Browsing Stern College Syllabi -- Spring and Fall 2021-2022 courses --- POLI (Politics) by Author "Luders, Joseph E."

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    • POLI 1101 -J Introduction to American Politics 

      Luders, Joseph E. (2021-01)
      Why is the United States the only rich democracy without universal health care? Why is economic inequality so much greater than in United States compared to other rich democracies? Why does the United States have two to ...

    • POLI 1105 - K Issues: American Public Policy 

      Luders, Joseph E. (2021-09)
      A pandemic has swept across the globe threatening economic calamity and killing nearly 4.5 million people, including more than almost 650,000 Americans. Wildfires caused by extreme heat now rage across the western US and ...

    • POLI 1501: Fundamentals of Political Science 

      Luders, Joseph E. (2021-09)
      The discipline of Political Science explores some of the most enduring and vexing problems of the human experience. In this introductory course, students are furnished with a set of analytical tools and use them explicate ...

    • POLI 2100: The American Presidency 

      Luders, Joseph E. (Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022-09)
      On President Truman’s desk sat a small sign that read simply: “The buck stops here.” For Truman, this meant that presidents must make decisions on their own but it is often presumed to signify the extent to which the ...

    • POLI 2160 / SOC 1436 Social Movements and Political Change 

      Luders, Joseph E. (2021-01)
      “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor… it must be demanded by the oppressed.” As this quotation from Martin Luther King Jr. implies, citizens must sometimes resort to protests, strikes, sit-ins, strikes, and ...

    • POLI 2175 Race and Religion in American Politics 

      Luders, Joseph E. (2021-01)
      This course begins with the proposition that race and religion must be placed at the center of any analysis of the historical and contemporary dynamics of American politics. Over the semester, students will consider the ...