GOVT 3785

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GOVT 3785
Civil Disobedience

Course information provided by the 2019-2020 Catalog.

This course examines the political theory of civil disobedience. Do citizens have obligations to obey unjust laws? What makes disobedience civil rather than criminal? How do acts of protest influence public opinion and policy? Do disruptive protests endanger democracy or strengthen the rule of law? How is the distinction between violence and non-violence political constructed and contested? How has political dissent transformed in a digital era? We will study classical writings and contemporary scholarship in pursuit of answers to these questions and related debates concerning the rule of law, conscience, justice, violence and non-violence, whistleblowing, direct action, rioting, and hacktivism.


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When Offered Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3785, PHIL 2945

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17263 GOVT 3785   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 17264 GOVT 3785   DIS 201

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    • W White Hall 110
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 17265 GOVT 3785   DIS 202

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    • F White Hall 110
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 19107 GOVT 3785   DIS 203

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  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 19108 GOVT 3785   DIS 204

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  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person