POLS 1001
Foundations of Politics
Political Science 1001
Mount Allison University
Instructor: Dr. G. Martin
Voice: (506) 364-2289
2013 Edition email: gmartin@mta.ca
3 credit hours
01/2013
Twitter: @GeoffRMartin
Description: The purpose of this course is to provide the student with a broad introduction to the discipline of political science, composed of the four subfields of comparative politics, Canadian politics, global relations and political theory. In the first section of the course, we will discuss some basic issues in political theory, primarily the leading political ideologies, including liberalism, conservatism, socialism, feminism and environmentalism. In the middle half of the course, we will discuss the politics and government of both Canada and the United States in comparative perspective. We will address basic concepts and institutions, such as government, power, sovereignty, the nation, the state, as well as relevant political institutions in the Canadian and American cases. In the final section, we will turn to the global system, and will discuss major issues in the areas of foreign policy, strategic studies, international organization and law
(multilateralism), and the global economy.
Required Text:
Mark O. Dickerson, Thomas Flanagan and Brenda O’Neill, An Introduction to
Government and Politics: A conceptual approach, Eighth Edition, (Scarborough, ON:
Thomson Nelson, 2010, 480 pp. + appendices). (abbreviated DFO) (All page references in this kit are to this edition.)
This text is available from the Mount Allison University bookstore. You can get by with a seventh edition (2006), but I would not recommend that you use any earlier edition as they are too out-of-date and the chapter numbering is different. In Sackville, for used copies check at Rags of Time Books, 28B York Street, 536-2808. You will write 6 short essays based on the textbook and reading kit, and additional sources where appropriate.
You may write only five
Political Science 1001
Mount Allison University
Instructor: Dr. G. Martin
Voice: (506) 364-2289
2013 Edition email: gmartin@mta.ca
3 credit hours
01/2013
Twitter: @GeoffRMartin
Description: The purpose of this course is to provide the student with a broad introduction to the discipline of political science, composed of the four subfields of comparative politics, Canadian politics, global relations and political theory. In the first section of the course, we will discuss some basic issues in political theory, primarily the leading political ideologies, including liberalism, conservatism, socialism, feminism and environmentalism. In the middle half of the course, we will discuss the politics and government of both Canada and the United States in comparative perspective. We will address basic concepts and institutions, such as government, power, sovereignty, the nation, the state, as well as relevant political institutions in the Canadian and American cases. In the final section, we will turn to the global system, and will discuss major issues in the areas of foreign policy, strategic studies, international organization and law
(multilateralism), and the global economy.
Required Text:
Mark O. Dickerson, Thomas Flanagan and Brenda O’Neill, An Introduction to
Government and Politics: A conceptual approach, Eighth Edition, (Scarborough, ON:
Thomson Nelson, 2010, 480 pp. + appendices). (abbreviated DFO) (All page references in this kit are to this edition.)
This text is available from the Mount Allison University bookstore. You can get by with a seventh edition (2006), but I would not recommend that you use any earlier edition as they are too out-of-date and the chapter numbering is different. In Sackville, for used copies check at Rags of Time Books, 28B York Street, 536-2808. You will write 6 short essays based on the textbook and reading kit, and additional sources where appropriate.
You may write only five