POL 355 The Sixties and Its Contemporary Legacies

3 Credit(s) DIII V W PGR

This course will discuss the politics of “The Sixties”. Using the concept of the “long sixties” covering the fifties through the seventies, this course provides a fuller understanding of the origins of and consequences of this period. As such it will analyze both key political issues and different political trends within “The Sixties” in order to challenge students to think about the contemporary influences and legacies of the political, economic, social and cultural movements and events of the sixties. Three lecture hours per week.