A historical study of the development of ideas relative to the state and government by eminent philosophers from Socrates and Plato through the contract theorists Hobbs, Locke, Rousseau.

POT 3023 Political Theory II . . . . . 3(3,0)

A continuation of POT 3013 from the contract theorists to the present.

POT 3204 American Political Thought . . . . . 3(3,0)

Significant American political theorists and schools of thought; their influence on political system.

POT 3314 Democracy . . . . . 3(3,0)

Normative and empirical theories of classical and modern democracy, with emphasis on trends, conditions, and likely future development of democracy. Specimens of democratic institutions and processes will be drawn from ancient and contemporary experience, both national and international.

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