GOVT 3785

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GOVT 3785
Civil Disobedience

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

This course examines controversies in the theory and history of civil disobedience. Do citizens have obligations to obey unjust laws? Can law breaking ever be civil rather than criminal? Do disruptive protests endanger democracy or strengthen the rule of law? How do acts of protest influence public opinion and policy? How is the distinction between violence and nonviolence politically constructed and contested? We will study classical writings and contemporary scholarship in pursuit of answers to these questions and related debates concerning the rule of law, conscientious objection, the uses of civility and incivility, punishment and responsibility, as well as whistleblowing, direct action, strikes, sabotage, hacktivism, and rioting.

When Offered Spring.

Distribution Category (ETM-AS, KCM-AS, SSC-AS)
Course Subfield (PT)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3785, PHIL 2945

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18054 GOVT 3785   LEC 001

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    • MW Ives Hall 105
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Livingston, A

  • 18056 GOVT 3785   DIS 201

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    • M White Hall B04
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Livingston, A

  • 18057 GOVT 3785   DIS 202

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    • T White Hall B14
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Livingston, A

  • 18058 GOVT 3785   DIS 203

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    • T McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Livingston, A

  • 18059 GOVT 3785   DIS 204

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