Click on the subject of each lecture for the notes for that day
| Week Of |
Topics for the Week, Notes, Readings, Key
Events |
| 8/20 Notes |
Introduction - Review of Modern History No reading this week |
| 8/27 Notes |
What is an AIS - and why does this matter? Rose - Introduction through Chapter 5 |
| 9/3 Notes |
A cornucopia of democracy Lijphart - Chapters 1 - 7 Rose - Chapters 6 - 10 |
| 9/10 Notes |
Political Survival and Political Support Lijphart - Chapters 8 - 11 |
| 9/17 Notes |
Policy Flexibility and Institutional Design Lijphart - Chapters 12 - 17 |
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EXAM 1 COVERS THE MATERIAL TO THIS POINT IN THE COURSE |
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| 9/24 Exam 1 due Notes |
Bureaucracy - Why we need it and why we hate it Wilson - Chapters 1 - 6 |
| 10/1 Notes |
Inter-Branch relations and "capture" Wilson - Chapters 7 - 12 Castles - Chapter 1 Adolino - Chapters 1 - 4 On Wednesday, October 3rd we will be dividing into Friday Forum groups. Do not miss this day of class. |
| 10/8 Notes |
"Embedded Liberalism" and the grand compromise of the modern
welfare state Castles - Chapter 2,3 Wilson - Chapters 13 - 20 |
| 10/15 Notes |
Keynesians vs. Austrians - the battle for the role of the state in the
marketplace Castles - Chapters 4 - 8 Adolino - 6 - 7 |
| 10/22 Notes |
AIS at the crossroads of demography - Public policy when the world changes No assigned reading |
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EXAM 2 COVERS THE MATERIAL TO THIS POINT IN THE COURSE |
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| 10/29 Notes |
Environmental Policy Adolino - Chapter 11 |
| 11/5 Exam 2 due Notes |
Immigration Policy Adolino - Chapter 5 |
| 11/12 Notes |
Health, Education, and Welfare Adolino - Chapters 8 - 10 |
| 11/19 Notes |
Security Policy No assigned readings |
| 11/26 Notes |
Globalization of policy questions No assigned readings |
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EXAM 3 (final) COVERS THE MATERIAL TO THIS POINT IN THE COURSE |
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| 12/3 Notes |
Conclusion and student evaluations
Final Exams due Friday December 7th at 4pm in the political science office |