GOVT 2817

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GOVT 2817
America Confronts the World

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.

Donald Trump and Barack Obama give us two visions of America and of the world: xenophobic nationalism and pragmatic cosmopolitanism.  America and the world are thus constituted by great diversity. The first half of the course seeks to understand that diversity in American politics and foreign policy viewed through the prisms of region, ideology, region, race, class and religion. The second half inquires into the U.S. and American engagement of different world regions and civilizations: Europe, Russia, North America, Latin America, China, Japan, India and the Middle East. U.S. hard power and American soft power find expression in far-reaching processes of American-infused globalization and U.S.-centered anti-Americanism reverberating around the world. Advocates of one-size-fits-all solutions to America's and the world's variegated politics are in for great disappointments.

When Offered Fall.

Breadth Requirement (GB)
Distribution Category (SBA-AS)
Course Subfield (AM, CP, IR)

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2817

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15948 GOVT 2817   LEC 001

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  • 15998 GOVT 2817   DIS 201

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

  • 15999 GOVT 2817   DIS 202

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  • 17797 GOVT 2817   DIS 203

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