Organized Labor
• POLT 316 - Post-Communist Transformations
• POLT 317 - Seminar: The Transformation of the Welfare State
• POLT 320 - Imperialism and Global War
• POLT 323 - Responding to Atrocity
• POLT 326 - Topics in Democracy and Development Seminar
• POLT 327 - Identity in Global Politics
• POLT 328 - Seminar: Pirates, Priests and Protestors: Non-state Actors in International Politics
• POLT 329 - Seminar: Globalization
• POLT 330 - Seminar: Responding to Disaster: Politics, Philosophy, Literature
• POLT 331 - Seminar: Modernity and Postmodernity in Contemporary Political Theory
• POLT 332 - Liberalism
• POLT 333 - Education for Politics: Discipline, Resistance, Virtue
• POLT 339 - The Politics of Markets
• POLT 352 - Decolonial Political Theory
• POLT 370 - Race in Congress
• POLT 371 - Power & American Democracy
• POLT 372 - Health Law and Politics
• POLT 403F - Senior Honors - Full
• POLT 403H - Senior Honors - Half
• POLT 404F - Senior Honors - Full
• POLT 404H - Senior Honors - Half
• POLT 411 - Practicum in Applied Research
• POLT 412 - Topics in Entrepreneurship and Development