I. WHAT IS A COUNTRY? II. WHAT IS A NATION? LECTURE #1 BASIC DEFINTIONS A. WHAT IS NATIONALITY? B. A NATION VS. A COUNTRY? III. WHAT IS THE STATE? A. THE ROLE OF THE STATE B. WHO MAKES UP THE STATE? IV. WHAT IS GOVERNMENT? A. THE NATURE OF GOVERNMENT. B. FORMAL VS. INFORMAL GOVERNMENT. C. GOVERNMENT VS. TRADITION.
LECTURE #2 THEORIES ON THE ORIGIN OF THE STATE I. PALEOLITHIC HUMAN GOVERNMENT. A. THE PALEOLITHIC WORLD. B. THE PREHISTORIC STATE. C. THE STATE OF NATURE? B. THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION, c. 12,000 YA. A. GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE AS TECHNOLOGIES. B. SPECIALIZATION. III. THEORIES ON THE ORIGIN OF THE STATE. A. THE MAFIA THEORY. B. THE INSURANCE THEORY. C. THE ENVIRONMENTAL THEORY.
LECTURE #3 LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE I. LEGITIMACY. A. A LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT? B. DESTABILIZATION. II. SOURCES OF LEGITIMACY. A. BY THE SWORD. B. BY THE WORD. C. BY TRADITION. D. BY CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED. III. TYPES OF POWER. A. ARBITRARY. B. INFRASTRUCTURAL. C. FORMAL VS. INFORMAL.
I. THE CATEGORIES. LECTURE #4 TYPES OF STATES A. DEMOCRATIC VS. AUTHORITARIAN SYSTEMS. B. MONARCHY VS. REPUBLIC. C. WHO BENEFITS? II. REPUBLICAN TYPES OF DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS. A. PURE DEMOCRACY. B. REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY. III. MONARCHY IN DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS. A. CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY. B. LIMITED DEMOCRACY. IV. AUTHORITARIAN MONARCHY. A. TRADITIONAL (FEUDAL) MONARCHY. B. ABSOLUTE MONARCHY. C. HYDRAULIC DESPOTISM. V. REPUBLICAN FORMS OF AUTHORIARIAN STATES. A. ONE-PARTY STATES. B. MILITARY DICTATORSHIP. C. CHARISMATIC DICTATORSHIP D. THEOCRACY.
LECTURE #5 MODERN POLITICAL THEORY I. MODERN SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY. A. THE STATE OF NATURE. B. A COMMERICAL REVOLUTION. C. THE SOCIAL CONTRACT. II. THOMAS HOBBES (1588-1679) AND HIS WORLD. A. ENGLAND AND FRANCE IN THE 17th CENTURY. B. THE LEVIATHAN (1651). C. THE HOBBESIAN STATE. III. JOHN LOCKE (1632-1704) AND HIS WORLD. A. ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING (1690). B. TWO TREATISES ON GOVERNMENT (1690). C. THE LOCKEIAN STATE.
LECTURE #6 MODERN ECONOMIC THEORY I. WHAT IS POLITICAL ECONOMICS? II. ADAM SMITH (1723-1790) AND HIS WORLD. A. MERCANTILISM AND FREE TRADE. B. THE WEALTH OF NATIONS (1776). C. THE STATE AND THE MYSTERIES OF THE INVISIBLE HAND. III. PIERRE-JOSEPH PROUDHON (1809-1865) AND HIS WORLD A. THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD. B. WHAT IS PROPERTY? (1840) C. THE STATE AND PROPERTY.
LECTURE #7 DEMOCRATIC IDEOLOGIES I. LOCKE MEETS SMITH DEMOCRACTIC CAPITALISM. A. ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL LIFE. B. POLITICS. C. INTELLECTUAL LIFE. II. SUB-TYPES OF DEMOCRACTIC CAPITALISM. A. CLASSICAL LIBERALISM CONSERVATIVES. B. MODERN LIBERALISM LIBERALS. III. LOCKE MEETS PROUDHON DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM. A. ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL LIFE. B. POLITICS. C. INTELLECTUAL LIFE. IV. SUB-TYPES OF DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM. A. THE FABIAN SOCIETY SOCIALISTS. B. UTOPIAN SOCIALISM KIBBUTZNIKS.
LECTURE #8 AUTHORITARIAN IDEOLOGIES I. HOBBES MEETS PROUDHON AUTHORITARIAN SOCIALISM. A. ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL LIFE. B. POLITICS. C. INTELLECTUAL LIFE. II. SUB-TYPES OF AUTHORITRTIAN SOCIALISM. A. KARL MARX (1818-1883) MARXISM. B. VLADIMIR LENIN (1870-1924) LENINISM. III. HOBBES MEETS SMITH AUTHORITARIAN CAPITALISM. A. ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL LIFE. B. POLITICS. C. INTELLECTUAL LIFE. IV. SUB-TYPES OF AUTHORITARIAN CAPITALISM. A. FRIEDRICH NIETZCHE (1844-1900) FASCISM. B. ADOLF HITLER (1889-1945) NAZISM.
LECTURE #9 DIVISION OF POWER LEGISLATIVE SYSTEMS I. CONCEPT OF POWER IN DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS. A. DIVISION OF POWER. B. UNITARY STATE/FEDERALISM. II. LEGISLATIVE POWER IN DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS. A. LAW-MAKING. B. POWER OF THE PURSE. C. UNICAMERAL VS. BICAMERAL SYSTEMS. III. LEGISLATIVE POWER IN AUTHORITARIAN SYSTEMS. A. FACTION CONTROL. B. AN ISSUE OF LEGITIMACY. C. THE PROBLEM.
LECTURE #10 DIVISION OF POWER THE EXECUTIVE I. EXECUTIVE POWER IN AUTHORITARIAN SYSTEMS. A. ONE-PERSON VS. ONE-PARTY RULE. B. PERILS OF CHANGES IN POWER. II. EXECUTIVE POWER IN DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS. A. CHIEF OF STATE. B. HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT. C. POLICE POWER/POWER OF THE SWORD. III. EXECUTIVE-LEGISTLATIVE SYSTEMS. A. THE PRESIDENTIAL OR AMERICAN SYSTEM. B. THE PARLIAMENTARY OR BRITISH SYSTEM. C. THE HYBRID OR FRENCH SYSTEM.
LECTURE #11 DIVISION OF POWER THE BUREACRACY I. THE BUREAUCRACY AS THE STATE. A. ORIGINS. B. ROLE IN A MODERN STATE. C. CABINETS, SECRETAIRES, AND MINISTERIES. II. THE STATE AND BUREAUCRACY. A. SPOILS SYSTEM NEPOTISM B. CIVIL SERVICE MERITOCRACY III. LIMITS OF BUREACRACY. A. THE DEEP STATE. B. REFORM AND ENTRENCHMENT.
LECTURE #12 DIVISION OF POWER THE JUDICIARY I. THE CONCEPT OF RIGHTS A REVIEW. A. IN A LOCKEIAN WORLD DEMOCRACY. B. IN A HOBBESIAN WORLD THE LEVIATHAN. II. THE RULE OF LAW. A. COMMON LAW VS. WRITTEN LAW. B. META -LAW CONSTITUTIONS. C. DUE PROCESS SUBSTANTIVE AND PROCEDURAL. D. LAW IN FEDERAL STATES. III. COURT SYSTEMS. A. CRIMINAL VS. CIVIL. B. APPEALS AND SUPREME COURTS. C. ADVERSARIAL/INQUISITORIAL SYSTEMS. D. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
LECTURE #13 THE STATE ELECTION MACHINERY I. ORGANIZING POLITICAL FACTIONS. A. THE CONCEPT OF FACTIONAL POLITICS. B. THE POLITICAL PARTY IN A DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM. C. THE POLITICAL PARTY IN AN AUTHORITARIAN SYSTEM. II. ELECTION MACHINERY THE BALLOT. A. SECRET VS. PUBLIC BALLOT. B. WINNER TAKE ALL VS. PARTY LISTS. C. PREFERENTIAL BALLOTING. III. ISSUES AT THE BALLOTS. A. VOTING QUALIFICATIONS. B. REGISTERING VOTERS. C. ELECTION OVERSIGHT. D. DISTRICTING GERRYMANDERING. IV. SPECIAL ELECTION TYPES. A. REFERENDUM. B. INITIATIVE. C. RECALL.
LECTURE #14 COUNTRY STUDY THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND I. THE CURRENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT. A. THE LEGISTATIVE BRANCH- COMMONS AND PEERAGE. B. THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. II. ELECTIONS. A. THE PARTIES AND THE ISSUES. B. THE RESULTS MAY 7, 2015. C. THE BREXIT VOTE JUNE 23, 2016. D. THE RESULTS JUNE 8, 2017. III. CHALLENGES TO LEGITIMACY. A. DEVOLUTION. B. DECLINE OF THE EMPIRE. C. MIGRATION. D. THE EUROPEAN UNION.
LECTURE #15 COUNTRY STUDY- THE PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF CHINA I. CURRENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT. A. THE LEGISLATURE. B. THE EXECUTIVE. II. SEARCHING FOR LEGITIMACY A BRIEF HISTORY. A. FROM SOCIALISM TO CAPITALISM TO GET RICH IS GLORIOUS. B. THE TIANANMEN EVENTS AND FALUN GONG. III. THE MIDDLE KINGDOM. A. TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY. B. ONE CHINA, TWO SYSTEMS. C. ONE BELT, ONE ROAD
LECTURE #16 COUNTRY STUDY- THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA I. CURRENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT. A. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH. B. EXECUTIVE BRANCH. II. PLATFORMS OF THE MAIN POLITICAL PARTIES. A. INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS. B. BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY (BJP). C. INDIA AND THE BRIC COUNTRIES. II. CULTURAL/RELIGIOUS ISSUES FOR THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT. A. ISLAM AND HINDUSM. B. HINDU NATIONALISM AND CASTE ISSUES.
LECTURE #17 COUNTRY STUDY THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN I. THE CURRENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT. A. THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. C. THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH. II. CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS ISSUES. A. ANTI-WESTERNISM. B. SHI A VS. SUNNI. III. INTERNATIONAL ISSUES. A. IRAQ, THE KURDS, AND ISIL. B. THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT.
LECTURE #18 COUNTRY STUDY- THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION I. THE CURRENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT. A. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH. B. EXECUTIVE BRANCH. II. REESTABLISHING STABILITY AND LEGITIMACY. A. THE 1990s- THE END OF THE SOVIET SYSTEM. B. THE PUTIN ERA, 2000 2017. 1) ROLLING BACK REFORMS. 2) HYDRAULIC DESPOTISM? III. RUSSIA AND THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE. A. EMBARASSMENT SERBIA, KOSOVO, AND IRAQ. B. REASSERTION OF STATUS. 1) WAR WITH GEORGIA, 2008. 2) 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS. 3) SEIZURE OF CRIMEA, 2014. 4) SYRIA, 2016 17. C. INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS.
LECTURE #19 COUNTRY STUDY- THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA I. THE CURRENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT. A. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH. B. EXECUTIVE BRANCH. II. THE POLTICAL PARTIES. A. 1998 ELECTIONS. B. THE RISE OF HUGO CHAVEZ. C. MAJOR PARTIES OF 2017. III. STABILITY AND LEGITIMACY. A. A PETRO-STATE. B. ANTI-AMERICANISM/ANTI-CAPITALISM.
LECTURE #20 COUNTRY STUDY THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA I. THE CURRENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT. A. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH. B. EXECUTIVE BRANCH. II. ETHIC AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY. A. THE NATIONS OF NIGERIA. B. RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY AND DIVERSION. C. BOKO HAREM. III. STABILITY AND LEGITIMACY. A. 2007 AND 2015 ELECTIONS. B. DESERTIFICATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE. C. EBOLA.
LECTURE #21 COUNTRY STUDY TUVALU I. THE CURRENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT. A. BRITISH RULE AND INDEPENDENCE. B. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH. C. EXECUTIVE BRANCH. II. ECOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES. A. NATURE OF THE ECOLOGY. B. GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE. III. ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES. A. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. B. TUVALU EMBRACES THE 21ST CENTURY.