PSc G4420 Topics
in
Electoral
Behavior. 1 to 3 hours. May be repeated with change of
topic;
maximum credit nine hours. Topics include voting behavior of the
American
mass public; cross-cultural research; the methodology of aggregate and
survey analysis; computer applications; political attitudes, political
socialization and attitude change; sociological, psychological, and
cultural
dimensions of electoral behavior; resultant behavior in the form of
vote
direction, registration, turnout, and participation; and theoretical
consideration
and implications for public policy. (graduate credit)
P Sc G4543 The United
Nations.
The history, purposes, and politics of the United Nations organization;
its strengths and weaknesses in regulating the relations of states;
current
problems of the United Nations and the Western European institutions.
(graduate
credit)
P
Sc G4730 Topics in
Political
Theory. 1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. May
be repeated with change of content; maximum credit nine hours. Devoted
to specific problems and issues in political theory. Content will vary
from course to course. Each course will examine a principal problem or
issue in some depth. Descriptions of specific courses may be obtained
from
the department prior to pre-enrollment. (graduate credit)
P
Sc G4763 Existential
Political
Thought. Prerequisite: 1113 or permission of instructor.
An
examination of the relationship between existentialist philosophy and
western
political thought, with particular emphasis upon the influence of
Martin
Heidegger. Specific topics examined are: development of new outlooks
upon
traditional conceptions of politics in the West, personal
responsibility
in a political setting, reexamination of the concept of freedom and
rights,
and existentialism as a basis of political reform. (graduate
credit)
Unless otherwise
noted, the
prerequisite
for courses
in political science numbered 5000–5999 is 12 hours of political
science,
or senior standing and permission of instructor.
P
Sc 5003
Introduction to Public
Administration. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
An introductory graduate seminar surveying the field of public
administration
and its role and position in contemporary government, providing a basis
from which to undertake advanced studies of theoretical and substantive
nature. Attention will be given to key themes in past and present
of mainstream public administration, such as the foundation, personnel,
organization, and policies of government.
P
Sc 5013 History and
Theory
of Urban Planning (Crosslisted with Regional and City
Planning,
Sociology 5013). Open to seniors in social science departments,
civil
engineering and architecture, and to graduate students in regional and
city planning. An introductory course on the history and theory of
contemporary
planning, focusing on the physical, social, institutional and economic
structure and dynamics of human settlements, and on the role and
responsibilities
of the professional planner.
P
Sc 5023 Problems in
American
Government. Content varies with instructor; may be repeated
for credit with change of content. The focus is on the national
government,
including the political process and policies that relate to it.
P Sc 5043 Public Policy
Implementation.
(Slashlisted with P Sc 4043.)
Prerequisite: graduate standing. This course
examines how public laws are implemented. It investigates actors,
institutions and processes influential in decisions and actions
regarding public program delivery. No student may earn credit for
both 4043 and 5043.
P
Sc 5103
Organizations: Design,
Structure and Process. Prerequisite: full graduate
standing
or permission of instructor. Analyzes large, complex organizations,
particularly governmental units and other public sector agencies.
Attention
will be given to the principal theoretical models for their design and
structure. Also seeks to understand system-subsystem relationships in
the
processes of decision making, communication, influence, leadership and
technology.
P
Sc 5113 Federalism
and Intergovernmental
Relations. Covers the origins, development, and operational
aspects of federalism in the U.S. Intergovernmental relations as the
dynamics
of federalism are studied as they impact on decision-making,
administrative
and fiscal patterns. Decentralization and reorganization are analyzed
as
they affect the administration of national programs.
P
Sc 5123 The Making
of American
Foreign Policy. A study of American policy formulation with
its problems and limitations. Current American foreign policies and
alternate
courses of action are examined critically.
P
Sc 5133 Strategic
Planning
and Performance Measurement. Prerequisite: graduate
standing
or permission of instructor. Introduces students to strategic
planning,
performance measurement, and benchmarking in the public sector.
Provides
an overview of strategic management and illustrates the development,
implementation
and reformulation of public policy and operational strategy. Emphasis
on
the changes in an organization's environment.
P
Sc 5143 Program
Evaluation. Methodology
of planning and evaluation of government programs. Emphasizes research
design, especially experimental and quasi-experimental design, and
alternative
methods for handling threats to validity of research results. Includes
measurement problems, control of variables, and the politics of program
planning and evaluation.
P
Sc 5153 Public
Sector Labor
Relations. Covers the techniques of contract
negotiations
in the public sector, the elements of contract administration, impasse
resolution procedures and the variety and complexity of laws under
which
public sector labor relations occur.
P
Sc 5163 Legislative
Process
and Behavior. Prerequisite: graduate standing or
permission
of instructor. Examination of character of legislative process in
United
States Congress, American state legislatures and foreign legislative
bodies;
in-depth exploration of empirical hypotheses and related data
concerning
legislative process and behavior; major focus on legislature
(especially
Congress) as an institution and on such topics as: committees, norms,
socialization,
leadership, staff, voting cues.
P
Sc 5170 Problems in
Public
Administration. 2 to 3 hours. May be repeated; maximum
credit
six hours. Research and investigation on selected problems of public
administration.
Some alternative subjects: administrative theory and organizational
theory,
bureaucracy, organization and management, government corporations,
administrative
policy making, responsibility and accountability.
P
Sc 5173 Bureaucracy
and Politics.Prerequisite:
graduate standing. Examines the concept of the political role of
the
bureaucracy and the impact of other government institutions on
bureaucratic
structure, functions, and behavior. The role of the bureaucracy in
public
policy making and the influence of politics on policy implementation is
analyzed.
P
Sc 5183 Public
Budgeting and
Finance. Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission
of
instructor. Examines the techniques and politics of raising and
spending
public funds. Discusses topics such as deficity politics, legislative
and
executive powers, and the budgetary role of the courst. Assesses the
impacts
of taxing and spending policies. Explores issues relevant to national,
state, and local governments.
P
Sc 5193 Comparative
Administration.
Will compare analytically the political, legal, economic and cultural
influences.
Similarities and contrasts in the bureaucratic functions and structures
will be examined and attention given to organization around the chief
executive,
both centrally and in departments and ministries.
P
Sc 5203 Urban Land
Use Controls(Crosslisted
with Regional and City Planning, Sociology 5203). Open to seniors
in
social sciences, architecture and civil engineering, and to graduate
students
in regional and city planning. Provides a study of the historical
development
of property systems; of zoning law, ordinance preparation, and
administrative
procedures; of subdivision regulations and other codes used in the
regulation
and control of land use.
P
Sc 5213
Administrative Law.
With appellate court decisions and other analytical materials, the
relationships
between regulatory agencies and the public are developed; the
consideration
of such subjects as the delegation of powers, the elements of fair
administrative
procedures, and the judicial control of administrative determinations
are
examined.
P
Sc 5223 Public
Policy Analysis.
An introduction to public policy analysis and policy making with
emphasis
on the examination of selected policy issues.
P
Sc 5233 Health
Policy. Prerequisite:
graduate standing. This course is designed to provide
students with a clear understanding of the nature and dynamics of
health policy making and administration in the United States.
P
Sc 5243 Managing
Public Programs.
Introduces MPA students to the general principles of management as they
are applied in the public sector. Topics include: systems theory,
systems
design (PERT), organization design, techniques of supervision, public
sector
labor relations, public sector personnel practices, agency interface
with
political actors in the environment.
P
Sc 5253 Human
Resource Administration.
An analysis of the structure and role of manpower in all levels of U.S.
government, focusing on the development of the public service, manpower
planning, unionization of public employees and recent trends in public
personnel relations.
P
Sc 5263 Congress in
the Political
System. Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission of
instructor. Empirically based course considering United States
Congress
and its role in American political system; examination of relationships
between Congress and other institutions and actors. Possible topics
include:
Congress and the Presidency, interest groups, and lobbyists; Congress
and
Supreme Court; Congress and foreign policy; Congress and executive
bureaus.
P
Sc 5273 The
Judiciary. The
U.S. Supreme Court, through its use of the Constitution as a standard,
has become a significant institution in the making of national policy.
Survey and analysis of that policy-making function, and how it has
become
a significant part of the entire American political process. Primary
attention
is paid to the analysis of decisions made by the Court, although this
entails
considerable attention to the institutional processes which result in
such
decisions. The following areas of concern are examined: the judicial
process,
economic policy, equality, criminal justice, presidential power,
personal
rights and the frontiers of judicial policy making. Additional readings
in substantive judicial policy areas will be assigned. A research paper
will be required.
P
Sc 5283 Problems in
Law and
the Constitution. Course content will vary. Intensive
analysis
of specific problems in legal or constitutional theory. Topics could
include
slavery and the constitution, capitalism and constitutional order,
constitutional
crisis and failure, law and morality, and jurisprudence.
P
Sc 5293
Administration, Ethics
and American Government. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
An exploration of the role of ethics in American government, especially
in public administration. Topics to be studied include codes of
professional
ethics for administrators, ethics and constitutionalism, law and
ethics,
and the ethical implications of differing approaches to administrative
work and to democracy.
P
Sc 5303 Research,
Writing,
and Analysis for Public Administrators. Prerequisite:
graduate standing. An on-line, self-paced course introducing
public administration graduate students to the practice of applied
research,
analysis and writing for the public sector. Topics will include
administrative
writing, the use and presentation of data and research, analytic skills
in policy and administration, and ethical issues related to writing and
analysis.
P
Sc 5313 Urban
Management.
Concepts, processes and techniques of managing urban political systems
to include problems of leadership, decision making, conflict
resolution,
group behavior, developmental methods and strategies.
P
Sc 5323 Problems in
Public
Policy. May be repeated with change of content; maximum
credit
six hours. Content varies with professor. Focus on topics related to
public
policy issues at all levels of government, including the design,
implementation,
and evaluation of specific policy initiatives.
P
Sc 5333
Environmental Policy
and Administration. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
United States environmental policy, environmental movements, policy
process,
cost-benefit analysis, risk analysis and management, clean air policy,
hazardous waste policy, other topical policy areas, global
environmental
issues.
P
Sc 5343 Public
Policy and Inequality. Prerequisite:
graduate standing or permission of instructor. Explores alternative
definitions of equality and their implications in terms of public
policy.
Specific topics include the role of issue definition and agenda-setting
in policy formation, the causes and politics of inequality, the
difficulties
in measuring inequality, and institutional dynamics that exacerbate or
ameliorate inequality.
P
Sc 5353 State and
Local Public
Finance and Budgeting Systems (Crosslisted with Regional
and City Planning 5353). Prerequisite: graduate standing or
permission
of instructor. An overview of the process and methods for local capital
improvement programs and capital budget preparation, and an examination
of the relationships between local development policies and fiscal
decision
making, including revenue potential.
P
Sc 5363 Public
Financial Management.Prerequisite:
graduate standing or permission of instructor. Introduces students
to important concepts, procedures, and skills associated with managing
public monies. Major topics include government accounting, debt
management,
forecasting, cash management, and capital budgeting.
P
Sc 5373 Decision
Analysis and
Risk Management. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Individual-level
decision making, decision analysis, values integration, heuristics and
biases in judgment, group decisions, game theory, negotiations,
societal
risk management, risk assessment, perception and communication,
applications
to health safety, and environmental risks.
P
Sc 5383 Survey of
Political
Communication (Crosslisted with Communication 5383).
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Surveys communication in the political
system. Discusses theory and research on interpersonal, public and mass
communication in politics, particularly political campaigns.
P
Sc 5393 Regulatory
Policy. Prerequisite:
graduate standing or permission of instructor. Examines the reasons
for the growth of administration regulation, regulatory agencies and
processes,
the nature of their formal, legal and informal powers, organization and
procedures, and of their relationships with legislature, chief
executives,
courts, and interest groups, including consumer interests.
P
Sc 5400 Problems in
Political
Behavior. 2 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing,
qualified
senior by permission of instructor. May be repeated; maximum credit six
hours. Content varies, representative topics would include
interdisciplinary
contributions to the study of political behavior, political
socialization,
decision making, voting behavior, belief systems, political violence,
personality
and politics and political culture.
P
Sc 5403 Mediating
Institutions:
Parties, Interest Groups and Mass Media. Prerequisite:
graduate standing. Surveys literature on parties, interest
groups
and mass media as institutions linking citizens and governments.
P
Sc 5413 Rational
Choice and
Politics. Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission
of
instructor. Rational choice and politics–the theory, applications,
and critiques. Builds on the assumption that humans are narrowly
self-interested
and proceeds to examine whether this assumption can illuminate and
explain
various political outcomes, both in the abstract and in the particular
context of American political institutions.
P
Sc 5423 Mass
Politics: Public
Opinion, Voting, Realignment. A survey of the literature on
public opinion, voting behavior and realignment (or electoral change).
Additional topics may include political socialization, participation
and
elite-mass interactions.
P
Sc 5453 The
Presidency. Will
survey recent literature on the institution of the American presidency
and examine behavior of recent presidents. A research paper is required.
P
Sc 5513
International Relations
Theory. Overview and appraisal of the state of the field of
international relations. Primary emphasis will be placed on scope and
method
issues and on a review of theoretical attempts to explain general and
specific
aspects of international relations.
P
Sc 5523 Morality
and Foreign
Policy. Review of general debate regarding morality and
foreign
policy. Identification and analysis of moral issues regarding various
foreign
policy areas: use of force, nuclear deterrence and war, nonviolence,
revolution,
rich nation-poor nation issues, global interdependence issues.
P
Sc 5533 The United
Nations
and U.S. Foreign Policy. Prerequisite: graduate standing
or permission of instructor. Examines the role of the United
Nations
in the execution of American foreign policy. An analysis of the
viability
of the United Nations as an international actor in a world infinitely
more
complex than the world system of 1945 provides the framework for the
course.
P
Sc 5543
International Organizations and Regimes. Prerequisite:
graduate standing. Focuses on the organization of international
politics via formal multilateral arrangements (international
organizations) and informal multilateral agreements (international
regimes) from a theoretical perspective.
P
Sc 5550 Problems in
International
Relations. 2 to 3 hours. May be repeated; maximum credit
six
hours. Analysis of current international conflicts and problems with
study
of possible solutions. May include study of the role and current
problems
of the United Nations.
P
Sc 5553
International Security. Prerequisite:
graduate standing. This course examines major theoretical
approaches to the study of international security, including
traditional approaches, the role of weapons, and new dimensions in
international security.
P
Sc 5563
International Political
Economy. Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission of
instructor.
The organization of the international economic system and the
opportunities
and constraints faced by national governments in managing economic
relations
with other countries. Also examines the role of international agencies
in managing economic crises and the globalization of the world economy.
P
Sc 5573 Political
Economy of
Emerging Nations. Prerequisite: graduate standing or
permission
of instructor. Examines political, economic, and social development
in emerging nations. The course investigates first how colonialism
affected
Asia, Latin America, and Africa, and then analyzes development under
the
post-independence government.
P
Sc 5600 Problems in
Comparative
Government. 2 to 3 hours. May be repeated; maximum credit
six
hours. Content varies, but involves systematic comparative treatment of
such central themes as the transitional society, change and revolution,
modernization, political groups, constitutionalism, and
bureaucracy.
P
Sc 5603 Russian
Politics in
Comparative Perspective. Prerequisite:
graduate standing or permission of instructor. Designed to
demonstrate
how comparativists who focus on Russia have engaged seminal works in
the
subfield of comparative politics.
P
Sc 5613 Political
Economy of
Industrial Democracies. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Examines
the interrelationship of political and economic factors in influencing
both political and economic outcomes. A key element will be application
of microeconomic theory to obtain a better understanding of
decision-making
processes. Topics will include theory of collective action, comparative
economic performance, political business cycles and theories of
economic
voting.
P
Sc 5623
International Terrorism. Will
study the phenomenon of international terrorism. After analyzing
different
types of incidents the students will explore patterns of terrorism and
the tactical and strategic responses to the threat along with policy
implications
on all levels.
P
Sc 5633 Comparative
Public
Policy Analysis. Analyzes the content of public policies
cross-nationally,
comparing the United States and several Western European democracies.
Particular
attention is given to social and economic policies, i.e., welfare state
issues.
P
Sc 5643 Politics in
Western
Europe. Analyzes western European politics in a comparative
perspective. Attention will be given to both processes and structures
of
governments in western European countries with particular emphasis on
interest
articulation and policy outcomes.
P
Sc 5653 Low
Intensity Conflict:
Nature, Processes, Policies. Prerequisite: graduate
standing
or permission of instructor. Introduces the student to the nature
and
dynamics of low intensity conflict with an emphasis on the processes of
revolutionary warfare; identifies and analyzes major strategies
associated
with low intensity conflict; evaluates alternative policies associated
with engaging in or responding to low intensity conflict.
P
Sc 5673 Comparative
Political
Economy. Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission
of
instructor. Examines the organization of economic institutions in
different
national settings, asking in particular how political systems help
shape
the economic institutions and outcomes. Specific issues include the
organization
of economic actors and their influence on economic policy, the impact
of
technology, and globalization.
P
Sc 5683 Politics in
Latin America. Prerequisite:
graduate standing or permission of instructor. Covers recent
approaches
to understanding politics in Latin America, with an emphasis on
questions
of transitions to democracy and regime stability, the nature of
democratic
rule, and the role of political institutions, the economy, and the
military.
P
Sc 5693
Intelligence: Process,
Policy, and Management. Prerequisite: graduate standing
or
permission of instructor. Explores issues associated with the role
of intelligence in a democratic society by focusing on the U.S.
intelligence
community. Areas of inquiry include: the role of intelligence in
national
security, the major elements of intelligence, the major organizations
within
the intelligence community, future threats, oversight, and policy
issues.
P
Sc 5713 Classical
Political
Theory. Prerequisite: 3703 or other undergraduate work
introducing
classical political thought. Open to qualified undergraduate
students
with permission of instructor. Devoted to study of the political
thought
developed in classical antiquity, at which time the quest for a
systematic
and rational understanding of political life emerged and permanently
altered
the way we think about politics. Emphasis will be given to the works of
Plato and Aristotle.
P
Sc 5723 Modern
Political Theory. Prerequisite:
3713 or other undergraduate work introducing modern political thought. Open
to qualified undergraduate students with permission of instructor.
Devoted
to major works in modern political theory, from Machiavelli through
Hegel,
Marx and Nietzsche in the nineteenth century. Emphasis will be given to
those thinkers whose ideas contribute to shaping the major forms of
society
and government found in the modern state.
P
Sc 5733
Contemporary Political
Theory. Prerequisite: open to qualified undergraduates
with
permission of instructor. Will study selected issues in
contemporary
political theory. Specific topics will include the modern theory of a
"social
science," problems of modern democratic theory, contemporary Marxism,
the
crisis of the idea of progress, economics and politics, historicism,
contemporary
analysis of natural law and natural right and others.
P
Sc 5773 Political
Theory and
Representation. Prerequisite: permission of instructor
for
undergraduates. Focus is upon theories and problems in
representation.
Readings will include The Federalist Papers, Democracy in America, and
contemporary works in democratic theory.
P
Sc 5910 Government
Internship. 2
to 8 hours. Prerequisite: 15 hours of political science or 24 hours
of social science. May be repeated; maximum credit eight
hours.
P
Sc 5913
Introduction to Analysis
of Political and Administrative Data. Presents an
introduction
to the foundations and use of quantitative methods in political
science/public
administration. Topics covered include: conducting systematic research
in political science/public administration, measurement theory,
bivariate
analysis, hypothesis testing and statistical inference.
P
Sc 5923 Measurement
and Analysis
for Public Administrators. Prerequisite: 5913 or
permission
of instructor. Prepares students and practicing administrators for
conducting applied research in the public administration/public policy
area. Major topics include: research problems in P.A., research design,
measurement techniques, and using analysis for decision making.
P
Sc 5933
Intermediate Analysis
of Political Data. Prerequisite: 5913; 5000-level
prerequisite. Continues
the study of the foundations and use of quantitative methods in
political
science. Topics covered include: probability theory, distribution
theory,
control table analysis, analysis of variance and correlation and
regression
analysis.
P
Sc 5940 Advanced
Research Methods:
Special Topics. 1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: 5913 or
permission
of instructor. May be repeated with change of subject matter;
maximum
credit six hours. Provides introduction into advanced qualitative or
quantitative
analytical methods for students who will pursue a career in research.
Topics
will vary but may include such methodologies as ethnographic, cultural,
discriminant, or factor analysis.
P
Sc 5943 Maximum
Likelihood
Estimation for Generalized Linear Models. Prerequisite:
P Sc 5933. Introduces a number of new and useful statistical
models that are logit and probit models for both binary, multinomial
and
ordinal dependent variables, event count models, duration models, and
models
of heteroskedastic regressions. Maximum likelihood provides a
single,
coherent approach to estimation and a way of thinking about how data
are
generated.
P
Sc 5950 Research
Problems.
2 to 5 hours. May be repeated with change of subject matter; maximum
credit
10 hours. Students must indicate field of research and hours credit at
the time of enrollment. To be subdivided topically as follows: American
national government, public administration, American state and local
government,
public law, popular government, international relations, comparative
government,
political theory, elections and political behavior, behavioral
laboratory.
P
Sc 5960 Directed
Readings.
1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission of
instructor.
May be repeated; maximum credit six hours.
P
Sc 5980 Research
for Master's
Thesis. Variable enrollment, two to nine hours; maximum
credit
applicable toward degree, six hours.
Unless otherwise
noted, the
prerequisite
for courses
numbered 6000–6993 is graduate standing and permission of instructor.
All
seminar courses may be repeated with change of subject matter.
P
Sc 6003 Political
Science:
Survey of a Discipline. Prerequisite: admission to
doctoral
program in political science. Traces the development of the
discipline
of political science as well as the epistemological and theoretical
foundations
of the field. Emphasis is given to the role of research design for
political
analysis. Attention also is devoted to the professional norms and
expectations
of an academic career in political science.
P
Sc 6013
Seminar
in American National Government. Content varies;
research
in selected topics within the field of American National
Government.
P
Sc 6023
Field Seminar
in American Politics. Prerequisite: graduate
standing.
Seminar designed to introduce as much of the field of American politics
as possible. Includes epistemology and paradigms,
institutionalism,
the various political institutions that structure our politics, and the
role of the individual in American politics.
P
Sc 6103
Field Seminar
in Public Administration. Seminar
designed to review the field of Public Administration.
Investigates
epistemology and paradigms of the field and considers the role of
bureaucratic
organizations in the American system of governance.
P
Sc 6123 Seminar in
American
Politics and Bureaucracy. Content varies; examination of
topics
relating to the role of bureaucracy in the American political system
and
the economic, political and cultural impact of other institutions upon
bureaucracy.
P
Sc 6143. Seminar in
Public
Organization Behavior. Covers the literature of organization
theory which led to the organization behavior movement. Deals with the
models or organization behavior in a cultural as well as
organizational/
governmental framework.
P
Sc 6163 Seminar in
Legislative
Studies. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Will be
devoted
to intensive examination of issues in legislative studies.
P
Sc 6173
Seminar—Public Administration.Directed
research in selected areas of public administration. Commentary and
discussion
by instructor over general area or areas selected for research. Paper
prepared
by students and based upon individual research presented to the seminar
for analysis and discussion. Example of topic: Decision making in
governmental
bureaucracy.
P
Sc 6223
Seminar—Public Policy.
Analyses of various approaches to the study of public policy. Research
papers may focus on either specific approaches to the study of public
policy
or the use of a particular approach in analyzing a specific policy
area.
P
Sc 6383 Seminar in
Political
Communication (Crosslisted with Communication 6383). May
be repeated with change of topic; maximum credit nine hours. Considers
current topics in political communication theory and research.
P
Sc 6603 Field
Seminar in Comparative
Politics. Prerequisite: graduate standing. May be
repeated
with change of content; maximum credit nine hours. Includes topics on
contemporary
foreign political systems, with emphasis on systematic comparative
treatment.
P
Sc 6753 Seminar in
Political
Theory. Participants should have a basic knowledge of the
history
of political theory and should have taken at least one core graduate
course
in the field (5713, 5723, 5733) or the equivalent. The intensive study
of a major text or issue in political theory. Topics examined in recent
years include the politics of Aristotle, Rousseau, the political theory
of the Enlightenment, and the Greek theory of the Polis.
P
Sc 6980 Research
for Doctor's
Dissertation. Variable enrollment.
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