GOVT-356 The Political Theory of Personal Privacy

Analysis of competing understandings of the proper divisions and overlaps between the self and society in the Western thinking. Focuses primarily on contemporary political and legal disputes over issues such as government surveillance, data-mining, and commercial exploitation of non-secret information. Examination of the evolution of American constitutional law concerning personal privacy (e.g., search and seizure, reproductive rights).

Maximum Enrollment

Writing-Intensive (18)

(Writing Intensive.)

Credits

1

Prerequisite

GOVT-201, GOVT-229, GOVT-241, GOVT-249, GOVT-270, or the consent of the instructor

Offered

Spring

Notes

(Political Theory)