Winter, 2010 Mr. Strong, Ms Jacobson, Mr. Lejeune, Mr. Childers, Ms BauerPOLITICAL SCIENCE 13: POWER AND JUSTICEThe course deals with 1/ the relationship between our understandings of who and what we are ashuman beings and citizens and the political and social worlds in which we live (we may call that the topic of justice) and 2/ how those understandings are shaped by forces both in and not in our control (call that the topic of power). Required books may be purchased at the book store. In addition a reader should be purchased from University Readers. Go to their website (www. universityreaders .com) and follow instructions and follow instructions. As the lectures do not recapitulate the readings it is important to have done the reading before class and before section. Please b ring the book or material being discussed to section. These books are on reserve but you should own them.My office hours are Wed. 3-4:30 in SSB 274, drop in, and by appt at 534 7081. Email is [email protected]. Your TA will give her/his office hours and location and contact information in section. Requirements for the course include attendance, participation in section (10%), two papers (25% each) and a final in-class exam (40%). Jan, 4: Introduction: Political Theory, Politics, and Political Science. SECTION ONE: Power and the politics of identity in difficult situationsJan 6: FILM: "Obedience" by Stanley Milgrim Jan. 11: The limits of selfhood and identity: READING: Bettelheim: "Individual and Mass Behavior in Extreme Situations" (reader) JANUARY 18 – Martin Luther King Day - HolidayJan 13, 20: The self and political commitment READING: Koestler, Darkness at Noon (BOOKSTORE) Jan. 25, 27: What does it mean to be a citizen? READING: Plato, Apology, Crito (BOOKSTORE) Feb 1 : What obligations does a citizen or anyone else have? READING: Pitkin, “Obligation and Consent” (reader)FIRST PAPER DUE ON Feb 3 IN CLASSSECTION TWO: Justice and the politics of identity in a changing worldFeb 3, 8: Persons, Humans and Citizens READING: "Griswold v. Connecticut"; "Roe v. Wade"; "Webster v. Reproductive Health Services"; "Planned Parenthood v. Casey": in Shapiro, ed. The Abortion Decisions (BOOKSTORE) . FEBRUARY 15 – Presidents Day - HolidayFeb 10, 17: Selfhood and Society READING: Mill, On Liberty (BOOKSTORE) Feb 22: Politics, Contracts and Technology READING: Locke (reader); “In the Matter of Baby M” (2 Court decisions in reader) SECOND PAPER DUE ON Feb 24SECTION THREE: The Limits of Citizenship and Citizenship at the LimitSTART READING ELLISONMarch 1, 3: If not a citizen then what? READING: Thoreau, “Civil Disobedience” (reader); Kateb, “Walt Whitman and the Culture of Democracy” (reader) March 3, 8: Being in and being out: who speaks for whom? READING: Ellison, Invisible Man (BOOKSTORE) March 10: Concluding ThoughtsMarch 17: FINAL IN CLASS
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