GOVT 2785

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GOVT 2785
Civil Disobedience

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

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 protests endanger democracy or strengthen the rule of law? How do acts of protest influence public opinion and policy? How is the distinction between violence and nonviolence politically constructed and contested? We will study classical writings and contemporary scholarship in pursuit of answers to these questions and related debates concerning the rule of law, conscientious objection, the uses of civility and incivility, punishment and responsibility, as well as whistleblowing, direct action, strikes, sabotage, hacktivism, and rioting.


Distribution Requirements (KCM-AG, SBA-AG), (SSC-AS), (OCE-IL)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2024SP, 2021FA, 2020FA, 2020SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2785, PHIL 2945

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6544 GOVT 2785   LEC 001

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    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6545 GOVT 2785   DIS 201

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    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6546 GOVT 2785   DIS 202

  •  
    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6547 GOVT 2785   DIS 203

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    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6548 GOVT 2785   DIS 204

  •  
    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person