POLITICAL THEORY WRITING
During the winter of my sophomore year I took a course focused on political theory in the U.S. after World War II. The course used the television series "Mad Men" to highlight the culture, mindset, and politics of the era and to add to classroom debates. There were three units of the course. The first unit, Consumption, centered around how material goods and newfound affluence related to policy during this time. The first paper below was written while I was studying this unit, and discusses John Kenneth Galbraith's thesis for The Affluent Society, "Among the many models of the good society, no one has urged the squirrel wheel," and how I would amend this thesis. The second paper was written during the next course unit, Inclusion, the 50's and 60's themes of rights, equality, and dignity. This paper asked me to discuss how formerly disenfranchised political actors developed a voice in this era and what successes and failures different groups had when entering the political arena during this time period. I've chosen to include these papers because this course and the writing it included was unlike any other I have taken during my time at The University of Michigan and I really enjoyed analyzing the politics of the post-war time period.
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Political Theory Writing: U.S. Marine Corps, 2007.
Political Theory Writing: U.S. Marine Corps, 2007.