Government (GOVT)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022.

GOVT 1101

This First-Year Writing Seminar is devoted to the study of political power and the interaction of citizens and governments and provides the opportunity to write extensively about these issues. Topics vary ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: A Tale of Two Koreas

  • 19578 GOVT 1101   SEM 101

    • MW Clark Hall 247
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Jo, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: The Politics of Work

  • 19579 GOVT 1101   SEM 102

    • MW Uris Hall G88
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Rosenblum, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Anticolonial Global Justice

  • 19581 GOVT 1101   SEM 104

    • MW Uris Hall 398
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Alkadi-Barbaro, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Decolonization

  • 19582 GOVT 1101   SEM 105

    • TR Uris Hall 398
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Ba, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

GOVT 1111

A policy-centered approach to the study of government in the American experience.  Considers the American Founding and how it influenced the structure of government;  how national institutions operate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 1115

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5957 GOVT 1111   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6430 GOVT 1111   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6431 GOVT 1111   DIS 202

    • M White Hall 104
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Howard, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6432 GOVT 1111   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6433 GOVT 1111   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6434 GOVT 1111   DIS 205

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6435 GOVT 1111   DIS 206

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6436 GOVT 1111   DIS 207

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6437 GOVT 1111   DIS 208

    • R McGraw Hall 366
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Ma, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6848 GOVT 1111   DIS 209

    • M Uris Hall 262
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6962 GOVT 1111   DIS 210

    • W White Hall 104
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7289 GOVT 1111   DIS 211

    • F Uris Hall 204
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7290 GOVT 1111   DIS 212

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 1503

This course offers an introduction to the study of Africa, the U.S., the Caribbean and other diasporas.  This course will examine, through a range of disciplines, among them literature, history, politics, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 1500ASRC 1500

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6516 GOVT 1503   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 1623

In 1868, samurai revolutionaries and their allies seized the reins of power and established a new capital they called Tokyo. Against all odds, this fragile regime survived and made Tokyo a center of power ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2222CAPS 1622HIST 1622

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19009 GOVT 1623   LEC 001

    • MW Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Roebuck, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19010 GOVT 1623   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19011 GOVT 1623   DIS 202

    • R McGraw Hall 365
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19012 GOVT 1623   DIS 203

    • F White Hall B06
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19013 GOVT 1623   DIS 204

    • W White Hall B04
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19014 GOVT 1623   DIS 205

    • F White Hall B04
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19015 GOVT 1623   DIS 206

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19016 GOVT 1623   DIS 207

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19017 GOVT 1623   DIS 208

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19018 GOVT 1623   DIS 209

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 1817

An introduction to the basic concepts and practice of international politics with an emphasis on learning critical thinking.  The course is divided into two parts. In the first half, we will learn about ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5848 GOVT 1817   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6442 GOVT 1817   DIS 201

    • M McGraw Hall 366
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6443 GOVT 1817   DIS 202

    • M McGraw Hall 366
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6444 GOVT 1817   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6445 GOVT 1817   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6446 GOVT 1817   DIS 205

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6447 GOVT 1817   DIS 206

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6448 GOVT 1817   DIS 207

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6449 GOVT 1817   DIS 208

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6450 GOVT 1817   DIS 209

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6451 GOVT 1817   DIS 210

    • F Uris Hall 262
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 2225

In recent years, poverty and inequality have become increasingly common topics of public debate, as academics, journalists, and politicians attempt to come to terms with growing income inequality, with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  6301 GOVT 2225   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6912 GOVT 2225   DIS 201

    • F Malott Hall 224
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6913 GOVT 2225   DIS 202

    • F Malott Hall 207
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6914 GOVT 2225   DIS 203

    • F Uris Hall 202
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6915 GOVT 2225   DIS 204

    • F Malott Hall 207
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6916 GOVT 2225   DIS 205

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6917 GOVT 2225   DIS 206

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6918 GOVT 2225   DIS 207

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6919 GOVT 2225   DIS 208

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7097 GOVT 2225   DIS 209

    • F Uris Hall 204
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7098 GOVT 2225   DIS 210

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 2264

This course explores the causes and consequences of modern day civil wars. The first part of the course looks at individual, group, and state level factors that might cause civil wars to break out. The ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18753 GOVT 2264   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 2274

This overview course will take a thematic and interdisciplinary approach to major questions of our time, including health, development, migrations, security, technology, inequality, and innovation. We ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17297 GOVT 2274   LEC 001

    • TR Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Riedl, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 2432

The course concerns the principles and philosophical arguments underlying conflicts and moral dilemmas of central and ongoing concern to society as they arise within legal contexts. We consider questions ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHIL 2430

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8166 GOVT 2432   LEC 001

    • TR Kimball Hall B11
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8167 GOVT 2432   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8168 GOVT 2432   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 2553

This course will cover current events in Europe as they unfold during the semester. Each week the two meetings will features a "topic" day in which students learn about a current issue of importance for ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6989 GOVT 2553   LEC 001

    • MW Savage Hall 100
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Way, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7408 GOVT 2553   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18773 GOVT 2553   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 2806

This course presents a cultural and historical perspective on ideas of agency, responsibility, and punishment through foundational texts of western law. We will primarily focus on three main areas of law: ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 2806FGSS 2806

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17280 GOVT 2806   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3032

Public policies are political outcomes determined by processes that are complex, convoluted and often controversial. The aim of this course is to equip students with the conceptual tools necessary to understand ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3033

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7856 GOVT 3032   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8120 GOVT 3032   DIS 201

    • T White Hall 110
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8121 GOVT 3032   DIS 202

    • T McGraw Hall 145
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8122 GOVT 3032   DIS 203

    • T White Hall 110
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8123 GOVT 3032   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8125 GOVT 3032   DIS 206

    • F White Hall 110
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8126 GOVT 3032   DIS 207

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3071

The US and the global community face a number of complex, interconnected and enduring issues that pose challenges for our political and policy governance institutions and society at large.  Exploring how ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3071

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7529 GOVT 3071   LEC 001

    • F Washington, DC
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Silbey, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program.

GOVT 3112

The course will be a lecture course on Congress, introducing them to the political science literature on the topic and the major research questions and approaches. We will examine the development of the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3112

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17283 GOVT 3112   LEC 001

    • TR Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Bateman, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17286 GOVT 3112   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17288 GOVT 3112   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17289 GOVT 3112   DIS 204

    • W White Hall 106
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3121

This is a class about the American criminal justice system—from policing to prisons, from arrest to reentry. In many ways, the operation of the modern criminal justice system is taken for granted, which ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3121

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17299 GOVT 3121   LEC 001

    • TR Milstein Hall 101
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Margulies, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17303 GOVT 3121   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17304 GOVT 3121   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17305 GOVT 3121   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17306 GOVT 3121   DIS 204

    • R White Hall 104
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17307 GOVT 3121   DIS 205

    • F White Hall 104
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17308 GOVT 3121   DIS 206

    • F White Hall 104
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17310 GOVT 3121   DIS 208

    • F White Hall 104
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17311 GOVT 3121   DIS 209

    • F White Hall B04
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3251

COVID-19 did not affect everyone equally. In fact, the opposite is true: the pandemic exposed dramatic health inequities by race, class, gender, and other factors. Not only were some groups more likely ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3261

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18294 GOVT 3251   LEC 001

    • MW Milstein Hall 101
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Michener, J

      Perera, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18295 GOVT 3251   DIS 201

    • T Sibley Hall 208
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18296 GOVT 3251   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18297 GOVT 3251   DIS 203

    • R White Hall 110
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18299 GOVT 3251   DIS 205

    • F White Hall 106
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3281

This course investigates the United States Supreme Court and its role in politics and government. It traces the development of constitutional doctrine, the growth of the Court's institutional power, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3281LAW 3281

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18974 GOVT 3281   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3294

We are in an era of unprecedented access to information via digital news, the internet, and social media. This also comes with significant misinformation — for example, in 2016, Oxford Dictionaries named ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17327 GOVT 3294   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3303

From a perspective based on comparative political economy, this course examines pressing contemporary issues such as the politics of growing inequality.  We consider conflicts around markets, democracy, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRIC 4330

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  7934 GOVT 3303   LEC 001

    • TR Ives Hall 305
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Turner, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3313

What explains authoritarian resilience in the Middle East? What are the causes and consequences of Islamist political attitudes and behavior? What is the historical legacy of colonialism and empire in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: JWST 3850NES 3850

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18586 GOVT 3313   LEC 001

    • TR Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Blackman, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18590 GOVT 3313   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18591 GOVT 3313   DIS 202

    • F Sibley Hall 101
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3354

Three decades from the fall of the Berlin Wall, we have gained broad perspective on the challenges of societal transformations away from socialism.  This course explores the process and social consequences ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SOC 3430

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7957 GOVT 3354   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3437

The European Union (EU) is a major player in international politics. Despite this, it remains unclear whether the EU is ultimately an international organization, a state in the making, or an entirely new ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17349 GOVT 3437   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3494

This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of regional development and globalization. Topics vary each semester. view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3854CRP 3854

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Growth and Development

  •  6148 GOVT 3494   LEC 080

    • M Washington, DC
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Fridl, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program.

Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3854CRP 3854

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Social Justice& Urban Issues:Case of Washington,DC

  • 17096 GOVT 3494   LEC 081

    • W Washington, DC
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Ajinkya, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington Program.

GOVT 3636

Shortly after the 2016 election, The New Yorker published an article entitled "The Frankfurt School Knew Trump was Coming." This course examines what the Frankfurt School knew by introducing students to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 3541ENGL 3920GERST 3620

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7643 GOVT 3636   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3683

Corruption, and the perception of corruption, pervades many aspects of society and has become a source of political protest around the world. This course focuses on the similarities and differences between ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SOC 3680

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8261 GOVT 3683   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3705

An introduction (without prerequisites) to fundamental problems of current political theory, filmmaking, and film analysis, along with their interrelationship.  Particular emphasis on comparing and contrasting ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 3300GERST 3550PMA 3490

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16712 GOVT 3705   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3737

Throughout human history, and its modern incarnation, communities have clashed just as often as states. This course sheds light on ethnic communities and conflicts, explicating their historical dynamics ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 3735NES 3735

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18596 GOVT 3737   LEC 001

    • M White Hall 104
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Abulof, U

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3745

Survey of European social theory from Hegel to Foucault (via Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Weber, and the Frankfurt School). view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 2240

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17331 GOVT 3745   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3785

This course examines controversies in the theory and history of civil disobedience. Do citizens have obligations to obey unjust laws? Can law breaking ever be civil rather than criminal? Do disruptive ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3785PHIL 2945

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17356 GOVT 3785   LEC 001

    • TR Milstein Hall 101
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17357 GOVT 3785   DIS 201

    • M White Hall 110
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17358 GOVT 3785   DIS 202

    • M White Hall 110
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17359 GOVT 3785   DIS 203

    • F White Hall 106
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17360 GOVT 3785   DIS 204

    • F White Hall 110
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20237 GOVT 3785   DIS 205

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20238 GOVT 3785   DIS 206

    • F McGraw Hall 365
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3805

We are all the living dead – alive but bound to die, and know it. In this course we will learn how existential fears and anxieties shape our politics, partly through moral meaning-making. While the politics ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 3805NES 3805

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8099 GOVT 3805   SEM 101

    • T McGraw Hall 365
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Abulof, U

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3967

China is often thought of as being isolated from the outside world. It is imagined as existing in historic seclusion, and, following the establishment of the People's Republic, as pursuing a path of autarky. ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3395CAPS 3967

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17412 GOVT 3967   LEC 001

    • TR White Hall 106
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 4000

Major seminars in the Government department are small, advanced courses that cover an important theme or topic in contemporary politics in depth. Courses place particular emphasis on careful reading and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 6273

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • Topic: War & The State in Comparative Perpsective

  •  6717 GOVT 4000   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Preference given to Government Seniors and Juniors. Fulfills government senior seminar requirement.

Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 6816

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Hannah Arendt

  • 17401 GOVT 4000   SEM 102

    • M Statler Hall 453
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Markell, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Preference given to Government Seniors and Juniors. Fulfills government senior seminar requirement.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: The Politics of Policing

  • 17402 GOVT 4000   SEM 103

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Preference given to Government Seniors and Juniors. Fulfills government senior seminar requirement.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Checks & Balances or Imperial Presidency?

  • 17403 GOVT 4000   SEM 104

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Preference given to Government Seniors and Juniors. Fulfills government senior seminar requirement.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Democracy: Development & Backsliding

  • 17404 GOVT 4000   SEM 105

    • W Uris Hall 360
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Mettler, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Preference given to Government Seniors and Juniors. Fulfills government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4021

American conservative thought rests on assumptions that are strikingly different from those made by mainstream American liberals.  However, conservative thinkers are themselves committed to principles ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4021

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6840 GOVT 4021   SEM 101

    • F Olin Library 403
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Bensel, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Preference given to Government Seniors and Juniors. Fulfills government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4022

This course explores how a rapidly changing media environment and popular cultural are changing American governance and popular perceptions of democratic institutions. The course examines more than eighty ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8493 GOVT 4022   SEM 101

    • R Online Meeting
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Israel, S

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    This class does not fulfill the government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4283

This class will examine the history and contemporary role of Latinos as a minority group in the U.S. political system. This course is intended as an overview of the political position of Latinos y Latinas ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4283LSP 4283

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7926 GOVT 4283   SEM 101

    • M Sibley Hall 142
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Garcia-Rios, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Government Seniors and Juniors given preference. This class fulfills the government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4543

This course a offers comparative political sociology of democratic and non-democratic institutions in the United States and beyond. Topics will include nationalism, fascism and populism. My focus will ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SOC 4540

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8260 GOVT 4543   SEM 101

    • T Ives Hall 116
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Berezin, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This course does not satisfy the government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4827

Seminar intended to examine the increasingly complex relationship that has evolved between China and the rest of the international system, with particular focus on the rise of Chinese nationalism and the ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4448CAPS 4827GOVT 6827

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7991 GOVT 4827   SEM 101

    • W McGraw Hall 366
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Government Seniors and Juniors given preference. This class fulfills the government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4949

This seminar creates a structured environment in which honors students will examine different  research approaches and methods and construct a research design for their own theses—a thesis proposal that ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5852 GOVT 4949   SEM 101

    • M White Hall 106
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Bensel, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This class fulfills the government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4998

This required course forms the core of the Cornell in Washington academic program. The foundational skill of both politics and policy is taking knowledge, analyzing it, figuring out how to convert it into ... view course details

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  •  4372 GOVT 4998   LEC 080

    • F Washington, DC
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Silbey, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program.

GOVT 4999

One-on-one tutorial arranged by the student with a faculty member of his or her choosing. Open to government majors doing superior work, and it is the responsibility of the student to establish the research ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5042 GOVT 4999   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Bensel, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5047 GOVT 4999   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5053 GOVT 4999   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Israel, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5056 GOVT 4999   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Kreps, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5059 GOVT 4999   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Mettler, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5070 GOVT 4999   IND 623

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Michener, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5078 GOVT 4999   IND 632

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Way, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5080 GOVT 4999   IND 634

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Margulies, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

GOVT 6019

The goal of this course is to introduce probability and statistics as fundamental building blocks for quantitative political analysis, with regression modeling as a focal application. We will begin with ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5958 GOVT 6019   SEM 101

    • MW White Hall 106
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Pepinsky, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7286 GOVT 6019   DIS 201

    • F White Hall 106
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6031

The major issues, approaches, and institutions of American government and the various subfields of American politics are introduced. The focus is on both substantive information and theoretical analysis, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7989 GOVT 6031   SEM 101

    • R McGraw Hall 365
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Bateman, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6132

Economic inequality has been soaring in the United States since the 1970s, making it as unequal as it was during the Gilded Age, and more unequal than any of the world's other wealthy nations today that ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17425 GOVT 6132   SEM 101

    • T White Hall 114
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Mettler, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6215

This course will explore the ways in which Michel Foucault's oeuvre transitions from a concern with sovereignty to a preoccupation with biopolitics. Foucault's early work (one understands that there is ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17467 GOVT 6215   SEM 101

    • M Africana Ctr B07
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Farred, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6246

This seminar will study the problem of transmission in psychoanalysis, with an emphasis on its stakes for political history and theory. Freud's Moses and Monotheism addresses the unconscious and intersubjective ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 6778FREN 6240

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17154 GOVT 6246   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6255

Marx, never reading Freud, produced analysis of ideology and fetishism as class struggle; Freud, barely mentioning Marx, produced critique of socialism and communism. Freudo-Marxism began 1920s: Austria/Germany ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18987 GOVT 6255   SEM 101

    • M McGraw Hall 145
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Waite, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to Seniors and Graduate Students.

GOVT 6273

The goal of the course is to introduce students to the study of the nexus between violence and the creation of the modern state. It is intended to familiarize students with the role that war and other ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 4000

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17430 GOVT 6273   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6284

What types of political outcomes can religion and culture help explain? What political and social factors affect religious identity and institutions? This course is designed to provide graduate students ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: RELST 6284

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17440 GOVT 6284   SEM 101

    • T Sibley Hall B10
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Blackman, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6344

This course provides an overview of design-based inference and experimental methods, with a focus on historical political economy. Each week presents the foundations of new method, along with innovative ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17443 GOVT 6344   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6353

This course provides a graduate-level survey of the field of comparative politics, introducing students to classic works as well as recent contributions that build upon those works. Readings will draw ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5164 GOVT 6353   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6365

Recent years have seen political theorists grappling with the afterlives of colonialism by engaging in projects of comparison, decolonization, and creolization, among others. This course presents an overview ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SHUM 4671SHUM 6671

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19942 GOVT 6365   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6619

This is a course on networks and text in quantitative social science. The course will cover published research using text and social network data, focusing on health, politics, and everyday life, and it ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 6610INFO 6610SOC 6610

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  7626 GOVT 6619   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6656

Advanced discussion of a topic in social and political philosophy. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 6656PHIL 6430

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Theories of Justice, Equality, Liberalism & Reason

  • 17236 GOVT 6656   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6816

This is a recurring seminar on the political theory of Hannah Arendt, which combines close reading of a rotating selection of her works (it is not a comprehensive survey) with intensive reconstruction ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 4000

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17439 GOVT 6816   SEM 101

    • M Statler Hall 453
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Markell, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6827

This seminar is intended to examine the increasingly complex relationship that has evolved between China and the rest of the international system, with particular focus on the rise of Chinese nationalism ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4448CAPS 4827GOVT 4827

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7990 GOVT 6827   SEM 101

    • W McGraw Hall 366
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 7998

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-12 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  8408 GOVT 7998   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

GOVT 7999

Individualized readings and research for graduate students. Topics, readings, and writing requirements are designed through consultation between the student and the instructor. Graduate students in government ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5112 GOVT 7999   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Bensel, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5123 GOVT 7999   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Kriner, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5124 GOVT 7999   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Kreps, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5127 GOVT 7999   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Mettler, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5128 GOVT 7999   IND 621

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Michener, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5135 GOVT 7999   IND 632

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Way, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5176 GOVT 7999   IND 634

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Flores-Macias, G

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies