Political Science 420

Reading Assignments

Spring 2002

Date LectureTopic
Reading Assignment
Jan. 29: Introduction to the Course Syllabus
Feb. 5: American Voting Behavior Charles Prysby and Carmine Scavo, American Voting Behavior in Presidential Elections, 1972 to 1992 (Washington, D.C.: American Political Science Assn., 1995), pp. 1-10, and 31-41.
Feb. 12: Gender and Culture Ronald Brownstein, "Divisions Exposed in Election Will Be Obstacles for Bush," Los Angeles Times (Dec. 14, 2000);
Ronald Brownstein, "Attendance, Not Affiliation, Key to Religious Voters," Los Angeles Times (July 16, 2001).
Steven Pearlstein,"Angry Female Voters a Growing Force," The Washington Post (January 30, 1996).
Ronald Brownstein, "Education Surfacing as Key Issue for Bush," Los Angeles Times (March 24, 2000);
Kevin Phillips, "Cultural Tide Gathers for A Puritan Revival," Los Angeles Times (January 3, 1999).
Feb. 19: Places and Ideology Kevin Sack, "Campaigning in the New, Not-So-Solid South," The New York Times (March 12, 2000);
Rhodes Cook,"Suburbia: Land of Varied Faces and a Political Force," Congressional Quarterly, (May 24, 1997).
Mark Z. Barabak, "Who is a Conservative?" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (December 31, 1998);
Doyle McManus, "Centrist Gains Give Pause to Both Extremes," Los Angeles Times (November 6, 1998);
Ronald Brownstein, "Across the Nation, Guns Delineate America's new Political Geography," Los Angeles Times (June 14, 1999).
Feb. 26:
Mar. 5
Retrospective Voting Douglas A. Hibbs,"President Reagan's Mandate From the 1980 Election," American Politics Quarterly, Vol. 10 (Oct. 1982), pp. 387-420.
Mar. 12: First Midterm Exam
Mar. 19: Secular Realignment V.O. Key, Jr. ,"Secular Realignment and the Party System," Journal of Politics, Vol.21 (May 1959), pp. 198-210.
Mar. 26: Spring Break--Campus Closed
Apr. 2:
Apr. 9:
Issue Voting Richard W. Boyd,"Popular Control of Public Policy: A Normal Vote Analysis,"American Political Science Review, Vol. 65 (June 1972), pp. 429-449.
Apr. 16: Meeting in Social Science Lab
Apr. 23: Second Midterm Exam
Apr. 30: Scenarios of Partisan Realignment Clubb,Flanigan, and Zingale"Partisan Realignment Since 1960."
May 7: The Two-Tier Electoral System  Everett Carll Ladd,"The Shifting Party Coalitions : From the 1930s to the 1970s," in Seymour Martin Lipset, (ed.), Party Coalitions in the 1980s (San Francisco: Institute for Contemporary Studies,1981), pp. 127-149
May 14
May 16 :
Oral Reports
May 23: Final Exam 10:15 to 12:15
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