CTSJ 120 Power and Politics
This course introduces students to theories of power from multiple disciplines, and applies these theories to analysis of how power operates in formal and informal politics. Students will be introduced to the basic operation of politics and public policy in the U.S., as well power operating in economic and social systems. It will analyze contemporary public policy, political campaigns and elections, social movements, hashtag activism, and other aspects of the struggle for power in the U.S. context. This class is open to frosh and sophomore students.