Korea University

Institute of International Education


IIE 336 Political Analysis and Public Affairs

Syllabus

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IIE 337 Introduction to American Politics

Syllabus

Week 1 - Classes 1-3
WWS Arsenic
NYT

Week 2 - Classes 4-7
Kennedy - Prison

Week 3 - Classes 8-11
Laver: Chapter 6
Cameron: Calvert-Whitman

Week 4 - Classes 12-15
Kennedy: Debt Relief
Laver: Chapter 9

Week 5 - Classes 16-19
WWS: Medical Malpractice

Week 6 - Classes 20-22
Kennedy: Acid Rain
Baron: Whirlpool
Vu
WWS: Oxycontin

Peer Evaluation

Lecture Notes:
Activism & Private Politics
Agendas Lecture
Collective Action
Courts & The Administrative State
Implementing Political Strategies
Interests & Political Analysis
Legislatures & Legislative Strategy
Media
Regulation & Bureaucrats

Week 1 - Classes 1-3
De Tocqueville
Smith

Lecture Notes:
Class 2
Class 3

Week 2 - Classes 4-7
Peterson
Buchanan
Elazar
Case: 4
Mayhew
Cox
Krehbiel
Arnold
Case: 6
Neustadt
Rudalevige

Lecture Notes:
Class 4
Class 5
Class 6
Class 7

Week 3 - Classes 8-11
Greenstein
Lewis
Case: 8
Wilson
Moe
Case: 9
Lowi
Schlozman
Key
Aldrich

Lecture Notes:
Class 8
Class 9
Class 10
Class 11

Week 4 - Classes 12-15
Downs
Case: 12 (Brooks)
Case: 12 (Fiorina)
Case: 12 (Nather)
Page
Zukin
Bartels (Homer)
Bartels (Popular)
Schudson
Case: 14
Iyengar
Gilens
Cook
Case: 15

Lecture Notes:
Class 12
Class 13 & 14
Class 15

Week 5 - Classes 16-19

Keyssar
Guinier
Morton
Rosenstone
Menand
Case: 19

Lecture Notes:
Class 16
Class 17
Class 18
Class 19

Week 6 - Classes 20-22

Dahl
Case: 21 (Scalia & Breyer)
Pearlstein
McCarthy

Lecture Notes:
Class 20
Class 21
Class 22