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Political Science Department
For schedule of
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http://www.umkc.edu/registrar/course/oraCourse.asp
NEW FOR FALL 2008
Political Science 359 In this course we will focus on the major periods in Latin American political history since the great depression. This includes the post-war period of optimism in which democratic governments promoted rapid economic development, the period of pessimism and authoritarianism from the 1960’s to the 1980’s, and a new period of democratic renewal beginning in the 1990’s. We will also examine case studies of a recently failed democracy, Venezuela, and ask why this democracy failed.
Political Science 380B This course will examine some of the major moral problems war raises, both in regard to the legitimate initiation of hostilities (jus ad bellum) and the proper conduct within war (jus in bello). Questions to be considered include: What is War? Are there ever any “good” reasons to start a war? Once the shooting starts, does it really matter how you fight? Is war really hell? Can terrorism or torture ever be justified? What is Peace? Can reconciliation and forgiveness work?
Political Science 380D National security will be a major issue in the 2008 presidential elections. The objective of this fall’s offering of American National Security is to enable students to be informed participants in the national security debate of the early twenty-first century. The course covers national security both in theory and in practice. The practical aspects are derived from the instructor’s recent studies conducted in the Middle East, the Hors of Africa, and Washington, D.C. In the last decade, official Washington has been awash in proposals to transform the military and to reorganize the national security apparatus. The instructor has been involved in both. He authored a book on transforming military forces and , in conjunction with the bi-partisan Project on National Security Reform, is currently authoring a book on the broader transformation of all the instruments of national power –e.g., diplomatic, informational, military, and economic instruments –and the interagency process used to coordinate the action of the departments and agencies of American government.
QUESTIONS: Please contact the Political Science Department at 235-1326 or hubbarda@umkc.edu
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