PSCI 342
Intolerance and Justice Fall 2016
Division II
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The array of stories from the University of Missouri, Princeton, Yale, Amherst, and Williams reflect profound confusion about the place of tolerance in, but not restricted to, higher education. We will examine two variants, social tolerance and political tolerance. And, though two share the same noun, tolerance, they are fact quite distinct as to what each means, what each requires, and their relationship, one to the other. There is a considerable research literature on both and that empirical literature that can inform what we make up recent events and what should guide our actions and the actions of those directing higher educational institutions. This course will examine the factors that lead to greater intolerance of each type as well as those that mitigate against. Happily the empirical record covers not only the United State but also other established democracies and from very new democracies as well. And, all this research points to the same insight. Political tolerance is not only conceptually different from social tolerance they are empirically unrelated (that is, making people more socially tolerant is of little effect in enhancing political tolerance). Thus, the challenge is how to deal with social tolerance, which requires a focus on civility, and deal with political tolerance, which requires a focus on citizenship. As the norms of each, civility and citizenship are not comfortably aligned when and where one should take precedence over the other is one of the central questions of this course.
The Class: Format: seminar
Limit: 20
Expected: 16
Class#: 1715
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: midterm examination and medium length research paper
Enrollment Preferences: Political Science majors
Unit Notes: American Politics, Political Theory and Comparative Politics
Distributions: Division II
Attributes: PSCI American Politics Courses
PSCI Comparative Politics Courses
PSCI Political Theory Courses

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