From the Green Left Daily, 2007. Okay, it’s a little old, but the point remains. Read this article at face value, assuming it’s arguments. Then post your response to the question in this post’s title above. Wth, let’s make this an extra credit opportunity. ——————– from the web, a view on democracy in Venezuela, c. 2007 …
** REQUIRED READINGS ** From your first big packet, please read: “A Government of Strangers” by Hugh Heclo, pp 247-253 “Bureaucracy” by James Q Wilson, pp 271- 277. We will commence discussing these in class Tues afternoon, so if you want to get a jump on it, you’ll be better for it. At least skim …
*** REQUIRED READING & BLOG COMMENTS *** From your new handout today, read the article “The Democratic Character of Judicial Review” by Eugene Rostow, pp 291-295. You will note Rostow’s employment of many of the vocabulary and concepts we have learned and discussed in class. Bring in your PK and build NK with it! Read …
Your reading packet is at Tank for you to pick up. This packet has articles of interest, for your research, and some required readings. Required readings will be posted as separate assignments on the blog, but for a heads up, they will include: Heclo, p. 247 Wilson, p. 271 Galbraith, p 572 Freidman, p. 574 …
Full chapter. 1. Textbook multiple choice and vocab quiz Tuesday! 2. Required: Post at least two clarification questions here by Monday morning. – Bromley
Pick up handout from Tank. There are two sets from Tank, one about 7 pages w/ Court cases and the other quite large, which will be for some required readings and reference for your term paper. For tonight’s readings: 1. Active reading on the page 2. Five Qs or 1-2 paragraph evaluation here. – Bromley
Chapt 10 on the Presidency: read for information. Be prepared for quiz in class Friday a.m. based on the review questions and chapter vocab. Post clarification questions here (not required). – Bromley
Read Chapt 5 for information. * Optional: Post clarification questions here, or any questions you want to discuss in class. * Mandatory: 1-2 paragraph evaluation of Chapt 5 “Public Opinion” discussion, either a particular matter or the general topic. Go! – Bromley
*** required *** post at least one original post and one reply *** This is awesome politics. Walmart had planned on building three stores in DC (which is interesting unto itself in terms of the Walmart business model: going urban reflects the demographic change in the last 5-10 years in the repopulation of cities). Its …
Read all of Chapt 7. Post any clarification Qs here and FIVE thoughtful Qs. – Bromley
*** REQUIRES COMMENTS & Qs *** 1. Read for information and PK/NK 2. Post five comments or Qs here. May include clarification Qs. (Hartz not as fun as The Man, but Louis H. is an important observer). – Bromley A note on Hartz Hartz points to the dichotomy in American self-conception as guiding light for …
*** REQUIRES COMMENTS & Qs *** 1. Active Reading per syllabus instructions 2. Five comments and/or Qs here. You can either comment or question, doesn’t matter. 3. Hartz reading attached to The Man handout, but please respond to Hartz on separate blog post. Da Man!
Fri h/w: 1. pick up your Constitution printout from Tank. 2. read actively w/ PK, NK, Comments, & Qs 3. Post your “what” clarification Qs here tonight. 4. Use the Constitution popup study guide for help. Find it on the top menu bar above. **Note:as of 6pm popups are working!!** 5. Don’t forget to …
** Friday update *** Post your 5 top Qs below. If you have any clarification Qs, post or email them to me separately. Original instructions: You are to read actively, per the syllabus, all the Federalist papers in the packet. Apologies for the cut-off of p. 89, which below: No need to Questions posted here …
Great job on the Dahl fight! Tonight, you should: 1. Chapt 2: pp, 27-40: w/ margin notes & Qs pp. 41-48: read for NK, mark PK and any questions, especially “what” clarification. pp. 49-52: w/ margin notes & Qs pp. 53-56: read for NK, mark PK and any questions, especially “what” clarifications 2.Chapt 3: pp …
*** REQUIRES COMMENTS & Qs *** 1. Active reading, per syllabus instructions on the handout. 2. Use your t.b. Chapt 2 to reinforce. 2. Post your Hofstadter questions here. – Bromley
Your job is to evaluate Dahl. For a critique of him, see UCLA sociologist G. William Domhoff’s Who Really Ruled in Dahl’s New Haven? Domhoff questions Dahl’s methodology and the narrowness of his surveys, saying that Dahl misread an oligarchical structure as pluralist. You do not need to read the whole article, but do read the …
Date: Sunday, June 30, 2013 Due: Monday, July 1 Please follow these instructions carefully. 1. Skim your textbook table of contents and chapter pages. Prepare brief notes to discuss in class one or two things that you find interesting or useful to know more about. 2. Read Chapter 1 carefully. a. Mark “PK” in the …