GMA 220 - Comparative Maritime Policies

Class Hours: 3, Units: 3
General Education: Area D Social Science - lower division
Prerequisite(s): GMA 105, GMA 215
Provides an overview of the central concepts and approaches of comparative maritime policy and places in a broader world setting by presenting, within an integrated fashion, many of the organizing concepts, findings and theories that structure and define the discipline. In addition to learning the specifics about the conduct of maritime politics in a variety of different countries, students will learn the basic concepts, theories and general patterns that explain maritime political behavior and political outcomes both within and across the broad system types. We will emphasize many current maritime issues, events, and problems in our world today and try to gain some theoretical perspective on them.
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