Instructor: K. Yamanaka
This course covers the period from the earliest origins to around 1600 for South, Southwest, and East Asia. Emphasis is on the humanities and traditional history, although political and social history are also introduced, and the approach is interdisciplinary. Religious traditions and geographic factors are considered in agrarian societies and urban centers.
Instructor: R. Janelli
Vernacular heritage has gained increasing attention throughout the world in recent years, spurred by nostalgia, issues of identity and community, the pursuit of prestige and power, and desire for economic gain. The primary goal of this course is to acquaint class members with representations and interpretations of Korea's vernacular heritage. Topics include: material culture, family and kinship, popular religion, performing arts, and wedding ceremonies, as well as efforts to conserve, revitalize, and construct national heritage in situations of rapid social change and increasing international communication, migration, and tourism. The course has another objective of helping students to enhance their critical thinking when interpreting such efforts and thereby develop more informed understandings of strategic responses to varied circumstances throughout the world.
Instructor: C. Trist
This course is an introduction to comparative development. It is a general service course, as well as a prerequisite for the upper division 100 series. It is assumed that students know little about life in the Third World countries and are unfamiliar with the relevant theory in political economy of development and underdevelopment. The course is structured around three critical concepts: land, labor, and work. cross listed with GEOG C32, ccn: 36442
Instructor: K. Um
This course will examine developments in the field of international education in light of the acceleration of the globalization of economies and the internationalization of cultural flows since the 1980s. It will explore cross-cultural issues, economic trends, gender questions, and political considerations as they impinge upon international education programs. Particular attention will be given to the UC Education
Instructor: S. Bailey
IAS 45 begins with a survey of the ancient and medieval worlds, exploring the ways empires were formed and operated. It examines the processes through which people from divergent cultural backgrounds interacted in the political and economic spheres during the modern era.
Instructor: H. Pearson
IAS 45 begins with a survey of the ancient and medieval worlds, exploring the ways empires were formed and operated. It examines the processes through which people from divergent cultural backgrounds interacted in the political and economic spheres during the modern era.
Instructor: D. Zook
Introduction to interdisciplinary research strategies for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data. Course integrates the study of the fundamental theories of social science with the practical techniques of social science research methods.
Instructor: A. Karras
Introduction to interdisciplinary research strategies for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data. Course integrates the study of the fundamental theories of social science with the practical techniques of social science research methods. For students pursuing Honors only
Instructor: D. Zook
Introduction to interdisciplinary research strategies for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data. Course integrates the study of the fundamental theories of social science with the practical techniques of social science research methods.
Instructor: M. Auffhammer
This course is designed as a comprehensive overview of intermediate Microeconomic Theory. It covers a number of topics including consumer and demand theory, firm, production and cost theory, the theory of competitive markets, imperfect competition, welfare economics, choice under uncertainty and information. A background in calculus is not required.
Instructor: A. Roy
The start of the 21st century has been marked by a new millennial imagination to make poverty history. This course analyzes the various global campaigns, development practices, and social movements that are concerned with poverty alleviation. In doing so, it situates the millennial imagination in the longer history of 20th century development. Course themes include The Institutions, Paradigms & Critiques of Development; Global Poverty Campaigns & Millennium Development Goals; Agriculture: Land Security & Food Security; The Global Structure of Work; Infrastructure: Water, Sanitation, and Housing; Environmental Justice & Public Health: Human Rights; The Promise of Technology; Political Empowerment & Social Movements; The Ethics of Global Citizenship. Graduate students are welcome and will be able to get graduate-level credit for the course. The course is cross-listed with CP 115 (CCN 13442). Students who have previously taken CP 115 can register for the course as IAS 115.
Instructor: E. Sadoulet
Economectrics is the application of statistical techniques to economic problems. In laymen’s terms, it means that this course will use real world examples and data to give you some powerful insights into economic, environmental, and development issues. It is meant to be useful and hands-on. Cross-listed with EEP C118, ccn: 01245
Instructor: C. Talwalker
Over the course of two semesters, students will explore and document the story of the key role high-tech Indian immigrants have played in the growth of the Silicon Valley. This course will ask: How did Indian immigrants come to gain a foothold and flourish in the Silicon Valley's economy of high technology, venture capital, and rapid development? How do these immigrants and their families fit into the longer history of immigration from India? Is the concept of 'transnationalism' useful for understanding the Indian diaspora's experiences of living and working in the Silicon Valley? Students will learn about the goals, scope, and methodologies of oral history, and their final product will include one or more of the following: a book; catalogued audio tapes; catalogued interview transcripts; catalogued collected documents (photographs, letters, emails, legal documents); a multi-media exhibit; a driving audio tour cassette; an internet website.
Instructor: M. Altieri
Students work in selected non-profit, government agencies, or farmer networks associated with the Brazilian Consortium on Agroecology and Sustainable Development. Students will gain direct experience in agroecological technics and methodologies to achieve sustainability in agriculture. Internships are approved in advance by the faculty coordinator.
Instructor: M. Altieri
This course is conducted in Brazil at the Universidade de Campinas and Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Students participate in a combination of formal lectures, directed discussions based upon assigned readings, and presentations by subject experts and faculty from the eschange Universities. Field site visits to local farms and agroecology centers will complement the classroom lectures and discussions. See instructor for details. Must have instructor's approval.
Instructor: P. Goldman
This course provides an opportunity to study and discuss issues and events having recent international impact and/or interest. The course presents a multidisciplinary perspective on specific subjects with the intent of linking students with the scholars and scholarship involved in understanding and explaining current international issues, events, and crisis. NOTE: This course will be offered for two units, P/NP only.
Instructor: L. Segal
This lower division, interdisciplinary course fulfills the International Studies requirement in L & S and is well suited for any student with an interest in Latin America or for students planning to pursue the Latin American Studies major. It provides a broad introduction to the politics, culture, history, and economies of Latin America by integrating concepts and ideas from various disciplines. Attention is given to the dicussion of the relationship between cultural expression and the politics, economy, and history of the region.
Instructor: E. Murphy-Graham
This course will provide an overview of the major discussions and debates in the area of gender and education. Questions this course addresses are what role does education play in defining and reproducing gender roles? How can education promote gender equity? We will explore these questions through a series of readings and case studies from the United States, Canada, and Latin America.
Instructor: K. Sehnbruch
In every country’s development process, macroeconomic growth is filtered down to individuals mainly by means of their employment. Latin America’s development experience over the last decade is now acknowledged to have been disappointing if we consider the poor performance of labour markets and the persistently high poverty rates, especially given the hopes that compliance with the reform policies of the Washington Consensus had generated. This course will explore the reasons for this poor performance from the perspective of employment policy and its links to issues of poverty and income distribution. Please go to: http://www.clas.berkeley.edu:7001/Academics/courses/center/fall2008/sehnbruch.html for more information
Instructor: L. Segal
This will be the sixth fall year that the Latin American Studies 250 seminar has occupied the energies and passions of engaged LAS students on Friday afternoons in U.C. Berkeley’s Wheeler Hall. At its best, the seminar is full of spirited, informed and respectful debate and discussion about Latin America. Over the years we’ve had students of Latin America attend the seminar from Chile, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, Iceland, Indonesia, Ghana, Great Britain, and Canada. The seminars’ participants have offered a wide range of perspectives and represented a great diversity of professional, practical and academic backgrounds. In the seminar, after critically examining the origins of Latin American Studies, we examine a selection of Latin America’s foundational texts, discuss recent theoretical developments in the field, and carefully read and talk about a selection of new monographs about Latin America, monographs that reflect the LAS’ multidisciplinary taproots. The seminar serves the curricular needs of incoming LAS graduate students and Graduate School of Journalism students who are getting joint MA degrees in Journalism and LAS. Over the years we’ve also had a few precocious undergraduates and the occasional graduate students from other disciplines. The seminar size has ranged from 6 to 14. If you want to know more, come to the first seminar meeting or contact Louis Segal at louis_segal@hotmail.com.
Instructor: E. Gottreich
Required for all students majoring in Middle Eastern Studies, open to all students in International and Area Studies Teaching Program focusing on the Middle East interdisciplinary research strategies for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data. Course integrates the study of the fundamental theories of social science, with the practical techniques of social science research methods.
Instructor: F. Giovannini
This course will explore the political and social causes of violence and war and the processes that lead to justice and peace. This course is required for majors but non-majors are welcome.
Instructor: A. Azevedo
"A practicum using a modern method for systematically reducing random activity in the mind, with comparative studies of relevant texts from monastic and householder traditions, East and West."
Instructor: J. Sanders
This course will explore the historical development of the field through analysis of the operative assumptions, logic, and differing approaches of the seminal schools and thinkers that have shaped the field. Students will become familiar with the body of literature and major debates in peace studies and research.
Instructor: F. Giovannini
An inter-continental, cosmopolitan analysis on the tools and techniques that the international community has developed to manage, solve or transform armed conflicts around the world.
Instructor: J. Sanders
This course will examine the role of war in the construction of American national identity. The analysis of race, ethnicity, and class as prisms that filter the experience of war and the meaning of nationhood in American history and culture will be of special concern.
Instructor: J. Shackford-Bradley
This course is designed as a survey of international human rights; providing students with an overview to the historical, theoretical, political and legal underpinnings that have shaped and continue to shape the development of human rights in both the international and domestic arenas.
Instructor: C. Nicholls
This course will offer a cross-disciplinary examination of the perspectives for “sustainable development” in rural areas of Latin America. We will use diverse points of view to look at interactions between poverty, development, and environmental degradation. While there is no single, universally accepted definition of sustainable development, a central goal of this course is that each student come away with the ability to understand the key elements that distinguish different discourses on this subject (that is, what are they really saying?).
Instructor: J. Sanders
This course will analyze emerging trends, patterns, and problems associated with the phenomenon of globalization. Particular attention will be given to world economic and social integration, ethno-religious nationalism and identity politics, domestic politics, and foreign policy. Special emphasis is placed on the prospects of peace and world order in the post-cold war era.
Instructor: J. Shackford-Bradley
This course elaborates upon the relationships among conflict resolution, social change, and cultures of peace. Students engage in a comprehensive exploration of the theory and practice of conflict resolution at local and international levels, with emphasis on political, economic and cultural contexts. Linked to this is a study of social movements that engage in peace building by targeting the root causes of conflict, and by creating infrastructures for non-violent communication, cooperation and post-conflict reconciliation.
Instructor: A. Karras
This course introduces students to the classical theoretical works of political economy in their historical context. It focuses on the historical conditions that gave rise to liberal theory, capitalism, as well as the theoretical changes wrought by the industrial revolution. Finally, it explores both the challenges to liberalism and its responses.
Instructor: H. Pearson
This course looks at the modern theoretical works and intellectual debates in the study of political economy both in its comparative and international contexts. It examines contending perspectives on the relationship between power and wealth, and the relationship between the market and the state. We will cover both the theoretical perspectives on these relationships and the post-war historical factors that have shaped them.
Instructor: N. Ziegler
This course looks at the EU's basic institutional components, the events leading up to the single currency in the 1990s, the recent eastward enlargement, and the challenges posed by economic transformation, terrorism, and multiculturalism.
Instructor: S. Bailey
This course will explore issues of colonization and imperialism in Asia during the modern era by acquainting students with some of the major academic debates. The focus of the course will be in the analysis and integration of two aspects of colonialism and imperialism: the economic and the cultural. The course will be structured around lectures, course readings and discussions, student presentations, and a research paper.
Instructor: C. Landfried
Is the European Union a 'superstate" in the making? Or will it remain a collection of self-interested nation-states with little in common except economic interests? The answer depends largely on whether the nations of Europe will actually write a European Constitution that will govern the EU's member states. In this course we will analyse constitutional evolution in the EU with its numerous fits and starts--including vociforous resistance from many corners-- of the European Union. Starting with an overview of the development of European integration we will then focus on constitutional debates and politics that have resulted in the latest constitutional incarnation: the Treaty of Lisbon, signed on December 13, 2007. Will that Treaty be just another "piece of paper" or will it be seen as a legitimate governing document? This course will prepare students to answer this question and larger questions about the future of the European Union.
Instructor: K. Magin
The purpose of this course is to study major developments in economic theory from 1723 to the present, focusing on contributions of “great masters” of economics from Adam Smith to Milton Friedman who have had enormous impact on economic theory and on economic policies around the world. It is a well-known fact that a good knowledge of the past is a necessary condition for a successful future.
Instructor: S. Bailey
PEIS 192 is designed to provide a capstone experience to students in the final year or semester of their programs in Development Studies, Latin American Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, and Political Economy of Industrialized Societies. Students will carry out a major project of their choosing, which must receive advance approval from the instructor. This can be a senior thesis, an internship, a research project, a documentary film, or other type of project so long as it is approved by the instructor. Students have the option of seeking out a faculty member to guide them in their projects as needed, or in working closely with an authority in your internship (but this is optional). Enrollment is by Class Entry Code only. For more information, please email the instructor of the course, Scott Bailey at scottbai@berkeley.edu
IAS Courses Fall 2008
AS 10 Introduction Asian Studies- Instructor: K. Yamanaka
AS 150.2 Korean Vernacular HeritageThis course covers the period from the earliest origins to around 1600 for South, Southwest, and East Asia. Emphasis is on the humanities and traditional history, although political and social history are also introduced, and the approach is interdisciplinary. Religious traditions and geographic factors are considered in agrarian societies and urban centers.
- Instructor: R. Janelli
AS 150.3 Urbanization in the Era of Globalization: China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan ConnectedVernacular heritage has gained increasing attention throughout the world in recent years, spurred by nostalgia, issues of identity and community, the pursuit of prestige and power, and desire for economic gain. The primary goal of this course is to acquaint class members with representations and interpretations of Korea's vernacular heritage. Topics include: material culture, family and kinship, popular religion, performing arts, and wedding ceremonies, as well as efforts to conserve, revitalize, and construct national heritage in situations of rapid social change and increasing international communication, migration, and tourism. The course has another objective of helping students to enhance their critical thinking when interpreting such efforts and thereby develop more informed understandings of strategic responses to varied circumstances throughout the world.
- Instructor: L. Po
DS C10 Introduction to Development Studies- Instructor: C. Trist
IAS 20 Perspectives in International EducationThis course is an introduction to comparative development. It is a general service course, as well as a prerequisite for the upper division 100 series. It is assumed that students know little about life in the Third World countries and are unfamiliar with the relevant theory in political economy of development and underdevelopment. The course is structured around three critical concepts: land, labor, and work. cross listed with GEOG C32, ccn: 36442
- Instructor: K. Um
IAS 45 Survey of World HistoryThis course will examine developments in the field of international education in light of the acceleration of the globalization of economies and the internationalization of cultural flows since the 1980s. It will explore cross-cultural issues, economic trends, gender questions, and political considerations as they impinge upon international education programs. Particular attention will be given to the UC Education
- Instructor: S. Bailey
IAS 45.2 Survey of World HistoryIAS 45 begins with a survey of the ancient and medieval worlds, exploring the ways empires were formed and operated. It examines the processes through which people from divergent cultural backgrounds interacted in the political and economic spheres during the modern era.
- Instructor: H. Pearson
IAS 102 Scope and MethodsIAS 45 begins with a survey of the ancient and medieval worlds, exploring the ways empires were formed and operated. It examines the processes through which people from divergent cultural backgrounds interacted in the political and economic spheres during the modern era.
- Instructor: D. Zook
IAS H102 Scope and Methods - Honors SectionIntroduction to interdisciplinary research strategies for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data. Course integrates the study of the fundamental theories of social science with the practical techniques of social science research methods.
- Instructor: A. Karras
IAS 102.2 Scope and MethodsIntroduction to interdisciplinary research strategies for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data. Course integrates the study of the fundamental theories of social science with the practical techniques of social science research methods. For students pursuing Honors only
- Instructor: D. Zook
IAS 105 The Ethics, Methods, and Pragmatics of Global PracticeIntroduction to interdisciplinary research strategies for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data. Course integrates the study of the fundamental theories of social science with the practical techniques of social science research methods.
- Instructor: C. Talwalker
IAS 106 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory- Instructor: M. Auffhammer
IAS 115 Global Poverty: Theories and PracticesThis course is designed as a comprehensive overview of intermediate Microeconomic Theory. It covers a number of topics including consumer and demand theory, firm, production and cost theory, the theory of competitive markets, imperfect competition, welfare economics, choice under uncertainty and information. A background in calculus is not required.
- Instructor: A. Roy
IAS C118 Introductory Applied EconometricsThe start of the 21st century has been marked by a new millennial imagination to make poverty history. This course analyzes the various global campaigns, development practices, and social movements that are concerned with poverty alleviation. In doing so, it situates the millennial imagination in the longer history of 20th century development. Course themes include The Institutions, Paradigms & Critiques of Development; Global Poverty Campaigns & Millennium Development Goals; Agriculture: Land Security & Food Security; The Global Structure of Work; Infrastructure: Water, Sanitation, and Housing; Environmental Justice & Public Health: Human Rights; The Promise of Technology; Political Empowerment & Social Movements; The Ethics of Global Citizenship. Graduate students are welcome and will be able to get graduate-level credit for the course. The course is cross-listed with CP 115 (CCN 13442). Students who have previously taken CP 115 can register for the course as IAS 115.
- Instructor: E. Sadoulet
IAS 150 The Indian Diaspora in Silicon ValleyEconomectrics is the application of statistical techniques to economic problems. In laymen’s terms, it means that this course will use real world examples and data to give you some powerful insights into economic, environmental, and development issues. It is meant to be useful and hands-on. Cross-listed with EEP C118, ccn: 01245
- Instructor: C. Talwalker
IAS 171 Agroecology InternOver the course of two semesters, students will explore and document the story of the key role high-tech Indian immigrants have played in the growth of the Silicon Valley. This course will ask: How did Indian immigrants come to gain a foothold and flourish in the Silicon Valley's economy of high technology, venture capital, and rapid development? How do these immigrants and their families fit into the longer history of immigration from India? Is the concept of 'transnationalism' useful for understanding the Indian diaspora's experiences of living and working in the Silicon Valley? Students will learn about the goals, scope, and methodologies of oral history, and their final product will include one or more of the following: a book; catalogued audio tapes; catalogued interview transcripts; catalogued collected documents (photographs, letters, emails, legal documents); a multi-media exhibit; a driving audio tour cassette; an internet website.
- Instructor: M. Altieri
IAS 172 Brazil AgroecologyStudents work in selected non-profit, government agencies, or farmer networks associated with the Brazilian Consortium on Agroecology and Sustainable Development. Students will gain direct experience in agroecological technics and methodologies to achieve sustainability in agriculture. Internships are approved in advance by the faculty coordinator.
- Instructor: M. Altieri
IAS 180 Issues in Foreign PolicyThis course is conducted in Brazil at the Universidade de Campinas and Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Students participate in a combination of formal lectures, directed discussions based upon assigned readings, and presentations by subject experts and faculty from the eschange Universities. Field site visits to local farms and agroecology centers will complement the classroom lectures and discussions. See instructor for details. Must have instructor's approval.
- Instructor: P. Goldman
LAS 10 Introduction to Latin American StudiesThis course provides an opportunity to study and discuss issues and events having recent international impact and/or interest. The course presents a multidisciplinary perspective on specific subjects with the intent of linking students with the scholars and scholarship involved in understanding and explaining current international issues, events, and crisis. NOTE: This course will be offered for two units, P/NP only.
- Instructor: L. Segal
LAS 130 Gender and Education in the AmericasThis lower division, interdisciplinary course fulfills the International Studies requirement in L & S and is well suited for any student with an interest in Latin America or for students planning to pursue the Latin American Studies major. It provides a broad introduction to the politics, culture, history, and economies of Latin America by integrating concepts and ideas from various disciplines. Attention is given to the dicussion of the relationship between cultural expression and the politics, economy, and history of the region.
- Instructor: E. Murphy-Graham
LAS 150.2 Latin America's Development and Labor MarketsThis course will provide an overview of the major discussions and debates in the area of gender and education. Questions this course addresses are what role does education play in defining and reproducing gender roles? How can education promote gender equity? We will explore these questions through a series of readings and case studies from the United States, Canada, and Latin America.
- Instructor: K. Sehnbruch
LAS 250 Graduate Studies in Latin American StudiesIn every country’s development process, macroeconomic growth is filtered down to individuals mainly by means of their employment. Latin America’s development experience over the last decade is now acknowledged to have been disappointing if we consider the poor performance of labour markets and the persistently high poverty rates, especially given the hopes that compliance with the reform policies of the Washington Consensus had generated. This course will explore the reasons for this poor performance from the perspective of employment policy and its links to issues of poverty and income distribution. Please go to: http://www.clas.berkeley.edu:7001/Academics/courses/center/fall2008/sehnbruch.html for more information
- Instructor: L. Segal
MES 102 Scope and Methods in Middle Eastern StudiesThis will be the sixth fall year that the Latin American Studies 250 seminar has occupied the energies and passions of engaged LAS students on Friday afternoons in U.C. Berkeley’s Wheeler Hall. At its best, the seminar is full of spirited, informed and respectful debate and discussion about Latin America. Over the years we’ve had students of Latin America attend the seminar from Chile, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, Iceland, Indonesia, Ghana, Great Britain, and Canada. The seminars’ participants have offered a wide range of perspectives and represented a great diversity of professional, practical and academic backgrounds. In the seminar, after critically examining the origins of Latin American Studies, we examine a selection of Latin America’s foundational texts, discuss recent theoretical developments in the field, and carefully read and talk about a selection of new monographs about Latin America, monographs that reflect the LAS’ multidisciplinary taproots. The seminar serves the curricular needs of incoming LAS graduate students and Graduate School of Journalism students who are getting joint MA degrees in Journalism and LAS. Over the years we’ve also had a few precocious undergraduates and the occasional graduate students from other disciplines. The seminar size has ranged from 6 to 14. If you want to know more, come to the first seminar meeting or contact Louis Segal at louis_segal@hotmail.com.
- Instructor: E. Gottreich
PACS 10 Introduction to Peace and Conflict StudiesRequired for all students majoring in Middle Eastern Studies, open to all students in International and Area Studies Teaching Program focusing on the Middle East interdisciplinary research strategies for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data. Course integrates the study of the fundamental theories of social science, with the practical techniques of social science research methods.
- Instructor: F. Giovannini
PACS 94 Theory and Practice of MeditationThis course will explore the political and social causes of violence and war and the processes that lead to justice and peace. This course is required for majors but non-majors are welcome.
- Instructor: A. Azevedo
PACS 100 Peace Theory: Approaches and Analyses"A practicum using a modern method for systematically reducing random activity in the mind, with comparative studies of relevant texts from monastic and householder traditions, East and West."
- Instructor: J. Sanders
PACS 119 International Peacemaking: Diplomacy, Peacekeeping and peace processes sin the 21st centuryThis course will explore the historical development of the field through analysis of the operative assumptions, logic, and differing approaches of the seminal schools and thinkers that have shaped the field. Students will become familiar with the body of literature and major debates in peace studies and research.
- Instructor: F. Giovannini
PACS 125AC War, Culture, and SocietyAn inter-continental, cosmopolitan analysis on the tools and techniques that the international community has developed to manage, solve or transform armed conflicts around the world.
- Instructor: J. Sanders
PACS 126 International Human RightsThis course will examine the role of war in the construction of American national identity. The analysis of race, ethnicity, and class as prisms that filter the experience of war and the meaning of nationhood in American history and culture will be of special concern.
- Instructor: J. Shackford-Bradley
PACS 135 Perspectives for Sustainable Rural Development in Latin AmericaThis course is designed as a survey of international human rights; providing students with an overview to the historical, theoretical, political and legal underpinnings that have shaped and continue to shape the development of human rights in both the international and domestic arenas.
- Instructor: C. Nicholls
PACS 149 Global Change and World OrderThis course will offer a cross-disciplinary examination of the perspectives for “sustainable development” in rural areas of Latin America. We will use diverse points of view to look at interactions between poverty, development, and environmental degradation. While there is no single, universally accepted definition of sustainable development, a central goal of this course is that each student come away with the ability to understand the key elements that distinguish different discourses on this subject (that is, what are they really saying?).
- Instructor: J. Sanders
PACS 164A Introduction to NonviolenceThis course will analyze emerging trends, patterns, and problems associated with the phenomenon of globalization. Particular attention will be given to world economic and social integration, ethno-religious nationalism and identity politics, domestic politics, and foreign policy. Special emphasis is placed on the prospects of peace and world order in the post-cold war era.
- Instructor: A. Azevedo
PACS 170 Conflict Resolution, Social Change, and the Cultures of Peace- Instructor: J. Shackford-Bradley
PEIS 100 Classical Theories of Political EconomyThis course elaborates upon the relationships among conflict resolution, social change, and cultures of peace. Students engage in a comprehensive exploration of the theory and practice of conflict resolution at local and international levels, with emphasis on political, economic and cultural contexts. Linked to this is a study of social movements that engage in peace building by targeting the root causes of conflict, and by creating infrastructures for non-violent communication, cooperation and post-conflict reconciliation.
- Instructor: A. Karras
PEIS 101 Contemporary Theories of Political EconomyThis course introduces students to the classical theoretical works of political economy in their historical context. It focuses on the historical conditions that gave rise to liberal theory, capitalism, as well as the theoretical changes wrought by the industrial revolution. Finally, it explores both the challenges to liberalism and its responses.
- Instructor: H. Pearson
PEIS 130 The Politics of European IntegrationThis course looks at the modern theoretical works and intellectual debates in the study of political economy both in its comparative and international contexts. It examines contending perspectives on the relationship between power and wealth, and the relationship between the market and the state. We will cover both the theoretical perspectives on these relationships and the post-war historical factors that have shaped them.
- Instructor: N. Ziegler
PEIS 150 Political Economy of Colonialism and Imperialism in AsiaThis course looks at the EU's basic institutional components, the events leading up to the single currency in the 1990s, the recent eastward enlargement, and the challenges posed by economic transformation, terrorism, and multiculturalism.
- Instructor: S. Bailey
PEIS 150.2 Constitutional Politics in the European UnionThis course will explore issues of colonization and imperialism in Asia during the modern era by acquainting students with some of the major academic debates. The focus of the course will be in the analysis and integration of two aspects of colonialism and imperialism: the economic and the cultural. The course will be structured around lectures, course readings and discussions, student presentations, and a research paper.
- Instructor: C. Landfried
PEIS 150.3 Media and Politics in Comparative and Historical PerspectiveIs the European Union a 'superstate" in the making? Or will it remain a collection of self-interested nation-states with little in common except economic interests? The answer depends largely on whether the nations of Europe will actually write a European Constitution that will govern the EU's member states. In this course we will analyse constitutional evolution in the EU with its numerous fits and starts--including vociforous resistance from many corners-- of the European Union. Starting with an overview of the development of European integration we will then focus on constitutional debates and politics that have resulted in the latest constitutional incarnation: the Treaty of Lisbon, signed on December 13, 2007. Will that Treaty be just another "piece of paper" or will it be seen as a legitimate governing document? This course will prepare students to answer this question and larger questions about the future of the European Union.
- Instructor: L. Freeman
PEIS 150.4 History of Economic Thought- Instructor: K. Magin
PEIS 192 International and Area Studies Capstone Experience CourseThe purpose of this course is to study major developments in economic theory from 1723 to the present, focusing on contributions of “great masters” of economics from Adam Smith to Milton Friedman who have had enormous impact on economic theory and on economic policies around the world. It is a well-known fact that a good knowledge of the past is a necessary condition for a successful future.
PEIS 192 is designed to provide a capstone experience to students in the final year or semester of their programs in Development Studies, Latin American Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, and Political Economy of Industrialized Societies. Students will carry out a major project of their choosing, which must receive advance approval from the instructor. This can be a senior thesis, an internship, a research project, a documentary film, or other type of project so long as it is approved by the instructor. Students have the option of seeking out a faculty member to guide them in their projects as needed, or in working closely with an authority in your internship (but this is optional). Enrollment is by Class Entry Code only. For more information, please email the instructor of the course, Scott Bailey at scottbai@berkeley.edu