New courses in Political Science from MIT OpenCourseWare, provider of free and open MIT course materials. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science 2022-02-11T17:22:31+05:00 MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu en-US Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course provides a substantive overview of U.S. politics and an introduction to the discipline of political science. It surveys the institutional foundations of U.S. politics as well as the activities of political elites, organizations, and ordinary citizens. It explores the application of general political science concepts and analytic frameworks to specific episodes and phenomena in U.S. politics. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-20-introduction-to-the-american-political-process-fall-2020 Fall 2020 Magazinnik, Asya Peng, Zeyu Chris 2021-12-09T21:03:32+05:00 17.20 en-US democracy electoral college campaign finance elections voting rights The Constitution Congress parties state politics The Presidency gender politics carceral state racial divide Donald Trump immigration MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course provides an overview of electoral politics in the United States, covering presidential, congressional, state, and local elections. It covers the development of American elections over time, electoral rules and institutions, the macro-structural forces shaping electoral outcomes, the key organizations involved in elections (parties, etc.), candidates' calculations and campaign strategies, and the role of ordinary citizens in the electoral process, as well as potential reforms to the U.S. electoral system. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-263-american-elections-fall-2020 Fall 2020 Caughey, Devin 2021-08-30T17:46:59+05:00 17.263 en-US elections electoral politics American Electorate political parties candidates polls campaign finance campaign strategies media Presidential campaigns Congressional campaigns state and local campaigns voter participation MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course covers the current state of incarceration in the United States and proposals for reform. Class materials include a mix of firsthand/media accounts of incarceration and social science literature on the causes and effects of high incarceration rates. Topics include race and the criminal legal system, collateral consequences of incarceration, public opinion about incarceration, and the behavior of recently elected "reform" prosecutors. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-271-mass-incarceration-in-the-united-states-fall-2020 Fall 2020 White, Ariel 2021-06-04T21:19:21+05:00 17.271 en-US United States incarceration race prison crime laws reform public opinion police elections MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course examines similarities and differences in politics and political economy in Britain, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden. In particular, the course focuses on the structure of political power within the state, and on important institutions that form the link between state and society, especially political parties and interest organizations. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-561-european-politics-fall-2020 Fall 2020 Thelen, Kathleen 2021-03-05T17:42:47+05:00 17.561 en-US politics economy Britain Germany Scandinavia Denmark Sweden capitalism welfare state parliamentary democracies Brexit MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course introduces the unique characteristics of militaries and explores the roles they play in the societies they are constructed to defend, with a special focus on the relationships between the military and their civilian leaders and popular publics. Topics include a modern history of relations between US presidents and the military, coups and military governments, public trust in the military, racial integration of the military, and the military-industrial (and tech!) complex. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-s916-all-the-presidents-generals-civil-military-relations-in-the-us-and-beyond-january-iap-2020 January IAP 2020 Plana, Sara 2020-12-23T16:18:38+05:00 17.S916 en-US military presidents government military coup racial integration civil-military relations politics society democracy foreign policy military rule MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course examines Israeli identity using a broad array of materials, including popular music, film, documentaries, and art, in addition to academic historical writings. Topics include Israel's political system and society, ethnic relations, settlement projects, and the Arab minorities in the Jewish state. Students also discuss whether there is a unique Israeli culture and the struggle for Israel's identity.Preference is given to students in the MISTI MIT-Israel program.   https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-565-israel-history-politics-culture-identity-spring-2019 Spring 2019 Karlinsky, Nahum 2020-03-02T20:45:40+05:00 17.565 en-US Israel Palestine Zionist movement The Holocaust religion economy cinema Israeli Diaspora globalization The Haredi PLO The Nakba The Mizrahim politics culture identity MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course is premised on the belief that emotions are a fundamental part of human nature. Accordingly, understanding emotions and incorporating emotions into our research can help us better explain variation in important political phenomena. Research on emotions and how emotions can influence decision-making has dramatically increased over the past two decades. This class aims to pick up on new findings from psychology and other disciplines and marshal this knowledge toward the most important issues of political science. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-s950-emotions-and-politics-fall-2018 Fall 2018 Petersen, Roger 2019-06-26T18:14:06+05:00 17.S950 en-US emotions human nature politics reason cognition social norms culture anger fear disgust happiness sadness contempt resentment indignation envy spite violence social movements voting international politics MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course provides an introduction to the causes of international conflict and cooperation. Topics include war initiation, crisis bargaining, international terrorism, nuclear strategy, interstate economic relations, economic growth, international law, human rights, and environmental politics. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-41-introduction-to-international-relations-spring-2018 Spring 2018 Hayes, Jarrod 2019-02-22T16:35:19+05:00 17.41 en-US international relations politics geography world history world politics realism liberalism global political economy constructivism poststructuralism post-colonialism terrorism globalization human rights poverty global trade finance race gender Marxism MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course examines the causes of war, with a focus on practical measures to prevent and control war. Topics include causes and consequences of misperception by nations; military strategy and policy as cause of war; religion and war; U.S. foreign policy as a cause of war and peace; and the likelihood and possible nature of great wars in the future.The historical cases covered include World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Seven Years' War, the Arab-Israel conflict, other recent Mideast wars, and the Peloponnesian War.  https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-42-causes-and-prevention-of-war-spring-2018 Spring 2018 Van Evera, Stephen 2018-11-13T17:57:15+05:00 17.42 en-US Peloponnesian War Seven Year War World War I World War II Korea Arab-Israel conflict United States Iraq al-Qaeda ISIS Religion and war German unification Hitler Pacific War nuclear weapons nuclear strategy Cold War Middle East MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course is designed to provide an introduction to a variety of empirical research methods used by political scientists. The primary aims of the course are to make you a more sophisticated consumer of diverse empirical research and to allow you to conduct advanced independent work in your junior and senior years. This is not a course in data analysis. Rather, it is a course on how to approach political science research. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-801-political-science-scope-and-methods-fall-2017 Fall 2017 Lawson, Chappell 2018-07-03T18:10:20+05:00 17.801 en-US political science research method social science ethnography content analysis survey research observational data libraries field research political research empirical research data gathering MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course surveys both classic and cutting-edge work on the politics of the Middle East, broadly defined. Topics include the causes and consequences of political and economic development, authoritarianism and democratization, the influence of social movements, the role of women in Middle Eastern politics, regional inter-state relations, Islamism, terrorism, colonialism and foreign occupation, state-building, resistance and rebellion, and the Arab uprisings. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-568-comparative-politics-and-international-relations-of-the-middle-east-spring-2017 Spring 2017 Christia, Fotini Nielsen, Richard 2018-06-25T16:49:13+05:00 17.568 en-US authoritarianism democratization Islamism terrorism foreign occupation state-building Arab uprisings Middle East political violence sectarianism gender Arab Spring religion The Syrian Conflict elections MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course explores the reasons for America's past wars and interventions. It covers the consequences of American policies, and evaluates these consequences for the U.S. and the world. History covered includes World Wars I and II, the Korean and Indochina wars, the Cuban Missile Crisis and current conflicts, including those in in Iraq and Afghanistan, and against Al Qaeda. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-40-american-foreign-policy-past-present-and-future-fall-2017 Fall 2017 Van Evera, Stephen 2018-05-24T19:29:03+05:00 17.40 en-US U.S. foreign economic policy World War I World War II Cold War Korean War national security War on Terror Foreign economic policy Cuban Missile Crisis Indochina War Al Qaeda Donald Trump Nuclear weapons national security defense international politics containment human rights ISIS Islamic State MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course examines selected past, current, and future sea, air, space, and land battlefields and looks at the interaction in each of these warfare areas between existing military doctrine and weapons, sensors, communications, and information processing technologies. It also explores how technological development, whether innovative or stagnant, is influenced in each warfare area by military doctrine. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-480-understanding-military-operations-spring-2017 Spring 2017 Cote, Owen 2018-01-08T20:27:26+05:00 17.480 en-US Political science military operations war weapon information processing technologies organizational hierarchy military doctrine armed warfare strategic bombing naval warfare World War II Cold War Strategic Mobility ISR Politics IRS Sensors and Networks Tactical Mobility MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course explores the role of race and ethnicity in modern American politics. It focuses on social science approaches to measuring the effects of race, both at the individual level and more broadly. Topics include race and representation, measurement of racial and ethnic identities, voting rights and electoral districting, protest and other forms of political participation, and the meaning and measurement of racial attitudes. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-269-race-ethnicity-and-american-politics-spring-2017 Spring 2017 White, Ariel 2017-12-20T21:22:59+05:00 17.269 en-US race ethnicity American politics political science immigration Census measurement multiracial racial discrimination voter ID laws sociology history economics voting rights political system policy protest mobilization advertising media campaign strategy diversity voter turnout electoral districting Carceral State Shelby MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course explores Japan's role in world orders, past, present, and future. It focuses on Japanese conceptions of security; rearmament debates; the relationship of domestic politics to foreign policy; the impact of Japanese technological and economic transformation at home and abroad; alternative trade and security regimes; Japan's response to 9/11; and relations with Asian neighbors, Russia, and the alliance with the United States. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-486-japan-and-east-asian-security-fall-2016 Fall 2016 Samuels, Richard J. 2017-10-31T20:18:40+05:00 17.486 en-US Japan Asia China security economic policy United States Korea politics foreign policy international relations technology military Tokyo bilateral trade global warming terrorism MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course examines alternative conceptions and theoretical underpinnings of sustainable development. It focuses on the sustainability problems of industrial countries, and of developing states and economies in transition. It also explores the sociology of knowledge regarding sustainability, the economic and technological dimensions, and institutional imperatives, along with implications for political constitution of economic performance. 17.181 fulfills the undergraduate public policy requirement in the Political Science major and minor. Graduate students are expected to explore the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-181-sustainability-political-economy-science-and-policy-fall-2016 Fall 2016 Choucri, Nazli 2017-08-22T13:27:36+05:00 17.181 17.182 en-US grwoth sustainability cyberspace social mechanisms cognitive factors production consumption technology firms markers climate change sustainable development solution stategies dilemmas global accord alternative futures MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm The United States Congress is the most open of the national branches of government, and therefore the most closely studied. This course aims to find ways to deal with the vast array of information we have about Congress by asking two basic questions: What does Congress do (and why), and what are the various ways of studying congressional behavior? This course focuses on both the internal processes of the House and Senate, and on the place of Congress in the American political system. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-251-congress-and-the-american-political-system-i-fall-2016 Fall 2016 Stewart III, Charles 2017-05-01T14:55:22+05:00 17.251 17.252 en-US congress united states congress politics american politics house of representatives senate united states government legislative branch congressional behavior federal government 2016 congressional election MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm The wars in Iraq and Syria have changed the course of international relations in the 21st century. During these conflicts, hundreds of thousands have died and millions have been displaced. After 13 years, these conflicts continue with no end in sight. The central question of this course is: How do political science theories and methods help us understand the course of these wars? In this course, you will answer this question by integrating three elements: theory, data/description, and application of theory to data/description. The primary goal of this course is to bolster students' skills in using various social science methods to explain important variations in violent conflict. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-s950-social-science-and-the-iraq-and-syrian-wars-fall-2016 Fall 2016 Petersen, Roger 2017-04-07T19:20:29+05:00 17.S950 en-US Iraq Syria war political science international relations international conflict political theory political data civil war security counterinsurgency intervention state-building organization of violence conflict MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This graduate-level course focuses on mass political behavior within the American political system. The goal of this course is to give an introduction to some of the major questions in the study of American political behavior, and how people have gone about answering them. The background goal is to help students practice reading work critically, and thinking through the difficulties of social science research, in preparation for individual research projects. The course examines political ideology, public opinion, voting behavior, media effects, racial attitudes, mass-elite relations, and opinion-policy linkages. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-200-graduate-seminar-in-american-politics-i-political-behavior-fall-2016 Fall 2016 White, Ariel 2017-01-31T21:24:59+05:00 17.200 en-US politics American politics political behavior public opinion political parties political communication political media voting voting behavior campaigns political campaigns MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm Political Economy I explores the major social science paradigms for analyzing relations among state, economy, and society. Through readings, lectures and discussion of original texts in political liberalism and individualism, neo-classical economics, Marxism, sociological and cultural theories, and neo-institutionalism, the seminar examines the fundamental assumptions on which our understanding of the social world and our research are based. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-100j-political-economy-i-spring-2016 Spring 2016 Berger, Suzanne Piore, Michael 2016-12-08T20:38:00+05:00 17.100J 15.678J 14.781J en-US Political science theories liberal neoclassical Marxist modern society economic growth historical change state classes ideology political economy state political liberalism individualism neo-classical economics Marxism neo-institutionalism MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm