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Political Science 568, “Graduate Field Survey in Political Theory”

This course is a graduate survey designed to introduce students to the scope, concepts, and methods of political theory. Its intended audience is students in the field (including minors) and in cognate disciplines. Over the course of the semester we will ask, “What is political theory, and how does one ‘do’ it?” exploring methodological debates

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Political Science 4646, “Democracy: Theory and Practice”

What does it mean to govern democratically? Why do people value democratic government? What role, if any, should notions of rights, representation, deliberation, opposition, and liberation play in theorizing about, and in empirical research into, problems of democratic governance? What lessons can we learn about democracy from scholars writing in the traditions of feminist theory

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Political Science393/5093, “History of Political Thought III: Liberty, Democracy, and Revolution”

How (if at all) should the modern state express and secure the liberty and equality of citizens? What is the political significance of private property? What does it mean to understand humans as rational beings, and how does this understanding of human nature influence political theory and practice? In History of Political Thought III, “Liberty,

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Political Science 392/5092, “History of Political Thought II: Legitimacy, Equality, and the Social Contract”

Government is often justified as legitimate on the grounds that it is based on the consent of the governed. In History of Political Thought II, “Legitimacy, Equality, and the Social Contract,” we examine the origins of this view, focusing our attention on canonical works in the social contract tradition, by Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), John Locke

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Political Science 389, “Power, Justice, and the City”

This course examines questions of power and justice through the lens of the contemporary metropolis,with a focus on St. Louis specifically and American urban life more generally. It asks what power is andhow we can best study and criticize power relations. It asks what justice requires and how we can realize,or more closely approximate, just

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Political Science 3044, “Foundations of American Democracy”

Since its founding, the United States of America has been strongly identified with principles of democratic rule. This course provides an introduction to some philosophical and historical foundations of American democracy. Over the course of the semester, we will ask what democracy means, and what it requires. We will examine thinking about political rights and

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Political Science 106, “Introduction to Political Theory”

This course offers an undergraduate-level introduction to the field of political theory, which is the study of the concepts and values that are central to governance and politics: for example, democracy, power, freedom, and justice. Over the course of the semester we will read some historical texts that are considered “canonical,” such as Jeremy Bentham’s Introduction

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Political Power

Why does publicity matter? Power, not deliberation

The Journal of Political Power, February 2021 Abstract: Why does publicity matter for democratic politics? This article challenges the deliberative view of publicity’s democratic value, making the case that publicity matters because it brings together people who stand to one another in relations of power, constraining the powerful to engage politically those whose action they

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“Disruption: What Is It Good For?” 

The Journal of Politics, April 2020, pp. 448-459 This article challenges a common understanding of the role that political disruption plays in promoting large-scale change. It argues that the most basic political work disruption performs is not to win public sympathy but instead to interrupt privileged people’s motivated ignorance. Drawing on examples from the Civil

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