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1 GVPT100 – Introduction to Government and Politics Summer II 2010 Susan Lee [email protected] This class is designed to give students an introductory overview of Government and Politics as it is studied today. Some of the questions that will be explored are: Why is a government necessary? What is its role? What is the role of citizens? How important is freedom in the world of politics? Power? Happiness? Money? What is the best form of government? Such questions are clearly difficult to answer, but through writings from ancient, modern, and contemporary times, this class will begin to address the issues that political thinkers have entertained for years. Required texts * selections will be handed out in class. Sophocles Antigone Plato The Republic Machiavelli The Prince *Hobbes The Leviathan *Rousseau Social Contract and the Discourses *Marx, Engels The Communist Manifesto *Marx Early Writings *Mill On Liberty *Tocqueville Democracy in America Putnam Bowling Alone *Barber Consumed Course requirements Quizzes 20% Paper 1 20% Paper 2 20% Exam 20% Participation 20% Quizzes will be given at the beginning of class. They will be unannounced, and mainly to make sure you are keeping up with the readings. The highest 4 quiz scores will count. Paper assignments will be emailed in advance. Papers must be typed, double-spaced, and 4-5 pages. Papers (hard copies) must be handed in at the beginning of class on the day they are due. Late papers will not be accepted. The final exam will be essay format, given in class on our last day, August 18.2 Reading Schedule I Purpose of government July 12 Sophocles Antigone July 14 Plato The Republic (327a – 367e, 427d – 449a, 514a – 521b) July 19 Machiavelli The Prince (Ch. 8, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 25, 26) July 21 Hobbes Leviathan (Part 1 ch. 13, 14. Part II ch. 17, 18, 21) II Politics and modernity July 26 PAPER 1 DUE Rousseau Discourse on the Arts and Sciences Discourse on the Origin of Inequality July 28 Marx, Engels The Communist Manifesto Aug. 2 Marx Early Writings (Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts: Estranged Labor, Money) Aug. 4 Mill On Liberty III Contemporary Democracy Aug. 9 PAPER 2 DUE Tocqueville Democracy in America (pp. 3-15, 61-65, 239-245, 403-410, 439-443, 479-492, 500-503, 587-588, 661-673) Aug. 11 Putnam Bowling Alone (ch. 1, 10, 13, 14, 15) Aug. 16 Barber Consumed (pp. 3-37, 128-144) Aug. 18 IN-CLASS


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