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Syllabus

 ADDITIONAL COURSE RESOURCES

• Glazer, Nathan: "In Defense of Preference"

 

• Federalism: Strengthening States Rights @ Washington Post

 

• Civil Liberties: Individual Rights vs. Societal Rights @ Washington Post

 

• Political Participation: Who Pays Attention to Politics? @ Gallup

 

• Political Interest Groups: Example of a Voter Scorecard @ LCV
• Political Interest Groups: ANWR & the Use of 'Facts' @ Washington Post
• Political Interest Groups: Use of the Courts @ Washington Post
• Political Interest Groups: Swindlers and Fixers @ Slate

 

• Political Parties: Soft Money & '527' Groups @ Washington Post
• Political Parties: Soft Money post-2002 Election @ Washington Post

 

• News Media: Politicians & TV @ CNN
• News Media: The Business of News @ Washington Post

 

• Congressional Elections: Campaign Finance Reform @ Stuart Taylor
• Congressional Elections: Redistricting & Gerrymandering @ Washington Post
• Congressional Elections: Gerrymandering Graphic @ Washington Post
• Congressional Elections: Credit Claiming/Pork Barrel @ Washington Post
• Congress: Committee Assignment Process @ Newt Gingrich
• Congress: Conference Committees & McCain-Feingold @CNN

 

• Presidency: The Appointments Process @ Washington Post
• Presidency: Bush's 1st 100 Days @ Washington Post
• Presidency: Bush and the Courts @ Washington Post
• Presidency: Partisanship and the Courts @ E.J. Dionne
• Presidency: Bush and Bureaucracy @ Washington Post
• Presidency: Going Public @ Samuel Kernell

 

• Bureaucracy: Change Leaders/Change Policy @ Washington Post
• Bureaucracy: Change Leaders/Change Policy - 2 @ Washington Post

 

• Courts: The Blue Slip Procedure @ Washington Post
• Courts: The Blue Slip Procedure-2 @ Washington Post