INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
Government 30
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Professor Carpenter's Contact Information |
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CGIS N417 |
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Office Hours & All Student Meetings |
Where: CGIS Cafe, 1737 Cambridge St. Office Hours: Thursday 1 PM - 4PM (otherwise by appointment) |
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| Syllabus |  [html] |
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| Note: This syllabus is similar to the one that I used in the Spring/Winter of 1998 for an Introduction to American Politics Course at Princeton University, and from 2000 to 2002 at the University of Michigan . By early February 2006, I will update the syllabus so that it conforms with Harvard's schedule. | ||
| Assignments and Papers | First Paper Assignment (due Monday, February 27th, 9AM via e-mail |
| Second Paper Assignment (due Monday, March 20th, 9AM via e-mail) | |
| Third Paper Assignment (due Monday, April 24th, 9AM, via e-mail) | |
| Fourth Paper Assignment (due Friday, May 12, 5PM, via e-mail) | |
| Midterm Information Sheet | |
| Final Examination |
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Readings for the Course All books are available at The Coop . There is no coursepack. |
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| Al, Jim and John | The Federalist Papers (ed. Clinton Rossiter) |
| Alexis deTocqueville | Democracy in America (Penguin edition) |
| Kingdon, John |
Agendas, Alternatives and Public Policies |
| Samuel Kernell and Steven Smith, editors | Principles and Practice of American Politics: Classic and Contemporary Readings |
| Shafritz and Weinberg | Classics in American Politics |
| Riker, William | The Art of Political Manipulation |
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Lectures All lectures will be given in Lowell Lecture Hall, and visual presentations will be based in PDF or Powerpoint. Before class I will usually make the class slides available to students on the Internet (in PDF or in HTML format). Viewing these slides is a poor substitute for (and an excellent complement to) attending lectures. |
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Lecture 1 -- [2/1/2006] Course Introduction |
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Lecture 2 -- [2/6/2006] The Meaning and Development of Constitutional, Republican Government |
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Lecture 3 -- [2/8/2006] Criticisms of the American Constitution, Anti-Federalist and Contemporary |
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Lecture 4 -- [2/13/2006] Logic of Politics #1, Collective Action Dilemmas |
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Lecture 5 -- [2/15/2006] Logic of Politics #2, Social Capital and Cooperation |
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Lecture 6 -- [2/22/2006] Federalism #1 |
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Lecture 7 -- [2/27/2006] Federalism #2 |
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Lecture 8 -- [3/1/2006] Political Culture and Political Behavior |
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Lecture 9 -- [3/6/2006] Political Behavior and Public Opinion |
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Lecture 10 -- [3/8/2006] Parties #1 |
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Lecture 11 -- [3/13/2006] Parties #2 |
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Lecture 12 -- [3/15/2006] Elections and Campaigns #1 |
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Lecture 13 -- [3/20/2006] Elections and Campaigns #2 |
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Lecture 14 -- [4/3/2006] Congress #1 -- Foundations and Elections |
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Lecture 15 -- [4/5/2006] Congress #2 -- Institutions and Structure |
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Lecture 16 -- [4/10/2006] Presidency #1 |
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Lecture 17 -- [4/12/2006] Presidency #2 |
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Lecture 18 -- [4/17/2006] Bureaucracy #1 |
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Lecture 19 -- [4/19/2006] Bureaucracy #2 |
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Lecture 20 -- [4/24/2006] Interest Groups |
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Lecture 21 -- [4/26/2006] The Media |
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Lecture 22 -- [5/1/2006] Judiciary #1 |
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Lecture 23 -- [5/3/2006] Judiciary #2 |
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Lecture 26 |
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