Courses
Course Archive
Courses Winter 2001
Please find below a list of courses offered by the department during the Winter 2001 quarter.
205. Introduction to American Government. This course provides an introduction to American national politics. The course topics include an introduction to America's constitutional foundations; elements of mass public politics (public opinion and participation); the role of intermediary organizations (interest groups, media, parties); and the function of institutions (Congress, Presidency, Courts). In addition to mastering a basic set of facts about American government, students will learn theories addressing "big questions" in American politics, and will explore critical assessments of the evidence brought to bear on these questions. Students will be expected to take part in extensive verbal and written discussion of the various topics. M. Harris-Lacewell.
206. Action and Responsibility. Enrollment limited to 25. Action inserts us into a web of events and consequences not wholly under our control. Conceptions and practices of responsibility render us accountable for some of the consequences of our actions while insulating us from accountability for others. In this course, we will study some of the features and conditions of action (especially political action) that make responsibility important and that also render responsibility problematic. Our themes will include value pluralism; moral and political dilemmas; unpredictability; "dirty hands"; the relations among moral, political, "collective," and "historical" responsibility; and the role of philosophy and/or social science in addressing problems of action and responsibility. Readings will be drawn from classic and contemporary works of philosophy, political theory, and literature. P. Markell.
208/321. Machiavelli's Discourses (=PolSci 321, Fndmtl 293). Class limited to 20. A reading of Machiavelli's Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livy. We will consider such themes as princes, nobles, and peoples; republics and principalities; religion and morality; war and imperialism; founding and reform; virtue, corruption, and fortune. N. Tarcov. (A)
217. Game Theory. This course will present the most commonly used techniques of game theory, that is, the branch of rational choice theory that deals with interdependent actions. It will focus on simple games and examples relevant to political science with and without uncertainty, and in both static and dynamic settings. The course assumes some knowledge of algebra, basic calculus and elementary probability theory. L. Medina.
221. Romanticism and the Enlightenment. Enrollment limited to 25 students. This course examines some of the most important philosophical and literary texts of the Enlightenment. We begin with the ideas of liberal emancipation, reason and progress, and self-representation that informed many of those works. We then consider some powerful Romantic critiques, and ask what the consequences should be for our understanding of the Enlightenment. The question is important, not least because of the resonance these debates have in contemporary politics. We too ask what it means to be free, whether technological change ought to be encouraged or resisted, and what sort of life we ought to pursue or idealize. For modern commentators, the contrast between the two camps can seem stark indeed - between Enlightened universalism and Romantic partiality, between reason and passion, abstraction and tradition, progress or decline. Yet some writers, like Rousseau, fall uneasily into these dichotomies, leading us to wonder whether the same might be true for the other thinkers we read. Must we ourselves choose between the ideals of the Enlightenment and those of the Romantics? Can the two camps be reconciled in some persuasive or satisfying way? We begin with Kant's famous essay "What is Enlightenment?" We go on to explore influential works by Constant, Diderot, Hume, and Condorcet. We examine Pope's "Essay on Man" and Ben Franklin's Autobiography. For the Romantic response, we'll read Rousseau's Confessions, Goethe's Sorrows of Young Werther, Stendhal's Scarlet and Black, and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Other texts are drawn from Voltaire, Cleland, and the Marquis de Sade. This will be a small, discussion-oriented class. C. Cyrenne.
222. Utopian Visions. The purpose of the course is to explore the idea of utopia. Our goal is to understand how utopia stimulates thinking concerning present society with suggestions for a new social paradigm. Students will look critically at this apparent need to imagine and construct ideal societies, in part as veiled criticism of existing conditions by those excluded from the dominant discourse, and also as sincere expression of hopes (and fears) for a better society. In doing this, we will look at philosophical efforts to construct alternative theoretical spaces, such as Plato's Republic, Thomas More's Utopia, William Morris' News from Nowhere and B.F. Skinner's Walden Two. In the second part of the course we will look at practical attempts to realize many of these ideas in the formation of communal societies, such as Oneida in New York, Amana in Iowa, Point Loma in California, Findhorn in Scotland and Green Eco-communes. Throughout the course, we will also consider the fear of dystopia, of a future society worse than present day, such as George Orwell's 1984 and Aldoux Huxley's Brave New World. In the end, students should come away with a realization of how utopia/dystopia provide models for social improvement, as well as the dangers to be avoided. B. Caza.
224. Public Opinion. What is the relationship between the mass citizenry and government in the U.S.? Does the public meet the conditions for a functioning democratic polity? This course considers the origins of mass opinion about politics and public policy, including the role of core values and beliefs, information, expectations about political actors, the mass media, economic self-interest, and racial attitudes. This course also examines problems of political representation, from the level of political elites communicating with constituents, and from the possibility of aggregate representation. J. Brehm.
231. Democracy and the Information Technology Revolution. The revolution in information technologies has serious implications for democratic societies. We concentrate, though not exclusively, on the United States. We look at which populations have the most access to technology-based information sources (the digital divide), and how individual and group identities are being forged online. We ask how is the responsiveness of government being affected, and how representative is the online community. Severe conflict over the tension between national security and individual privacy rights in the U.S., United Kingdom and Ireland will be explored as well. We analyze both modern works (such as those by Turkle and Gilder) and the work of modern democratic theorists (such as Habermas). M. Dawson.
235. Public Choice (=Econ 269, PolSci 235, PubPol 258). PQ: Knowledge of microeconomics. This course is an introduction to the literature that seeks to apply the economic notion of rational choice to the context of politics and social choice. Some of the authors covered are Samuelson, Arrow, Schelling, Olson, and Downs. H. Margolis.
244/344. Authoritarianism and Political Change in the Middle East (=PolSci 344). Recent scholarship on domestic politics in the Middle East centers on "democratization," or on "transitions" to democracy away from authoritarian rule. This seminar investigates the causes and persistence of authoritarian forms of rule in the Middle East while also interrogating our theoretical understandings of "democratization" and democracy. Popular conceptions of Middle Eastern politics suggest that authoritarian rule derives from deep, sedimented essences inhering in Arabs or Muslims. The literature we will explore suggests that the roots of authoritarian political practices reside not in a primordial Arab culture, but instead in a complex dynamic involving the history of state formation, nation-building, and economic development. Some of the themes we will examine are: the relationship between authoritarianism and colonial rule, the importance of class coalitions in determining the levels of state violence, the role of institutions of repression in sustaining violence, the everyday practices of authoritarian rule, and the nature and purposes of ideology. We will also discuss recent changes in the Middle East and evaluate the ways in which they might be interpreted as moves towards "democracy." The course will ask: what do scholars mean by democracy? In what ways do elections, independent judicial courts, and popular forms of expression indicate fundamental changes in the nature of rule in the Middle East? L.Wedeen. (C)
251. Global-Local Politics: Transformations in Culture, Ethnicity, and Policy (=Soc 279/379, PubPol 279, PolSci 251). Globalizing and local forces are generating a new politics, in the U.S. and around the world. The course explores this new politics by mapping its emerging elements: the rise of social issues, ethno-religious and regional attachments, environmentalism, gender and life-style identity issues, new social movements, transformed political parties and organized groups, new efforts to mobilize individual citizens. We also analyze where and why such new patterns emerge: what is the role of education, income, mass communication, travel, migration, economic exchange and other forces, and how are they being reshaped by local, national, and global dynamics. The course will include active student discussion, building on key readings. Original data sets are available as an option. Students may complete two exams or a paper or a combination. T. Clark.
261. To Hell with the Enlightenment: The Rise of the Aesthetic State. This course's aims are twofold: (1) to introduce the student to some of the writings attacking the Enlightenment in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; and (2) show how these writings created a concept of political modernism and a theory of the aesthetic state. Among others, we read Schiller, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Croce, Mead, Mussolini, and A. Rosenberg. B. Silberman.
273. Human Rights and Human Dignity: A Return to the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (=Hist 224/324/ SocSci 481, Intrel 381, Humrts 281/381, Gs Hum 291/391). Much discussion preceded the final language of the UDHR's first article. The drafting committee struggled to find language about the human person that could undergird the promotion of human rights across the world's many cultures, religions, and philosophies. This course takes a closer look at this first article both historically, as it was debated by the human rights committee in 1947, and through the 50+ years since the Declaration's passage, as scholars have reflected on various ways to understand that dimension of the human person worthy and in need of human rights. In addition to exploring these legal, philosophical, and theological approaches to the rights-bearing person, we will "test" the usefulness of the various approaches in situations where human rights claims have come into conflict. Are certain approaches to the human person or human dignity more helpful in promoting human rights than others? Was the drafting committee's decision to leave out any reference to deity or natural law a political compromise or a moment of wisdom? H.P. Schmitz, M. Holkeboer.
274. Politics of Industry in Advanced Industrial States. This course surveys the experience of industrial development in the three major developed regions of the world in the twentieth century. Key themes are struggles over the control of the corporation (separation of management and ownership, codetermination, and stakeholder capitalism), differences in corporate structure (Konzern and multidivisional company, and Zaibatsu/Keiretsu), role of small and medium size firms in the economy, the development of industrial relations systems, industrial policy, and welfare state institutions. G. Herrigel.
276/376. War and the Nation-state (=PolSci 376). The aim of this course is to examine the phenomenon of war in its broader socio-economic context during the years between the emergence of the modern nation-state and the end of World War II. J. Mearsheimer. (D)
278/384. Introduction to Chinese Politics (=PolSci 384). This course offers a historical and thematic survey of Chinese politics in the twentieth century. Particular attention is given to the formation of the party-state, the imposition of central planning, the Great Leap forward, the Cultural Revolution, reform and liberalization, and prospects for democracy. The discussion is framed in terms that allow comparison with other countries. D. Yang. (C)
286-287. Field Research Project in Public Policy I, II (=PolSci 286-287, PubPol 262-263/390-391). PQ: Open to non-public policy studies concentrators with consent of instructor; students must register for both quarters. Students work on a research team to prepare a report on an important public policy problem for a governmental agency, large public-interest group, or community-based organization; this project includes development and implementation of a research strategy designed to answer the policy questions. The objective is preparation of a publishable report. Projects in recent years have focused on refugee resettlement, welfare reform, and community development on the South Side of Chicago. A.R. Datta.
295/397. International Relations: Transnationalism in a Post-Colonial World (=IntStd 295/397, PolSci 295/397, SocSci 205). PQ: PolSci 294 strongly recommended. Class limited to sixty students; preference given to students with third- or fourth-year standing. Dominant conceptions in international relations privilege states by treating them as natural and exclusive actors in international relations; privilege the Western world by treating it as the center; and privilege the balance of power and deterrence by treating military force as the primary means of self-help in allegedly anarchical space beyond state frontiers. This course focuses on national and transnational civil society as the arena of action. We address a variety of topics such as nationalism; transnational identities generated by migration and refugee flows; environmentalism; human rights; cyber space; religions; and internal wars. R. Khalidi.
296/496. Nations and Nationalism (=PolSci 496). This course examines the theories of nationalism and the histories of the evolution of the nation-form, as well as the causes of ethnic and national conflict. Readings will include the works of Ernest Gellner, Benedict Anderson and Eric Hobsbawn. R. Suny. (C)
312. Political Philosophy: Nietzsche (=Fndmtl 292, LL/Soc 292, PolSci 312). A close reading of The Genealogy of Morals or Beyond Good and Evil. J. Cropsey. (A)
327. Overview of Survey Methods. (=Sociol 255/385, SocSci 202/309). This course walks students through the many phases of survey research projects, with an emphasis on how choices made at each stage affect outcomes and options at other stages. The course covers a lot of ground--from writing grant proposals, to study design, sampling, questionnaire development, fielding a survey, data management, documentation and writing reports. Necessarily, no topic is covered in any depth. Rather, students are taught what the steps involved look like, what issues they must consider at each point, how the tasks fit together and affect results, and where they can find books and courses that do address each topic in particular detail. Experts from the University and NORC provide a number of guest lectures on key topics. Recommended as an introduction and guide to students pursuing an orderly survey methods sequence. V. Bartot, M. Van Haitsma.
335. Political Psychology/Experimental Methods for Political Scientists. The course is intended as an introduction to the application of contemporary psychological theories and methods to the study of political behavior. Psychological approaches to politics rely heavily on traditional areas of social psychology (e.g. attitudes, emotion and affect, group processes), memory and cognition, and decision making. This course draws on literatures in both psychology and political science addressing pivotal topics such as political cognition, political socialization, attitude formation and change, decision heuristics and biases, knowledge structures and memory, public opinion, and race and politics. Through the lens of political psychology, this course also provides an introduction to the use of experimental methods in political behavior research. In addition to substantive concerns of the field, the course will address critical issues of research design, measurement, and statistical inference in the experimental study of political behaviors and attitudes. M. Harris-Lacewell. (B)
340. Human Rights II (=Hist 294/394, GS Hum 288, HumRts 202/302, IntRel 394, LL/Soc 271, Law 413, PolSci 340). This course is concerned with the historical evolution of the modern human rights regime. It discusses human rights origins as a product of the formation and expansion of Western nation-states. It juxtaposes the Western origins with competing, non-Western systems of thought and practices or rights. It assesses in this context the "universality" of modern human rights norms. The course proceeds to discuss human rights in its two prevalent modalities. First, it discusses rights as individual protection of personhood and the modern, Western notion of individualism entailed therein. Second, it discusses rights as they affect groups or states and limit their actions via international law (e.g., formal limitations on war). M. Geyer.
345. Marx's Capital (=Hist 543). A close, critical study of Volume 1 of Marx's Capital. We will also read Moishe Postone's Labor, Time, and Social Domination and possibly some additional secondary literature. P. Markell, W. Sewell. (A)
347. Political Economy of China. This course offers a set of tools for analyzing Chinese economic development and reforms. Our focus will be on how economic and political institutions have changed and how those changes affect the behavior of citizens, consumers, and businesses. We seek to understand the patterns of institutional transformation by examining legacies of the past, political and economic campaigns, leadership transitions, as well as China's integration with the world economy. Topics covered include reforms in industrial governance, financial supervision, market regulation, and state-business relations; variations across regions and industrial sectors; the integration of Hong Kong into China; Taiwan and China; and China's international trade strategy. All major topics are examined with a view to their international implications. D. Yang. (C)
352. Multiculturalism, Ethnicity, Nationalism. This course will draw on history, sociology, political science, and the history of political thought to supplement its primary attention to contemporary debates in political philosophy about ethnicity, culture, and nation. Topics will include some or all of: secession, the rights of linguistic groups, the rights of indigenous peoples, immigration, cosmopolitanism, the relationship between nationalism and democracy. J. Levy. (A)
357. Identity-Formation in Comparative Perspective. This seminar is designed to be both theoretical and empirical, clarifying concepts such as "identity" and "subjectivity," and exploring various approaches to questions of political identification and self-understanding. We shall look at authors who use psychoanalysis, rational choice theory, versions of constructivism, and analytic philosophy in their studies. Although some of the readings will be explicitly devoted to conceptual conundrums and theories of the self, many will be comparative case studies--various contexts in which scholars identify political identification and subject formation as central political phenomena. Among the authors we shall read are Brubaker, Williams, Taylor, Butler, Hall, Erikson, Calhoun, and Laitin. Students will attend class regularly and write one 10-15 page paper. L. Wedeen. (C)
360. Philosophical Theories of Modernity (=Philos 361, PolSci 360). This course focuses on critical theories of modern and Enlightenment thought. We will discuss the extent to which formal or instrumental ideas of rationality are characteristic of modern thought, the supposed differences between ancient and modern moral thinking, the nature of secularization, the notion of a "dialectic of Enlightenment," and the meanings of "post-modernism." Readings from Schiller, Nietzsche, Weber, Heidegger, Adorno, Horkheimer, Blumenberg, Habermas, Lyotard, and Taylor. C. Larmore. (A)
371. Comparative Political Economy. Enrollment will be limited to 10-12. This course surveys the contemporary theories of political economy, with particular emphasis on the interaction between economic policies, political preferences, domestic institutions, the international economy, and their consequences on the economy. It considers: political business cycles, partisan models, the internal structure of labor markets and its consequences for economic governance, the effects of varying constitutional frameworks for policy-making, the underlying causes of public spending growth and debates over the welfare state, the impact of the international economy on domestic politics, the political and institutional underpinnings of growth and development. The course draws heavily on the comparative politics literature focused on OECD nations, but it also examines key work on the developing world. C. Boix. (C)
372. Humanitarian Military Intervention. This course will examine the phenomenon of humanitarian military intervention from an historical, normative and operational standpoint. First, the course will trace the evolution of the theory and practice of humanitarian intervention from the mid nineteenth century through the post Cold War era. Next, the course will explore the question of whether humanitarian intervention can be legally and/or morally justified, particularly in an international system based upon the norm of state sovereignty. Finally, the course will examine the specific ways in which states have employed military force to ameliorate suffering and redress human rights violations since the end of the Cold War. Of particular interest here will be the conditions under which states have been willing to undertake and sustain intervention, and the efficacy of various types of intervention policy. Case studies will include humanitarian military operations in Somalia, Haiti, Rwanda, and Bosnia. P. Kapur.
396. Foucault on Discipline and Governmentality. In this course we will read some of Foucault's middle and later works, including Discipline and Punish, some of the essays in Power/Knowledge, essays on governmentality and technologies of the self. We will also read some contemporary commentary on Foucault as well as examples of applying his approach to social and political theory, such as work by Nikolas Rose, Thomas Dumm, Barbara Kruikschank, and Sandra Bartky. I. Young. (A)
403. Macrohistories. This course is taught as a colloquium. Readings and discussions will focus on grand narratives by historians, political scientists and sociologiss of the rise of the state, "emergence" of the nation, and the formation of capitalism. Among those to be read will be Michael Mann, Charles Tilly, Benedict Anderson, and Karl Polyani. R. Suny. (C)
406. Seminar on International Relations Theory. The end of the Cold War ushered in a new set of debates about how to study international politics. This course is an introduction to some of those important theoretical approaches and is organized around debate among realism, liberalism, and constructivism and their variants. Seminar discussion will identify and criticize the central arguments advanced by different scholars in order to assess the relative merits of different theoretical perspectives. R. Pape. (D)
432. Political Organizations. This course considers political organizations, such as bureaucracies, firms, parties, and unions, from two perspectives. The first regards organizations as structures, and examines such properties as hierarchy, asymmetric information, principal-agency, and span of control. The second regards organizations as composed of individual decision-makers, and examines such models of decision-making as rational choice, bounded rationality, routine-following, and the garbage can. Exemplars of the former approach include Max Weber and Frederick Taylor. Exemplars of the second approach include Herbert Simon and James March. The course draws from multiple fields, including sociology, psychology, and economics in order to understand the behavior of political organizations. J.Brehm. (B)
450. Comparative Capitalisms I. This course is a general introduction to theories of capitalist organization and development. Foundational works by Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Emile Durkheim and Karl Polanyi will be reviewed in addition to more contemporary theoretical writings in neoclassical economics, economic geography, political economy and economic sociology. G. Herrigel. (C)
484. Workshop on International Security Policy. This workshop aims to provide interested members of the Chicago community with an opportunity to meet and discuss a wide range of international security topics. Special emphasis will be placed on looking at important policy issues that lend themselves to social science research. Relevant topics include: 1) NATO expansion, 2) America's grand strategy after the Cold War, 3) the rise of China, 4) nuclear proliferation, 5) the state of Russia's military, and 6) stability in the Persian Gulf. Speakers will include policymakers, as well as scholars and graduate students doing policy-relevant research. C. Glaser, J. Mearsheimer, R. Pape.
512. Workshop on Law and Philosophy (=Law 615, Philos 512, DivRe 513). This workshop, which represents a fusion of the faculty law-philosophy group and the existing legal theory workshop, will meet throughout the year, on alternate Mondays, with a total of about twelve meetings, mostly in the fall and winter. There will be a theme running throughout the year, and we will pursue that theme through both philosophical and legal readings, with a range of visiting speakers and some sessions directed by local faculty. The theme in 2000-01 will be Global Justice. We will pursue legal and philosophical readings on the topic, both historical and recent, and examine the significance of philosophical work on the topic for issues in constitutional law, criminal law, and other areas. Sessions will be led by the following people: Fall: Randall Kennedy (Harvard), John Deigh (Northwestern), Richard Mohr (Illinois-Urbana), Charles Fried (Harvard), Catharine MacKinnon (Chicago and Michigan), Joshua Cohen (MIT). Winter: Richard Posner (Chicago), Candace Vogler (Chicago), Jonathan Lear (Chicago), Tom Grey (Stanford), Martha Nussbaum (Chicago). Spring: Andy Koppelman (Northwestern), Reva Siegel (Yale), Michael Warner (Rutgers), Ed Baker (Penn, visiting at Chicago), Anita Allen (Penn). This workshop will meet throughout the year, on alternate Mondays from 4 to 6 PM, with a total of about 14 meetings. The schedule is currently available from Martha Nussbaum's secretary Shirley Evans. Students will write short responses to each presentation, and a longer seminar paper. Enrollment is limited to law students and philosophy Ph.D. students, and numbers are limited. Law students who wish to enroll should contact David Strauss, and philosophy students should contact Martha Nussbaum, by October 1. M. Nussbaum, D. Strauss.
520. Political Theory Workshop (=SocTh 520). The workshop is a forum for the presentation of new research in all varieties of political theory and political philosophy, including work in the history of political thought; contributions to normative political philosophy; theoretical engagements with problems in contemporary politics and public policy; and theoretical reflection on fundamental political concepts or phenomena. Our weekly seminars include presentations of work in progress by graduate students, as well as University of Chicago faculty, faculty at other Chicago-area institutions, and a small number of invited guests from around the country. Graduate students serve as discussants for all presentations. The Workshop subscribes to no particular methodology or political ideology, and welcomes participants from all departments and disciplines. C. Larmore, J. Levy, P. Markell, N. Tarcov, I Young.
530. Seminar on Great Power Politics. The specific aim of this course is to introduce students to some of the key policy issues involving the great powers that dominate the post-Cold War world. Three topics will receive special emphasis: European security, Asian security, and the role of the United States in the larger world after the collapse of the Soviet Union. It is expected that all students in the class will be well-versed in international relations theory, and will bring their theoretical insights to bear on the relevant policy issues. The broad goal is to encourage students to appreciate that international relations theory and important policy issues are inextricably linked to each other. J. Mearsheimer. (D)
545. American Politics Workshop. This workshop explores recent work in a variety of the subdisciplines of American politics. Our agenda is as diverse as the interests of our participants, ranging from the "new institutionalism" in both its historical and formal varieties, to studies of agenda setting, to quantitative studies of the electoral process. We are catholic in our substantive and methodological approaches. Sessions include paper presentations by workshop participants, readings and discussions of important new work, and several presentations by visiting scholars. J. Brehm, M. Dawson, M. Hansen, M. Harris-Lacewell, G. Rosenberg.
546. Workshop on East Asia. Asia (=Econ 571). This workshop focuses on current social science research on East Asian societies, including the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea. Presentations are by university faculty and advanced graduate students who conduct research on these societies, throughout the social science disciplines. Two to three outside speakers are hosted each quarter. D. Yang, B. Silberman.
550. Workshop on Nations and Nationalism (=Hist, Soc, Anthro). The workshop serves as a multidisciplinary forum for the presentation and discussion of advanced research on nationalism, national identity, nation-formation, ethnonational violence, and related topics. The workshop welcomes participants and papers from diverse disciplines and methodologies. We also intend to connect theory and practice by involving policymakers, journalists, and others outside the academic community who might benefit from an increased understanding of the role and nature of the national in politics and society. R. Suny, L. Wedeen, N. Abu El-Haj.
554. Social Bases of Comparative Politics. The purpose of this seminar is to acquaint students with the leading debates having to do with the social and economic bases for political outcomes. Topics include: political development and modernization; democracy, dictatorship and regime change; revolution; political culture and political attitudes; preference formation, social alignments and political parties; interest intermediation; states and markets; and the comparative method. C. Boix, S. Stokes. (C)
555. Workshop on Comparative Politics and Historical Sociology. This workshop invites scholars whose work is historical, sociological, anthropological, and political to cultivate a forum that is highly interdisciplinary in nature. We have addressed issues such as state building, democratic theory, economic policy, the welfare state, and cultural cleavages in past years. We invite graduate students with area expertise to raise theoretical issues about their data and interpretations that would be of interest to a wider circle of social scientists. As in the past, there will be no particular geographic or temporqal focus in the workshop. S. Stokes, L. Wedeen.
556. Workshop on Social Theory. This workshop explores issues in social theory across a variety of disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. The emphasis is less on developing social theory than on exploring in a sustained fashion the social theoretical implications of the participants' substantive work. Themes to be addressed are likely to include the relationship between social and cultural transformations; questions of the public sphere, civil society and democracy; the relations between modernist and postmodernist forms of social theory; as well as conceptual issues posed by globalization. W. Sewell, M. Postone.
559. Theory and Practice in South Asia. The workshop will focus on ongoing work in the two regions. Topics of special interest include state formation, associational life, the politics of religion and ethnicity, political economy, and foreign policy. The workshop is primarily addressed to advanced graduate students in the social sciences, but the treatment of some topics may be of interest to students of history, literature, and comparative religion. Presentations will include the work in progress of graduate students, occasional guests, and faculty members. L. Rudolph, S. Rudolph.
593. Workshop on International Relations. Part of the Program on International Politics, Economics, and Security (PIPES), this is a yearlong workshop for advanced graduate students engaged in their own research projects in international relations. PIPES meetings provide a forum for advanced graduate students, university faculty, and outside guests to present their research. Topics include the full range of international politics and theory, including political economy, security studies, foreign policy, international law and organizations, international environmental issues, critical international relations theory, and a wide variety of regional issues. This work is methodologically diverse, encompassing historical research, mathematical modeling, quantitative studies, and interpretive approaches. D. Snidal
