American Politics Field Seminar (410-0-20)
Instructors
Brian Daniel Libgober
Meeting Info
Scott Hall 201 Ripton Room: Tues 2:00PM - 4:50PM
Overview of class
This course provides an introduction to the evolution and current state of the academic literature on American Politics. The course emphasizes breadth over depth (although time constraints prevent us from examining all areas of American politics). The first part of the course focuses on political behavior, while the second part emphasizes political institutions.
Registration Requirements
The class will be synchronous. In-person meetings will be contingent on availability of students enrolled.
Class Materials (Required)
William, R. Shadish, Thomas D. Cook, and Donald T. Campbell. Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inferences (2002). ISBN: 0395615569
Larry M. Bartels, Unequal Democracy (2008) Princeton Press, ISBN: 0-691-14623-2
Dara Z. Strolovitch, Affirmative Advocacy (2007), U. of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-77741-3
David R. Mayhew, Congress: The Electoral Connection (1974). ISBN: 0-300-01809-6
Daniel Galvin, Presidential Party Building (2010) ISBN: 0-691-13693-6
Madison, James, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay. 1987. The Federalist Papers. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN: 0-14-044495-5
Schattschneider, E.E. 1960. The Semisovereign People. Hinsdale, IL: The Dryden Press. ISBN: 0-03-013366-1
De Tocqueville Alexis. 1969. (Translated by George Lawrence, edited by J.P. Mayer). Democracy in America. ISBN: 0-06-091522-6
Rosenstone, Steven J., and John Mark Hansen. 1993. Mobilization, Participation, and Democracy in America. New York: MacMillan Publishing Company. ISBN: 0-02-403660-9
Campbell, Angus, Philip E. Converse, Warren E. Miller, and Donald E. Stokes. 1960. The American Voter. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-09254-2
Iyengar, Shanto, and Donald Kinder. 1987. News That Matters. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-22638857-3
Downs, Anthony. 1957. An Economic Theory of Democracy. New York: Harper Collins. ISBN: 0-06-041750-1
Aldrich, John. 1995. Why Parties? The Origin and Transformation of Party Politics in America. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-01272-7
Olson, Mancur. 1965. The Logic of Collective Action. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN: 0-674-53751-3
Kernell, Samuel. 2006. Going Public: New Strategies of Presidential Leadership, 4th ed. Washington DC: CQ Press. ISBN: 1-56802-218-2
McCloskey, Robert G. 1994. The American Supreme Court. 2nd Edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-55678-6
Green, Donald, Bradley Palmquist, and Eric Schickler. 2002. Partisan Harts & Minds. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN: 0-300-09215-6.
Richard F. Fenno, Jr. Home Style: House Members in Their Districts (1978), 2002 edition from the Longman classics series ISBN: 978-0321121837.
Bernard R. Berelson, Paul F. Lazarsfeld, and William N. McPhee, Voting (1954), University Of Chicago Press (June 15, 1986). ISBN: 978-0226043500"
Enrollment Requirements
Enrollment Requirements: Reserved for Graduate Students.