AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

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Online Readings [WEB]

Walker, "Political Polarization: Dispatch from the Front Lines"

Green & Waldman, "The 12 Tribes of American Politics"

"Adopt Direct Democracy or Remain a Republic?"

Hall, "Free Speech on Public College Campuses"

Hudson, "Hate Speech & Campus Speech Codes"

Katz v. United States

Pew Research Center, "Beyond Red vs. Blue"

Putnam, "Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital"

Wang, "Ideas for Improving Voter Participation"

PEJ, "Winning the Media Campaign" (pp.1-26)

Sunstein, "The Daily We"

Congressional Stagnation in the U.S.

Yepsen, "Caucus FAQ" and "History of the Caucus"

Pew Research Center, "Bush and Public Opinion"

Concord Coalition, "Key Questions about the Budget"

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PowerPoint OUTLINES

redblue_polarization.ppt

religion_politics.ppt

constitution_origins.ppt

constitution_debate.ppt

public_opinion.ppt

congress.ppt

congress2.ppt

presidential_nom.ppt

presidential_EC,ppt