POLS&201 — Introduction to Political Theory
This course provides a survey of the underlying philosophical ideas and ideologies in the subfield of political science known as political theory. Some of the topics to be considered include essentially contested concepts like democracy, freedom, community, rights, citizenship, and justice which provide the philosophical foundation for various competing political ideologies like classical and welfare liberalism, conservatism, and socialism as well as contemporary debates on issues such as political extremism, environmentalism, feminism, human rights, and multiculturalism.