AMST 2817

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AMST 2817
America Confronts the World

Course information provided by the 2017-2018 Catalog.

Donald Trump and Barack Obama give us two visions of America and of the world: xenophobic nationalism and pragmatic cosmopolitanism.  America and the world are thus constituted by great diversity. The first half of the course seeks to understand that diversity in American politics and foreign policy viewed through the prisms of region, ideology, region, race, class and religion. The second half inquires into the U.S. and American engagement of different world regions and civilizations: Europe, Russia, North America, Latin America, China, Japan, India and the Middle East. U.S. hard power and American soft power find expression in far-reaching processes of American-infused globalization and U.S.-centered anti-Americanism reverberating around the world. Advocates of one-size-fits-all solutions to America's and the world's variegated politics are in for great disappointments.


Distribution Category (SBA-AS)

When Offered Fall.

Breadth Requirement (GB)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 2817

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17575 AMST 2817   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17576 AMST 2817   DIS 201

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17577 AMST 2817   DIS 202

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17798 AMST 2817   DIS 203

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person