Introduction to American Government

POLS 1101, Fall 2015Lead Instructor: Dr. Jamie Monogan

MW 1:25-2:15, Instr. Plaza S306

Course Website: http://j.mp/POLS1101

Please download the syllabus.

Why study American

government?

Who is this?

Who is this?

One more…

In short:The primary goal of this course is to provide students with a conceptual background they can use to understand and critically analyze what is written in the newspaper or said in the news today, tomorrow, and in the more distant future.

Teaching Assistants:•Lead Sections•Grade Assignments•Answer Questions•Your first point of contact throughout the semester

Teaching Assistants:Friday Discussion Sections

Section Time Room Teaching Assistant E-mail10918 8:00MLC 367 Jordan Long jtlong@uga.edu10919 9:05ROTC 21 Alyssa Sorenson asorenson@uga.edu1092010620 9:05MLC 367 Samuel Marcotte marcotte@uga.edu10922 10:10ROTC 21 Alyssa Sorenson asorenson@uga.edu10923 10:10Journalism 502 Samuel Marcotte marcotte@uga.edu10924 11:15Journalism 502 George Williford williford@uga.edu10925 11:15Joe Brown 117 Taylor Holley tjh09835@uga.edu10926 12:20Joe Brown 117 Taylor Holley tjh09835@uga.edu10927 12:20Old College 100 Alexander Newell akn1029@uga.edu10928 1:25Old College 100 George Williford williford@uga.edu10937 1:25MLC 147 Alexander Newell akn1029@uga.edu

Today’s focus: Collective DilemmasBy the end of this meeting, participants should be able to:

•Describe the role of politics in resolving collective dilemmas.

Collective Dilemmas

Politics

• Process of making collective decisions about resource allocation

• Includes creating and enforcing societal rules

• Given competing interests, politics is often conflictual

For Next Time:

• Download the syllabus. – Read it. – Understand it. – Contact your T.A. if you do not understand a

single sentence, word, or punctuation mark.

• Determine with 100% certainty where you will be on Friday for your discussion section.

• Read Kollman, pp. 11-29. (Through Chap. 1.)