Course Description
Discipline(s):
Social & Economic Systems
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Artistic, Interpretive, & Philosophical Inquiry
Explores the theoretical ideas that informed the creation and development of America's political system and considers contemporary challenges to the maintenance of liberal democracy. Topics include the political thought of the Founders, constitutional changes wrought by the Civil War and Reconstruction, competing theories of constitutional interpretation and authority, and the contested responses to industrialization and economic modernization.
