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S.88-73
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
To:
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Senate
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From:
J.W.G. Ivany
Chair, SCAP
Subject:
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Department of Political Science -
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Date: ?
November 17, 1988
Curriculum Revisions
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Academic Planning/Senate Committee
on Undergraduate Studies gives rise to the following motion:
Motion: that Senate approve and recommend approval to Board of Governors as set
forth in S.88-73 the changes to requirements and curriculum revisions in the
Department of Political Science including:
New courses
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POL. 383-3 Government and Politics: India
POL 422-3 Canadian International Security Relations
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POL. 442-3 International Conflicts Resolution
POL. 443-3 Nuclear Strategy, Arms Control and
International Security
POL. 453-3 Biopolitics and Biopolicy
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The Political Science Department proposes to alter its curriculum in
the following ways:
(1) Citation of Prerequisites
The practice of listing as prerequisites for upper division
courses a lower division course in the same group or field
creates considerable confusion among students as well as
among advisors in other departments. The department has
therefore decided that it would be more suitable to list the
specific course or courses that are prerequisite for each
course.
(2) Clarification of Calendar entry
The department wishes to make a number of minor changes in
the Calendar entry. The most significant involve a listing
of lower division requirements for the Joint Major with
Latin American Studies and all requirements for the Joint
Major with Canadian Studies.
(3) Change in Requirements for Political Science Minor
The department wishes to change the lower division
requirements for a minor so that students are allowed to
take two 100 division courses and two 200 division courses,
rather than POL 100 plus three 200 division courses.
(4) Alterations to Course Descriptions and Prerequisites
The department wishes to alter the course descriptions and
prerequisites for a number of courses. The principal
prerequisite changes are
(a)
to make either POL 100-3, Introduction to Politics and
Government, or POL 151-3, The Administration of
Justice, a prerequisite for all 200-division courses.
This change follows the decision last year to funnel
students through a 100 division introductory course in
the discipline and to eliminate 100 division field
courses with the exception of POL 151.
POL 100-3 is the basic prerequisite for 200 division
courses. POL 151-3 is an alternative prerequisite for
POL 213 and 200 division courses in fields B and E.
(b)
to drop POL 213 as a prerequisite for other political
theory and philosophy courses since it is essentially
unrelated to them.
(5) New Courses
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The department wishes to introduce as regular offerings
three courses currently taught as "special topics" and two
courses intended for a new faculty member, Dr. Douglas Ross
(Director, Centre for International Studies).
(6) Proposed
Busi
ness-Political Science Joint MajL
The department wishes to introduce a new joint major with
Business; a rationale for this innovation is given with the
proposal.
Listing of proposed textual alterations in course descriptions
Undergraduate Courses--Political Science
Explanatory Note to be inserted between POL 151-3 and P0k 210-3:
Students may not register in a 200, 300 or 400 division course in any field
unless they have completed the appropriate prerequisite(s). In the case of
selected topics courses, topics and prerequisites for each offering will be
announced by the department at least one semester in advance. The
specified prerequisites or departmental permission is required for entry
into the course. For information as to which courses are in which fields,
see the Department of Political Science section.
(Explanatory Note now given, between POL 252-3 and POL 311-3 is to be
deleted.)
FIELD A: Political Theory
FIELD B: Canadian Government and Politics
POL 321-3 The Canadian Federal System
Prerequisite: POL 221 or 222.
POL 322-3 Canadian Political Parties
Prerequisite: POL 221 or 222.
POL 323-3 Provincial Government and Politics
Prerequisite: POL 221 or 222.
POL 324-3 The Canadian Constitution
Prerequisite: POL 221 or 222.
POL 325-3 The Legislative Process in Canada
Prerequisite: POL 221 or 222.
POL 326-3 Canadian Political Behaviour
Prerequisite: POL 221 or 222.
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POL 421-3 Canadian Foreign Policy
Prerequisite: POL 221, 222 or 241. This course may serve as a field B or
D course for departmental requirements.
POL 423-3 B.C. Government and Politics
Prerequisite: POL 221.or 222.
POL 424-3 Quebec Government and Politics
Prerequisite: One of POL 221. 222 or CNS 280.
POL 425-3 Political Leadership in Canada
Prerequisite: POL 221 or 222.
FIELD C: Comparative Government and Politics
POL 330-3 Government and Politics: Selected West European Nations
Prerequisite: POL 231.
POL 332-3 Government and Politics: United States
Prerequisite: POL 231.
POL 333-3 Government and Politics: USSR
Prerequisite: POL 231.
POL 334-3 Government and Politics: Selected Eastern European States
Prerequisite: POL 231.
POL 335-3 Government and Politics: People's Republic of China I
Prerequisite: POL 231.
POL 337-3 Government and Politics: Selected Latin American Nations I
Prerequisite: POL 231.
POL 338-3 Government and Politics: Selected Latin American Nations II
Prerequisite: POL 231.
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POL ?
339-3 ?
Government and Politics: Selected African Nations
Prerequisite:
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POL 231.
POL ?
381-3 ?
Politics and Government of Japan I
Prerequisite: ?
POL 231.
POL ?
430-3 ?
Government and Politics: Selected Asian Nations
Prerequisite: ?
POL 231.
POL ?
431-3 ?
Comparative Western European Systems
Prerequisite: ?
POL 231.
POL ?
432-3 ?
Comparative Communist Systems
Prerequisite: ?
POL 231.
POL ?
435-3 Comparative Federal Systems
Prerequisite: ?
POL 231.
POL ?
481-3 ?
Ethnic Politics and National Identity: Comparative Perspectives
Prerequisite: ?
POL 231.
FIELD D:
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International Relations
POL
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341-3 International Integration and Regional Association
Prerequisite: ?
POL 241.
POL
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342-3 ?
Relations Between Developed and Developing Nations -
Prerequisite: ?
POL 241.
POL
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343-3 ?
Global Political Relations ?
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Prerequisite: ?
POL 2416
POL ?
344-3 ?
Public International Law
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Prerequisite:
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POL 241.
POL ?
345-3 ?
The Nation-State and the Multinational Corporation
Prerequisite: ?
POL 241.
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POL 346-3 International Organizations
Prerequisite: POL 241.
POL 441-3 Comparative Foreign Relations: Selected Political Systems
Prerequisite: POL 231 or 241.
This course may serve as a
field
C or D
course for departmental requirements.
GROUP B: Public Policy/Administration and Local Government
POL 451-3 Public Policy Analysis
Current Calendar
(88/89):
Prerequisite: POL 221, 251.
Prerequisite: POL 221
or
251.
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Revised Copy for 1989/90 SF11 CALENDAR, PP. 95-96
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(Proposed changes in underlined bold print, present version in parentheses)
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
LOCATION: ?
Room 6069 - Academic Quadrangle
TELEPHONE: ?
291-4293
CHAIR (Chairman): ?
P.J. Smith,
(Hons.)B.'A.,
'M.A.(McM.), Ph.D.(Lond.)
Professor Emeritus
M. Halperin,
A.B.(Harv.), A.M.(Oklahoma), Docte.ur de l'Université de Paris
Professors
A. Ciria,
Abogado (Buenos Aires)
E. McWhinney, Q.C.,
LL.M., Sc.Jur.D. (Yale)
F.Q. Quo,
B.A.(Nat. Taiwan), M.A.(0regon), Ph.D.(S. Ill.)
M. Robin,
B.A.(Manit.), M.A., Ph.D.(Tor.)
D. Ross, B.A.(Hons.), M.A., Ph.D.(Tor.), Director of Centre for
International Studies
A.H.Somjee,
M.A.(Agra), Ph.D.(Lond.)., Director of Institute of
International Development
Associate Professors
L.J. Cohen, A.B.,
M.A.(Ill.), Ph.D.(Col.)
T.H. Cohn,
B.A.(Mich.), M.A.(Wayne), Ph.D.(Mich.)
M.A.
Covell,
B.A.(Br.Col.), Ph.D.(Yale)
P.J. Smith, (Hons.)B.A.,
M.A.(McM.) Ph.D. (Lond.), Department
Chair
(Chairman)
P.V. Warwick, (Hons.)B.A.(McM.),M.A.,
Ph.D.(Chic.)
Assistant Professor
L. Dobuzinskis,
Licence-6s-Sciences Economiques, Dipl6me Suprieur d'Etudes
et de Recherches Politiques (Paris), Ph.D. (York, Can.)
L.J. Erickson, B.A., Ph.D. (Alb.)
Advisor: ?
Maureen Mcllroy
Departmental Assistant
Room 6066 - Academic Quadrangle
291-3588
The Department of Political Science, through its academic program,
develops a critical outlook on questions relating to the theory and
practice of political institutions, policy alternatives on major issues
facing society, and political ideals which influence public participation
and the quality of political life in general. Students become familiar
with competing theoretical approaches and learn to engage in rigorous
political analysis. The program provides a variety of courses on the
political problems of Canadian society and emphasizes a comparative
perspective on the political systems of the different parts of the world.
The network of political, judicial, economic and cultural relationships
which constitute the international community is also studied.
The program serves students with a general interest in public affairs,
as well as those who seek a career in teaching, research, law, journalism
or public administration.
The basic introductory course is POL 100-3 Introduction to Politics
and Government.
(Students are encouraged to begin their study of Political
Science with POL 100 (Introduction to Politics and Government).) All other
courses in the Political Science curriculum are distributed among the five
fields within the discipline.
(Group) Field A Political Theory
POL 210-3 Political Theory
211-3 Political Inquiry
213-3 Research Methods in Political Science
311-3 History of Political Thought I
312-3 History of Political Thought II
313-3 Political Ideologies
411-3 Normative Political Theory
412-3 Marxist Political Theory
414-3 Theories of Political Development, Decay and Disorder
418-3 Selected Topics in Political Theory 1*
419-3 Selected Topics in Political Theory 11*
*Students should be aware that these courses may require special
prerequisites.
(Group) Field B Canadian Government and Politics
POL 221-3 Introduction to Canadian Government
222-3 Introduction to Canadian Politics
321-3 The Canadian Federal System
322-3 Canadian Political Parties
323-3 Provincial Government and Politics
324-3 The Canadian Constitution
325-3 The Legislative Process in Canada
326-3 Canadian Political Behaviour
421-3 Canadian Foreign Policy
422-3 Canadian International Security Relations
423-3 B.C. Government and Politics
424-3 Quebec Government and Politics
425-3 Political Leadership in Canada
428-3 Selected Topics in Canadian Government & Politics 1*
429-3 Selected Topics in Canadian Government & Politics 11*
*Students should be aware that these courses may require special
prerequisites.
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(Group) Field C Comparative Government and Politics
POL 231-3 Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics
330-3 Government & Politics: Selected West European Nations
332-3 Government & Politics: United States
333-3 Government & Politics: U.S.S.R.
334-3 Government & Politics: Selected Eastern European Nations
335-3 Government & Politics: People's Republic of China I
336-3 Government & Politics: People's Republic of China II
337-3 Government & Politics: Selected Latin American Nations I
338-3 Government & Politics: Selected Latin American
Nations II
339-3 Government & Politics: Selected African Nations
381-3 Government & Politics: Japan I
382-3 Government & Politics: Japan II
383-3 Government
&
Politics: India
430-3 Government & Politics: Selected Asian Nations
431-3 Comparative Western European Systems
432-3 Comparative Communist Systems
433-3 Comparative Developing Systems
435-3 Comparative Federal Systems
438-3 Selected Topics in Comparative Government & Politics 1*
439-3 Selected Topics in Comparative Government & Politics 11*
441-3 Comparative Foreign Relations: Selected Political
Systems
481-3 Ethnic Politics & National Identity: Comparative
Perspectives
482-3 Comparative Political Elites
*Students should be aware that these courses may require special
prerequisites.
(group) Field D International Relations
POL 241-3 Introduction to International Politics
341-3 International Integration and Regional Association
342-3 Relations between Developed & Developing Nations
343-3 Global Political Relations
344-3 Public International Law
345-3 The Nation-State and the Multinational Corporation
346-3 International Organizations
421-3 Canadian Foreign Policy
422-3 Canadian International Security Relations
441-3 Comparative Foreign Relations: Selected Political
Systems
442-3 International Conflicts Resolution
443-3 Nuclear Strategy, Arms Control and International Security
448-3 Selected Topics in International Relations 1*
449-3 Selected Topics in International Relations 11*
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*Students should be aware that these courses may require special
prerequisites.
(Group) Field E Public Policy/Administration and Local Government
POL 151-3 The Administration of Justice
251-3 Introduction to Canadian Public Administration
252-3 Introduction to
(Urban) Local
Government and Politics
351-3 Canadian
(Urban) Local
Government & Politics
356-3 Public Administration (Public Sector Management)
357-3 Public Law
451-3 Public Policy Analysis
452-3 Government Regulation
453-3 Biopolitics and Biopolicy
458-3 Selected Topics in
(Urban) Local
Government & Politics*
459-3 Selected Topics in Public Law & Public Administration*
*Students should be aware that these courses may require special
prerequisites.
Students who fulfill the requirements may also take POL
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Directed Readings in Political Science and POL 499-5 Honors Essay.
Faculty Degree Requirements (Faculty of Arts Degree Requirements)
Students should ensure that their programs meet requirements of the
Faculty
(of Arts for the Bachelor of Arts) in which they expect to obtain
the Bachelor's
degree.
Department of Political Science Requirements
The Political Science Departmental Assistant will assist students or
direct them to a faculty advisor. Students are
(required)expected
to
consult with
(a faculty)the curriculum
advisor before undertaking a minor,
major, or honors program in Political Science.
LOWER DIVISION COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Students who plan to major or take an honors degree in Political
Science
must
(should) obtain at least 18
credit hours
(hours credit) in
lower division courses, ensuring that they take courses in at least four of
the five fields of Political Science. It is strongly recommended that POL
213-3 is included in this selection.
Students who plan to minor in Political Science
must
(should) obtain
at least 12 credit hours in lower division courses (POL 100 or POL 151 and
three 200 division courses),
ensuring that they take courses in at least
two of the five fields of Political Science.
UPPER DIVISION COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Political Science majors, honors and minors students may not proceed
to upper division courses until they have completed the appropriate lower
division prerequisites (i.e.,
a lower division course in that field).
In
the case of selected topics courses, topics and prerequisites for each
offering will be announced by the department at least one semester in
advance.
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The specified prerequisites or departmental permission
is (are)
required for entry into the course. For information as to which courses
are in which fields, see the Department of Political Science section. The
following requirements are designed to balance concentration in one of the
fields of Political Science with experience of the broad scope of the
discipline.
Political Science Major Program
30 credit hours of upper division Political Science courses, including
courses froth at least three of the five fields.
Political Science Honors Program
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Application for honors must be approved by a faculty adisor'and the
Department
Chair (man)
before registration in the honors program.. Students
wishing to enter the Political Science honors program should write to, the
Chair (man)
of the Political Science Curriculum Committee.
Students must. take 50 credit hours of upper division Political Science
courses, 15
credit
hours of which must be from a single
field (group),
and
5
credit
hours of which
must (should)
be in POL 499-5 (Honors Essay).
To obtain admission to an honors program in Political Science, a
student must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 and a grade point
average of 3.33 in all Political Science courses.
The honors essay must be written in the field of concentration, and
before a student is permitted to register in POL 499 the Departmental
Assistant must receive a copy of the essay proposal approved by an
instructor in the field of concentration who has agreed to supervise and
evaluate the essay. A copy of the essay proposal and a letter of
evaluation from the supervisor must be presented to the department before a
student will be recommended to the Faculty of Arts for an honors degree in
Political Science.
The department may not always provide an honors program in each of the
fields; students should consult the Departmental Curriculum Committee
before declaring
an
honors
program
in Political Science.
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Political Science Minor Program
15 credit hours of upper division courses in Political Science.
Joint Major in French, History and Politics
The joint major in French, History and Politics offers a framework for
the study of the language, histories, politics and culture of the French
speaking people of Canada and the world. It serves to prepare students
interested in careers in civil service, in politics (either with emphasis
on Canadian government and politics or with an emphasis on international
relations),
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in the diplomatic service,
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international organizations,
journalism, teaching and archival work. For further details see
the
Political Science French/History/Politics Coordinator or
th .
e French
section.
Joint Major Political Science/Latin American Studies Program
Political Science Requirements
Students must satisfy the lower division requirements of both
disciplines.
In addition to the s
p ecial re q
uirements in Latin American Studies.
. students must complete
30 upper division credit
hours in three of the five
fields
of Political Science, as required for Political Science Majors. POL
337-3 and POL 338-3 may not be used to satisfy Latin American Studies
Requirements.
For further information see the
Political Science Latin American
Studies Coordinator or the
Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies
Section.
Joint Major Political Science/Canadian Studies Program
Political Science Requirements
Students must satisf
y
the lower division re
q
uirements of both
disciplines.
In addition to the special requirements for a major In Canadian
Studies, a student must complete 30 upper division credit hours in three of
the five fields of Political Science, as required for Political Science
majors. Up to 12 credit hours that are available for credit in both
Political Science and Canadian Studies may be counted towards the upper
division requirements of both departments.
For further information see the Political Science Canadian Studies
Coordinator or the Centre for Canadian Studies section.
Alteration in Lower D vision Reauirememf o s e
for the Minor
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Students who plan
to
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nor
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Political Science should
obtain credit in
P9.
100 and three 200 division courses,
ensuring that th,q take courses in at least two of the five
fields of Polp4cal Science.
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Students
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take 12 lower division credit hours in at
least twø'fields of Political Science.
Rationale:
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To allow students to take both POL 100 and POL 151 plus
two 200 division courses.
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• Listing of proposed title alterations and new courses
(Changes in underlined bold print)
POL 252-3 ?
Current Calendar (88/89):
Introduction to Urban Government and Politics
Proposed Change (89/90):
Introduction to Local Government & Politics
Prerequisite: POL 100 or POL 151.
POL 351-3
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Current Calendar (88/89):
Canadian Urban Government and Politics
Proposed Change (89/90):
Canadian Local Government & Politics
Prerequisite: POL 252.
POL 383-3
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Government & Politics: India (New course--see Form)
A comprehensive introduction to the political institutions,
processes and challenges of contemporary India. (Seminar)
Prerequisite: POL 231.
POL 422-3 ?
Canadian International Security Relations (New course--see
Form)
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The course traces the evolution of Canadian thinking on
national and international security issues through an
examination of pre-World War II isolationism, elite
attitudes during the Cold War, the formative period of NATO
as well as Canadian involvement in the Korean and Indochina
conflicts. More recent policies concerning ALCM testing,
NORAD, and nuclear non-prolifertjon will also be explored in
detail. (Seminar)
Prerequisites: POL 221 or 222 and POL 241. This course may
serve as a field B or D course for departmental
requirements.
POL 442-3 ?
International Conflicts Resolution (New course--see Form)
Focusses on nuclear and general disarmament and arms
control; international terrorism (including terrorism in
communications); and modalities of
p
eaceful settlement
(diplomatic negotiation, conciliation, arbitration, judicial
settlement). (Seminar)
Prerequisite: POL 241 or permission of the department.
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POL 443-3 ?
Nuclear Strategy, Arms Control and International Security
(Nev course--see Form)
Provides an overview of the evolution of U.S. and Soviet
strategic policies since World War II. The political and
doctrinal bases of national strategic debates are closely
examined, as are the various obstacles to a more stable
international arms control regime for nuclear weapons.
Prerequisites: One of POL 341, 342, 343, 344, 345 or 346.
POL 453-3 ?
Biopolitics and Biopolicy (New course--see Form)
Examines the relationship between
p ublic p olic
y
—makin g
and
the life sciences. The political and administrative
implications of biopolitical issues ranging from
environmental degradation to the regulation of biotechnolo
will be discussed. (Seminar)
Prerequisite: POL 221 or 251 or
p ermission of the
department.
POL 458-3 ?
Current Calendar (88/89):
Selected Topics in Urban Government and Politics
Proposed Change (89/90):
Selected Topics in Local Government & Politics
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Listing of proposed description and prerequisite alterations
POL 210-3
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Political Theory
Prerequisite:
POL 100.
POL 211-3 ?
Political Inquiry
Proposed Change (89/90):
Prerequisite:
POL 100.
POL 213-3 ?
Research Methods in Political Science
Current Calendar (88/89): An introduction to the
application of qualitative research techniques to political
data. The logic of empirical enquiry, the nature and types
of political data that are available, and the major
techniques employed by political scientists to analyse data.
Prerequisite: One of POL 100, 151, 211, or 231.
Proposed Change (89/90):
An introduction to quantitative
research techniques in political science.
Prerequisite:
POL 100
or
POL 151.
POL 221-3 ?
Introduction to Canadian Government
Proposed Change (89/90):
Prerequisite:
POL 100
or
POL 151.
POL 222-3 ?
Introduction to Canadian Politics
Proposed Change (89/90):
Prerequisite:
POL 100
or
POL 151.
POL 231-3
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Introduction to Comparative Politics
Current Calendar (88/89): Political processes
(parties, pressure groups, socio-economic factors,
ideology) of selected nations.
Proposed Change (89/90):
An introduction to political
processes and structures in comparative perspective.
Prerequisite: POL 100.
POL
241-3 ?
Introduction to International Politics
Proposed Change (89/90):
Prerequisite: POL 100.
POL
311-3 ?
History of Political Thought I
Proposed Change (89/90):
Prerequisite: POL
210
or
211.
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POL 312-3
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History of Political Thought II
Proposed Change (89/90):
Prerequisite: POL 210 or 211.
POL 313-3 ?
Political Ideologies
Current Calendar (88/89):
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Prerequisite: Any lower
division course in Political Science.
Proposed Change
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(89/90):
Prerequisite:
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POL 210 or 211.
POL 336-3
Government & Politics: People's Republic of China II
Proposed Change
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(89/90):
Prerequisite: ?
POL 335 or permission of the department.
POL 357-3
Public Law
Proposed Change
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(89/90):
Prerequisite: ?
POL 151.
POL 382-3
Government
&
Politics: Japan II
Proposed Change
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(89/90):
Prerequisite: ?
POL 381 or permission of the department.
POL 411-3
Normative Political Theory
Proposed Change
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(89/90):
Prerequisite: ?
POL 210 or 211.
POL 412-3
Marxist Political Theory
Proposed Change (89/90):
Prerequisite: POL 210 or 211.
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POL 414-3
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Theories of Political Development, Decay and Disorder
Proposed Change (89/90):
Prerequisite: POL 210 or 211.
POL 433-3
POL 482-3
Comparative Developing Systems
Proposed Change (89/90):
Prerequisite: P0L231_and one of POL 335. 336. 337. 338.
339, 414, 430 or permission of the department.
Comparative Political Elites
Current Calendar (88/89): Prerequisite: One of POL
121, 221, 222, or 231.
Proposed Change (89/90): Prerequisite:
POL 231.
Rationales for
for Proposed New Courses
POL 383 ?
For the last several years this course has been taught as a
part of POL 430. And since the department has now more faculty
specializing in Asia, it is necessary that it should be taught as a
separate course so that students wishing to take more courses on Asia
may be able to do so under different course numbers.
POL 422
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This course is intended to broaden the department's
offerings in the fields of Canadian politics and international
relations. It is proposed by a new faculty member, Dr. Douglas Ross,
who is also the Director for the Centre for International Studies, and
reflects his particular research.
POL 442
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This course is intended to supplement the department's
somewhat limited offerings in international politics. Issues of arms
control, terrorism and international, conflicts resolution form an
essential part of contemporary international réaltions, one which the
department has not addressed fully in the past.
POL 443 ?
This course is intended to supplement the department
offerings in international politics. It specifically focuses on a
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major, but till now ignored, aspect of international relations. It is
proposed by a new faculty member, Dr. Douglas Ross, Director of the
Center for International Studies.
POL 453
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This course is intended to supplement the department's
offerings in one of the most important areas of political science,
public policy—making. The department has till now offered only a very
limited course selection in this area and, with the addition this year
of new faculty, we are now in a position to begin to redress this
deficiency.
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
1.
Calendar Information ?
Department Pol.
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Abbr. Code POL Course Number 383 Credit Hrs.3
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Vector 3-0-0
Title of Course:
Government and Politics: India
Calendar Description of Course:
A comprehensive introduction to the
political institutions, processes and challenges of contemporary India.
Nature of Course:
Seminar
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
POL 231
What course(s), if any, is being dropped from the Calendar if this
course is approved:
None
2. Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered?
Once every 3 or 4 semesters
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
Summer or Fall 1990
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed
offering possible?
A.H. Somjee, F. Quo
3.
Objectives of the Course
The objective of the course is to familiarize the students with the nature
and complexity of the world's largest democracy. The Indian democratic
experiment has far-reaching significance for democracies in other emerging
countries. Moreover, some of the theoretical literature, based on Indian
democratic experience, is also of great interest to students of political
science. Finally, in the lower mainland now there is considerable interest
in India. Whenever this course (POL 430) has been offered, there have been
more students than the upper limit for higher courses permitted.
4.
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
None
Staff
None
Library
None
Audio Visual None
Space
None
Equipment
None
5. App
roval
Department Chair
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Dean ?
Chair, SCUS
SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum
SCUS 73-34a. Attach course outline).
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Arts 78-3
POL 383-3
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POLITICS OF INDIA
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A.H. SOMJEE
PREREQUISITE: POL 231
Course Outline
Course Description
This course will examine the nature of political institutions and
democratic process in India. More specifically, it will examine the
influence exerted by the problems of her society and economy on the
working of her political institutions. It will also take into account
the problem of regional economic interests and sentiments on the
operational aspects of her federation. Finally, it will examine in
detail how her social organization, traditional attitude to authority,
leadership, and increasingly assertive citizenry have affected the
nature of her democratic process and the quality of her public life in
general.
Recommended Texts:
W.T. DeBarry, ed., The Sources of Indian Tradition (2 vols.)
Selig Harrison, India, The Most Dangerous Decades
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Norman D. Palmer, Elections and Poiitiu
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. Dv1oment: The South
Asian Political Experience
A.H. Somjee, Democratic Process in a Developing Society
Francine Frankel, India's Political Economy
W.H. Morris-Jones, Government and Politics of India
Myron Weiner, Party Building in a New Nation
M.N. Srinivas, Social Change in Modern India
A.H. Somjee, Political Capacity in Developing Societies
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON. UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
Department
Pol. Sci.
Abbr. Code POL Course Number 422 Credit Hrs.
3
Vector
3-0-0
Title of Course:
Canadian International Security Relations
Calendar Description of Course:
The course traces the evolution of
Canadian thinking on national and international security issues through an
examination of pre-World War II isolationism, elite attitudes during the
Cold War, the formative period of NATO, as well as Canadian involvement in
the Korean and Indochina conflicts. More recent policies concerning ALCM
testing, NORAD, and nuclear non-proliferation will also be explored in
detail.
Nature of Course:
Seminar
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
POL 221 or 222 and POL 241
This course may serve as a field B or D course for departmental
requirements.
What course(s), if any, is being dropped from the Calendar if this
course is approved:
None
2.
Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered?
once per calendar year
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
Spring 1990
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed
offering possible?
Douglas A. Ross, T. Cohn
3.
Objectives of the Course
The course provides a detailed introduction
to the study of Canadian approaches to defence and security issues, and
acquaints students with alternative methods of defining and conceptualizing
Canada's unique security problems and interests.
4.
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
None
Staff
None
Library
None
Audio Visual
None
Space
None
Equipment
None
5. Approval
Date
Department Chair
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Dean
Chair, SCUS
SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, fô
uions see Methorandum
SCUS 73-34a. Attach course outline).
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1. Calendar Information
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
Political Science 422.:
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Canadian International Security Relations
Instructor: Douglas Ross Office: fit! 6085
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Tel.: 291-4782
Prerequisites: Political Science 221 or 222 AND Political Science 241
Required Texts:
Charles F. Doran and John H. Sigler, editors, Canada and the United
States, 1985.
David Cox, Canada and NORHU, 1958-78: H Cautionary Retrospective, in
series Aurora Papers, 1, (Ottawa: Canadian Centre for firms Control
and Disarmament, 1985).
Douglas R. Ross, Coping with Star Wars: l.iii for Canada and the
Alliance, in series Aurora Papers, 2, (Ottawa: CCRCIJ,1986).
Simon Rosenblum, Misguided Missiles, 1985.
Department of National Defence, Challenge and Commitment: 8
Defence Policy for Canada (Ottawa: Canadian Government Publishing
Centre, 1987).
Special issue on Canadian security policy in International Journal,
Autumn 1987 (Toronto: Canadian Institute of International Affairs).
Students should he familiar with:
Kim Richard Nossal, The Politics of Canadian Foreign Policy, 1985.
Topics to be dealt with in the course include: concepts of security in
the Canadian context; pre-World War II attitudes; Canadian
involvement in the origins of NATO; the present dilemmas posed by
membership in NATO; the political and military functions of the NORAD
relationship; the nuclear weapons controversy of the
Diefenbaker-Pearson years; security objectives during the early phase
of the Cold War and the Korean conflict; 'peacekeeping' and the
evolution of Canadian security involvement in Indochina; nuclear
non-proliferation policy and the Indian nuclear test; the Trudeau
peace initiative and the growing commitment to international arms
controi anti disarmament.
S
Evaluation:
Regular attendance and active participation in the seminar discussions
are important requirements of this course. Except for health
2
difficulties or other problems of equal gravity students should attend
every seminar and come well-prepared.
Seminar performance:
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30%
Term test: 20
% ?
Final Enumination 20
%
Major research paper (between 4,000 words):
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30%
The topic for the research paper may be bused on one or more of the
seminar topics, or on another topic of relevance to the subject mutter
of the course, provided it is approved in advance by the instructor.
Additional requirements:
I) Written work must not be submitted in other courses being taken
concurrently by the student., without special arrangements and approval
of the instructors concerned.
2)
The major research paper must be handed in on time. Lateness penalty:
5
per day, weekends included--to be waived only if the instructor is in
receipt of appropriate and detailed medical documentation.
3)
To cope with the unfortunate risk of essay theft or loss:
MAKE A XEROX
COPY
OF ALL WORK SUBMITTED. IF YOU ARE NOT HANDING
YOUR WRITTEN WORK IN TO THE INSTRUCTOR IN PERSON, HAVE THE COPY
DATED BY SOMEONE IN THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE ORIGINAL
PAPER BEING SUBMITTED.
) Hand
in
only the ORIGINAL COPY. Keep the dated reproduction for your
records, and as insurance against any misadventure.
N.B. Students should familiarize themselves with the departments policy
on plagiarism. All written work from students must be original in
conception, organization and phrasing. All sources employed directly or in
paraphrase must be fully acknowledged in proper academic style. Serious
departures from these procedures could result in a grade of zero, not only
for the particular piece of work submitted but for the course as well.
Serious violations will be reported to the Office of the Dean of Arts.
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Week 1: Organizational
Assignment of seminar presentation dates; discussion of the general
security position from which Canadian leaders must act.
Week 2 : The concepts of threat' and 'national security'
Required readings:
Barry Buzan, "A Framework for Regional Security Analysis" , from
Intervention and Insecurity: The Great Powers and the South Asian
Security CompleK (1986).
Richard H. Ullman, "Redefining Security
..
" International Security,
(Summer 1983).
Thomas Powers, Thinking About the NeHt War, Chapters 2, 5-7, 15-19.
James M. Minifie, Peacemaker or Powdermonkey: Canada's Role in a
Revolutionary World, Chapters 1,2 and 8.
H. J. Sutherland, "Canada's Long Term Strategic Situation,"
International Journal. (Summer 1962).
For discussion:
What are the salient features of Canada's regional security complex? Is
there anything sufficiently unique or compelling about Canada's
geo-strategic'context to warrant either an unreservedly non-aligned
posture or an approach premised upon an intense commitment to
collective defence? Are the most serious threats to Canadian'national
security' mu itarq economic, political or'cultural'?'
Week 3: Pre-World War II Attitudes to Canadian Security Interests
Required readings:
* Robert Bothwell and Norman HiUmer, The In-Between Time: Canadian
[Kternal Policy in the 1930s (1975), Chapter VI.
* J.L. bronatstein, The Ottawa Men, The Civil Service Mandarins,
1935-57, (1982), chs. 4 and 5.
* Donald Creighton, "Macdonald and the Anglo-Canadian Alliance," in
Towards the Discovery of Canada (1972),
pp.
211-28.
* Desmond Morton, "French Canada and War, 1968-1917: The Military
Background to the Conscription Crisis of 1917", in J. L. Granatstein and
H. 0. Cuff, War and Society in North America,
pp.
84-103.
* C.P. Stacey, Arms, Men and Governments, (1970),
pp.
1-66.
According to Creighton, how did John A. Macdonald conceive long-term
Canadian security objectives? How were his conceptions different from
those of Mackenzie King? What in their views is of relevance to today's
security dilemmas? How divergent were attitudes to international
security issues in English and French Canada? Were these differences
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worsened or successfully managed by federal policies prior to and during
the two world wars? Do you find the views of the isolationist
nationalists more convincing, or those of the 'functionalists?
Supplementary for research papers:
• Kim Richard Nossal, The Politics of Canadian Foreign Policy, chs. 1,2.
:lc
James Eayrs, In Defence of Canada, vol. 1 From the Great War to the
Great De
p ression, 1964.
* James Eayrs, In Defence of Canada. vol. 2 fippeasement and
Rearmament, 1967.
* James Eoyrs, "A Low Dishonest Decade: Aspects of Canadian EHternal
Policy, 1931-39," in Hugh L. Keenleyside, ed., The Growth of Canadian
Policies in Eaiternal Affairs,
pp.
59-80.
* J. L. Granatstein and Robert Bothwell, "Canadian Foreign Policy,
1935-39,
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in J. L. Granotstein, ed., Canadian Foreign Policy: Historical
Readings, 1986,
pp.
125-44.
* Carl Berger, The Sense of Power: Studies in the Ideas of Canadian
imperialism,1867-1914, (1970).
Week 4: Canada, the Cold War and NATO
Required
* Don Page
readings:and
Don
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Munton, "Canadian Images of the Cold War,
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1946-7," International Journal, (Summer 1977), pp. 577-604.
* Lester B. Pearson, Mike: The Memoirs of the At. Hon. Lester B.
Pearson. vol. II, chapter 3, pp. 37-60.
* John W. Holmes, The Better Part of Valour: Essays on Canadian
Diplomacy, (1970) ,
pp.
123-65
* [scott Reid, Time of Fear and Hope: The Making of the North Atlantic
Treaty,1947-49, chapters 1-3 and 8-11.
John W. Warnock. Partner to Behemoth, chapters 1-3.
* D.C. Thomson and R.F. Swanson, Canadian Foreign Policy: Options and
Pers p
ectives, chapter 5
Did the Canadian political elite view the onset of the Cold War through on
American ideological /doctrinal prism? Was support for the formation of
NATO a wise objective given the then apparent trends in East-West
relations? Was an armed, or unarmed, neutralism or non-alignment in
which Canadian security planning would be undertaken solely through U.N.
auspices a practical option for governments from 1945-57?
Supplementary '
for research:
John W. Holmes, The Shaping of Peace: Canada and the Search for
World Order, 1953-57, 2 vols. (1979. 1981).
* James Eoqrs, In Defence of Canada, vol. 4 Growingjip Allied (1980).
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* Robert H. Spencer, Canada in World Rffairs: From ON to NHTO
0946-1949), 1959, Chapters 3,4 and 6.
Week 5 : Rising Dissatisfaction with the NRTO Relationship
Required readings:
James Eayrs, "Military Policy and the Middle Power: The Canadian
Experience," in J. King Gordon, ed., Canada's Role as a Middle Power1
(1966). pp. 67-85.
Brute Tliorclarson, Trudeau and Foreign Policy, (1972),
pp.
121-66.
*
Cohn S. Gray, Canadian Defence Priorities, 1972,
pp.
94-105.
R.B. Byers et al, Canada and Western Security: The Search for New
ptions, (1982).
* Joseph T. Jockel and Joel J. Sokoisky, Canada and Collective Security.;
Odd Man Out (1986), chapters 3,4.
* Simon Rosenblum, Misguided Missiles, (1985), Chapts. Intro., 4, 5,
Conclusion.
Simon Dothy, "Gwynne Dyer on War, Peace and the Media,
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Issues in
Education and Culture, July 1906.
R. B. Byers, Deterrence in the 1980s: Crisis and Dilemma, (1985), esp.
chapters 6-10.
Special Joint Committee on Canada's International Relations,
Independence and Internationalism, chapter U, 0Sofeguarding
International Peace and Security0.
Why were forces in Europe cut following the defence policy review of
1969-70? How and why did disenchantment with the NATO security
arrangements come to develop? Is the military balance in Europe now
more or less fragile than it was in the 1950s and 1960s? Would a
Canadian
retreat from involvement in European security exacerbate isolationist
sentiment in the U.S. in any politically meaningful fashion? What costs
and benefits might result from: (a) adhering to the status quo; (b)
eliminating the Canadian military presence in Western Europe completely,
although rerriaininq a signatory to the North Atlantic Treaty; (c)
reinforcing
(lie
Corwdiar, conventional force contribution to Western
Europe through greater levels of defence spending?
Supplementary:
* James Eagrs, Canada in World Affairs, 1955-57, (1959), ch.2 "Canada
and the Communist World: Europe".
James Eagrs, "The Overloaded Rlliance,"Northern Approaches ($961).
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1wi3 Hertzman, et al, fUliances and Illusions, (1969), ports 1, III.
Norman Hilimer and 6nrth
Stevenson, eds., Foremost Nation, (1977),
chapters 2, 3.
* Donald S. Macdonald, Minister of National Defence, Defence in the
70s: White Paper on Defence (Ottawa: Information Canada, 1971).
John J. Meorsheimer, "ft Strategic Misstep,' International Security,
vol. 11 a. 2 (Fall 1986)
* United States, Department of Defense, Soviet Military Power, 1988
on reserve at Bata Library.
Week 6 : The Nuclear Weapons Policy Conundrum
Required Readings:
* Jon B. McLin, Canada's ChangjQg Defense Policy, 1957-63, (1967),
chapters II and III.
* Jocelyn Maynard Ghent," Did he fall or was he pushed?"
International History Review, vol. 1 n. 2, (ftpril 1979),
pp.
246-70.
* Charlotte S.M. Girard, Canada in World fiffairs, 1963-1965, (1980),
Chapter UI.
* Howard Lentner.
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Foreign Policy Decision Making: The Case of
Canada and Nuclear Weapons," World Politics, vol. 29 n. 1 (Oct. 1976),
pp. 29-66.
* John W. Warnock, Partner to Behemoth, chapter 8.
Why did Diefenbaker's government have such difficulty in following
through on its commitments to accept nuclear weapons? Was the
subsequent political catastrophe for the government the product of
Diefenbaker's incompetence, menipulation by the American government, or
a politically illegitimate effort by senior military officials to make
policy on nuclear weapons? ?
Is it to the country's advantage to avoid
involvement in alliance nuclear weapons planning? What probable costs
and advantages may be involved for Canadian diplomacy if it adheres to
this approach in the Icing-term?
Supplementary:
* Jocelyn Maynard Ghent, "Canada, the United States and the Cuban
Missile Crisis," Pacific Historical Review, vol. 48 a. 2 (May 1979).
* Peter C. Newman, Renegade in Power: The Diefenbaker Years, (1963),
Chapters 16, 19, 22-224.
• L. B. Pearson, Mike: 11I. III, 1957-68, esp. 69-76.
• R.D. P. Heeneg, The Things that are Caesar's: Memoirs of a Canadian
Public Servant, chapters 10, 12, 13.,
* John 6. Diefenbaker, One Canada: The Tumultuous Years, 1962-67,
(1977), chapters 2, 3,4.
* Peyton U. Lyon, Canada in World fiflairs, 1961-63, esp.
pp.
76-222.
VA
Robert Reford, Canada and Three Crises, pp. 149-68
Peter Stursberg, Diefenbaker: Leadership Lost, 1962-67, (1976).
* Graham Allison, Essence of Decision, (1971 )..
Week 7 : The NORAD Connection--Successful 'Defence Against Help' or
Unnecessary Surrender of Sovereigg1
Required reading:
United States. Department of Defense. Soviet Military Power, 19885
(1986).
*David C0H, Canada in NORRD, 1958-78 : H Cautionary Perspective, in
Aurora Papers, 1, (1985).
*Douglas R. Ross, CopingWith 'Star Wars': Issues for Canada and the
Alliance, in Aurora Papers, 2 (1985).
filbert Legault, "Canada and the United States: the Defense
Dimension
s
" in loran and Sigler, Canada and the United States, (1985).
*Colin S. bray, Canadian Defence Priorities (1972), Chapter 8.
* Peter Chapman, Canada and the North American Aerospace Defence
Command, (Project Ploughshares Working Paper, 85-1).
* Nils OrLIik, "Canadian Security and 'Defence Against Help'," Survivol.
vol. 26 n. 1 (Jan/Feb 1984); reprint of article in International
Perspectives, (May/June 1983).
*8150
articles in loran and Sigler by Gronatstein, Lipsey, upset and
Siglet dud loran.
What securitli functions rios NORAD served over the past thirty years?
How serious is the potential threat to central strategic stability between
the US and the Soviet Union which might be posed by an enhancement of
NORADs active defence capabilities? Does the arrangement entail an
abridgement of Canadian sovereignty,or has the agreement actually
inhibited American military intrusions, helped cement harmonious
political relations between Ottawa and Washington, and thereby
enhnce'J Canadian claims to sovereignty in the far north?
Supplementary:
* Canada. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Enternal Affairs
and National Defence, Canada-U.S. Defence Coo
p eration and the 1986
Renewal of the NORAD Agreement, 14 February 1986.
* Canada. Special Committee of the Senate on National Defence,
Canada's Territorial Air Defence, January 1985 (Ottawa: Supply and
Services).
* Canada. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Enternal Affairs
and National Defence, Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence, no. 29,
9-18 December 1980 (Report to the House on NDRAD). See preceding
issues of SCEAND MPE for further testimony to the committee.
* Douglas A. Ross, "American Nuclear Revisionism. Canadian Strategic
Interests, and the Renewal of NORHO,' Behind the Headlines, ii. 39
(April 1982).
* Oran R. Young,' The age of the Arctic," Foreign Policy, n. 61 (Winter
1985/86)
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160-79.
* W. Hornet Critchley, "Polar Deployment of Soviet Submarines,'
International Journal, v. 39 n. 4 (Autumn 1984).
* J. S. Finan, "Nuclear deterrence in trouble: escalation dominance
takes over,' International Perspectives, (May/June 1983).
* I.R. Lindsey, 'Strategic Aspects of the Polar Regions,' Behind the
Headlines, ii. 35 ii. 6 (May 1977).
* Chapter by John Warnock in Lewis Hertzmon et al, Alliances and
Illusions, (1969).
* Cohn S. Gray, "air Defence: A Sceptical View," Queen's Quarterly,
(Spring 1972).
* Gen. Charles Foulkes. "The Complications of Continental Defence," in
Livingston Merchant. editor, Neiqhbours Taken for Granted, (1966).
William M. Orkin and Richard W. Fieldhouse,Nuclear Battlefields,
1985.
* Robert C. Aldridge, First Strike!: The Pentagons Strategyfor Nuclear
War, (1983).
James (ayrs, In Defence of Canada, vol.111 Peacemaking and
Deterrence, 1972.
* Stephen Clarkson, Canada and the Reagan Challenge (1982), Chapters
8-13, but esp. chapter 11.
B. B. Byers, editor, Deterrence in the 1900s: Crisis and Dilemma,
(1985), esp. chapts. 1,4, 5, and 10.
Week B : The Cruise Missile Controversy and Its Wider Implications
Required reading:
• Simon Rosenblum, Mi
s
guided Missiles, (1985), Chapters Intro., 1-4.
• John Barrett and Douglas Ross, "The Air-Launched Cruise Missile and
Canadian arms Control Policy," Canadian Public Policy, vol. 11 n. 4
(December 1985), 711-30.
* David Con, "The Cruise Testing Agreement," International
Perspectives, (July/August 1983), 3-5.
* Lawrence S. Hagen, Air-Launched Cruise Missiles: Implications for
Deterrence Stability, arms Control and Canadian Security in Pr
o j e c t
Report No. 214 (Ottawa: Department of National Defence, Operational
Research and Analysis Establishment, Directorate of Strategic
Analysis), October 1983.
* David Con, 'Mined Signals from the North: Canada's Defense Debate,"
World Policy Journal, u. 5 n. 3 (summer 1988).
How do strategic cruise missiles affect the central nuclear balance
between the Soviet Union and the United States? What does Canada gain
and lose from agreeing to the cruise-missile testing program? What
probab1 qoir,s and costs dre incident to Canadian participation in
production of component parts for cruise missile weapons? Would it have
been
0 USE-fill
mea:s;ure for the Canadian government actively
to intervene
in the \merc:mi a
rtrr.
control debate by threatening to terminate the
testing program unless the United States backs tighter controls on cruise
missiles in the
START forum?
Supplementary:
*Richard K. Betts, editor, Cruise Missiles: Technology, Strategyand
Politics (Brookings, 1981).
•
Richard K. Betts, Cruise Missiles and U.S. Policy
.
(Brookings, 1982).
•
Charles A. Sorrels, U.S. Cruise Missile Programs: Development,
Deployment and Implications for firms Control (1983).
Week 9 : The alliance Relationship in fiction--Canadian Security
jectiues during the Korean Conflict
Required reading:
Denis Stairs, The Diplomacy of Constraint: Canada, the Korean War and
the United States, 1974.
What objectives did the Canadian government attempt to pursue in its
Asian policy prior to the outbreak of the Korean conflict? How did
Canadian decision-makers assess the strategic importance of the Korean
peninsula in the global balance of power? Were they correct? Was
Canada's 'diplomacy of constraint' successful? If so, to what degree? If
not, why not
Supplementary:
See Stairs book for bibliography. But in particular see:
Herbert Fuirlie Wood, Strange Battleground: Official History of the
Canadian Rrrg_in Korea, (1966).
*
Thor Thorgrimson and E.C. Russell, Canadian Naval Operations in
Korean Waters, 1950-55, (1965).
Lester B. Pearson, Mike: The Memoirs of the RI. Hon. Lester B.
Pearson, vol. II,
pp.
145-90.
• iester B. Pearson, Diplomacyin the Nuclear Age, 1959.
• on American policy see John Lewis Gaddis, Strategies of
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Containment, 1982; or Franz Sc:hurmann, The Logic of World Power,
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1974.
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Week 10: The Alliance Relationship Strained Once More--Truce
Supervision in Indochina
Required reading, one of:
James Fayrs, In Defence of Canada, vol. 5 Indochina: The Roots of
Complicity, (1983).
* Ramesh Thakur, Peacekeeping _in Vietnam, (1985).
find
* Douglas R. Ross, In the Interests of Peace: Canada and Vietnam,
1954-73 (1984).
* Charles Taylor, Snow Job, (1974).
Why did the Canadian government elect to serve on the Indochina truce
supervisory commissions in 1954? To what extent did the United States
government support the armistice and Final Declaration? To what extent
if any did the Canadian government inhibit and postpone the escalation of
the conflict in Vietnam? Was this exercise in 'peacekeeping' ultimately
worth it? What lessons may be drawn from it about acceptinq service in
future missions not under U.N. auspices?
Supplementary:
New York Times edition, The Pentagon Papers, 1972
Leslie Gelb with Richard K. Betts, The Irony of Vietnam: The System
Worked, 1982.
David Halberstam, The Best and the Brightest, 1970
fileHander George et al, Coercive Diplomacy, 1970
John Lewis Goddis, Strategies of Containment, 1982
Franz Schurmonn, The Logic of World Power, 1914 (esp. part ill)
See Ross book for notes, and Thakur book for additional bibliography.
Week 11. The Canadian Defence Policy White Paper 1987
Required reading:
TeHt of Department of National Defence, Challenge _and Commitment,
(White Paper on Defence), 1987.
Entire issue on Canadian security policy, International Journal,
Autumn 1907.
U.S. Department of Defense, Soviet Military Power, 1987/88
Supplementary:
Michael Mcc6wire, Militorg
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Objectives in Soviet Foreign Policy, 1987.
David
C0H,
"Trends in Continental Defence: H Canadian Perspective,"
Occasional Paper 2, (Ottawa: Canadian Institute for International
Peace and Security, 1986).
Commander E. J. Young, "Submarines for the Canadian firmed Forces,
Canadian Defence Quarterly, Summer 1986.
Marie-France Desjardins and Tariq Rauf, "Opening Pandora's
BOH?
Nuclear-Powered Submarines and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons,"
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in series Hurora Papers n. 8 (Ottawa: CCHCD. 1988).
What premises seem to underpin the qoverriment's rationale for a major
increase in defence spending from the existing level of some 2.1 per cent
of GNP? Has the government in any way
way attempted to redefine the notion
of threat? What impact has the relative decline of the United States as a
military hegemon had--if any--upon the policy community in Ottawa? Has
the direct'Soviet military threat to Canada and to NATO generally
worsened over the past decade? What arguments are marshalled by
DND on
behalf of nuclear submarine (SSN) acquisition
?
What are the most
telling
criticisms of
this proposed weapon procurement? Is an enhanced military
p
resence in the NATO community likely to increase Canadian political
influence in Washington or other allied capitals? Should political
influence be made the criterion for Ottawa's alliance contribution
(or lack
of it), or should it be formulated on the basis of some concept of security
burden sharing' (in light of comparative shares of alliance population
and/orqreqate 6NP)? Is continuing "free ride" (or cheap ride) on the
backs of U.S. taxpayers a pcilitic:allij conceivable option for Canada's
national parties?
ONE WEEK will be allocated to a Term Test (20 per cent of total grade),
and H SECOND WEEK will be devoted to consultation by the instructor
with each student about their detailed plan and proposed bibliography
for their forthcoming research paper.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
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Calendar Information ?
Department
Pol. Sd.
Abbr. Code POL Course Number 442 Credit Hrs.
3
Vector
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Title of Course:
International Conflicts Resolution
Calendar Description of Course:
Focusses on nuclear and general
disarmament and arms control; international terrorism (including terrorism
in communications); and modalities of peaceful settlement (diplomatic
negotiation, conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement).
Nature of Course:
Seminar
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
POL 241 or permission of the department
What course(s), if any, is being dropped from the Calendar if this
course is approved:
None
2.
Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered?
once per academic year
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
Fall 1989 or
Spring 1990
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed
offering possible?
Prof. E.' McWhinney, Douglas A. Ross
3.
Objectives of the Course
An empirically-based study of the attempts at
devising procedures and institutions for peaceful settlement of
international conflicts, with special focus on East-West negotiations over
Nuclear and General Disarmament, Aerial Piracy, and Terrorism, and the
approach to standing international processes of Conflicts-Resolution
4.
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
None
Staff
None
Library
None
Audio Visual None
Space
None
Equipment
None
5.
Approval
Date
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Department Chair
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Dean
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Chair, SCUS
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Arts 78-3
POL 442-3 ?
INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS RESOLUTION
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E. MCWHINNEY
PREREQUISITE: POL 241 OR PERMISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT
Course Outline
Course Description
The general theme will be Peace and Security, the Legal Control of
Force and Violence in International Society, and mechanisms for
Conflicts—Resolution and Peaceful Change. Special Topics covered may
include the following:--
(a)
Nuclear and General Disarmament and Arms Control;
(b)
International Terrorism (including Aerial Piracy) and its
Legal Control;
(c)
Disputes Settlement, with particular attention to
International Judicial Settlement.
This course will concentrate on international violence, both as
exercised by states and other (non—state) organizations and
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authorities, and on the attempt to regulate such violence by peaceful
means. This will involve two specific problem—oriented empirically—
based studies of the principal continuing areas of international
violence today, international terrorism and direct action, and the
use, deployment and testing of nuclear weapons.
Under international terrorism the examination will be of the past two
decades of attempts at community controls, national as well as
international, including diplomatic methods and economic sanctions, as
well as strictly legal or
a
d m
inistrative—police measures and involving
private corporations and professional trade unions and individuals as
well as governments and international agencies. Particular attention
will be given to the Tokyo, the Hague, and the Montreal Conventions
and the detailed practice under them and also to the U.N. Hostages
Convention
questions arising
and the
under
so—called
that Convention.
political offences problem
in
extradition
The second area for intensive study will involve nuclear weapons and
their development, testing and dissemination and will include applied
studies of the Moscow Test Ban Treaty, the Non—Proliferation Treaty,
the ABM Treaty and Interim Agreement, the unratified SALT II Agreement
and Soviet—U.S. practice under it, and the most recent INF Treaty.
There will be a focus on Soviet and U.S. practice and attention also
to Canadian contributions.
A third aspect of the course will concern the attempt at organized
institutional cooperative inter—state arrangements and machinery,
including the provision for peaceful settlement of disputes under the
U.N. Charter
(conciliation, arbitration, mediation,
judicial
settlement), as well as the highly specialized technical-scientific
verification procedures under the INF Treaty of 1988.
Suggested Readings
McWhinney, Aerial Piracy and International Law, 1971
Meyer, Luftplraterje, 1972
Matte, Traité de Droit Aérien.-aronautigue
Soviet Academy, Aktualnje Voprosjj. Mezhdunarodnogo Vozdushnogo Prava,
1973
Faller, Guwaitsame Flu
g
zeugentfuhrung, 1972
Murphy, The U.N. and the Control of International Violence, 1982
Panzera, Attivita Terroristiche, 1978
Stein, Die Auslieferuengen Nahme Bel Politische Delikten, 1983
Albrecht, The Rapacki Plan, 1963
Black
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and Political Consequences of Atomic Energy, 1948
Blechman, Preventing Nuclear War, 1986
Chappuis, La Limitacion Dsarmament, 1975
Colard, Le Dsarmament, 1972
Delcoigne and Rubenstein, Non-Prolifratjon and Dsarmes, 1970
Epstein, The Prevention of Nuclear War, 1984
Fischer & Vignes, L'Inspectjon International, 1976
Furet, L'Dsarmament Nuclaire, 1973
Halper, China and Nuclear Proliferation, 1966
Lachs, El Derecho del Espaclo Ultra-terrestre, 1977
Lukashuk, Istochniki Mezhdunarodnogo Prava, 1966
Matte, Aerospace Law, 1969
Nurick, Nuclear Weapons & European Security, 1984
Pierre, Nuclear Weapons in Europe, 1984
Schwarzkopf, Atom-Herrschaft, 1969
Vereshchetajn, Space & Law, 1985
Wjl].rich, Non-Proliferation Treaty, 1969
Zhukov, Kosmjcheskoe Pravo, 1966
Nagendra Sing
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ward McWhinney, Nuclear Weapons and Contem2orar1
International Law (January 1988).
Edward McWhinney, The International Court of Justice . . . (1987).
McWhinney, Aerial Piracy and International Terrorism (1987).
Course Organization
There will be a weekly three-hour seminar.
Grade Distribution
Written
Probably
research
one written
paper
examinationand
oral seminar
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presentation
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50%
50%
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
1.
Calendar Information
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Department
Pol. Sci.
Abbr. Code POL Course Number 443 Credit Hrs.
3
Vector
3-0-0
Title of Course:
Nuclear Strategy, Arms Control and International
Security
Calendar Description of Course:
Provides an overview of the evolution
of U.S. and Soviet strategic policies since World War II. The political
and doctrinal bases of national strategic debates are closely examined, as
are the various obstacles to a more stable international arms control
regime for nuclear weapons.
Nature of Course:
Seminar
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
One of POL 341, 342, 343, 344, 345 or 346
What course(s), if any, is being dropped from the Calendar if this
course is approved:
None
2.
Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered?
once per calendar year
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
Fall 1989
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed
offering possible?
Douglas A. Ross, E. McWhinney
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3. Objectives of the Course
The course will provide students with a
detailed introduction to the politics and policy-making processes that are
involved in the formation and articulation of nuclear strategy in the five
nuclear weapon states, with special emphasis on American and Soviet policy-
making. A close examination of the successes and failures of international
efforts at arms control will help students contextualize and critique
current and future debates.
4.
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
None
Staff
None
Library subscriptions to 3 journals desirable but not essential (less
than $150 per annum)
Audio Visual
slide show preparation costs, at some point (less than
$100 per annum)
Space
None
Equipment
None
5. Approval
Date
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Department Chair
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Dean
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Chair, SCUS
SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
Political Science 443:
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Nuclear Strategy, Arms Controland International
Seëurity
Instructor: Douglas Ross
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Office: AQ 6085
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tel: 291-4782
Prerequisites: Political Science 241, and one-of 341,342, 343, 344345, 346
The course provides an overview of the evolution of American and Soviet
strategic policies and problems in the postwar period. It emphasizes the
political and doctrinal bases of national strategic debates, especially the
pattern of the debate within the American foreignpolicy community. The
course outlines the manifold obstacles to developing an international
regime for restraining the accumulation and use by the
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superpowers (or
other nuclear weapon states) of weapons of mass destruction.
Required texts:
John Lewis Gaddis, Strate g
ies of Containment, (OUP, 1982)
P. Edward Haley, David M. Keithly and Jack Merritt,. Nuclear Strategy. Arms
Control and the Future(Westview 1985)
Robert P. Berman and John C. Baker,Soviet Strate
g
ic Forces (Washington:
Brookings, 1985)
Arms COntrol and the Arms Race: Readin g
s from Scientific American, with
intro, by Bruce Russett and Fred Chernoff (Freeman 1985)
Michael MccGwire, Military Objectives in Soviet Forein Polic y
(Brookings,
1987)
Recommended:
David Aaron, State Scarlet. 1987
Harvard Nuclear Study Group, Livin
g
with Nuclear Weapons. 1983
Evaluation:
Seminar Performance (general participation
- plus presentations and
commentaries) .............................................................................................. 30%
Q
A
2
Research Paper (due on 23 Nov.) .30 %
FinalExamination........................................................................25%
TermTest (12 October)..............................................................15%
Students will be expected to formulate their essay topics themselves in
consultation with their instructor. Papers will be evaluated in part on the
quality and comprehensiveness of their bibliographies, and the extent to
which sources in bibliographies are employed effectively.
N.B. Students should familiarize themselves with the department's and
university's policies on plagiarism. All written work from students must be
original in conception, organization and phrasing. All sources employed
directly or in paraphrase must be fully and properly acknowledged in suitable
academic style. Serious departures from these procedures could result IN A
ORADE OF 'ZERO' not only for the particular piece of work submitted but for the
course as well. All instances of plagiarism will be reported to the Departmental
Office and the Office of the Dean at Arts.
Please take note of these additional requirements as well:
1)
Written work that is being submitted in this course for evaluation must not
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be submitted in other courses being taken concurrently by the student, without
special arrangements and the approval of the instructors concerned.
2)
Students should do their best to meet essay submission dates. There will be
a penalty for late submissions of 2Z per day, weekends included. This penalty
will be waived only in cases where the instructor receives an appropriate
report from a doctor testifying to the students medical incapacity to finish
work on time. Bear in mind that waiving penalties on virtually any other basis
would in effect do a disservice to all those students who made sacrifices to make
sure that their papers did get in an time. Extensions of submission deadlines
are possible, but only if permission is sought IN ADVANCE on reasonable
grounds (health problems, death of near relative etc.)
3)
Students should keep at least one 'clean' photocopy of all work submitted--in
the event of essay theft. Do not submit photocopies for evaluation--only the
original print-out.
4)
All papers should be handed in personally to the instructor in class, unless
other arrangements are made IN ADVANCE.
1 .Week:
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Organizational
Introduction to the course. Explanation of course requirements. A general
discussion on the nature
of
the war system, imperialism, and the
political and social implications
of
nuclear weaponry in the modern era.
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For background this week read Haley et a!,
pp .
1-33;
Russett and Chernoff,
pp .
1-41.
Supplementary:
For students who have read very little on nuclear strategy and arms
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control
and would
like a concise readable introductions to the subject, see
Thomas Powers, Thinkin
g
About the Next War (1982)6r, in more detail,
The Harvard Nuclear Study Group, Livin
g
With NuclearWea p
ons (1983).
2. Week:
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-From Kennan to early. Kissinger
Read Gaddis, pp. vii- 197.
Haley et a!,
pp.
37-71
And on reserve David Alan Rosenberg, The Oiigins of Overkill: Nuclear
Weapons and American Strategy, 1945-60', International SecUrity.
Spring 1983.
How did Kennans generation conceive of the Soviet threat to American
national security interests? Were there substantial divisions of opinion
among the American political and military elites? H0W.gr'eat was the
risk, and how compelling was the logic of strategic pre-emption in the
decade of the 1950s? Why was NSC-68 an important policy development?
What principles and assumptions shaped Kissingers policy
recommendations in the late 1950s?
3.
Week
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the Kennedy-Johnsonyears and
Intervention
Read Gaddis, pp. 198-273.
Haley et a!, pp. 71-100
Why did the United States become involved in the Vietnam conflict? To
what extent if any did the evolving strategic nuclear balance with the
Soviet Union and the perceived risk of a nuclearized revolutionary China
impel American leaders towards open-ended escalation? How did Robert
McNamara's approach to nuclear weapons policy differ fundamentally
,
from
American nuclear strategy in the 1950s? How was it similar?
4. Week ?
Detente and Strate
gic
Parity
Read Gaddis,
pp.
274-357
Haley et a!,
pp.
92-100
Russett and Chernóff,
pp.
42-82.
Fred C. IkIe, Can Nuclear Deterrence Last Out the Century?" Foreign
Affairs, January 1973.
Why did the arrival of strategic parity portend such difficulty for
American foreign policy in the eyes of American conservatives? Why were
they not convinced by James Schlesingers argument On behalf of Limited
Nuclear Options? What fundamental assumptions about nuclear strategy
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and U.S.-Soviet relations troubled Fred Ikle (later to become a senior
Defense Department policy maker under Reagan)?
5. Week: ?
The 'Rea g
an Revolution and Its Critics
Read Haley et a!,
pp .
101-34 and 205-57.
Russett and Chernoff,
pp .
71-147
Cohn
S. Gray, "National Style in Strategy," International Security. Fall 1981.
Carl Builder, "Why Not First-Strike Counterforce Capabilities?"
Strategic
Review. Spring 1979.
Cohn S. Gray and Keith Payne, "Victory Is Possible", Forei
g
n Policy, Summer
1980.
Michael E. Howard, "On Fighting a Nuclear War," International Security,
Spring 1981.
Spurgeon M. Keeny Jr., and Wolfgang Panof sky, "MAD vs. NUTS, Foreign
Affairs, Winter 1983-84.
John Steinbruner, "Nuclear Decapitation," Forei
g
n Policy. n. 45 Winter
1980-81
Supplementary:
Thomas Powers, "Nuclear Winter and Nuclear Strategy," Atlantic Monthly,
Nov. 1984.
Theodore Draper, "Dear Mr. Weinberger: An Open Reply to an Open Letter,"
New York Review of Books, 31 May 1984.
Carl Sagan, "Nuclear War and Climatic Catastrophe: Some Policy
Implications," Forei
g
n Affairs, Winter 1984/85.
What was the relationship between SALT I and the substantive content of
the SALT II treaty? Was the SALT 11 Agreement a desirable one from the
American perspective? Why did doctrinal conservatives such as Gray,
Payne, Builder and Weinberger find the entire SALT approach to be a
suspect business? What key arguments did 'liberals' or deterrence
'moderates' mount against the 'escalation dominance' and 'damage
limitation' approaches that animated many advisers to the Reagan
Administration? How do the technical limitations of command and control
and weapon system performance inhibit or preclude the realization of
conservative warfighting capabilities?
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6. Week: ?
Mid-Term TEST
THE TEST THIS WEEK WILL BE BASED ON REQUIRED READINGS ONLY,
INCLUDING MATERIAL ON RESERVE
IN THE
LIBRARY. IT
WILL BE OF 2
HOURS DURATION,
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7. Week ?
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The DeveloDment of Soviet Nuclear Strategy
Read Haley et al,
pp .
137-80; also for added background and discussion,
pp
.
261-89
Berman and Baker,
Soviet Strate
g
ic Forces: Re
q
uirements and ResDonses,
PP. vii- 37.
Has the Soviet military planning elite ever subscribed to the concept of
nuclear deterrence? Does it do so now? To what extent does the Soviet
approach to strategy predispose it to strategic preemption? Does it
matter? Is the American nuclear strategy which is most able to influence
Soviet calculations in crisis, a posture that is morally consistent with
American (and Western) political and social values?
8.
Week
_
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Soviet Strategic Ca
p abilities and Their
I m Dlications
Finish Berman and Baker including appendices.
U.S. Department of Defense, Soviet Military Power 1987
6w,
!fl%fra r
Ob3ecbve (r
Soid Vbt
'PoJk5
What may be logically inferred from the pattern of Soviet nuclear weapons
development and deployment over the past thirty years? What seem to
have been their implicit strategic objectives over this time period?
9. Week. - -
_A New Era in Soviet Security Policy?
Michael MccGwire, "New Directions in Soviet Arms Control Policy,'
Washin gton
Ouarterly,, Summer 1988.
Cynthia Roberts, "The New Realism and the Old Rigidities: Gorbachevs
Strategy in Perspective, Washington Quarterl
y
. Summer 1988.
Gerhard Wettig, "Dimensions of Soviet Arms Control Policy,"
CQrnDarativestrategy.v.7n.1 1988.
Raymond Garthoff, "New Thinking in Soviet Military Doctrine,"
Washin
g
ton Quarterl
y
- Summer 1988.
Supplementary:
Paul Marantz, "From Lenin to Gorbachev," ClIPS Occasional Papers, n. 4,
May 1988.
Is Mikhail Gorbachev's approach to East-West security relations
fundamentally different from that of his predecessors? If so, does it
portend a dramatically less confrontational relationship with the Western
Alliance in years to come? How are American conservatives likely to view.
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Gorbachev's approach to military and arms control issues?
10. Week: ?
Research Pa p
er Consultation
This week will be devoted to discussing the outline of your research
paper, bibliography consulted etc. Interviews will be about 15 minutes
long. Please come with some fairly well worked out thematic arguments.
Essays are due on Wed. Nov. 23.
Also this week read David Aaron, State Scarlet. 1988; and either
Heilbroner's An InQuiry into the Human Pros
p
ect or the Brundtland report.
11. Week: ?
Western Euro
p
e and Nuclear Strategy
Read Russett and Chernoff,
pp .
150-215.
John Prados, Joe! S. Wit, and Michael J
.
Zagurek, Jr., The Strategic Forces
of Britain and France, Scientific American, August 1986.
Eric J
.
Grove, "Allied Nuclear Forces complicate negotiations,"
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, June-July 1986.
Stephen S. Biddle, 'The European Conventional Balance: A reinterpretation
of the debate," Survival. March-April 1988.
What role do the British and French nuclear deterrents play in the European
military balance? How will their role grow in the decade to come? Should
an independent European deterrent be encouraged or discouraged? How
stable is the existing balance of conventional forces in Europe? If they are
not encouraged is NATO likely to come to rely on ERWs and/or chemical
weaponry to offset a possible declining American role in Western European
security?
12.
Weel: ?
Western Euro
p e and the INF Controversy
RESEARCH PAPER TO BE HANDED IN THIS WEEK IN CLASS.
Haley eta!,
pp .
183-20 1.
Richard K. Betts, "Compound Deterrence vs. No-First-Use: What's Wrong Is
What's Right," ORB IS. v. 29 n. 4, Winter 1985.
Bruce Berkowitz, "An INF Treaty Discredits Arms Control and Promotes
Conflict," ORBIS. v. 32 n. 1, Winter 1988.
Lewis A. Dunn, "Considerations after the INF Treaty: NATO after global
'double zero'," Survival, v. XXX ii. 3 May-June 1988.
Supplementary:
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Richard Betts, Surprie Attack: NATO's Political Vulnerability,"
International Security, Spring 1981.
J
.
I.
Coffey, Deterrence and Arms Control: American and West German
Pers p ectives on INF. 1985
James Thomson, "Planning for NATO's Nuclear Deterrent in the 1980s and
1990s," Survival. Survival, May-June 1983.
Anthony Cordesman, "Deterrence in the 1980s, Part 1: American Forces and
Extended Deterrence," in Adelohi PaDers. n. 175 (Summer 1982).
Donald R. Cotter, "The Emerging INF Agreement: A Case Study of Strategic
Regression," Strate
g ic Review, Summer 1987.
Stephen J
.
Cimbala, "Soviet Blitzkrieg in Europe: The Abiding Nuclear
Dimension," Strate
g ic Review, Summer 1986.
How important is the American nuclear guarantee to the defence of
Western Europe? How do chemical weapons factor into the strategic
balance in Europe? Is the zero option' a desirable or sensible option for
NATO?-Will NATO's security be enhanced or degraded by implementation
of the INF treaty?
13. Week-.--
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Current Issues--SDI, and the
Maritime Strategy
Re-read Russett and Chernoff,
pp.
107-38.
Haley et a!,
pp
.
293-363.
Keith Payne and Cohn
S. Gray, "Nuclear Policy
and
the
Defensive
Transition," Forei
gn
Affairs, Spring 1984.
Admiral James Watkins, "The Maritime Strategy," U.S. Naval Institute
Proceedin g s. January 1986.
Commander James J
.
Tritten, "A Theory of the Wartime Strategic
Employment of the Soviet Navy," Army Quarterly and Defence Journal,
V.
115 n. 2, April 1985.
Supplementary:
Michael E. Brown, B-2 or not B-2? Survival, July-Aug. 1988, v. XXX n. 4.
John J
.
Mearsheimer, "A Strategic Misstep: The Maritime Strategy and
Deterrence in Europe," International Security. Fall 1986.
Linton F. Brooks, 'Naval Power and National Security: the Case for the
Maritime Strategy' International Security, Fall 1986.
What range of military and political objectives might be served by
pursuing different variants of the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative? What
are the most damaging criticisms of SDI made by its opponents? Could
reciprocal Soviet-American adoption of some version of SDI actually
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degrade the security of both countries? How do naval nuclear systems
(and Stealth aircraft) pose special problems for strategic missile
defences? What strategic objectives are served by the Maritime
Strategy? Is there a potential damage-limiting synergy between SDI and
the Maritime Strategy?
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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
1.
Calendar Information
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Department
Pol. Sd.
Abbr. Code POL Course Number 453 Credit Hrs.
3
Vector
3-0-0
Title of Course:
Biopolitics and Biopolicy
Calendar Description of Course:
Examines the relationship between
public policy-making and the life sciences, the political and
administrative implications of biopolitical issues ranging from
environmental degradation to the regulation of biotechnology will be
discussed.
Nature of Course: Seminar
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
POL 221 or 251 or permission of the department
One of
BISC 003,
BISC 004, SCI 010
or cHEM 004 is recamnded.
What course(s), if any, is being dropped from the Calendar if this
course is approved:
None
2.
Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered?
Once per year
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
Fall 1989/Spring 1990
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed
offering possible?
L. Dobuzinskis, P. Smith
3.
Objectives of the Course
Policy priorities change as policy-makers are
confronted with new challenges. New demands are placed on the policy-
making system in both developed and developing nations as a result of our
changing relationship with the "biosphere". The proposed course is
intended to help students in developing an understanding of emerging but
already crucial issues,
4.
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
None
Staff
None
Library
None
Audio Visual None
Space None
Equipment None
5. Approval
Date
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2,1 ?
-2
lAr
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Department Chair
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Dean ?
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SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum
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POL 453 BIOPOLITICS AND BIOPOLICY
Course Outline
I.
Biopolicy: An Introduction
II.
and III. ?
Environmental Policy: Canadian-and Comparative
Perspectives
IV.
The Canadian North: Environmental and Native Issues
V.
Acid Rain and Canada-U.S. Relations
VI.
Science Policy in Canada and the Development of
Biotechnologies
VII.
and VIII. Biomedical Issues and Government Regulation
IX. and X. ?
Sustainable Growth and the Politics of the Post-
Industrial Era
XI.
Public Administration and Biopolicy
XII.
and XIII. Do the Life Sciences change our Understanding of
Political Behaviour, Decision-Making, and Policy
Implementation?
Bibliography
W.T. Anderson, To Govern Evolution (1986)
R. Blanck, Redefining Human Life: Reproductive Technologies and
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Social Policy (1984)
The Political Implications of Human Genetic Technologies
(1981)
M. Bookchin, The Modern Crisis, rev. ed. (1987)
L.K. Caldwell, Biocracy: Public Policy and the Life Sciences (1987)
L. Dobuzjnskjs, The Self-Organizing Polity: An Epistemological
Analysis of Political Life (1987)
D. Feeny et. als. (eds.), Health Care Technologies: Effectiveness,
Efficiency and Public Policy (1987)
J.R. Fowle (ed.), Applications of Biotechnologies: Environmental and
Policy Issues (1987)
W. Leiss (ed.), Ecology vs. Politics in Canada (1979)
Macdonald Commission, Report, vol. 2 (1985)
B. Mitchell and W.R. Derrick Sewell, Canadian Resource Policies (1982)
S. Panem, Biotechnologies: Implications for Public Policy (1985)
D.J. Roy and M.A.M. De Watcher, The Life Technologies and Public
Policy (1987)
J. Schnandt & H. Roderick (eds.), Acid Rain and Friendly Neighbors
(1985)
T. Schrecker (Science Council of Canada), The Conserver Society
Revisited (1983)
Science Council of Canada, Regulating the Regulators: Science, Values
and Decisions (1983)
Canada as a Conserver Society (1977)
P. Spallone & D.L. Steinberg (eds.), Made to Order: The Myths of
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Reproductive and Genetic Progress (1987)
E. White and J. Losco (eds.), Biology and Bureaucracy (1985)
R.A. Ziljnskas and B.K. Zimmerman (eds.), The Gene Splicing Wars
(1986)
