POL6
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Introduction to Political Theory & Thought
Meta-Major
Social Sciences
Session Cycle
S
Credits
3
Allow Pass/No Pass
No
Lecture Hours
54
CalGETC Areas
Area 4 - Social & Behavioral Sciences
Transfer Status
UC and CSU
Course Description
This course is an introduction to various theoretical approaches to politics and basic political problems and proposed solutions as developed over the course of 2,500 years of Western political thought. Course topics include the correlation between ideology and democracy, liberalism, conservatism, socialism, and contemporary liberation ideologies as applied to the politics of identity. Contemporary issues in political theory will be presented from a variety of viewpoints.