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Focus on correlation, regression, and control for effects of variables. One-way and two-way factorial analysis of variance. A priori and a posteriori comparisons. Introduction to repeated measures design and on-parametric statistics. Discusses use of statistics in newspapers and popular magazines. Prerequisite: Political Science 10B or equivalent. Students who receive credit for Political Science 10C may not receive credit for Anthropology 10C, Psychology 10C, Social Ecology 13, Social Science 9C, Social Science 10C, or Sociology 10C. ( V)
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4.00 Credits
Presents a comprehensive survey of the American presidency and considers the question of political power.
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4.00 Credits
Examines changes in the presidential nomination process over the last four decades as well as the role of the media in this process. Students do a research paper comparing the media's coverage of two nomination races in different historical eras.
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4.00 Credits
Examines how voters evaluate political parties, candidates, and issues in electoral campaigns to reach their decisions. Numerous controversies concerning the degree of issue voting, sophistication of candidate evaluations, and the decline of political parties are discussed.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to the developmental processes, determinants, and substance of U.S. national public policy. The stages of issue generation, agenda-building, policy resolution, and implementation are examined within the context of specific policy areas.
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4.00 Credits
Examines different approaches to the analysis of public policy with differing notions of what constitutes good policy, the role of government, and how citizens participate in policy-making. Suggests a policy-design perspective which builds upon other frameworks but concentrates on goals, implementation structures, tools, and rationales. Prerequisites: Environmental Analysis and Design E8 or Planning, Policy, and Design 4, and Planning, Policy, and Design 166. Same as Planning, Policy, and Design 169.
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4.00 Credits
Reviews the actions and character of presidents from Harry Truman through Bill Clinton. Each week a different president is examined from a variety of perspectives. Students are expected to write a substantial original research paper. Prerequisite: Political Science 21A.
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4.00 Credits
An analysis of the politics of urban and suburban cities. Main themes include alternative explanations of how political power is exercised and how policy decisions are made for urban governments; the structure of local political systems, including the problems of metropolitanism and federalism; the major policy problems facing the urban area, particularly from the perspective of the "underclass."
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4.00 Credits
Explores California state politics in comparison to other states in such dimensions as: nature of electoral competition, state constitutions, lobbying patterns, gubernatorial leadership, scope and innovativeness of major policies, relationship of politics and policies to differing electoral orientations and economic conditions.
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4.00 Credits
Provides an overview of how polls are conducted, and how they can be manipulated by question wording, sampling techniques, interviewing procedures, and context. Public attitudes toward Congress are examined, and students analyze survey data on their own as a research project.
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