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POL Political Science Courses SSC199Y1 Undergraduate seminar that focuses on specific ideas, questions, phenomena or controversies, taught by a regular Faculty member deeply engaged in the discipline. Open only to newly admitted first year students. It may serve as a distribution requirement course; see page 44. 100-SERIES COURSES POL102Y1 A survey course placing contemporary and enduring issues in
the context of the Canadian political system. Topics may include: Quebec and national
unity, cultural and regional diversity, aboriginal self-government, electoral reform, the
public policy process. How do we change our institutions and how are we shaped by them? POL103Y1 Introduces students to political science by comparing Canada
to a wide range of other countries working through the fundamental political concerns of
power, authority, democracy and equality, and facing common challenges, such as ethnic and
cultural diversity. POL108Y1 An introduction to some of the basic issues in contemporary
global politics. The course begins with an examination of globalization and its
consequences for states and citizens. It then looks at a series of issues in global
politics, and their consequences for Canada and Canadian policy. Instructors draw on
faculty within the Department to help address the range of important issues. The class is
conducted in an electronic classroom utilizing digital projections, and an Internet
connection. JHP200H1 This course is intended to make students better acquainted
with some key political ideas and to see how these ideas have been applied and misapplied
in the real world of politics. Political arguments and techniques of political persuasion
are assessed. (Given by the Departments of History and Political Science) POL200Y1 A selective presentation of critical encounters between
philosophy and politics, dedicated to the quest for articulation and founding of the
just/good society. Among the theorists examined are Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes
and Locke. JMC201Y1 The history, social context, and political theory of
revolutionary trends in China, from the Reform Movement of the 1890's to recent
developments. (Given by the Departments of East Asian Studies and Political Science) POL201Y1 A survey of the developmental challenges facing societies in
Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa, and the efficacy of various development
strategies and policies in meeting these challenges. POL203Y1 Development of government in the United States, the main
features of the American political tradition, contemporary patterns of politics and
policy-making. Evolution of the Constitution with reference to individual rights,
federalism, and governmental powers; the functioning of executives, legislatures,
bureaucracies, parties and pressure groups in the context of current policy problems. JHP204Y1 The history of Ukraine from earliest times to the present.
Economic, political, and cultural movements; Kievan Rus', Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth,
Cossack state, national revival, twentieth century statehood, and unification. POL204Y1 Explores the struggles to build democracy and a market
economy after communist rule. Topics include: the Soviet system and its collapse;
constitutions, federalism, presidential power, and executive - legislative conflict;
ethnic politics and ethnonationalism; the new classes; corruption and organized crime;
Russia's relations with its neighbours; and, comparison of the transition process in
post-Soviet states. POL208Y1 The course analyzes the impact of the individual, the
nation-state, and the international and transnational systems on international conflict
and conflict resolution, and examines the major problems the international community
confronts in a rapidly changing international environment. POL209Y1 A study of the political ideas, institutions, and processes
that are involved in making public policies in Canada and analysis of resulting patterns
of policy development. Institutional analysis emphasizes the role of cabinets,
bureaucracies, courts, interest groups, and intergovernmental relations in making public
policy. Processes of agenda-setting, choosing governing instruments, making and
implementing policy decisions are examined using specific cases. A range of policy studies
will be examined as illustrative cases. POL211Y1 The theoretical and practical problems that citizens
encounter in using political parties or social movements to effect social change both
through election campaigns and in federal or provincial politics. POL213Y1 Survey of the theory and practice of modern communication as
it affects Canadian (and American) politics. Major writers considered include: Ellul,
Innis, McLuhan, Chomsky, Meyrowitz. Topics include: media ownership, public regulation,
election campaigns, polling, journalism as a "profession." POL214Y1 Canada's political system: its key governmental institutions,
especially Cabinet and Parliament; federalism; the Charter of Rights and Freedoms;
political parties and voting behaviour; ideologies and political culture; public opinion
and pressure groups; regionalism and Quebec. Useful as a general course on Canada and a
foundation for more specialized study. POL215Y1 The rise to global prominence of East and Southeast Asia in
the 20th century has been shaped by conditions that differ from those in Europe and North
America. This course explores these historical differences in order to provide a
developmental context within which contemporary political and economic institutions, ideas
and events can be considered. POL216H1 What kind of equality do justice and democracy
require? How much equality, in what goods, is desirable? We explore equality's
multifaceted relationship to justice, touching upon such themes as equal opportunity;
affirmative action; inequalities of race, class, and gender; multiculturalism; political
equality and fair representation; and global inequality. POL242Y1 This course is aimed at helping Political Science students to
understand and use the quantitative methods and research designs now widely employed
throughout the discipline. POL299Y1
POL300H1 An introduction to the field of comparative politics. Content
in any given year depends on instructor. JMC301Y1 This course explores China's efforts to construct a modern
and effective political order in the face of powerful demographic and revolutionary
challenges. The clash between competing ideologies, political and social movements and
institutional alternatives in the context of rapid social and economic change are
analyzed. (Given by the Departments of East Asian Studies and Political Science) POL301Y1 The continuing relevance of pre-colonial Africa; the nature
and legacy of colonial rule; African nationalism and the consolidation of power in the
newly-independent states; government, party and the people; the role of the military;
national integration; dependency and neo-colonialism; socialism and development; democracy
and human rights. POL302Y1 An introduction to comparative politics with a focus on
Western Europe: types of democracy, changing economic and social governance, organized
interests in Europe, party landscape, social movements. Special attention to Germany,
Britain, France, Italy, and the European Union. POL303Y1 This course explains the history of the two Germanies since
1945, and examines contemporary German politics and their implications. POL304Y1 Development of political institutions and policies to manage
ethnic relations; political strategies and resources for achieving ethnic goals; case
studies: self-government and the First Nations; renewed federalism/sovereignty association
and the Quebecois; multiculturalism and minority rights. POL305Y1 The colonial heritage, the failure of nation-states to
develop as integrated and autonomous power structures, dependent capitalism and political
order, contrasting types of domination, rigid monopolization and the flexible use of the
state by the ruling sectors, national revolution and the socialist alternative. POL310Y1 Analysis of different aspects of conflict management,
including security regimes, U.N. peacekeeping, mediation, bilateral as well as
multilateral techniques. POL311Y1 A study of the ideas that underlie Canadian politics
emphasizing the similarities and differences between political parties. The sources and
nature of liberalism, conservatism, socialism, nationalism, and multiculturalism in
Canada. POL312Y1 Canada's response to the challenges of globalization and the
post-cold war world. The major alternative theoretical approaches, the changing doctrines
and patterns of Canadian foreign policy from 1945 to the present, the making of Canadian
foreign policy, relations with the United States, within NAFTA, and with other global
regions. POL313Y1 Psychological implications of political theories. Attention
to alternative approaches to research and theorizing. The bearing of psychological
perspectives on political issues. POL314Y1 The attitudes and behaviour of the mass public in Canada and
other western democracies, with emphasis on voting and elections. Themes include the
nature of social, psychological, and economic forces on public opinion and voting,
political participation, mass media, public opinion polling, electoral systems, the role
of parties, leaders, and issues in elections. Examination of recent national surveys of
Canadian electorate. POL315H1 An interdisciplinary examination of the development of
political visibility by gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and the transgendered in the
contemporary period; and an analysis of public policy on and state regulation of sexual
diversity in Canada, the U.S., Britain, and other European countries. POL316Y1 Constitutional, political, administrative, and financial
aspects of federal-provincial relations, regionalism, and cultural dualism. POL317Y1 Major theories and concepts in the fields of public
administration and public policy, drawing on the experience of advanced industrial
nations. POL318H1 Deals with the political economy of Canada's position in
North America. Starting with Harold Innis's theory of staple growth and the debate about
the role of foreign investment in its economic (mis)development, we examine how Canada,
having long resisted continental economic integration, turned to free trade as a panacea
in the 1980s. The course ends with a detailed investigation of NAFTA's significance for
Canadian public policy options. POL319Y1 The American Constitution and the Supreme Court's role in its
exposition and development. The fundamental principles of the constitution, judicial
power, federalism, civil rights, freedom of speech and religion, criminal procedure.
Discussion of Supreme Court cases. Comparisons with Canadian constitutional law
throughout. POL320Y1 The development of political thought from the Enlightenment
and through the 19th century; implications for political thought in the 20th century.
Democratic and anti-democratic tendencies. POL321Y1 An exploration of approaches to ethnic conflict management in
industrial societies. Topics covered: comparison of Canada and United States (First
Nations, multiculturalism, Quebecois and visible minorities); West European issues:
conflict, consociation, and treatment of immigrant minorities; Israel and South Africa;
East European disintegration: Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia; role of nationalities in
collapse of former Soviet Union and in post-Soviet developments. POL323Y1 An exploration of the issue of justice among nations. Is such
justice genuine or is it largely spurious? What are the prospects for a just international
order? Careful examination and thorough discussion of texts by Thucydides, Rousseau, Kant,
and other first-rate thinkers on these issues. POL324Y1 Integration in Europe: an introduction to the institutions of
the European Union and the political players within; its policies; implications for
state-society relations in Europe; and consequences for international relations.
Comparisons with other forms of regional integration such as NAFTA, AFTA or MERCOSUR. POL325H1 A study of how the expansion of market relations has
interacted with state structures and local community practices to shape social
transformation or continuity in Asia, Africa and Latin America. POL326Y1 The foreign policy of the United States: tradition and
context of American decision-making, the process by which it is formulated, application to
a number of specific regions and problems in the world. POL330H1 The relationship between the individual's quest for the good
life and the political order. The role of the wise man in civil society. Study of a small
number of texts. POL332Y1 A study of the role, autonomy, and power of courts in
countries with different political regimes (USA, France, Russia), and of the problem of
legal transition in formerly authoritarian, especially post-communist states. POL333Y1 Similarities and differences in provincial political systems.
Comparative analysis of provincial societies, cultures, and institutions. Examination of
political parties, leaders, elections, voting behaviour, and policy outputs. POL334H1 Study and analysis of the major events and issues in Quebec
society and politics. Concentrates on recent years and on the political implications of
post-war economic and social change. POL335Y1 The course is designed to trace Japan's rise to global
prominence in the 20th century. Why has globalization in recent years prompted such
extraordinary political and economic difficulties in Japan? The areas of discussion
include also social and cultural aspects of modern public life. POL336H1 Government and politics in Canada's preeminent province.
Topics include the historical, socio-economic, and comparative settings of provincial
politics. Attention is devoted to institutions, parties and elections, intergovernmental
relations and the policy continuities and discontinuities of recent years. POL337Y1 The moral foundations, historical events, political forces
and legal ideas that have shaped the Canadian constitution; the roots, legacies, and
judicial interpretation of the Constitution Act 1867, the Constitution Act 1982, and the
Charter of Rights and Freedoms; the politics of constitutional change;
"differentiated citizenship", "rights talk", and the judicialization
of politics. POL338Y1 An interpretive study of the meaning and significance of the
Enlightenment. Central themes and issues are explored through selected readings and
thinkers - Locke, Kant, Hume, Rousseau, Vico, Montesquieu. POL340Y1 International law as an instrument of conflict resolution.
Recognition, sovereign immunity, subjects of international law, jurisdiction. POL341H1 Political economy of Canada's position in the world trading
system. Starting with globalization (understood as the economic and technological forces
driving the integration of capital, production, and distribution markets) and global
governance (institutional structures and rules established to manage countries'
international economic behaviour), we focus on how the World Trade Organization affects
Canada's capacity to develop policies for cultural, economic and environmental
development. POL342H1 A postpositivist and postmodernist critique of mainstream
international relations thinking. In deconstructing prevalent assumptions about world
politics as represented primarily by neorealist and neoliberal thought, this course
highlights alternative perspectives on the construction and the emancipatory potential of
political life. JPP343Y1 An examination of selected texts in ancient and modern
political theory focusing on the conceptual division between private and public spheres of
activity and the theorization of sexual difference and sexual equality. Examines
contemporary feminist perspectives in political theory. (Given by the Departments of
Philosophy and Political Science) POL343Y1 The history and politics of international governance, with
particular emphasis on the League of Nations and its 19th century antecedents, the United
Nations and the emergence of nongovernmental organizations; informal institutions and
structures; and specific issue areas such as development, trade, finance, human rights and
the environment. POL344Y1 A comparative examination of the development of a variety of
social movements, and their engagement with state institutions. The women's movement in
Canada, the U.S., and various European countries receive significant attention. Movements
focusing on labour, the environment, aboriginal issues, disability, race, and other issues
are also discussed. POL345H1 Introduction to Israeli politics. Israel's political system:
its origins, its formal structure, its informal cues, and its current crisis. Particular
attention given to the relation between Israel's political institutions and their ability
to withstand the pressures emanating from Israel's fractured society. POL346Y1 The relationship between human-induced environmental stress
and national and international security, with a special focus on the likelihood of
environmentally related violence in the developing world. Some treatment of the technical
aspects of global environmental change. POL347Y1 The comparative politics of the environment. An examination
of the environmental movement in northern countries (Canada, United States, Western
Europe), and its extension into southern countries (Latin America, Africa and Asia).
Analyses differences in policies and politics between northern and southern regions, and
the local effects of globalization. POL348Y1 Concepts and themes of comparative politics in both
developing and advanced industrial states; concepts include political culture, class
analysis, rational choice, institutionalist approaches; themes include democratization,
authoritarian regimes, nationalism, states and markets. POL349H1 Major cities around the world have become intimately involved
in a much more globalized world. The focus of this course is the political response of
Canadian, American and European cities to this major challenge. Throughout the course, we
ask what options are open to our cities effectively to operate in this new arena, while
retaining their local values and democratic culture. POL395H1/396H1/397Y1 TBA POL398H0/399Y0
JPE400Y1 A study of the political economy of development strategies,
with particular reference to the ascendant neoliberal strategy. The course also explores
alternative development strategies. Cases are drawn from Latin America, Africa and Asia.
(Given by the Departments of Economics and Political Science) POL400H1 A study of Michel Foucault's Madness and Civilization,
Discipline and Punish, and The History of Sexuality. JPE402Y1 Lectures relate economic organization to philosophical
interpretations of community and citizenship. Philosophers include Plato, Aristotle,
Calvin, Smith, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Habermas, Rawls and Hayek. Seminars interpret critical
moments of 20th century economic history from the standpoint of philosophy. Does
philosophy clarify or obscure the meaning of economic history? (Given by the Departments
of Economics and Political Science) POL402Y1 Study of a small number of texts illuminating the origins
and/or legacy of Socratic political philosophy. POL404Y1 A study of selected texts in ancient and/or modern political
philosophy that reveal the arguments for and against the idea of natural right. POL405Y1 A study of Marxism as political economy and philosophy with
emphasis upon dialectics. Begins with Aristotle, Smith, Kant, Hegel and Marx. Includes
Lenin, Trotsky, Bukharin, Preobrazhensky, Pashukanis, Hilferding, Bernstein, Kautsky,
Luxemburg, Korsch, Gramsci, Marcuse, Lukacs, Althusser, Habermas. Theme: relations between
science, economics, politics, law and philosophy. POL407Y1 Historical examination of the theoretical bases of Canadian
politics. The contributions of theorists such as George Grant and Charles Taylor to the
understanding of Canadian politics. POL409Y1 Explores centrality of science and technology in political
affairs generally and current significance for public policy in particular. Applies
conceptual tools of political economy to analyze the nature of technological change in
industrial democracies since the late 19th century. It assesses social and political
consequences of the current wave of technological innovation and alternative responses of
industrial democracies. (Offered in alternate years) POL411H1 Selected topics and case studies in Canadian Public
Administration. POL412Y1 Explores human rights with reference to global politics and
common ways of thinking about democracy and its limits. Materials to be considered are
theoretical, practical, empirical and historical, a number of them from Latin America. The
defence and protection of human rights provides the basic reference point. POL416Y1 The course explores the theoretical nature of the
international system and its historical evolution. POL417Y1 The countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle
East; their impact on the international system, and the external and internal factors that
influence their international behaviour, with particular focus on civil wars. POL418Y1 The social and economic problems faced by large third world
cities; relationship between urban politics and the kinds of solutions that are advanced.
Settlement issues and low-cost housing policies, unemployment and marginal populations,
the dynamics of urban government, and the politics of planning. POL419Y1 The use of advanced data analysis techniques in the social
sciences, management and analysis of large datasets, techniques of multivariate analysis,
problems of causal inference and interpretation of data. JPJ421Y1 The seminar explores the global expansion of judicial power
through the constitutionalization of rights and the fortification of judicial review.
Examination of moral foundations of constitutionalism; comparative analysis of
constitutional rights jurisprudence; the politics of constitutional decision-making; and
the impact of constitutional jurisprudence on social change. POL422Y1 Ethnic politics and emergence of ethnonationalism in the
Soviet Union and post-Soviet world, especially the role of ethnic politics and
ethnonationalism in the collapse of the Soviet state and post-Soviet relations. Law and
politics in the USSR and its successor states, especially the politics of judicial and
constitutional reform since 1985. POL423H1 The course examines public sector budgeting at the federal
and provincial levels in Canada. It investigates how economic, political and institutional
factors are transformed into budgetary policy especially during times of fiscal
constraint. Comparative analysis, budgeting theory, simulations and case studies inform
this seminar. POL424Y1 An examination of the competing conceptions of knowledge,
"quantitative" and "qualitative," that have shaped the academic study
of politics. Methodology form a philosophical standpoint. Topics discussed include
objectivity, values, value freedom, scientific explanation, behaviouralism, historicism,
the sociology of knowledge, and interpretation. Readings from Comte, Weber, Mill, Popper,
Strauss, Kuhn, Habermas, Gadamer, and Taylor. POL425H1 An examination of the basic ideas underlying Canada's
multicultural policies, especially as explained by Pierre Elliot Trudeau, and some
interpretations of Canadian practice by political theorists, especially Charles Taylor and
Will Kymlicka POL427Y1 This course examines the theoretical presuppositions
orienting the construction of the behaviour and skills of democratic citizenship;
simultaneously, students consider what is involved. The course consists of three parts: No
One Truth, Evoking the Other, and the Spirit of Equality. POL428Y1 Explores cultural, institutional and structural explanations
for political change and regime types in Southeast Asia; strong emphasis on nationalism,
ethnic/religious conflict in the region. POL431Y1 Issues and themes in China's modernization effort with
emphasis on 20th century social, political and economic developments. POL432H1 Feminist theory offers basic challenges to the foundations of
modern political and legal thought. It suggests a different conception of human nature and
a different model of epistemology and of appropriate forms of argument about the
traditional issues of legal and political theory: justice, power, equality and freedom.
Introduction to the foundations of feminist theory, an analysis of its implications for
traditional liberal theory, and an application of feminist theory to law. POL433H1 The objective of the seminar is to investigate the ways in
which race, ethnicity, and culture have influenced American politics. Areas and issues
including the party system, public policy, the evolution of the Constitution, the
definition and negotiation of gender roles and identities, the labour movement, and
popular culture, are examined. POL434H1 This course explores, through the writings of its foremost
advocates and adversaries, the Enlightenment, the movement to found political life on the
principles of scientific reason, universally applicable and accessible to human beings. POL435Y1 The course addresses questions regarding the cultural and
organizational precedents for and against modern capitalist enterprise in East and
Southeast Asia. Special effort given to tracing uneven geographical, gender and class
participation in market growth and to the moral and political arguments that have been
provoked regarding the consequences of the Asian "economic miracle" and its
recent financial crisis. POL437Y1 This course investigates the implications of the Internet for
world order. In the first half of the course, we undertake a close reading of a major
theorist of technology. In the second half of the course, we canvass several major
issue-areas in the Internet-world order nexus. POL438H1 Selected issues in comparative politics. Varies from year to
year. POL440Y1 Comparative analysis of the former Communist states of
Eastern Europe and the post-Communist successor states. POL441H1 Selected issues in Asian politics. Content in any given year
depends on instructor. POL442Y1 This seminar focuses on one or more themes of contemporary
concern in Latin American politics. POL443H1 Selected issues in comparative politics. Varies from year to
year. POL444Y1 An examination of the Phenomenology of Spirit and the
Philosophy of Right. POL445Y1 Canadian development assistance, trade and investment and
political policies towards the Third World. The ethical, geo-political, domestic political
and economic determinants of these policies and their consequences. POL446Y1 A comparative study of Camus and Arendt. POL450H1 This course addresses the large and growing comparative
literature in two main areas: women's political attitudes and participation. Focusing on
West European and U.S. materials, the first half examines "gender gap"
differences between women's and men's political beliefs, while the second assesses
patterns of involvement in political institutions. POL451Y1 The relationship between politics and the news media, mainly
in Canada and the U.S. Topics and major writers considered include: Innis, McLuhan,
Chomsky, Bagdikian, concentration of ownership, election campaigns, polling, the press
gallery, legal issues and libel chill, regulation of broadcasting, and the impact of new
technologies. POL452Y1 What is multilevel governance? Sources, structure, actors,
processes, challenges. Focus on organizing redistributive policies, participation and
accountability. The European Union compared with federal and semi-federal systems (e.g.
Canada, U.S.A., Germany...) and the European Union compared with regional and global
regimes (NAFTA, WTO...). JHP454Y1 World War I and the Russian Revolution: the Ukrainian
independence movement; the Soviet Ukraine and west Ukrainian lands during the interwar
period; World War II and the German occupation; the Soviet Ukraine before and after the
death of Stalin. Socio-economic, cultural, and political developments. (Given by the
Departments of History and Political Science) (Offered every three years) POL454Y1 Organized around important topics in study of international
political economy. With a focus on the industrialized world, it explores the political
underpinnings of the global economy. Some emphasis placed on empirical examination of
international monetary and financial issues. Trade and investment issues are also treated
in a context which evaluates the explanatory power of various theoretical approaches. JPF455Y1 Examines disciplinary and developmental boundaries relating
to cities. By bringing together faculty who focus on cities within Political Science,
History, Philosophy, Literature, Design, Environment and Health, Geography or Social Work,
the course explores inter-disciplinary city issues: global change; environment; economic
adjustment; state reform and city politics; citizenship; community development; economic
development; physical form, territory and political-economy of cities. (Given by the
Departments of Philosophy, Political Science, Urban Studies, Faculty of Social Work and
Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design) POL456Y1 This course explores the tension between majority rule and
minority rights as it implicates the United States Supreme Court. Proceeding historically,
the course examines both legal doctrine and political practice relative to "rights
talk" in the United States. POL457Y1 The American political tradition rests on the pillars of
liberty and equality, limited government and popular sovereignty. Yet the meaning of these
ideals has always been essentially contested. This course examines the principal contests
for the national character from the pre-revolutionary period to the present. POL459Y1 The relationship of military force to politics: Nuclear war
and deterrence, conventional war, revolutionary war and counter-insurgency are examined
from the perspectives of the U.S., Russia and other contemporary military powers. JUP460Y1 A colloquium (fall term) and research seminar (spring term)
on the changing meanings of security. Concepts to be considered, and to be applied in
research, range from the unconventional (feminist theorizing, the GAIA hypothesis) to the
familiar (collective security, deterrence). (Offered by the Department of Political
Science and University College) POL460Y1 Studies on a modern political thinker or thinkers since
Rousseau. POL461H1 The origins of bureaucracy in China and Africa, the colonial
state, approaches to the study of post-independence administration, the military,
centralization and decentralization. Planning and the policy-making process: research
methods, the administration of aid, and rural and urban development. POL462Y1 Political parties and party systems in Canada, United States
and selected European countries. Electoral systems, problems of representation, voting and
elections and processes of political change in western democracies. JPJ464H1 Introduces students to theories of negotiation developed in
the political and behavioural sciences and compares them to theories of negotiation
implicit in the law. The course places jurisprudence against the background of theories of
problem framing, pre-negotiation, breakdown, outcome implementation, structural
impediments and the characteristics of negotiation as a strategy for reaching agreement,
resolving conflict, and pursuing partisan interest. (Given by the Faculty of Law and the
Department of Political Science) POL464H1 In the post-cold war, globalizing international system, the
institutions of the G8 are emerging as an effective centre of global governance.
Alternative conceptions of global governance and theories of international cooperation are
used to explain G8 performance. National approaches to G8 diplomacy are assessed. POL465H1 The performance of the G8 and other international
institutions in securing cooperation and compliance, and shaping international order in
major contemporary issues of political economy (finance, trade, employment, development),
security (arms control, regional security, democracy and human rights) and transnational
global issues (environmental protection, drugs, crime, infectious disease). JPJ471H1 Explores fundamental issues in the design and amendment of
constitutions, with particular reference to divided societies such as Canada, Belgium,
Spain and South Africa. Includes both the processes and outcomes of constitutional
politics, and their implications for conflict management, democracy, and effective
governance. (Given by the Faculty of Law and the Department of Political Science) POL473H1 The structure and political processes of local government in
Canada. Topics include finance, provincial-municipal relations, elections, local
government reform, and selected case studies. POL474H1 A comparative survey and critical examination of major
theories of public policy-making and related approaches to policy analysis. Theories are
applied in turn to selected cases of Canadian policy development which are analyzed from a
comparative perspective. POL475H1 Examines how policies are developed and implemented, and
seeks to improve students' analytic, writing and presentational skills. Through readings
and role-playing sessions, exposes students to key challenges confronting policy-makers:
preparing for government transitions, undertaking environmental scanning and scenario
planning, evaluating alternative instruments for delivery programs, establishing
consultation processes, restructuring government bureaucracies, and ensuring
accountability. POL479H1 This course examines the contemporary politics of the Middle
East and North Africa. It seeks to examine the relative importance of political,
socio-economic and ideological factors in the context of such issues as the resilience of
authoritarism, the rise of civil society, and the resurgence of Islamic activism.
Theoretical discussion is followed by case studies. POL480Y1 Historically, liberalism has coped with the fact of social
difference through doctrines of colour - or difference - blindness. Recent feminist and
other critics of liberalism have argued that liberal conceptions of justice and
impartiality fail to treat members of marginalized groups as equals. This course explores
both sides of these debates. POL481H1 This course examines North American contributions to the
development of non-linear, non-essentialist, systemic modes of evaluation of
social/cultural reality. Authors studied include Joanna Macy, Gregory Bateson, Noam
Chomsky and William Connolly. POL484H1 A seminar on a central problem in political thought. It
proceeds through the reading of a small number of major texts. Content in any given year
depends on instructor. POL485Y1 A seminar on a central problem in political thought. It
proceeds through the reading of a small number of major texts. Content in any given year
depends on instructor. POL486H1 For advanced students of international relations. Various
topics are taken up each year, the content of which depends on the instructor. POL487H1 For advanced students of international relations. Various
topics are taken up each year, the content of which depends on the instructor. POL488H1 In depth examination of specific themes relating to
contemporary African politics. Content in any given year depends on instructor. POL489H1 In depth examination of specific themes relating to
contemporary African politics. Content in any given year depends on instructor. POL490H1 Examines in depth enduring and emerging issues in Canadian
politics. Content in any given year depends on instructor. POL491H1 Examines in depth enduring and emerging issues in Canadian
politics. Content in any given year depends on instructor. POL495Y1 TBA POL496H1/497H1 TBA |
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