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Mar 13, 2025
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POLI190B PO - Senior Seminar in Comparative Politics and International RelationsWhen Offered: Each semester
Instructor(s): H. Williams
Credit: 1
Explores the question of what can be legally owned, confiscated, or discarded in the 21st century and how this shapes state forms and transnational capitalism. Readings will review classical theories of private property and modern prohibitions on ownership of people. Further reading will explore contemporary forms of property, including intellectual property, patents, surveillance data, digital currency, debentures, derivatives, offshore wealth, toxic waste, subseafloor minerals, life forms and genetic code, and tradeable pollution rights. Letter grade only. Prerequisites: POLI 005 PO, or POLI 008 PO, or equivalent.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
PO DDP Courses;PO Speaking Intensive
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