COURSES OFFERED SPRING 2001:

• Introduction to Comparative Politics--Pol S 2200

  Course overview:
  This course will provide a general overview of the major ideologies, political regimes, and socioeconomic institutions that have played a role in the formation of the contemporary world. The course begins with an examination of what are probably the two most influential theorists of the origin and genesis of modern democratic capitalism—Karl Marx and Max Weber. We then survey the major challenges to democratic capitalism in the earlier half of the 20th century, namely Leninism and Fascism. Next, the course explores the problems of development and post-colonialism before moving on to analyze the United States in comparative perspective. We conclude by reviewing some of the contemporary trends in comparative politics and the study of the modern nation-state.
  

• East European Politics--Pol S 3480

  Course overview:
  This course examines the politics and societies of Eastern Europe during the 20th and into the 21st century from a broad, multi-disciplinary perspective.  The course is divided into 3 sections.  The first explores Eastern European politics from WWI up until the revolutions of 1989.  The second section seeks to explore, explain, and understand the revolutions that swept across Eastern Europe in 1989.  Finally, we look at the issues, problems, and paradoxes of the post-socialist transition.
  

• Comparative Social Movements--Pol S 5976/6967

  Course overview:
  This course examines social movements in comparative perspective.  We will examine (1) some of the key theories that explain the origins, tactics, and success of social movements, and we will explore (2) the way people actually have mobilized in concrete historical-comparative perspective. Our purpose will be to reveal the diverse ways in which social movements affect political and social change.  In doing so, we will address these general questions: (A) What is a social movement? (B) Why do people join social movements and how do movements gain momentum?  (C) What are the consequences of social movements, especially insofar as they affect the character and meaning of democracy? (D) Under what conditions do social movements become politically and socially influential?
  
  
  

COURSES OFFERED SUMMER 2001

• Introduction to Comparative Politics
• States, Nations, and Globalization

University of Utah, Department of Political Science, Visiting Assistant Professor

Pol S 2200—Introduction to Comparative Politics (lecture, enrollment +70), fall and spring 2000-1

Pol S 5967/6967—Special Topics in Comparative Politics: Power and Resistance (small lecture/discussion, enrollment –15), fall 2000

Pol S 5967/6967—Comparative Social Movements (small seminar, enrollment -10), spring 2001
Pol S 3480—East European Politics (lecture, enrollment +30)

Teaching Assistant, 1991-1993, 1994-95, 1996-fall 1998

Lead Teaching Assistant, 1995-1996, spring 1998

Teaching Assistant, winter 1999

Developmental Studies 093—Study Skills (small lecture/discussion), winter 1998

Teaching Reference (Richard Young, Chair, Dept of Pol S, Seattle University)