Tu Oct 20: Voter behavior- No reading; lecture and discussion re: cohort disillusionment and trust eg Watergate and 9/11
Th Oct 22: Is politics dirty? No required reading. Watch the "Curator's Choice" campaign ads at The Living Room Candidate
Tu Oct 27: Issue publics- No required reading. Optional- Kinder & Kiewiet
Th Oct 29: Rational choice- Anthony Downs AND Feddersen
Tu Nov 3: Activism and social movements- Brady, Schlozman & Verba (1999)
Th Nov 5: Activism and social movements- no required reading.
Tu Nov 10: Civic participation- Dalton
Th Nov 12: Civic participation- Xenos & Moy
Tu Nov 17: Is participation always good? Assignment: find a website asking you to participate in
politics in a way that is unambiguously bad for society (or a news article about a person or organization requesting your participation in a normatively undesirable way). Post the website on the blog, or email it Prof. Scholl before class.
Th Nov 19: Young people and participation- Galston
Tu Nov 24: New media- Tedesco
Th Nov 26: Happy Thanksgiving!
Tu Dec 1: Political Consumption: Stolle, Hooghe & Michelleti AND Shah et al
Th Dec 3: Summing up and review- Schudson
Th Dec 10: Final exam from 3 to 5 pm
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