IIE 336 Political Analysis and Public Affairs
Syllabus
New Schedule
IIE 337 Introduction to American Politics
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