I. Introduction
Lecture 1: Course Introduction
Lecture 2: Sources of American Discontent
II. Fundamentals: Democracy, Elections, and Representation
Lecture 3: Representation and Responsiveness
Lecture 4: Collective Action and Interest Groups
Lecture 5: Electoral Geography and Voting Rights
III. American Political Institutions
Lecture 6: Introduction to Institutional Analysis
Lecture 7: The Constitution
Lecture 8: Congress I: The Electoral Connection
- ASSIGNMENT DUE: First draft of Paper 1
Lecture 9: Congress II: Pivotal Politics
Lecture 10: The Presidency
Lecture 11: The Bureaucracy
Lecture 12: The Judiciary
Lecture 13: Parties
Lecture 14: Federalism and State Politics
IV. Political Behavior
Lecture 15: The Rational Voter?
Lecture 16: Microfoundations of Public Opinion
- ASSIGNMENT DUE: Final draft of Paper 1
Lecture 17: Partisanship
Lecture 18: Retrospective Voting and Campaigns
V. Where We Are
Lecture 19: Polarization
- ASSIGNMENT DUE: First draft of Paper 2 for peer review
Lecture 20: Money in Politics
Lecture 21: Gender Politics
Lecture 22: The Carceral State
Lecture 23: The Racial Divide
- ASSIGNMENT DUE: Final draft of Paper 2 (along with peer review comments)
Lecture 24: White Identity, Rural Politics, and the Rise of Trump
Lecture 25: Immigration
Final session: Exam
