Contemporary Political Ideologies PL SC 007 Spring 2015 MWF 2:30-3:20pm 260 Willard Building

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1 Contemporary Political Ideologies PL SC 007 Spring 2015 MWF 2:30-3:20pm 260 Willard Building Dr. Laura Roost, Office: 228 Pond Laboratory Mailbox: 203 Pond Laboratory Cocoa/Coffee Hour: W 9-10am Webster s (133 E. Beaver Ave) Office Hour: Available by appointment, or open door. Eugéne Delacroix, La Liberté guidant le peuple, Oil painting. Musée du Louvre. I. Required Texts (texts must be brought to class) 1 of 2. Heywood, Andrew Political Ideologies: An Introduction. Fifth Edition. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2 of 2. Festenstein, Matthew and Michael Kenny. Political Ideologies: Reader and Guide. New York: Oxford University Press. *Additional articles will be available on ANGEL and are to be printed. II. Course Description This course will feature critical analysis of contemporary political ideologies such as liberalism, conservatism, socialism, anarchism, fascism, feminism, and ecologism. Throughout the course, we will examining the following questions: what is political ideology; how does political ideology impact political action; and how does political ideology help make sense of a complex political world? III. Course Objectives identify the major components of key contemporary political ideologies understand and apply theoretical concepts in political ideologies to historic and contemporary political problems/debates analyze the political implications of different political ideologies strengthen critical reading, analytical writing, and argumentation skills IV. Grading and Course Requirements Class Preparation Assignments 40% (30% Questions; 10% Extract Index Cards) Mid-term Exam (27 February) 25% Final Exam (TBA) 30% PIIA Paper (17 April) 5% *Keep in mind that grades on ANGEL are not reported in proportion to the above scale. You should always manually calculate grades. The grading scale is as follows (note that PSU does not permit grades of A+, C-, D+, or D-): A = ; A- = 90-93; B+ = 87-89; B = 84-86; B- = 80-83; C+ = 77-79; C = 70-76; D = 60-70; F = <59.9

2 PL SC 007 Syllabus - 2 V. Expectations before Class A. Close Reading: Refer to the reading assignments for 14 January which offer tips on close reading, and on arguments. Also, note that the Heywood text uses the same structure for each chapter after the first: a section on origins of the ideology, a section on core themes of the ideology, a section highlighting subdivisions of the ideology, and a section examining the ideology in today s global age. Do not visit study sites or Wikipedia as doing so is not an efficient use of your time. A more efficient use of your time would be to deal directly with the class material, re-reading when necessary, and, when truly stuck, looking at the Heywood companion website before again re-reading. This website is available at B. Course Preparation Assignments (CPAs) a. Questions CPA: Questions for each Heywood reading are posted on ANGEL. Your CPA for any Heywood reading is to answer the questions posted. Your answer to the question should be in the form of an argument, meaning that any claims you make must be supported with premises and evidence. Your conclusion is your response to the question, and your premises are the reasons for having that answer to the question posed. This is my opinion is not an argument on its own. Similarly, because the text says so is not an argument. The text provides reasons for its claims. When presenting evidence which supports your premises and conclusion, be sure to refer to the text and reasons given for claims in the text. Remember that direct quotes do not count for lengthening your response, as they are the words of others. In CPAs I want to see that you have worked to understand the material in your own words. Do not use direct quotes unless absolutely necessary. In any academic writing, direct quotes should only be used if they contribute something absolutely vital to your argument which cannot be paraphrased or said in any other way. Even without direct quotes, though, you should still be using in-text citations for references to information from the text, and I expect that CPAs will include a bibliography/works cited section. Since this will often feature a single source, an extra page is not necessary. It can just be included at the end of your CPA. A sample Heywood CPA is posted on ANGEL. You will submit your Questions CPAs to turnitin (see Syllabus Section IX) by the start of class (2:30pm) on the dates indicated in the syllabus. I will include your top six of twelve CPAs in the final grade for the course. b. : Complete an index card for each reading extracted from a primary source. This includes all readings in the Festenstein and Kelly text, as well as readings posted on ANGEL. On a 3x5 inch index card, title the card with the proper citation one would use in if citing the work in a bibliography. Then write a map of the main argument of the reading in three sentences. This is not a summary. You are displaying the format of the author s argument, not. This would include two premises, with a sentence dedicated to each, and the conclusion of the argument, again in a single sentence. At the bottom of the card, identify the ideological tradition represented by the reading. You are limited to one side of a 3x5 inch index card per reading. Do not include information for this assignment on the back of the card. That space is for a second extract, your note use, etc. To see an example of an Extract Index Card CPA, look at the example on ANGEL. The sentences must be in your own words. Do not use any direct quotes. A helpful hint is to start by looking at what is most important in the argument, identifying the key steps in reasoning used to justify the conclusion, and seek how these steps lead to the theorist s conclusion. C. Current Political Affairs: I expect that students in a political science course will read reputable newspapers throughout the week to keep abreast of political affairs. Appropriate newspapers are: The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, or The Wall Street Journal. For local newspapers, you may use the Centre Times Daily, but keep in mind that a national newspaper should be read at least once a week. As you read these papers, pay attention to issues which may be connected to the course.

3 PL SC 007 Syllabus - 3 VI. Expectations in Class I expect that students come to class prepared to discuss the material for the day. This includes having your texts so that they can be discussed. In class, you must be able to demonstrate that you have read and thought about the material for the day. Be sure to ground your discussion in the readings. Exams and papers help you develop critical thinking and argumentation skills, whereas discussion will help you to verbalize the skills you are practicing in other areas of the course. Reading notes, in addition to your CPAs, will prove helpful if you write down key themes, conclusions, and premises offered in support of conclusions, as well as your own questions and argument(s) in response to the readings. A. Respectful Class Involvement: Theorizing is a difficult business. It requires practice and room for mistakes. In this course we will academically discuss controversial ideas on all ranges of the political spectrum. This is done to help improve comprehension of the texts, to constructively engage ideas, and to practice making arguments. You will be expected to participate respectfully and professionally. Since we are in a technology classroom, this includes not bringing any food or drinks other than water. B. Attendance Policy: Though lecture is not a replacement for reading, it is in class that we will further connect the ideas about which we are reading, thereby getting a better understanding of our material. For this reason, on-time attendance is expected. a. Missed class: If you miss class, with or without a legitimate excuse, you are responsible for getting lecture notes from a classmate. If you have questions about the material after looking over the notes, please bring your questions to my cocoa/coffee hour, or schedule an appointment with me. b. No extensions on Questions CPAs: Due to the number of Questions CPA opportunities, no extensions will be given on them for any reason. c. No make-up Extract Index Card CPAs: Because I will drop a select number of the lowest Extract Index Card CPAs, and because they will be randomly collected, they cannot be made up or turned in late. Extract Index Card CPAs are due when collected. For example, if I collect them at the beginning of class and you come late, you will not be able to submit. d. Make-up exams: Make-up exams will not be given, except in the event of a medical emergency or a University approved excuse that is discussed with me prior to the date of the test. In the case of a medical emergency, a note from a doctor is required before a make-up can be scheduled, and the note must say more than simply that you saw a doctor on the day of the missed exam. Where appropriate, the note must list accommodations required. Any note that says may not will be treated as a recommendation only. Any illness preventing you from using the time that you set aside to study will not be considered a legitimate excuse. e. Late papers: Late PIIA papers and Question CPAs will be penalized 5% each calendar day after the due date and time. The next calendar day begins after the date and time the paper is due. For example, if a paper is due at the start of class (2:30pm), this means you will be marked a day late, even if you get it to me during class (3:00pm, for example) or after class the day the paper is due (5:00pm, for example). The second late day will begin at the same time of the original due time. For example, if the paper was due at 2:30pm on a Monday, it becomes two days late on Tuesday at 2:31pm. I will not accept any late papers after 2:30pm on Monday, 4 May C. Recording Prohibited: To protect the privacy of students in the course, audio, visual, or any other kind of recording is prohibited. VII. Political Ideology in Action (PIIA) Paper Attend an official campus or community event. You must go to this event you CANNOT view it on TV or on the internet. In the written assignment, ensure that you connect the ideas being discussed at the event with a particular aspect of political ideology. The paper should be one

4 PL SC 007 Syllabus - 4 full page to two pages in length. You must summarize the event within the first paragraph, and spend the rest of the paper connecting the event happenings with specific reading(s) in the course. There must be in-text citations, bibliography, and you must adhere to formatting rules. Ideas for events to attend include departmental speaker events, community lectures, etc. PIIA papers which feature unqualified events will not be graded. If you have any questions about an even, check with me to ensure that the event will qualify for the assignment. The paper must be turned in no later than Friday, 17 April at the start of class (2:30pm). I highly recommend completing and submitting the paper as soon as you are able. VIII. Resources for Writing Papers and assignments should be formatted according to the instructions in syllabus section XI. Make sure to correctly cite anything you quote, paraphrase, or borrow from someone else, including class discussion. When information comes from the reading, it is preferable to cite the reading directly rather than lecture. In addition to the content requirements, I will evaluate format, organization, spelling, grammar, neatness, and clarity. I recommend visiting Penn State Learning as you work on assignments. At the very least, make sure to meticulously proofread your paper and assignments before submission. Review the Grading Standards for Written Work for more information on what I consider a successful paper. Stop by cocoa/coffee hours, schedule an appointment with me, or me with any questions you might have. Additional resources available at: Oxford Dictionaries Better Writing: Penn State Learning Boucke, o Penn State Learning is an excellent resource and can provide you with meaningful support as you write for this course, and other courses. Trained tutors are available to talk with you as you plan, draft, and revise your writing. They can assist with brainstorming ideas, developing and sustaining an argument, organization, citations, grammar, editing strategies and more. It is recommended that you bring in writing you have done, and the assignment sheet. o Online Contact Form: Library: o Arts and Humanities Library, 2 nd Floor, West Pattee, o Political Theory/Political Philosophy Books at the Penn State Library: J, JC, B, BJ IX. Submitting and Formatting PIIA Papers and Heywood CPA Assignments You must submit your PIIA Paper and your Questions CPAs to (Class ID: / Log-in: Ideologies07) using the formatting guidelines below, without which I will not grade your paper. Whenever you submit electronically, it is your responsibility to ensure that the file is not corrupted. Submitting a corrupted file is the same as submitting late if it is not corrected by the due date and time. If there happen to be any temporary technical problems with turnitin, you may an electronic copy of the paper to me before the submission time to ensure that it is counted as on-time, but you must still return to turnitin to submit for grading. Any changes between the paper ed to me and the one submitted to turnitin during periods of technical problems will be considered violations of academic integrity. Formatting items include: 1. one-inch margins 2. Times New Roman 12-point font double-spaced 3. no extra space between paragraphs (How to do this in Word: Word Paragraph check No extra space between ) 4. last name and page numbers on each page after the first for papers longer than one page (How to do this in Word: Word Design Header & Footer check Different first page, and ensure the header is also in Times New Roman 12 point)

5 PL SC 007 Syllabus bibliography (note: Wikipedia and similar sites DO NOT count as appropriate sources; first and foremost you should focus on the class readings unless instructed otherwise) a. APSA Citation Style for political science majors. All others MUST note citation style. b. APSA Citation Guide: (citation resource for other styles: c. APSA Citation Manual: 6. Statement saying I have not violated the College of Liberal Arts Honor Code. On Wednesday, 14 January you verbally recite the honor code to which your statement refers: X. Academic Dishonesty / Plagiarism The Department of Political Science, along with the College of the Liberal Arts and the University, takes violations of academic dishonesty seriously. Observing basic honesty in one's work, words, ideas, and actions is a principle to which all members of the community are required to subscribe. All course work is individual. Any reference materials used in the preparation of any assignment must be explicitly cited. Students uncertain about proper citation are responsible for checking with their instructor. Examples of academic dishonesty include, but are not limited to: A. Plagiarism: Fabricating information and/or citations; copying from the internet or other texts; submitting the work of others; representing work as one s own without citation; fabricating submissions and citing them falsely; and aiding or abetting academic dishonesty of others. B. Cheating on Exams: In an examination setting, unless the instructor gives explicit prior instructions to the contrary, violations of academic integrity shall consist but are not limited to any attempt to receive assistance from written or printed aids, or from any person or papers or electronic devices, or of any attempt to give assistance, whether the one so doing has completed his or her own work or not. C. Lying: Lying to the instructor or purposely misleading any Penn State administrator shall also constitute a violation of academic integrity. These and other forms of academic dishonesty may result in an automatic grade of F for the course no matter the quality of your other class work, and potential University disciplinary proceedings. If you are unsure about citation styles, look at the APSA guidelines at ( I expect every student to have read the Honor Code. Academic Integrity resources are available at: College of Liberal Arts Academic Integrity Site: College of Liberal Arts Honor Code: Potential Sanctions: Plagiarism Goblin Game: XI. Accessibility/Learning Support Penn State welcomes students with disabilities into the University s educational programs. If you have a disability-related need for reasonable academic adjustments in this course, contact the Office for Disability Services (ODS) at (V/TTY). For further information regarding ODS, please visit the Office for Disability Services website at In order to receive consideration for course accommodations, you must contact ODS and provide documentation (see the documentation guidelines at If the documentation supports the need for academic adjustments, ODS will provide a letter identifying appropriate academic adjustments. Please share this letter and discuss the adjustments with your instructor as early as possible. You must contact ODS and request academic adjustment letters at the beginning of each semester.

6 PL SC 007 Syllabus - 6 XII. Electronic Devices Cell phones, music players, and all other electronic devices should be turned off and put away before class begins. Laptops may only be open if you are taking notes on them. If you are just taking notes on your laptop, you should be able use the battery power. You are not to plug in your laptop during class. The lecturer reserves the right to require that all laptops be turned off should any students not comply with the note-only rule. If your cell phone rings during class or if your laptop is used for anything other than taking notes, I reserve the right to deal with the infraction in a way that I deem appropriate. To protect the privacy of other students, recording of any kind is prohibited. XIII. Additional Questions/Concerns Contact me directly via (lar45@psu.edu or the course under ANGEL s Communicate tab) with your questions, come to cocoa/coffee hours, or post them on ANGEL s discussion thread titled Questions about Course/Syllabus. If you don t receive a response in 24 hours, again. Important announcements and supplemental information will be made via ANGEL and , so visit the site frequently. *The lecturer may make changes to the syllabus, assignments, and course calendar during the course. If this occurs, students will be notified in class, and the revised syllabus will be ed to students as well as posted on ANGEL.

7 PL SC 007 Syllabus - 7 COURSE CALENDAR DATE & TOPIC READING ASSIGNMENT Introduction Read the Syllabus! Read the syllabus and Monday, 12 January College of Liberal Arts Honor Code the College of Liberal Argument in Politics Wednesday, 14 January Ideologies: Ideas and Politics Friday, 16 January Monday, 19 January students/academics/academic-integrity/honor-code Arp, The Chewbacca Defense (ANGEL) Rottenberg, Strategies for Close Reading (ANGEL) *Optional Importance of Argument: Heywood, Chapter 1 Introduction: Ideology and Ideologies, p.1-23 NO CLASS Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Arts Honor Code Class recitation of the College of Liberal Arts Honor Code Ideologies: Ideas and Politics Wednesday, 21 January Ideologies: Ideas and Politics Friday, 23 January Ideologies: Ideas and Politics Monday, 26 January Liberalism Wednesday, 28 January Liberalism Friday, 30 January Liberalism Monday, 2 February Liberalism Wednesday, 4 February F & K: Marx and Engels, The German Ideology, p F & K: Mannheim, Ideology and Utopia, p *Optional (recommended) F & E Chapter 1 Introduction, p F & K: Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, p F & K: Sartori, Politics, Ideology, and Belief Systems *Optional F & K: Althusser, For Marx, and Lenin and Philosophy, p F & K: Minogue, Ideology After the Collapse of Communism, p F & K: Freeden, Ideologies and Political Theory, p *Optional F & K: Geertz, Ideology as a Cultural System, p Heywood, Chapter 2 Liberalism, p F & K: Locke, Two Treatises of Government, p F & K: de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, p *Optional (recommended) F & K Chapter 2 Introduction, p *Optional F & K: Constant, The Liberty of the Ancients Compared p F & K: von Humboldt, On the Limits of State Action, p F & K: J. S. Mill, On Liberty, p *Optional F & K: James Mill, Government, p F & K: Keynes, The End of Lassez-Faire, p F & K: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), p *Optional F & K: Dewey, Liberty and Social Control, p

8 PL SC 007 Syllabus - 8 Liberalism Friday, 6 February Conservatism Monday, 9 February Conservatism Wednesday, 11 February Conservatism Friday, 13 February Conservatism Monday, 16 February Conservatism Wednesday, 18 February Socialism and Communism Friday, 20 February Socialism and Communism Monday, 23 February Socialism and Communism Wednesday, 25 February MIDTERM Friday, 27 February Anarchism Monday, 2 March Anarchism Wednesday, 5 March F & K: Berlin, Two Concepts of Liberty, p F & K: Rawls, A Theory of Justice and Justice as Fairness, p *Optional F & K: Weber, Parliament and Government in Germany, p Heywood, Chapter 3 Conservatism, p F & K: Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, p F& K: Savigny, Of the Vocation of our Age, p *Optional (recommended) F & K Chapter 3 Introduction, p *Optional F & K: de Maistre, Considerations on France, p F & K: Maurras, Les Oeuvres Capitales, p F & K: Oakeshott, Rationalism in Politics, p *Optional F & K: Macmillan, The Middle Way, p F & K: Scrunton, The Meaning of Conservatism, p F & K: Hayek, The Constitution of Liberty, p *Optional F & K: Thatcher, In Defence of Freedom, p F & K: Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind, p F & K: Nozick, Anarchy, State, and Utopia, p Heywood, Chapter 4 Socialism, p F & K: Proudhon, What is Property?, p *Optional (recommended) F & K Chapter 4 Introduction, p *Optional F & K: Owen, Observations on the Effect p Heywood, Chapter 4 Socialism, p F & K: Marx and Engels, The Communist Manifesto, p *Optional F & K: Marx, The Paris Manuscripts, p F & K: Bobbio, Left and Right, p F & K: Callinicos, Equality, p MIDTERM EXAMINATION Heywood, Chapter 5 Anarchism, p *Optional (recommended) F & K Chapter 8 Introduction, p *Optional F & K: Kropotkin, Mutual Aid, p F & K: Stirner, The Ego and Its Own, p F & K: Bakunin, Statism and Anarchy, p *Optional F & K: Read, The Paradox of Anarchism, p Extract Index Card CPA Extract Index Card CPA Bring a Blue/Green Book and writing supplies. NO NOTES.

9 PL SC 007 Syllabus - 9 Anarchism Friday, 6 March F & K: Goldman, Anarchism, p F & K: Chomsky, Powers and Prospects, p *Optional F & K: Goodman, Reflections on the Anarchist Principle and Anarchism and Revolution, p March 14 March NO CLASS: Spring Break Nationalism Monday, 16 March Nationalism Wednesday, 18 March Nationalism Friday, 20 March Fascism Monday, 23 March Fascism Wednesday, 25 March Fascism Friday, 27 March Feminism Monday, 30 March Feminism Wednesday, 1 April Feminism Friday, 3 April Heywood, Chapter 6 Nationalism, p F & K: Rousseau, Considerations on the Government of Poland, p F & K: Herder, Yet Another Philosophy of History, p *Optional (recommended) F & K Chapter 5 Introduction, p *Optional F & K: Mickiewicz, Pan Tadeusz, p F & K: Ghandi, Hind Swaraj, p F & K: Garvey, The Future As I See It, p F & K: Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth, p *Optional F & K: Kenyatta, Facing Mount Kenya, p Heywood, Chapter 7 Fascism, p F & K: Mussolini and Gentile, The Doctrine of Fascism, p F & K: Hitler, Mein Kampf, p F & K: De Rivera, Spain and Barbarism, p *Optional (recommended) F & K Chapter 9 Introduction, p *Optional F & K: Rosenberg, Der Mythus des 20. Jahrhunderts, p F & K: Mosley, Ten Points of Fascist Policy, p F & K: MSI, The Programme of the Right for a New Italy, p F & K: Russia Liberal Democratic Party, The New Order, p Heywood, Chapter 8 Feminism, p F & K: Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women, p *Optional (recommended) F & K Chapter 6 Introduction, p F & K: de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, p F & K: Okin, Justice, Gender, and the Family, p *Optional F & K: Millet, Sexual Politics, p F & K: Gilligan, In a Different Voice, p F & K: Kristeva, Women s Time, p F & K: hooks, Feminism is for Everybody, p *Optional F & K: Segal, Is the Future Female?, p Extract Index Card CPA

10 PL SC 007 Syllabus - 10 Ecologism Monday, 6 April Ecologism Wednesday, 8 April Ecologism Friday, 10 April Religious Fundamentalism Monday, 13 April Religious Fundamentalism Wednesday, 15 April Religious Fundamentalism Friday, 17 April Multiculturalism Monday, 20 April Multiculturalism Wednesday, 22 April Multiculturalism Friday, 24 April A Post-Ideological Age? Monday, 27 April A Post-Ideological Age? Wednesday, 29 April A Post-Ideological Age? Friday, 1 May Finals Week 4-8 May Monday, 4 May Heywood, Chapter 9 Ecologism, p F & K: Carson, Silent Spring, p F & K: Schumacher, Small is Beautiful, p *Optional (recommended) F & K Chapter 7 Introduction, p *Optional F & K: Meadows, Meadows, Randers, Beyond the Limits, p F & K: Naess, Ecology, Community and Lifestyle, p F & K: Shiva, Staying Alive, p *Optional F & K: Bookchin, Post-Scarcity Anarchism, p Heywood, Chapter 10 Religious Fundamentalism, p Khomeini (ANGEL) Qutb (ANGEL) Falwell (ANGEL) Robertson (ANGEL) Heywood, Chapter 11 Multiculturalism, p F & K: Parekh, Rethinking Multiculturalism, p F & K: Tully, Strange Multiplicity, p *Optional (recommended) F & K Chapter 10 Introduction, p F & K: Ohmae, The Borderless World, p F & K: Klein, Reclaiming the Commons, p Heywood, Chapter 12 Conclusion: A Post-Ideological Age?, p F & K: Lipset, Political Man, p *Optional F & K Chapter 11 Introduction, p F & K: Fukuyama, The End of History and the Last Man, p F & K: Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations, p F & K: Giddens, Beyond Left and Right, p FINAL EXAMINATION Confirm time and date at Late Work NOT ACCEPTED after 2:30pm on this day (SUBJECT TO CHANGE STUDENTS WILL BE NOTIFIED) HARD COPIES REQUIRED PIIA PAPER DUE Extract Index Card CPA Extract Index Card CPA Bring a Blue/Green Book and writing supplies. NO NOTES.