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ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropology 246D: Law, Violence, and Human Rights*
Examines how adequately law and liberal theories of the state recognize, explain, and delegitimize political violence, particularly the violence committed by states. Addresses theories of the state within which human rights law is embedded, the ethnographics of violence, the legal use of force.
CRIMINOLOGY, LAW, AND SOCIETY
Criminology, Law and Society C165: The Death Penalty
Examines why the U.S. continues to have a death penalty when so many other countries have abandoned it. Arguments for and against the death penalty are covered.
HISTORY
History 103: Topics in International Conflicts
A study of international conflicts from military, social, economic perspectives with a focus on the preparation for and conduct of war and the consequences.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Political Science 141E: U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Asia
U.S. policy toward the countries of East Asia: bilateral and regional security relationships, U.S. economic relations with the major Asian countries, the development of regional institutions, and human rights.
Political Science 142B: The International Relations of East Asia
Surveys various aspects of relations between the nations of East Asia. Topics include historical development of the region; current political and security relations, including the impact of the American military presence; other issues such as economic relations and human rights.
Political Science 142H: Human Rights and Foreign Policy
Analyzes theories, patterns, and cases of human rights foreign policy. How do countries pursue the values and standards of human rights in their foreign relations? How does the U.S. fit into worldwide trends? Examines U.S. behavior and international human rights.
Political Science 153E: Human Rights
Examines the causes and consequences of human rights violations with a focus on Latin America. What are human rights? When and where are they violated? What political mechanisms are available to deal with human rights problems? How effective are they?
Political Science 172A: International Law
Examination of the origin, changing structure, and application of international law, and the role of legal norms in regulating the behavior of states and maintaining international order. The use of force, pacific settlement of disputes among nations, human rights, international terrorism.
Political Science 172B: International Law and the U.S. Legal System
Explores how international law and U.S. law interact, focusing on recent cases and controversies. Topics include: treaty and customary law as U.S. law; international human rights litigation in U.S. courts; war powers; detentions in the war on terror; and torture.
SOCIOLOGY
Sociology 170B: U.S. War on Terror
Analyzes the United States war on terrorism by focusing on terrorism, the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and changes in police powers throughout the Patriot Act, as well as the political leadership which directs the war.
WOMEN'S STUDIES
Women’s Studies 167A: Militarism and Gender
Feminist approach to militarism, war, and political violence drawing on representations of women as both victims of and participants in military violence; effects of militarism on formations of gender; effects of military industrial complex on nationalism and identity.
Women’s Studies 167B: Sexual Traffic
Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the concept of "sexual traffic" as it impacts the formation of sexualized bodies and sexual subjects within and across national boundaries.
* Graduate course
Anthropology 246D: Law, Violence, and Human Rights*
Examines how adequately law and liberal theories of the state recognize, explain, and delegitimize political violence, particularly the violence committed by states. Addresses theories of the state within which human rights law is embedded, the ethnographics of violence, the legal use of force.
CRIMINOLOGY, LAW, AND SOCIETY
Criminology, Law and Society C165: The Death Penalty
Examines why the U.S. continues to have a death penalty when so many other countries have abandoned it. Arguments for and against the death penalty are covered.
HISTORY
History 103: Topics in International Conflicts
A study of international conflicts from military, social, economic perspectives with a focus on the preparation for and conduct of war and the consequences.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Political Science 141E: U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Asia
U.S. policy toward the countries of East Asia: bilateral and regional security relationships, U.S. economic relations with the major Asian countries, the development of regional institutions, and human rights.
Political Science 142B: The International Relations of East Asia
Surveys various aspects of relations between the nations of East Asia. Topics include historical development of the region; current political and security relations, including the impact of the American military presence; other issues such as economic relations and human rights.
Political Science 142H: Human Rights and Foreign Policy
Analyzes theories, patterns, and cases of human rights foreign policy. How do countries pursue the values and standards of human rights in their foreign relations? How does the U.S. fit into worldwide trends? Examines U.S. behavior and international human rights.
Political Science 153E: Human Rights
Examines the causes and consequences of human rights violations with a focus on Latin America. What are human rights? When and where are they violated? What political mechanisms are available to deal with human rights problems? How effective are they?
Political Science 172A: International Law
Examination of the origin, changing structure, and application of international law, and the role of legal norms in regulating the behavior of states and maintaining international order. The use of force, pacific settlement of disputes among nations, human rights, international terrorism.
Political Science 172B: International Law and the U.S. Legal System
Explores how international law and U.S. law interact, focusing on recent cases and controversies. Topics include: treaty and customary law as U.S. law; international human rights litigation in U.S. courts; war powers; detentions in the war on terror; and torture.
SOCIOLOGY
Sociology 170B: U.S. War on Terror
Analyzes the United States war on terrorism by focusing on terrorism, the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and changes in police powers throughout the Patriot Act, as well as the political leadership which directs the war.
WOMEN'S STUDIES
Women’s Studies 167A: Militarism and Gender
Feminist approach to militarism, war, and political violence drawing on representations of women as both victims of and participants in military violence; effects of militarism on formations of gender; effects of military industrial complex on nationalism and identity.
Women’s Studies 167B: Sexual Traffic
Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the concept of "sexual traffic" as it impacts the formation of sexualized bodies and sexual subjects within and across national boundaries.
* Graduate course