PS 399 - Beltway Politics

(3.00 cr.)

The culture and community "inside the beltway" affect national identity and public memory as well as national politics and policy. Bringing students up close to the nation's capital itself, students study the ways in which Washington, D.C. was planned, developed, and continues to function as a center for national conversation and governance. Interacting with actual political operatives, advocates, and policy-makers, students in the course explore Washington, D.C. as a "laboratory" of experience, taking in its culture and its lessons before contextualizing these lessons with subsequent readings that provide historical context and counter-examples to the lessons gleaned from the intensive laboratory experience. The first week of this course takes place in Washington, D.C..

Sessions Typically Offered: Summer
Years Typically Offered: Varies