Part 1: Introduction and Preliminaries |
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What is the Role of Government? |
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Part 2: Institutions and American Politics |
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Understanding Institutions: The Median Voter Theorem |
Assignment #1 due |
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Agenda Setting: The Committee Model |
Assignment #2 due |
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Making Legislation: Veto Players |
Assignment #3 due |
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Making Legislation: Ideas and Policy Entrepreneurs |
Assignment #4 due |
6 |
The Preferences of Policymakers: Elections and Responsiveness |
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Part 3: Public Opinion, Elections, and Democracy |
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Campaigns and Elections |
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8 |
The Measure and Meaning of Public Opinion |
Assignment #5 due |
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The Structure of Public Opinion |
Assignment #6 due |
10 |
Understanding Public Opinion and American Politics: War and Race |
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Part 4: Personal Interests and Political Equality |
11 |
Mobilization of Interests |
Assignment #7 due |
12 |
Participation and the Political System |
Assignment #8 due |
Part 5: American Politics: Bringing it all Together |
13 |
The Welfare Implications of Government |
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14 |
Conclusions |
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