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This course uses science fiction to understand politics

  • Written by Nicole Pankiewicz, Assistant Professor of Political Science, College of Coastal Georgia
imageScience fiction offers a glimpse of what governments of the world are – and can become.agsandrew via Getty Imagesimage

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

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“Politics and Science Fiction”

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