Course Map – POL340 (Winter 2007/8)

Click on the subject of each lecture for the notes for that day

Class Day	Topics for the Week, Notes, Readings, Key Events Reading assignments denote readings that should be completed by Friday of the listed week
12/17	Introduction - Review of Modern History Rose - Introduction through Chapter 3
12/18 Notes	What is an AIS - and why does this matter? Rose - Chapters 4,5
12/19 Notes	A cornucopia of democracy Rose - Chapters 6,7
12/20 Notes	Political Survival and Political Support Rose - Chapters 8-10 Castles - Chapter 1,2
12/21 Notes	Policy Flexibility and Institutional Design Castles - Chapters 3,4
EXAM 1 COVERS THE MATERIAL TO THIS POINT IN THE COURSE
12/26 Notes	Bureaucracy - Why we need it and why we hate it Castles - Chapter 5,6
12/27 Notes	Inter-Branch relations and "capture" Castles - Chapters 7,8
12/28 Notes	"Embedded Liberalism" and the grand compromise of the modern welfare state Exam 1 Due
12/31 Notes	Keynesians vs. Austrians - the battle for the role of the state in the marketplace
EXAM 2 COVERS THE MATERIAL TO THIS POINT IN THE COURSE
1/2 Notes	AIS at the crossroads of demography - Public policy when the world changes
1/3 Notes	Environmental Policy Exam 2 Due
1/4 Notes	Immigration Policy
1/7 Notes	National Security Policy
EXAM 3 COVERS THE MATERIAL TO THIS POINT IN THE COURSE
1/8	Conclusion - Final Exam due AT THE START OF CLASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!