| Part 1: Introduction and Preliminaries |
| 1 |
What is the Role of Government? |
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| Part 2: Institutions and American Politics |
| 2 |
Understanding Institutions: The Median Voter Theorem |
Assignment #1 due |
| 3 |
Agenda Setting: The Committee Model |
Assignment #2 due |
| 4 |
Making Legislation: Veto Players |
Assignment #3 due |
| 5 |
Making Legislation: Ideas and Policy Entrepreneurs |
Assignment #4 due |
| 6 |
The Preferences of Policymakers: Elections and Responsiveness |
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| Part 3: Public Opinion, Elections, and Democracy |
| 7 |
Campaigns and Elections |
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| 8 |
The Measure and Meaning of Public Opinion |
Assignment #5 due |
| 9 |
The Structure of Public Opinion |
Assignment #6 due |
| 10 |
Understanding Public Opinion and American Politics: War and Race |
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| Part 4: Personal Interests and Political Equality |
| 11 |
Mobilization of Interests |
Assignment #7 due |
| 12 |
Participation and the Political System |
Assignment #8 due |
| Part 5: American Politics: Bringing it all Together |
| 13 |
The Welfare Implications of Government |
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| 14 |
Conclusions |
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