11:15A-12:05P     MW     BH310

This is an introductory course for freshmen and sophomores only, with
no prerequisites, intended to give the student a good knowledge of the
historical origins of contemporary problems.  It will consider the
rise of the state, the competition for state power, the evolution from
the emergence of a single superpower, to balance of terror, and the
origins, evolution, and fate of major forms of political institutions
and ideologies (democracy, liberalism, fascism and communism) in the
twentieth century.  The course will trace the rise and fall of
imperialism and consider the crises of decolonization and
modernization with specific attention to South Africa, the Indian
subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.  It will examine nationalism in the
Middle East and national and ethnic minorities in Northern Ireland,
the Balkans, and Quebec.