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Assignment 1 (PDF)
Assignment 2 (PDF)
Assignment 3 (PDF)

Class Assignment Questions

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Part 1: Introduction and Preliminaries
1What is the Role of Government?
Part 2: Institutions and American Politics
2Understanding Institutions: The Median Voter TheoremIdentify your Member of Congress and describe the characteristics of your congressional district.
3Agenda Setting: The Committee ModelWhat committees does your Member of Congress belong to?
4Making Legislation: Veto PlayersIdentify a piece of legislation under consideration by a committee your Member of Congress serves upon. Where is the bill in the legislative process? What is the likelihood it will pass (make use of ADA scores and/or NOMINATE score as discussed in class).
5Making Legislation: Ideas and Policy EntrepreneursWhere did the legislation you described last week come from? Who proposed the bill? What interest groups and other political actors were involved in its creation?
6The Preferences of Policymakers: Elections and Responsiveness
Part 3: Public Opinion, Elections, and Democracy
7Campaigns and Elections
8The Measure and Meaning of Public OpinionChoose a topic of interest to you from the list of policy areas circulated in class. Find 10 polling items that measure opinion in your area of interest.
9The Structure of Public OpinionWrite a series of questions designed to measure opinion in your area of interest.
10Understanding Public Opinion and American Politics: War and Race
Part 4: Personal Interests and Political Equality
11Mobilization of InterestsReturn to the legislation you discussed in your first paper. Describe which political interests are involved in the consideration of the bill.
12Participation and the Political SystemDescribe the patterns of political mobilization surrounding your chosen piece of legislation. Who is involved in the political process? Who is not? What are the consequences of who is involved for the shape of public policy?
Part 5: American Politics: Bringing it all Together
13The Welfare Implications of Government
14Conclusions

 








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