PSI 2236 - The Politics of the Middle East

Credits: 4
This course offers students a multidisciplinary overview of the nature of contemporary politics in the Middle East. In so doing, it concerns itself with sets of questions regarding the political roles of Islam, the changing dynamics of authoritarianism, the relationship between democracy and peace, the political and social effects of demographic and socioeconomic trends, and the importance and leverage of international forces.
McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding