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Gottschalk. Assesses the contemporary role of business in public policy, concentrating on health-care reform, environmental policy, electoral politics, economic policy, and the media. Focuses primarily on the United States in the postwar period, but surveys earlier eras and makes explicit comparisons with other advanced industrialized countries.
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Jamieson. This course is an introduction to the field of political communication, conceptual approaches to analyzing communication in various forms, including advertising, speech making, campaign debates, and candidates' and officeholders' uses of news. The focus of this course is on the interplay in the U.S. between television and politics. The course includes a history of televised campaign practices from the 1952 presidential contest through the election of 2000.
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3.00 Credits
Maddox. An introduction into the basic elements of our foreign policy with special emphasis on (1) problems of decision making; (2) our vital interest and national security; (3) our special interests in friends and allies; (4) our general interest in international order; and (5) the sources of political instability in the newly independent states of Asia and Africa.
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Smith. By examining Supreme Court decisions in light of works on American history, politics, and political theory, we will explore legal, political, and philosophical debates on civil liberties today. Readings will consider litigation of the 1st, 2d, 4th, 5th, 8th, and 14th Amendments. Issues will include struggles over freedom of religion, speech, privacy, and property rights, analyzed in the context of American cultural traditions and hierarchies; and conflicts over the rights of suspects, criminals and citizens, analyzed in the context of racial and class tensions and criminal violence.
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Nagel. Two central issues shape the performance and reputation of the unelected "fourth branch of government." Accountability: Through what devices can elected officials ensure that bureaucrats serve the people, rather than give priority to their own agendas and interests Efficiency: How can public agencies, often huge and usually not subject to market tests, be made effective instruments, rather than wasteful consumers of the people's resources Relevant examples are drawn from U.S. federal, state and local bureaucracies and from the experience of other democracies.
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3.00 Credits
Maddox. Comparison of politics among the fifty states, examination of changing federal-state relations and theories of federalism.
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3.00 Credits
Gottschalk. A survey of the institutional development of the American presidency from the Constitutional convention through the current administration. Examines the politics of presidential leadership, how the executive branch functions, and the tensions between the presidency, leadership, and democracy.
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Maddox. This course is designed to introduce students to the study of Congress and of legislative behavior generally. In particular, the course will examine how the electoral, career, and policy goals of members of Congress shape legislator behavior (voting, constituency service, policy leadership), the structure of the institution (committees, subcommittees, party leadership power), and policy outcomes. We will also consider the institutional context of Congress and the impact of the presidency, interest groups, parties, and voters on policy. In addition, the course will consider congressional behavior within the broader context of representation. What are our expectations of our representatives in Congress Are these expectations reasonable Is the responsiveness of individual legislators to their constituents compatible with collective responsibility
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Staff. Patterns of inter-American conflict and cooperation: United States-Latin American relations, regional and subregional organizations. Problems of development, dependency, and security.
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