Calendar

WEEK TOPICS
1 Introduction
2 Micro Public Opinion: Ideology and Opinion Formation
3 Micro Public Opinion: Cognition, Information, and Knowledge
4 Micro Public Opinion: Groups, Self-Interest, and Symbolic Politics
5 Macro Public Opinion and Representation
6 Party Identification
7 Social Influence and Context
8 Political Communication and Media
9 Political Participation and Voter Turnout
10 Voting Behavior I: Political Campaigns

Preliminary memo on final paper topic due

11 Voting Behavior II: Vote Choice and Political Accountability
12 Other Political Participation
13 Political Inequality and Participation/Policy Feedback Effects

Final paper due

Course Info

Instructor
Departments
As Taught In
Fall 2016
Level
Learning Resource Types
Written Assignments