LECTURE WEBPAGES

Interest Articulation and the "great" concepts

January 6th

Interest Articulation as Linkage

January 9th

Interest Articulation in America

January 11th

Definitions:  Party

 

Finnish Election

 

Chile Election

January 13th, 18th

Read  F&Z Chapter 1

Definitions:  Party System

January 20th, 23rd

Definitions:  Interest Groups

January 25th

Party System Development:  the Roots 

European political spectrum

Lijphart’s 7 Dimensions of Social Cleavage

January 27th, 30th

February 1st, 3rd

Ruritania: the Play

Cleavages in Western European Democracies

Thinking Comparatively About Parties

February 6th, 8th, 10th, 13th

Read:  Dalton

Tudor polity definition

Distribution of preference

 

 

February 13th

Ruritania: Party Stands

American Party Systems 1 & 2

February 15th, 20th

Why a Two-Party System? 

American Party Systems  3 & 4

February 22nd

 American Party Systems 5 & 6?  ?????

The Parties and the Political Spectrum in Europe

February 24th

Parties and Issue Positions

February 27th

Parties of the Left and Right

March 1st

 Midterm

Study guide for mid-term

March 3rd

Why a Two-Party System

 

March 6th

Read:  HB  15-23  and Chapter 2

Dimensions of Electoral Systems 

March 20th

Party Organization

March 22nd

 

Party Organization in America

March 24th

Read:

Hershey and Beck 3, 4, 5

Quiz on Schlessinger

Schlessinger:  "On the Theory of Party Organization"

 

Political Participation/ Voting

April 3rd, 7th

Hershey and Beck 6, 8

Quiz

The American Voter

April 7th

Turnout

April 10th

Read Flanigan and Zingale 2

Quiz

April 12th

Election Cycle

 

British Election

 

Good British Election Website

 

Italian election result(?)

Italy election facts

IFES Election Guide

 

Manifesto comparison

General Election and Electoral College

 

Campaign Finance

 

Government Formation

 

Ruritania       

Election 2006

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Study Guide for Final