Politics

Kristina Mani, Professor of Politics, Chair
Marc Blecher, James Monroe Professor of Politics
Stephen Crowley, Professor of Politics
Samantha Davis, Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics and Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow
Michael David Forrest, Associate Professor of Politics
Joshua Freedman, Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
Jennifer Garcia, Assistant Professor of Politics
David Gutherz, Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
Adam Howat, Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics and Postdoctoral Fellow
Chris Howell, James Monroe Professor of Politics of Politics
Shinkyu Lee, Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
Ali Masood, Assistant Professor of Politics
Michael Parkin, Associate Dean, Erwin N. Griswold Professor of Politics
Eve Sandberg, Robert S. Danforth Professor of Politics
Jade Schiff, Assistant Professor of Politics
Rudabeh Shahid, Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
William Smith, Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
Amanda Zadorian, Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics

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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 110 - Revolution, Socialism and Reform in China
• POLT 111 - Theater and Politics
• POLT 113 - Comparative Politics of Developing Countries
• 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 205 - Political Research and Analysis
• POLT 207 - Social Movements and the Policy Process
• POLT 208 - Environmental Policy
• POLT 209 - American Political Institutions
• 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 215 - The Autocratic Turn
• POLT 216 - The Political Economy of Advanced Capitalism
• POLT 217 - Queer Comparative Politics
• POLT 218 - Settler Colonialism in Comparative Perspective
• POLT 219 - Work, Workers and Trade Unions in Advanced Capitalist Societies
• POLT 220 - International Security
• POLT 222 - Comparative Foreign Aid Studies
• 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 231 - Justice, Virtue, and the Good Life
• POLT 233 - Political Ideas and Ideologies
• POLT 234 - Critical Theory and Its Legacies
• POLT 235 - Political Theory of Human Rights
• POLT 236 - Rebellion and Revolution
• POLT 237 - Politics after Religion? A Search for Political Authority
• POLT 239 - Marxian Theory
• POLT 240 - Militarization of Global Politics, Economy & Society
• POLT 241 - Anti-Semitism and White Supremacy
• POLT 244 - Politics of Transitional Justice
• POLT 245 - Human Security
• POLT 250 - Neoliberalism: Origins, Problems, Possibilities
• POLT 251 - Political Responsibility
• POLT 252 - Capitalism, Socialism, Anarchism: Perspectives on States, Markets, and Justice
• POLT 253 - African American Political Thought
• POLT 254 - American Political Theory from the Foundings to the Progressive Era
• POLT 257 - Mutual Aid
• POLT 258 - The Social Contract & Its Critics
• POLT 260 - Post Soviet Politics
• POLT 261 - Ethnic Conflicts in Comparative Perspective
• POLT 262 - Identity & Conflict in South Asia: India, Pakistan and Afghanistan
• POLT 268 - South Asia’s “Non-Nuclear Five”
• POLT 269 - Latin American Politics Past and Present through Film
• POLT 272 - American Voting and Elections
• POLT 273 - Is the U.S. a Democracy?
• POLT 274 - Law and Public Policy
• POLT 276 - American Political Economy
• 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 - Judicial Politics
• POLT 284 - The American Right
• POLT 287 - Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
• POLT 288 - Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers
• POLT 289 - Judicial Simulation
• POLT 290 - Global Critical Theory
• POLT 291 - The Abolitionist Movement
• POLT 304 - Topics in Political Psychology
• POLT 310 - Zionisms
• POLT 311 - Global Capitalism: Corporate Citizens & Shareholder States
• POLT 313 - Seminar: Transition to Capitalist Society in China
• POLT 314 - Citizenship and Statelessness in Comparative Perspective
• POLT 315 - Seminar: Future of Organized Labor
• POLT 316 - Post-Communist Transformations
• POLT 317 - Seminar: The Transformation of the Welfare State
• 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 333 - Education for Politics: Discipline, Resistance, Virtue
• POLT 337 - Political Violence
• POLT 338 - The Politics of Mind Control
• POLT 339 - The Politics of Markets
• POLT 370 - Race in Congress
• POLT 371 - Power & American Democracy
• POLT 372 - Health Law and Politics
• POLT 373 - The U.S. Supreme Court
• POLT 374 - Elections and Voting in the United States
• POLT 403F - Senior Honors - Full
• POLT 404F - Senior Honors - Full
• POLT 411 - Practicum in Applied Research
• POLT 421F - Studies in Electoral Politics - Full
• POLT 421H - Studies in Electoral Politics - Half
• POLT 422F - Projects in Electoral Politics - Full
• POLT 422H - Projects in Electoral Politics - Half
• POLT 423 - Practices in Electoral Politics
• POLT 995F - Private Reading - Full