Removal Exams.

Removal Exams for 193 and 182

 

Coverage will be the same as the finals. The exam type will be an abridge version, to focus on simple essays and definition of terms.

Secure your removal permits.

Exam schedule

March 30, 2012 Friday 2 pm, division faculty room.

 

Pol. Sci. 182

Due to time limitation, we can no longer do a case examination for the final exam. The coverage is still the same. It will be a simple essay exam.

Make up and substitution classes (Pol. Sci. 182 and 193)

As a substitute for meetings class meetings in dates declared as holiday and to make-up for delays in our topic discussions, take note of the following;

Make-up classes for Pol. Sci. 193

Feb. 20, 23, and 27

4:00-5:30 pm, Room 107

Extension classes for Pol. Sci. 182

Feb. 21 and 28

4:00-5:30 pm, CAS AVR.

Do not hesitate to email or ask question in person in case there is any scheduling problem.

Updates on Pol. Sci. 182 Article Discussions

The original schedule for the article discussion assignment was intended for a class of five. Due to a change in our class size, the article assignment will also be revised for those who have not presented yet. In the original assignment, an article discussion was scheduled after part V. Foreign Policy and the Bureaucracy, this will be cancelled.

The content of the cancelled article have similarities with the just discussed article, particularly about the effects to democratization to foreign policy decision making, both actors and structures.

The next article discussion will start after the last topic, issue areas in Philippine foreign policy.

Article IV. Esmeralda

Realism, Institutionalism, and Philippine Security

 

Article V. Sorongon

Politics of the Economic Crisis in Southeast Asia

Abstract submission on Chinese diaspora study.

See details below.

 

Reminder: Deadline for abstract submission February 1, 2012

Call for Papers: Special Issue of Kritika Kultura

Regional Studies of
the Chinese Diaspora in the Philippines

Past writings on the Chinese in the Philippines, influenced by
nation-based perspectives, often examine the
history of the Chinese diaspora in the Philippines within the territorial
boundaries of the Philippine nation-state. Such works also tend to adopt
earlier sociological paradigms in the study of identities, casting the ethnic
identities of these diasporic subjects in binarist terms and pandering
(sometimes unwittingly) to the metannaratives of national histories. Recent
works on the Chinese diaspora in the Philippines have begun to utilize a more
transnational approach that, apart from focusing on the interconnections
between China and the Philippines, demonstrate how ethnic categorizations are
contested and negotiated. However, the emphasis on the bilateral relationship
between the two countries also is unidirectional, mainly dealing with the
cultural and economic influence from China to the Philippines. The utilization
of an expanded form of transnationalism, in both the geographical and
theoretical sense, can lead to studies that not only portray the rich,
multivalent, and variegated life experiences of these historical actors but
also enrich our knowledge of their history and that of the Philippines writ
large.

Kritika Kultura, through its guest editors Richard T. Chu and Caroline
Hau, invites
submissions that focus on the Chinese diaspora in the Philippines, in
particular on its “regional” forms of transnationalisms, loosely defined as
pertaining to those travels—whether educational, personal, political, economic,
or even romantic itineraries—between the Philippines and what is now called
“East Asia” (Northeast and Southeast Asia).  These studies can take
the form of family or oral histories,
or any other types of historical study spanning the period from, but not
limited to, the late nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries. Works that
demonstrate the mutuality of cultural interactions in flows between the
Philippines and China—i.e., how flows from the Philippines and elsewhere to
China might have had an impact on the everyday lives of the Southern
Chinese—are also welcome, as well as family histories involving Chinese
mestizos and Filipinos who had traveled to and lived in China, and how their
experiences shaped their sensibilities and self-identifications.

Kritika Kultura
will publish eight to
ten papers chosen for its August 2013 issue. All submissions will be subject to
peer review. An abstract of 250-400 words should be given by February
1, 2012. Essays,
5000-7000 words long and submitted as a Word document, are due on August 1,
2012 to Richard T. Chu (rtchu@history.umass.edu ) and Caroline Hau
(hau@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp), guest editors of this Forum Kritika. Regarding style
and format, all essays should follow the guidelines of the most recent MLA
handbook.

Kritika Kultura

is a refereed
electronic journal of the Ateneo de Manila University and is available at

http://kritikakultura.ateneo.net

It is indexed by the MLA and other major databases.

Please forward this to any lists that may be appropriate. Thank you.

Richard T. Chu
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Email: rtchu@history.umass.edu

Caroline Hau
Kyoto University
Email: hau@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Richard T. Chu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
History Department
Herter Hall, Room 627
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003-9312
Tel. No. (413) 545-6762
Fax. No. (413) 545-6137

Class Readings for Pol. Sci. 182

Please check the link below for previous post of the two assigned readings, one by San-Pablo Baviera and another by de Castro

 

http://brianventura.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/pol-sci-182-articles-for-class-discussion/

Soc. Sci. 1 Assignment

As an alternative activity for the two meetings that will be missed this week you will write an essay.

In your essay you will choose a field in the social sciences (history, political sceince etc.) and a social problem (you have a freedom to choose what problem to focus on, online privacy, poverty, prostitution, corruption.. etc. ). Write about how a field of social science that you have chosen can help understand, and maybe resolve the social problem you have identified.

You essay is to follow the basic writing composition structure, title, introduction, body, conclusion.

 

Note the following pointers in your essay

- a clear definition and subject of study of the social science field of your choice

- a clear discussion of what the problem you are focusing on is all about

-a clear idea of how the two above relate to each other, how the tools of social science can help in understanding/solving the problem.

The reading assignment listed in the previous post  (click for link) will serve as your guide for the field of social sciences.

Note the following formatting specifics

-Write your essay in a one to two pages of yellow paper.

-Use only the front page of the paper.

-Both sides should have one inch margin

-Identify yourself using your student number only.

You will submit your paper on November 28 Monday, on or before 5 pm, on top of my desk at the Division of Social Sciences Faculty Office

PLEASE DISSEMINATE THIS TO YOUR OTHER CLASSMATES, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO DO DO NOT HAVE REGULAR ONLINE ACCESS.

 

 

Pol. Sci. 193 Articles for Introductory Discussion

Guide questions/pointers and Articles for Discussion.

 

1.  What does it mean when we say there is no such thing as canon texts in studying political philosophy? How does this affect the way we read the texts and how are going to decide what texts to study?

 

2. According to the discussion participants, to what extent is Marxism today elitist, to what extent is it popular?

 

3. Locate feminism in the study of political philosophy.

 

4. What does it mean when we say “we have no alternative but to have theories”? How did post-modernism challenge this, how did this challenge affect the way political philosophy is studied.

 

5. To what extent can empirical social science enrich the study of political philosophy? What are the limits of this relationship?

 

Political Science and Political Philosophy

Political Philosophy View from Cambridge

Soc. Sci. 199.2

I am not going to the office today. You can pick up your papers on Monday afternoon. Roughly, your first chapter is to include your proposal except for the research design part.

Pol. Sci. 180 Reminders for final exam.

Exam Coverage

models of foreign policy decision making- poliheuristic model, rational actor model, bureaucratic model, and role of individuals.

Security dilemma

Realist, liberal and radical perspective vis-a-vis international security and international political economy.

International institutions.

Note to improve performance.

Review your first long exam results, read the comments carefully and make sure you avoid the same mistakes. In particyl

Additional instructions

You need to bring three to five pages of yellow paper. Mark or fold an inch of margin for both sides of each paper. Staple the papers securely and do not write anything.

Please disseminate this post to your classmates.