University of EdinburghSchool of Social and Political Science/Politics & IR

PLIT10027UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Semester 1Autumn 2012

Course Organiser:

Dr Elizabeth BombergChrystal MacMillan Building, room 3.06

email: e.bomberg@ed.ac.ukoffice tel: 650 4248

office hours: Thursdays, 11am-1pm

Course tutorPreston Trent Olsen

p.t.olsen@sms.ed.ac.ukoffice hours: by appointment

COURSE GUIDE CONTENTSCOURSE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 2COURSE STRUCTURE

Lectures and Tutorials 2Lecture Programme 3

COURSE ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW 3READINGS

General Guidance 4Readings by Topics 5

APPENDICES 1) Essay2) Guide to Referencing 213) List of US Politics Websites 224) Tutorial Arrangements 25

Overview of topics 27

COURSE AIMS AND OBJECTIVESWelcome to US Government Aims: This honours course aims to provide students with a critical understanding of:

the foundations of US government, including core ‘American’ political values and beliefs;

the major government institutions and linkages between those institutions and US citizens, with particular emphasis on campaigns and elections

policies and issues arising from these values, institutions and links between them.

Objectives: By the end of the course students should be able to: demonstrate knowledge of key ideological concepts and approaches used

to analyse US government institutions and processes exhibit a solid grasp of key institutions and dynamics of US government; evaluate alternative explanations for particular political developments

and events in the US; make their own assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the US

system of government.

Learn (formerly WebCT)Please get in the habit of using Learn for this course. The course guide, announcements and extra readings (as available) are available on Learn beginning Week 1. Tutorials sign-ups are also via Learn. Lecture slides will also be posted there after the lecture. (Note these outlines are meant to be used as a review, or as an outline in case you miss lecture. They are not a substitute for lecture notes which we would encourage you to take yourself.) We’ll also use Learn for tutorial discussions and announcements and further tips and readings on your policy report.

COURSE STRUCTURE AND PROGRAMMEThis course is structured around weekly lectures (attended by the entire class) and a weekly 50 minute tutorial (attended by @13-14 students each). Some lecture slot time will also be used for class discussion (see below)

LectureLecture slot is: Tuesday, 10:00 -10:50 in Appleton Lecture Theatre 1. In most weeks Bomberg will present a 50-minute lecture to outline the week’s topic. These lectures are meant to provide a broad outline of the topic and point you towards key readings and debates. Key insights on the topic in question will, of course, come from your own reading and reflection. In weeks 7 and 8 the format will vary: Bomberg will give a very short ‘lecturette’ followed by entire class

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discussion on aspects of campaign strategies, spending, and media. Closer to the date class groups will be given specific topics or readings to discuss.

Lecture Programme 2010 (Tuesdays, 10:00-10:50am)Week 1 (18 Sept): Introduction: Core Concepts and Culture Week 2 (25 Sept): Constitution, rights and liberties Week 3 (2 Oct): Judiciary and CongressWeek 4 (9 Oct): PresidencyWeek 5 (16 Oct): Parties and Interest Groups Week 6 (23 Oct ): Voting and Elections Week 7 (30 Oct): Lecturette and Class Discussion (money & campaign strategy)Week 8 (6 Nov): Lecturette and Class Discussion (media) ELECTION DAYWeek 9 (13 Nov): Domestic Policies Week 10 (20 Nov): Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy Coursework due Fri 23 Nov, 12noonWeek 11 (27 Nov): Exam review, no tutorials

Tutorials (see also ‘tutorial arrangements’, p25)The weekly, 50 minute tutorial is designed to give you an opportunity to discuss your ideas and try out arguments with other students. The tutorials will be led by Elizabeth Bomberg and Trent Olsen. Tutorials are compulsory, assessed and worth 10% of students’ final mark. They begin week 1. The tutorial programme is attached (see p26). Further details will be provided in the first tutorial and made available on Learn.

COURSE ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW

Assessment for this course is as follows: tutorial assessment 10% (see separate ‘Tutorial Arrangements’ p25) essay: 35% (see Appendix 1, p19) final exam: 55%

Coursework (see p.19): You will need to submit one 3000-3500 word essay which will ask you to apply a scholarly model to one of the following dynamics studied in the course (Congress, presidential performance, campaigns and elections ) The essay will count towards 35% of your overall course mark.

Please see the Politics and IR Honours Handbook for further information on submission of coursework; Late Penalty Waivers; plagiarism; learning disabilities, special circumstances; common marking descriptors, re-marking procedures and appeals.

Final ExaminationThe examination for this course (worth 55% of your final mark) will take place during the University’s Autumn exam diet (10-21 Dec 2012). Note: all students are required to sit the exam; visiting students need to ensure that they are present during this exam period. The precise date is set by Registry and is available on their website in late October.

The exam will last two hours. It will consist of 6 questions covering the entire course. You will be asked to answer two questions. An exam revision session will be offered in week 11, and sample questions will be provided at that time. Past exam papers (which may differ slightly in form and content) can be found on the library’s web page: http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/resources/collections/exams.shtml

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Remember to consult the Politics and IR handbooks for exam mark descriptors.

General feedback on the Dec 2012 exam will be available on Learn in January 2013. For more useful information on exam marking procedures (how it’s done; who does it), appeals, getting the most feedback, etc., please see the IR or Politics honours handbook

READINGSRecommended textsIf you are new to US government, or if you want a basic text to see you through the course, we recommend you purchase at least one of the texts listed below in bold and available at Blackwells (South Bridge) or Word Power (W Nicholson Street):

Katz, R. Political Institutions in the US (OUP, 2007) (concise text written for British students; author places US politics in comparative perspective)

McKay, D. American Politics and Society, 7th ed (Blackwell, 2009) Basic and thorough text; earlier editions available as e-book

Peele, et al, (eds.) Developments in American Politics 6 (Palgrave 2010) assumes basic knowledge of US Government ; examines key areas of US government and politics. Earlier edition available as e-book;

Miroff, M. Seidelman, R and Swanstrom, T (eds) Debating Democracy. A Reader in American Politics, 5th ed (Houghton-Mifflin 2005 or earlier editions) Interesting collection of debates on key contemporary issues.

Other texts you may find useful, especially given our emphasis of campaigns and elections, are below. I’ve asked the local bookshops to order copies:

Barker, D and Carman, C. 2012. Representing Red and Blue: How the Culture Wars Change the Way Citizens Speak and Politicians Listen (Oxford University Press, not published until October)

Heileman, J. Halperin, M. 2010. Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime (Harper Collins)

Popkin, Samuel L. 2012. The Candidate: What it Takes to Win – and Hold – the White House. (Oxford University Press)

Schlozman, L. K., Verba, S. and Brady, H. 2012. The Unheavenly Chorus: Unequal Political Voice and the Broken Promise of American Democracy (Princeton Univ Press)

Wayne, S. (2012) Is This Any Way to Run a Democratic Election? 4th ed. (CQ Press)

Several other general introductory textbooks on US politics are also available in the library reserve for additional background reading.

Journals and Newspapers

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It is important that you stay up-to-date on recent developments in US government. Make an effort to consult a quality daily news source which provides decent coverage of US politics. For major US newspaper coverage, we recommend the New York Times (www.nytimes.com) and the Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com), both of which have a very user-friendly website and daily news bulletins.

Several useful academic journals and weekly magazines are available in the library. Virtually all of these are now available electronically, although not for all years. The most important weeklies include Campaigns and Elections, and the Economist (www.economist.com). The most helpful journals include the American Political Science Review, CQ Researcher, Foreign Affairs, Presidential Studies Quarterly. The New York Review of Books and New Yorker also carry extended essays on topical matters in US politics. (See also news sources listed in Appendix 3).

The following journals also often feature relevant articles:British Journal of Political Science, from 2000; Journal of American Studies; Journal of Politics; Government and Opposition, Perspectives on Politics, Political Quarterly,Parliamentary Affairs; PS and Prospect Perspectives on Politics; Policy and Politics; Politics; Political Quarterly; Political Studies; Society.

WebsitesYou’ll find a plethora of websites on US politics. I’ve attached a list of websites organised by topic (see Appendix 3). Most Internet search engines can direct you to a variety of US politics websites, or you can search for sites related to a particular topic. Note that websites vary tremendously in terms of quality, credibility and reliability. Website sources will not substitute for all the ‘hard copy’ readings listed in this handout.

Blogs: Included in the website list are several weblogs which follow and comment on current events from a variety of political perspectives. It is both informative and entertaining to consult these weblogs but, again, please do not mistake them for an authoritative or scholarly source.

SPS Student Reading Room In the SPS Student Reading Room (basement of CMB) we keep a box of old-fashioned hard copy news clippings and journal articles. It’s worth checking out…. and the reading room is a useful resource to exploit more generally.

READING LIST BY TOPICS

The readings under each topic are listed alphabetically. As a general rule, you are expected to read at least 3 pieces each week: the relevant chapter from your chosen text (or equivalent) and two additional book chapters, sections or journal articles. You will be asked to bring to tutorial a short summary of insights linked to the tutorial topic and derived from the reading. Use the lists below for your tutorial and report readings as well. Unless otherwise noted, all works listed are available on-line, in the library reserve book collection (HUB), or in the main stacks. Where known, library shelfmarks are provided at first listing.

Note: Asterisked [*] readings offer either a particularly relevant or insightful analysis, or a particularly useful overview.

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WEEK 1 (18 Sept) INTRODUCTION: CORE CONCEPT AND CULTURERead the introduction from your chosen text and/or one other work sometime this week. We realise you may not be able to do much before Week 1’s tutorial, but give it a go.

Textbooks Katz, R. (2007) Political Institutions in the US, ch 1 McKay, D. (2009), American Politics and Society, 7th ed, ch 1 and/or 2 JK274

MackVile, MJC (2007) Politics in the USA (chapter 1)

Values, creed and culture Bailey, C. (2006) ‘Values, Lifestyles and Politics’ in Developments in American

Politics 5, ch11Beer, S (1993) To Make a Nation JK 325 BeeDahl, R. (1998) On Democracy (JC 423 Dah) Economist (2010) ‘America’s Democracy. A Study in Paralysis’ 20 Feb (e-journal)*Foley, M. (2007) The American Credo. The Place of Ideas in American Politics

JK275 FolFoley, M. (1991) American Political Ideas (esp chapter on Individualism) JK9 Fol.Hess, (2002) American Social and Political Thought. A Reader Katznelson, I. and Kesselman, M. (1979 or 2002) The Politics of Power JK271

Kat. Lilla, M (2010) ‘The Tea Party Jacobins’ New York Review of Books 27 May 2010

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/may/27/tea-party-jacobins/?pagination=false

Lipset, S M (1991) ‘Equality and the American Creed’ Progressive Policy Institute Lipset

Mann, T. and Ornstein, N. ‘Five Delusions About Our Broken Politics’ The American Interest, July/August. Available here: www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=1267

Nivola, P. 2012 ‘Two Cheers for Our Peculiar Politics: America’s Political Process and the Economic Crisis’ Brookings Institution Working Paper, May 21, 2012 Available here: www.brookings.edu/

*Peele, G. (2010) ‘A New Political Agenda?’ in Peele, etal Developments in American Politics 6

Schattschneider, E. (1960) Semisovereign People. A Realist View of Democracy in America (JK 271 Sch)

Schwarz, J. Freedom Reclaimed. Rediscovering the American Vision Szymanskik S and Zimbalist , A. (2005) National Pastime. How Americans Play

Baseball and the Rest of the World Plays Soccer. GV716 Szyde Tocqueville, A. (2000; 1966) Democracy in America JK 216 Toc [also

excerpted in Hess, (2002) American Social and Political Thought. A Reader, chapt 10]

TUTORIAL TOPIC FOR WEEK 1 (21/22 SEPT): INTRODUCTION Tutorial programme, projects and requirements explained.

Try to read one introductory chapter and/or one other reading/news story of your choice

WEEK 2. (25 Sept) US CONSTITUTION, RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES

Constitution

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*Beard, C. (1935) An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution JK146 Bea. (also excerpted in Miroff 2003);

Brinkley, A. et al (1997) The New Federalist Papers. Essays in Defense of the Constitution JK 271 Bri

*Dahl, R. (2002) How Democratic is the American Constitution KF4550 Dah.Edling, M. (2003) A Revolution in Favor of Government. Origins of the U.S.

Constitution e-book available at: http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/content/politicalscience/9780195148701/toc.html

Foley, M. (1991) American Political Ideas ch 10Katz, R. (2007) Political Institutions in the US, ch 1, 2*Kernell, S and Smith, S (eds.) (2000) Principles and Practice of American

Politics , chapt 2McKay, D., (2009) American Politics and Society, ch 3 *Madison, J., Hamilton, A. and Jay, J. (1987) The Federalist Papers JK157 Mad.

(or any other edition)*Miroff, B. et al (2003; 2005) Debating Democracy, chs 1, 3 JK1726 Deb.Peele, G. et al (2006) ‘Introduction’ in Peele, et al, (ed.) Developments in

American Politics 5, ch 1, available at: Peele Introduction (covers constitutional constraints)

Public Agenda Online (2002) ‘Knowing it by Heart: Americans Consider the Constitution and its Meaning’ http://www.publicagenda.org/reports/knowing-it-heart

Scialabba, G (2002) ‘Democracy Proof’ (review of Dahl) The American Prospect Magazine on-line July. Available at http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=democracyproof

Shafritz, J. and Wienberg, L (2000) Classics in American Government, 2nd ed. Ch1 (Constitutional Framework) (JK21 Cla)

Smith, R. (2008) The American Anomaly. US Politics and Government in Comparative Perspective (JK 275 Smi), ch 2,3Shortto, R (2010) ‘How Christian Were the Founders?’ NY Times Magazine, 11

Feb, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/magazine/14texbooks-t.html?ref=magazine&pagewanted=all

*Sunstein, C (2009) ‘The Enlarged Republic – Then and Now’. New York Review of Books 26 March sunstein

*Wasby, S. (ed) (2001) Essentials of the American Constitution

Rights and LibertiesBell, D (2004) Silent Covenants: Brown v Board of Education and the Unfulfilled

Hopes for Racial Reform . KF4155 BelBowman, K (2010) ‘Attitudes about Abortion’ AEI Online, January 21, 2010

www.aei.org/docLib/Public%20Opinion%20Study%20-%20Abortion%202010.pdf

Campbell, D. and Putnam, R. (2011-12) ‘America's Grace: How a Tolerant Nation Bridges Its Religious Divides’ Political Science Quarterly, 126 (4) p611-40 (e-journal)

Congressional Research Service (2012) Same-Sex Marriages: Legal Issues RL31994, May 9. Available here: www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL31994.pdf

*Deadalus (2011) Special Issue on Race in the Age of Obama vol 140(1) Winter Ferguson, J. (2011) ‘Freedom, Equality, Race’ Daedalus vol. 140 ( 1): 44-52 Haider-Markel, D. (2003) ‘Gay Rights’ in Singh, R. Governing America, ch. 23 Hartney, C. and Vuong, L (2009) ‘Created Equal: Racial and Ethnic Disparities

in the US Criminal Justice System’ National Council on Crime and Delinquency, March 2009www.nccd-crc.org/nccd/pdf/CreatedEqualReport2009.pdf

Hollifield, J. (2010) ‘Nation of Nations: US Immigration Policy and Politics ’ in Peele, et al Developments in American Politics 6

Lax, J. and Phillips, J. (2009). 'Gay Rights in the States: Public Opinion and Policy Responsiveness,' American Political Science Review, vol 103 (3):367-386) (e-journal)

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Lipson, Daniel N. (2008) Where’s the Justice? Affirmative Action’s Severed Civil Rights Roots in the Age of Diversity. Perspectives on Politics, 6 (4) 691-707

Meyer, D and Boutcher, A S (2007) ‘Signals and Spillover: Brown v Board of Education and Other Social Movements’ Perspectives on Politics. Vol 5(1) March: 81-93 (e-journal)

*Miroff, B., et al (2003 2006) Debating Democracy, ch 16 JK1726 Deb.Obama, B. (2008) Race in America. Available at

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/us/politics/18text-obama.html?emc=eta1

Sabbagh, D. 2011 Affirmative Action: The U.S. Experience in Comparative Perspective Daedalus, vol 140(2) Spring

Spaeth, H. (2001) Majority Rule or Minority Will. Adherence to Precedent on the US Supreme Court (KF8748 Spa)

Steinberg, S. (ed) (2000) Race and Ethnicity in the United States : Issues and Debates E184.A1 Rac.

Katz, R. (2007) Political Institutions in the US, ch 8McKay, D. (2009) American Politics and Society, ch 16

TUTORIAL TOPIC FOR WEEK 2 (25/26 SEPT) IS THERE SUCH A THING AS AN ‘AMERICAN IDEOLOGY’?

WEEK 3 (2 Oct) THE SUPREME COURT AND CONGRESS

Supreme CourtAmerican Enterprise Institute (2005) ‘Public Opinion and the Supreme Court’,

available at http://www.aei.org/paper/22863 Baum, L (2001) The Supreme Court Bork, R. (1991) The Tempting of America: the Political Seduction of the Law

KF51 30 BorCitizen’s United v. Federal Election Commission No. 08-205 (2010), available at

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/pdf/08-205P.ZO Congressional Research Service (2005) ‘Supreme Court Appointment Process:

Roles of the President, Judiciary Committee, and Senate’, July 05 available at http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/50146.pdf

Harriger , K (2011) ‘Judicial Supremacy or Judicial Defense? The Supreme Court and the Separation of Powers’ Political Science Quarterly, vol 126 (2), p201-22. Summer 2011

Ivers, G. and McIver, K. (eds.) (2004) Creating Constitutional Change: Clashes Over Power and Liberty in the Supreme Court KF4549 Cre

Katz, R. (2007) Political Institutions in the US, ch 8Kernell, S and Smith, S (eds.) (2000) Principles and Practice of American Politics,

ch 9, 5, 4McKay, D. (2009) American Politics and Society, ch 15*McKeever, R (1995) Raw Judicial Power? The Supreme Court and American

Society Martin, P. (2010) ‘The Supreme Court ’ in Peele, et al Developments in American

Politics 6 Pacelle, R. (2001) The Role of the Supreme Court in American Politics Perry, B. (2009) Supremely Representative: Should the Nation's Highest Court

Look LikeAmerica?’ on-line at Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball, June 4. http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/bap2009060402/

Shafritz, J. and Wienberg, L (2000) Classics in American Government, 2nd ed. Ch 12

Smith, R. (2008) The American Anomaly. (JK 275 Smi), ch 7

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*Toobin, J. (2009) ‘Bench Press. Are Obama’s judges really liberals?’ New Yorker, Available at: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/09/21/090921fa_fact_toobin

*Toobin, J (2010) ‘Activism v. Restraint’ The New Yorker, May 24, Available at: http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2010/05/24/100524taco_talk_toobin

Toobin, J. (2012) Money Unlimited: How Chief Justice John Roberts orchestrated the Citizens United decision The New Yorker, May 21, www.newyorker.com/

Urofksy, I. (2010) ‘U.S. Supreme Court: The Highest Court of the Land - Scene Setter.’ Briefing by the Foreign Press Center, 2010 fpc.state.gov/143666.htm

CongressAbramowitz, A (2010) ‘Health Care as an Issue in the Midterm Election’ Sabato's

Crystal Ball, 5 May http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/aia2010050601/

Alverez, J. (2005) ‘Sweetening the US Legislature: The Remarkable Success of the Sugar Lobby’ The Political Quarterly , vol 76 (1), pp. 92-99 (e-journal)

*Bai, M (2009) ‘Taking the Hill’ (Obama, health care and Congress) New York Times, 2 June.www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/magazine/07congress-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine

Greenblatt, A. (2011) ‘Can Redistricting Ever Be Fair?’ Governing, November Available at: www.governing.com/

Davidson, R. and Oleszek, W (2006) Congress and Its Members JK1061 DavEnglish, R. (2003) The United States Congress (e-book) Ericson, M. 2012. Battle for the Senate’ New York Times (nalysis of the sixteen

Senate seats in play). Available at: elections.nytimes.com/2012/ratings/senate

Fenno, R. (1978) Home Style. House Members in Their District (JK1323 1978); Fiorina, M (1977) Congress. Keystone of the Washington Establishment JK1071

Fio [excerpted in Mirroff Debating Democracy, chpt 13]Johnson, C (2003) (for the Library of Congress) How Our Laws are Made: pdf

file at: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.htmlKarpowitz, C., Monson, J. Patterson, J. and Pope, J. (2011) Tea Time in

America? The Impact of the Tea Party Movement on the 2010 Midterm Elections’ PS: Political Science and Politics, vol 44(2), 303-11Katz, R. (2007) Political Institutions in the US, ch 6

*Kernell, S and Smith, S (eds.) (2000) Principles and Practice of American Politics. Classic and Contemporary Readings, ch 6

Loomis, B. (2000) Contemporary Congress JK1021 Loo.Loomis, B. (ed.) (2000) Esteemed Colleagues. Civility and Deliberation in the

U.S. SenateMcKay, D. (2009) American Politics and Society, ch 8 and 9Mayhew, D. (1976). Congress. The Electoral Connection Mann, T . (2010) ‘Congress’ in Peele, et al Developments in American Politics 6 *Mann, T. and Ornstien, N. (2006) The Broken Branch. How Congress is Failing

America and How to Get It Back On Track. JK1041 ManMiroff, B., et al (2005) Debating Democracy, ch 13 JK1726 Deb.Ornstein, N (2010) ‘True Legislators Becoming Scarce in Congress’ By Norman J.

Ornstein Roll Call, 12 May www.rollcall.com/issues/55_131/ornstein/46098-1.html

Parker, G R., and Davidson, R. (1979). ‘Why Do American Love Their Congressmen so Much More than Their Congress?’ Legislative Studies Quarterly 4 (1):53-61.

Polsby, N. (2004) How Congress Evolves : Social Bases of Institutional Change (JK 1319)

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Rasmussen Reports (2010) ‘Congressional Performance: Congress Still Receives Poor Ratings From Voters’ Rasmussen Reports June 21, 2010 http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/congressional_performance>

Rothenberg, S (2012) Senate Majority Still Up for Grabs in November Rothenberg Political Report, June 22 Available t:

*Smith, S (2010) ‘The Senate Syndrome’ The Brookings Institution, June 2010 Available at: http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2010/06_cloture_smith/06_cloture_smith.pdf

*Shafritz, J. and Wienberg, L (2000) Classics in American Government, 2nd ed. Ch 10

Smith, R. (2008) The American Anomaly (JK 275 Smi), ch 6US Senate (2010) ‘Examining the Filibuster: The Filibuster Today and Its

Consequences’ Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Hearing May. http://rules.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=CommitteeSchedule&ContentRecord_id=073c68fc-b773-41d9-8fda-8ba9266d848a

TUTORIAL TOPIC FOR WEEK 3 (2/3 OCT) REPORT ON CONGRESSIONAL RACES

WEEK 4 (9 Oct) THE PRESIDENCY TextbooksKatz, R. (2007) Political Institutions in the US, ch 5McKay, D. (2009) American Politics and Society, ch 10

Beyond TextsCoglianese, G (2009) ‘The Transparency President? The Obama Administration

and Open Government’ Governance vol 22 (4) 529-44Cohen, J. E. (2011), ‘Presidents, Polarization, and Divided Government’.

Presidential Studies Quarterly, 41: 504–520 Dickenson, M. J. (2009) ‘We All Want a Revolution: Neustadt, New

Institutionalism, and the Future of Presidency Research’. Presidential Studies Quarterly, 39: 736–770

Edwards, G and King, D (eds.) (2007) The Polarized Presidency of George W. Bush (ebook) http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/content/politicalscience/9780199217977/toc.html

Fallows, J. (2012). ‘Obama, Explained’ The Atlantic, March. www.theatlantic.com/

Hacker, J. S. and Pierson, P. (2012), ‘Presidents and the Political Economy: The Coalitional Foundations of Presidential Power’. Presidential Studies Quarterly, 42: 101–131

*Jacobson, G. C. (2011), ‘Legislative Success and Political Failure: The Public's Reaction to Barack Obama's Early Presidency’. Presidential Studies Quarterly, 41: 220–243

Jacobson, G. (2009) ‘The Effects of the George W. Bush Presidency on Partisan Attitudes’ Presidential Studies Quarterly vol 39 (2) (e-journal)

Jones, C (2007) The American Presidency. A Very Short Introduction JK516 Jon*Jones, C.O. (1995) Separate But Equal JK305 JonKernell, S. (1986) Going public. New strategies of presidential leadership JK518

Ker (also excerpted in Kernell and Smith) *Kernell, S and Smith, S (eds.) (2000) Principles and Practice of American

Politics, ch 7*Lowi, T. (1985) The Personal President JK516 LowMiroff, B., et al (2003; 2005) Debating Democracy, ch 14 JK1726 Deb.

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Moe, T. M. (2009), ‘The Revolution in Presidential Studies’. Presidential Studies Quarterly, vol 39: 701–724.

*Nelson, M. (ed) (2003) The Presidency and the Political System*Neustadt, R. (1960; 1980; 1990) Presidential Power JK516 Neu (any edition;

introductory chapter also excerpted in Shafritz and Weinberg, 2000)Pious, R. M. (2011), Prerogative Power in the Obama Administration: Continuity

and Change in the War on Terrorism. Presidential Studies Quarterly, 41: 263–290

Roper, J . (2010) The Presidency’ in Peele, et al Developments in American Politics 6

*Schlesinger, A (1974) The Imperial Presidency JK 511 SchShafritz, J. and Wienberg, L (2000) Classics in American Government, 2nd ed. Ch

11 (JK21 Cla)Shogan, C. (2007) ‘Anti Intellectualism in the Modern Presidency: A Republican

Populism’ Perspectives on Politics. Vol 5(2) Je 2007: 295-303 (e-journal)*Skocpol, T. and Jacobs, L. (2012) ‘Accomplished and Embattled: Understanding

Obama's Presidency’ Political Science Quarterly, vol 127 (1) p 1-24. Available at: www.psqonline.org/article.cfm?IDArticle=18876

Smith, R. (2008) The American Anomaly. (JK 275 Smi), ch 5Thompson, D (2010) ‘Constitutional Character: Virtues and Vices in Presidential

Leadership’ Presidential Studies Quarterly vol 40 (1) : 23–37) Vaughn, J. S. (2011), ‘The Intellectual Presidency: Presidential Leadership and

the Development of Political Thought’. Presidential Studies Quarterly, 41: 637–639 (book review essay)

West, D (2011) ‘What Happened to Obama? An Opinion Piece’ Political Studies Quarterly vol 126(3) p493-500

Wildavsky, A. (1998) ‘The Two Presidencies’ Society Vol. 35 (2) p23-32 (e-journal) .

TUTORIAL TOPIC FOR WEEK 7 (9/10 OCT)What are the key factors shaping presidential performance?

WEEK 5 (16 Oct) PARTIES AND INTEREST GROUPS TextbooksKatz, R. (2007) Political Institutions in the US, ch 4McKay, D., (2009) American Politics and Society, ch 5, 14

PartiesAbrajano, M. and Alvarez, R. M. (2011) ‘Hispanic Public Opinion and

Partisanship in America’ Political Science Quarterly vol 126 (2) 255-86.Abramowitz , A (2010) ‘Beyond 2010: Demographic Change and the Future of

the Republican Party’ Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball, March 11th, www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/aia2010031101/

Cain, B and Goux, D. (2006) ‘Parties in an era of Renewed Partisanship’ in Developments in American Politics 5, ch3

Cohen, B. Fleisher , T. and Kantor, T. (eds) (2001) American Political Parties Democratic Party Platform, 2012 Available at:  

http://www.democrats.org/democratic-national-platformDowns, A. (1957) An Economic Theory of Democracy JF 1351 DowFiorina M. (2002) ‘Parties and Partisanship. A 40 year Retrospective’ Political

Behavior, (Special Issue) vol. 2: p93-115Galston, W (2010) ‘Can a Polarized American Party System Be “Healthy”? Issues

in Governance Studies, no 34. Brookings Institution. Available at: http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2010/04_polarization_galston.aspx

Harvard, Kennedy School of Governments, linklist for third parties available at http://www.hks.harvard.edu/case/3pt/sources.html#parties

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Herrnson, P.S. (2009) The Roles of Party Organizations, Party-Connected Committees, and Party Allies in Elections. Journal of Politics, vol. 71 (4) Oct: 1207-1224 (e-journal)

Lawrence, E., Sides, J. and Farrell, H. (2010). ‘Self-Segregation or Deliberation? Blog Readership, Participation, and Polarization in American Politics.’ Perspectives on Politics 8(1): 141-157. (A Los Angeles Times editorial by Sides and Lawrence summarizes the main findings. Available at: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-sides13-2008jul13,0,3601017.story.)

McKay, D., (2009) American Politics and Society, ch 5Maisel, S (2007) American Political Parties and Elections. A Very Short

Introduction (JK 1965 Mai) Milkis, S. and Rhodes, J. (2009) ‘Barack Obama, the Democratic Party, and the

Future of the “New American Party System”’ The Forum, Vol 7 (1), Article 7 (e-journal)

*Miroff, B., et al (2005) Debating Democracy, ch 10 JK1726 Deb.Ornstein, N. and Mann, T. (2011) ‘The Pitfalls of a Third-Party Candidacy’

Washington Post, September 13,. Available at: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-pitfalls-of-a-third-party-candidacy/2011/09/08/gIQA4axWQK_story.html

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press (2012) ‘Partisan Polarization Surges During Bush, Obama Years’ 4 June www.people-press.org/values/

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press (2011), ‘Beyond Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology’ May 4. people-press.org/

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press (2011) More Now See GOP as Very Conservative’ September. people-press.org/2011/09/12/more-now-see-gop-as-very-conservative/

Republican Party Platform, 2012, Available at: http://www.gop.com/2012-republican-platform_home/

Schattschneider, E. (1977) Party Government (JK 2265)Smith, R. (2008) The American Anomaly. US Politics and Government in

Comparative Perspective (JK 275 Smi), ch 9Taylor, A (2005) Elephant’s Edge: The Republicans as a Ruling Party JK2356 TayVile, MJC (2007) Politics in the USA , ch 3Ware, A (2010) ‘Political Parties and the New Partisanship’ in Peele, et al

Developments in American Politics 6 Webb, P. (2002) Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies (e-book)

(chapter on US)

Interest GroupsAlverez, J. (2005) ‘Sweetening the US Legislature: The Remarkable Success of

the Sugar Lobby’ The Political Quarterly , vol 76 (1), pp. 92-99 (e-journal)Apollonio, D. (2010) ‘Interest Groups’ in Peele, et al Developments in American

Politics 6 Armstrong, J. and Zuniga, M (2006) Crashing the Gate. Netroots, Grassroots,

and the Rise of People-Powered Politics. (JK1764 Arm)Baumgartner, F .(2008) Lobbying and Policy Change : Who Wins, Who Loses, and

Why JK1118 Lob Bomberg, E and Schlosberg, D (eds) (2008) Environmentalism in the US:

Changing Conceptions of Activism (special issue of Environmental Politics, vol 17(2) (e-journal)

*Ciglar, A. and B Loomis (2005 ) Interest Group Politics JK1118 Int *Dahl, R. (1961) Who Governs? FitzGerald, F. (2007) ‘The Evangelical Surprise’ New York Review of Books, April

26 (available at: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2007/apr/26/the-evangelical-surprise/

Lukes, S. (1974 or 2005) Power: A Radical View. (e-book and hardback)*Herrnson, et al (2005) Interest Group Connection: Electioneering, Lobbying and

Policymaking (e-book)

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Kernell, S and Smith, S (eds.) (2000) Principles and Practice of American Politics, chs 1 and 13

Lowi, T. (1969, or 1979 edition) End of Liberalism McKay, D., (2009) American Politics and Society, ch 14Putnam, R (2000) Bowling Alone. Collapse and Revival of American Community

(HN 65 Put)Schattschneider, E. (1960) Semisovereign People. A Realist View of Democracy

in America (JK 271 Sch)Schlozman, L. K., Verba, S. and Brady, H. (2012) The Unheavenly Chorus:

Unequal Political Voice and the Broken Promise of American Democracy (on order)

Smith, R. (2008) The American Anomaly. (JK 275 Smi), ch 9de Tocqueville, A. (2000; 1966 or other edition ) Democracy in America JK 216

Toc [also excerpted in Hess, (2002) American Social and Political Thought. A Reader, chapt 10]

Thurber, J. A. (2011), ‘Changing the Way Washington Works? Assessing President Obama's Battle with Lobbyists. Presidential Studies Quarterly, 41: 358–374.

Truman, D. (1951) The Governmental Process (JK 1118 Tru)

Nb: see also readings on Super Pacs under week 8 (campaigns and elections)

TUTORIAL TOPIC FOR WEEK 5 (19/20 OCT) How polarized has the US become? Answer with reference to either parties or

interest groups

WEEK 6 (23 Oct) VOTING AND ELECTIONS: APPROACHES & ISSUES

GeneralAbramowitz, A. 2008. “Forecasting the 2008 Presidential Election with the Time-

for-Change Model.” PS: Political Science & Politics 41(4): 691-695. Online at: http://www.apsanet.org/imgtest/PSOct08Abramowitz.pdf.

Caplan, B (2007) The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies (HD87 Cap)

Cicero, Quintus Tullius (and James Carville) (2012) ‘Campaign Tips From Cicero: The Art of Politics, From the Tiber to the Potomac’ Foreign Affairs, May/June 2012 (e-journal)

Drew, E. (2012) ‘Can We Have a Democratic Election?’ New York Review of Books, February 23. www.nybooks.com/

Fiorina, M. (1981) Retrospective voting in American national elections JK1967 FioKatz, R. (2007) Political Institutions in the US, ch 3Lopez, M. (2009) ‘Dissecting the 2008 Electorate: Most diverse in US history.’

Pew Hispanic Center Report, available online at http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=108

McGinnis, J. 1970 The Selling of the President E851 Macg.McKay, D. (2009) American Politics and Society, ch6Mayer, W. G. (2010), ‘Retrospective Voting in Presidential Primaries’.

Presidential Studies Quarterly, vol 40: 660–685 Nelson, M. (2009) The Elections of 2008. Washington DC: CQ Press JK1968 2008

Ele.Nelson, C. (2000) Campaign Warriors: The Role of Political Consultants in

Elections JK2281Cam.Polsby, N. and Wildavsky, A (2000) Presidential Elections (earlier edition also

OK)Popkin, Samuel L. 2012. The Candidate: What it Takes to Win – and Hold – the

White House (on order)

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Popkin, S. (1991) Reasoning voter : communication and persuasion in presidential campaigns JK 525 Pop

Sides, J. (2006) ‘Electoral Politics’ in Developments in American Politics 5, ch 2Sides, J. and Vavreck, L. (2012) The Gamble. Choice and Chance in the 2012

Presidential Election. Chapters available at: http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2012/08/24/free-e-chapters-available-from-the-gamble-by-john-sides-and-lynn-vavreck/

Smith, R. (2008) The American Anomaly. US Politics and Government in Comparative Perspective (JK 275 Smi), ch 8

Tomasky, M. (2012) ‘How to Follow Our Weird Politics’ (review of Popkin; critique of forecasting) New York Review of Books, May 10. Available here: www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/may/10/how-follow-our-weird-politics/

US Government. Department of State (2012) USA Elections in Brief 04 January . Available at: photos.state.gov/

Wayne, S (2004) Road to the White House JK528 WayWayne, S. (2012) Is This Any Way to Run a Democratic Election? 4th ed. (earlier

editions in library)

Competing approaches (for essay) Abramowitz, A. 2008. “Forecasting the 2008 Presidential Election with

the Time-for-Change Model.” PS: Political Science & Politics 41(4): 691-695. Online at: http://www.apsanet.org/imgtest/PSOct08Abramowitz.pdf.

Fiorina, M. (1981) Retrospective voting in American national elections JK1967 Fio

Mayer, W. G. (2010), ‘Retrospective Voting in Presidential Primaries’. Presidential Studies Quarterly, vol 40: 660–685

McGinnis, J. 1970 The Selling of the President E851 Macg. Popkin, S. (1991) Reasoning voter : communication and persuasion in

presidential campaigns JK 525 Pop Sides, J. and Vavreck, L. The Gamble, chapt 1 (The hand you’re dealt)

Available here: http://thegamble2012.com/The_Gamble/The_Gamble_2012.html

nb: Exceprts of several of the classic pieces are also available in Kernell, S and Smith, S (eds.) (2000) Principles and Practice of American Politics or Shafritz, J. and Wienberg, L (2000) Classics in American Government (both available in the HUB)

2012 Election, key issuesCook, R. (2012) ‘Voter Turnout: Heading Downward in 2012?’ Sabato's Crystal

Ball, June 21 www.centerforpolitics.org/Council on Foreign Relations (2012) ‘The Candidates on the Economy’, February

28.www.cfr.org/us-election-2012/candidates-economy/p26829

Frey, W. (2012) ‘Why Minorities Will Decide the 2012 U.S. Election’ The Brookings Institution, May http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2012/0501_race_election_frey.aspx

Gallup Oranization (2012) ‘Election 2012’ http://www.gallup.com/poll/election.aspx

Hurlburt, H. (2012) ‘Leadership, Belonging, and National Security in the 2012 Presidential Race’ Society vol 49(5) 430-32

Perry, G. 2012 ‘The Economy and the Election’ Brookings Institution, February 27. www.brookings.edu/

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WEEK 7 (30 Oct) ELECTION DISCUSSION: CAMPAIGN SPENDING AND STRATEGY Gulati, G. (2012) ‘Super PACs and Financing the 2012 Presidential Election’

Society vol 49: 409-17 Heilemann, J. (2012) ‘Hope: The Sequel’ New York Magazine, May 27. Available

at: nymag.com/news/features/barack-obama-2012-6/Kammer, A. 2012 ‘Super facts about super pacs’ American Prospect 31 Jan

Available at: http://prospect.org/article/super-facts-about-super-pacs#.Tyra0a8a9lg.email

Newport, F. (2012) ‘Obama Remains Women's Presidential Pick; Romney, Men's’ (Gallup poll) http://www.gallup.com/poll/156848/obama-remains-women-presidential-pick-romney-men.aspx

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press (2007) ‘Religion in Campaign 2008’ (primaries) September 6 . Available at: people-press.org/reports/pdf/353.pdf

Rothenberg, S. (2012) ‘How Citizens United Is Affecting Campaigns’ Roll Call, May 22. www.rollcall.com/

Sabato, L . 2012 ‘Plan of Attack: Obama, Romney and the Electoral College’ Sabato's Crystal Ball (useful overview) http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/plan-of-attack-obama-romney-and-the-electoral-college/

Sides, J, Shaw, D. Grossman, M. and Lipsitz, K. (2012). Campaigns and Elections: Rules, Reality, Strategy, Choice . Chapter 4 (financing campaigns, available at: http://media.wwnorton.com/cms/excerpts/Campaigns_Ch04.pdf

Sides, J. 2011. “The Moneyball of Campaign Advertising (Parts 1 and 2).” FiveThirtyEight, The New York Times. Online at: http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/the-moneyball-of-campaign-advertising-part-1/

Sides, J. http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/12/the-moneyball-of-campaign-advertising-part-2/

Toobin, J. (2012) Money Unlimited: How Chief Justice John Roberts orchestrated the Citizens United decision The New Yorker, May 21, www.newyorker.com/

TUTORIAL TOPIC FOR WEEK 7 (30/31 OCT)GROUP PRESENTATIONS, PART 1

WEEK 8 (6 Nov Oct) ELECTION DISCUSSION: MEDIA CAMPAIGN Boykoff, J., & Laschever, E. (2011). The Tea Party Movement, Framing, and the

US Media. Social Movement Studies,10(4), 341-366 (e-journal)Campaigns and Elections Magazine (2012) ‘Cementing social media's place in

the campaign world’ 7 September http://www.campaignsandelections.com/magazine/us-edition/327317/cementing-social-mediaand39s-place-in-the-campaign-world.thtml

Geer, J. (2012) ‘The News Media and the Rise of Negativity in Presidential Campaigns PS: Political Science & Politics July 2012 journals.cambridge.org/

McKay, D. (2009) American Politics and Society, ch 7Pew Research Center (2008) ‘The Color of News.’ Pew Research Centre’s Project

for Excellence in Journalism, 29 October 2008. Available at http://www.journalism.org/node/13436 [on partisan coverage of the election]

Rich, F (2012) ‘Nuke ’Em’ (on negative advertising) New York Magazine, Jun 17. nymag.com/news/frank-rich/negative-campaigning-2012-6/

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Smith, A. (2009) ‘The Internet’s Role in Campaign 2008’ Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, 15 April: http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1192/internet-politics-campaign-2008

Towner, T. and Dulio, D. (2011) ‘An experiment of campaign effects during the YouTube election’ New Media & Society vol13 (4) , p626-p644,

See also media outlets listed in Appendix 3;See also candidate’s websites: http://www.barackobama.com/ and

http://www.mittromney.com/

TUTORIAL TOPIC FOR WEEK 8 (6/7 NOV)GROUP PRESENTATIONS, PART 2

WEEK 9 (13 Nov) DOMESTIC POLICY AND POLITICS (EB)TextbooksMcKay, D. (2009) American Politics and Society, ch17-19Singh, R. (2003) Governing America, Part IIIVile, MJC (2007) Politics in the USA , ch 11

Beyond TextsBalla, S , et al (2002) ‘Partisanship, Blame Avoidance, and the Distribution of

Legislative Pork’ American Journal of Political Science vol 46(1): 515-25) (JSTOR)

Baumgartner and Jones, 2009. Agenda and Instability in American Politics, 2nd ed.

Caplan, B (2007) The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies (HD87 Cap)

Hochschild, J. (2011) ‘Winner-Take-All Politics : A Review Essay’ Political Science Quarterly vol 126(2) 315-21

Jacobs, L and King, D (eds.) (2009) The Unsustainable American State. John, P., Smith, G and Stoker, G. (2009) ‘Nudge Nudge, Think Think: Two

Strategies for Changing Civic Behaviour’ Political Quarterly vol 80(3) (e-journal)

Johnson, C (2003) (for the Library of Congress) How Our Laws are Made: pdf file at: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html

Lizza, R. (2012) ‘The Second Term’ The New Yorker, June 18. Available here: www.newyorker.com/

*Peters, B.G. (2010) American Public Policy. Promise and Performance, 8th ed. (earlier editions also helpful) JK271 Pet

Thaler, R and Sunstein, C (2009) Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth and Happiness (HB74.P8 Tha) (r)

U.S. Census Bureau (2008) ‘Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007’  Available at: www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/p60-235.pdf

Readings on Specific Policy Areas

economicCapretta, J (2009) ‘The New Middle Class Contract’ National Affairs, Fall 2009

www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-new-middle-class-contract

Congressional Research Service (2009) Economic Stimulus: Issues and Policies R40104, fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/134268.pdf

Ehrenreich, B (2002) Nickel and Dimed: Undercover in Low Wage USA HD4918 Her

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Haskins, R et al (2008) Economic Mobility in America Brookings Institution, Available at: http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2008/02_economic_mobility_sawhill/02_economic_mobility_sawhill.pdf

Mackenzie, G. (2010) ‘The American Economy in Crisis’ in Peele, et al Developments in American Politics 6

Peters, B G (2010) ‘Economic Policy’ in Peters, American Public Policy. Promise and Performance, 8th ed. JK271 Pet (chapter 9)

environmental/climate changeBailey, C. (2010) ‘Environmental Policy’ in Peele, et al Developments in

American Politics 6 Bomberg, E. and Schlosberg, D. (2008) ‘US Environmentalism in comparative

perspective’ Environmental Politics, vol. 17(2) April, pp337–348 (e-journal)

Bomberg, E and Super, B (2009)'The 2008 US presidential election: Obama and the environment' Environmental Politics,18(3): 424 — 430 (e-journal)

Carter, N. (2007) The Politics of the Environment, 2nd ed.Fletcher, A (2009) Clearing the air: the contribution of frame analysis to

understanding climate policy in the US’ Environmental Politics vol 18(5) : 800-16 (e-journal)

McKay, D. (2009) American Politics and Society ch 19Peters, B G (2010) ‘Environmental and Energy Policy’ in Peters, American Public

Policy. Promise and Performance, 8th ed. JK271 Pet (chapter 14) Rabe, B (2010) ‘The Climate of Belief: American Public Opinion on Climate

Change’ Issues in Governance Studies, no 31. Brookings Institution. Available at: http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2010/01_climate_rabe_borick.aspx

Rabe, B (2008) ‘States on Steroids: The Intergovernmental Odyssey of American Climate Policy’ Review of Policy Research vol 25(2) 105-28 Available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1541-1338.2007.00314.x/full

health/socialBai, M (2009) ‘Taking the Hill’ (Obama, health care and Congress) New York

Times, 2 June.www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/magazine/07congress-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine

Dreier, P. (2010) ‘Lessons from the Health-Care Wars’ The American Prospect, 5 April www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=lessons_from_the_health_care_wars

Drew, E (2010) ‘Is There Life in Health Care Reform?’ New York Review of Books, March 11, 2010 www.nybooks.com/articles/23691

McKay, D. (2009) American Politics and Society, ch17Peters, B. G. (2010) ‘American Social Policy: the Possibilities for Reform’ in

Peele, et al Developments in American Politics 6 Skocpol, T. (1997) Boomerang: Health Care Reform and the Turn Against

GovernmentWalters, J. (2008) ‘Is Welfare Working?’ Governing, February 2008, At:        

www.governing.com/articles/0802welfare.htmimmigration Bruno, A (2010) ‘Unauthorized Aliens in the United States’ Congressional

Research Service Report R41207, April. Available at: fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/141570.pdf

Hollifield, J. (2010) ‘Nation of Nations: US Immigration Policy and Politics ’ in Peele, et al Developments in American Politics 6

Kotkin, J (2010) ‘Growing America: Demographics and Destiny’ Governing, May www.governing.com/topics/economic-dev/Growing-America-Demographics-and.html

Tichenor, D. (2002). Dividing Lines: The Politics of Immigration Control in America

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TUTORIAL TOPIC FOR WEEK 8 (9/10 NOV) How are liberty and/or equality manifest in domestic policy?

WEEK 10 (23 Nov) DOMESTIC SOURCES OF FOREIGN POLICY (EB)

TextbooksKatz, R. (2007) Political Institutions in the US, ch 9 McKay, D. (2009) American Politics and Society, ch 20

Beyond TextsAshbee, E and Wadden, A. (2010) ‘The Obama Administration and United States

Trade Policy’ Political Quarterly vol 81(2): 253–262 (e-journal)*Allison, G T. and Zelikow, P (1999) Essence of Decision Making Beinert, P (2010) ‘The Beautiful Lie of American Omnipotence’ National Journal,

3 July (Available: http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/2010/RAND_RGSD266.pdf>

Brzezinski, Z (2012) (interviewed by Robert W. Merry)’ U.S. Fate Is in U.S. Hands’ National Interest Sept-Oct http://nationalinterest.org/article/interview-us-fate-us-hands-7339

Busby, J and Jonathan, M. (2012) Republican Elites and Foreign Policy Attitudes Political Science Quarterly vol 127 (1), p105-12.

Busby, J and Monten, J and Inboden, W. (2012) ‘American Foreign Policy is Already Post-Partisan: Why Politics Does Stop at the Water's Edge’ Foreign Affairs, May 30, 2012

Crabb, C. et al (2000) Congress and the Foreign Policy Process JK585 CraDeSombre, E (2001) Domestic Sources of International Environmental Policy Durham, M (2008) ‘The American Right and Iran’ Political Quarterly vol 79(4) (e-

journal)Gelb, L. (2012) ‘The Elusive Obama Doctrine National Interest Sept-Oct.

http://nationalinterest.org/ *Jervis, R (2010) ‘Why Intelligence and Policymakers Clash’ Political Science

Quarterly, vol 125(2)http://www.psqonline.org/99_article.php3?byear=2010&bmonth=summer&a=01free

*Kegley, C. and Wittkopf, E. (2004) Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy E 840 Dom.

1Lieberman, R. (2009a) ‘The “Israel Lobby” and American Politics’ Perspectives on Politics Vol. 7(2) June: 235-257 (e journal)

Lieberman, R. (2009b) ‘Rejoinder to Mearsheimer and Walt’ Perspectives on Politics Vol. 7(2) June: 275-281 (e journal)

Lynch, T. (2010)’ American Foreign Policy in the 2010s’ in Peele, et al Developments in American Politics 6

Mead, W R (2006) ‘God’s Country?’ Evangelicals and Foreign Policy’ Foreign Affairs , Sep/Oct, Vol. 85(5):24-43 (e-journal)

Mearsheimer, J. and S. Walt (2009) ‘The Blind Man and the Elephant in the Room: Robert Lieberman and the Israel Lobby’ Perspectives on Politics Vol. 7(2) June: 259-273

*Miroff, B., et al (2005) Debating Democracy, ch 18 JK1726 Deb.Newman, B. and Lammert, K. (2011), ‘Divided Government and Foreign

Relations Approval.’ Presidential Studies Quarterly, 41: 375–392 Newhouse, J. (2009) Diplomacy, Inc (foreign interests lobbying Wash DC)

Foreign Affairs vol 8(3) May/Je 2009 (e)Peterson, J. and Pollack, M. (2003) Europe, America, Bush (D 1065.US Eur) (esp.

chapters 1,2, 9,10)US Department of Defense (2008) National Defense Strategy. Available at:        

www.defenselink.mil/pubs/2008NationalDefenseStrategy.pdf1 Published as exchange between Lieberman and Mearsheimer and Walt; best if read in sequence: Lieberman (2009a), Mearsheimer and Walt (2009), Lieberman (2009b)

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Walt, S. (2011) The Myth of American Exceptionalism’ Foreign Policy, November

TUTORIAL TOPIC FOR WEEK 10 (23/24 NOV) Other than the President,

which domestic actor is most important in shaping US foreign policy?

WEEK 11. (27 Nov) EXAM REVIEW (no tutorials)

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APPENDIX 1: US GOVERNMENT COURSEWORK ESSAY(worth 35% of course mark)

** Two hard copies and one electronic copy of your essay are due Fri 23 Nov 2012, 12 noon. **

This essay assignment will allow you to apply a scholarly model, theory or framework to one of the phenomenon we’ll be studying in this course. You will be assessed on your grasp of the model and your ability to apply it. A good essay will engage with secondary and primary literature. Draw on secondary analysis, but also use primary sources such as electoral data, public opinion polling data, presidential speeches or campaign material.

LENGTH: The report should be between 3000 and 3500 words, with a maximum length of 3500 words, including end/footnotes but excluding the bibliography. Please provide a word count on your cover sheet, and note that Reports longer than 3500 words will be penalised. Note 3500 is a maximum length; there is no ‘grace margin’.

ESSAY QUESTIONS (choose 1)

1. Does Parker and Davidson’s 1979 analysis still offer a compelling explanation for public attitudes and perceptions of US Congress? Answer with reference to the 112th Congress (alone or compared to an earlier Congress)

Parker, G R., and Davidson, R. (1979). ‘Why Do American Love Their Congressmen so Much More than Their Congress?’ Legislative Studies Quarterly 4 (1):53-61.

2. Pick any two presidential studies frameworks below and compare how well they help us understand Obama’s ‘effectiveness’ in office:

Neustadt’s Presidential Power framework; Moe’s rational choice models; Wildavsky’s ‘Two presidencies’ model; Kernell’s Going Public thesis (see course guide, week 4 readings, for full citations)

Nb: if you’d like to apply another model you must approve it with Bomberg before 7 Nov 2012

3. Pick one of the frameworks below and apply it to two Administrations (Obama’s and one other) . How well does it help you compare and understand presidential performance?

Neustadt’s Presidential Power framework; Moe’s rational choice models; Wildavsky’s ‘Two presidencies’ model; Kernell’s Going Public thesis (see course guide, week 4 readings, for full citations)

4. Apply EITHER Popkin’s ‘Reasoning Voter’ or Fiorina’s ‘Retrospective Voter’ model to the 2012 election. How incisive an account does your chosen model offer of campaign strategies and outcomes?

Popkin, S (1991) The Reasoning Voter : Communication and Persuasion in Presidential Campaigns JK 525 Pop (also excerpted in Kernell and Smith);

Fiorina, M. (1981) Retrospective Voting in American National Elections (JK1967 Fio) or Fiorina , M. (1978) ‘Economic   Retrospective   Voting in American National Elections: A Micro-Analysis.   ‘ American Journal of Political Science, vol. 22 (2):426-44.

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5. Are you convinced by the forecasting models of Abramowitz, Sides or others? Assess their usefulness in helping us understand the 2012 presidential election campaign and outcome.

Abramowitz, A. 2008. “Forecasting the 2008 Presidential Election with the Time-for-Change Model.” PS: Political Science & Politics 41(4): 691-695. Online at: http://www.apsanet.org/imgtest/PSOct08Abramowitz.pdf.

Sides, J. and Vavreck, L. (2012) The Gamble. Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election. Chapter 1: available at: http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2012/08/24/free-e-chapters-available-from-the-gamble-by-john-sides-and-lynn-vavreck/

6. Is Joe McGinniss’ analysis of campaign strategies still relevant today? Test his arguments by applying his framework to the 2012 presidential election.

McGinnis, 1970 Selling of the President (any edition)(also excerpted in Shafritz and Weinberg 2000)

Please see the Politics or IR Honours Handbook for further information on submission of coursework; Late Penalty Waivers; plagiarism; learning disabilities, special circumstances; common

marking descriptors, re-marking procedures and appeals.IR handbook:

http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/__data/assets/word_doc/0005/90347/IR_Honours_Handbook_1213.doc

Politics handbook: http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/__data/assets/word_doc/0004/90346/Politic

s_Honours_Handbook_1213.doc

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APPENDIX 2: GUIDE TO REFERENCINGThe fundamental purpose of proper referencing is to provide the reader with a clear idea of where you obtained your information, quote, idea, etc. NOTE: You will lose points for sloppy or inadequate referencing. We recommend the Harvard-style (or ‘in text’) system which is simple to use. Here’s how it works:

1. After you have quoted from or referred to a particular text in your essay, add in parentheses the author's name, the year of publication and page numbers (if relevant). Place the full reference in your bibliography. Here is an example of a quoted passage and its proper citation:

Quotation in essay:‘Quite simply, political theory and political practice are inseparably linked.’ (Heywood 1998: 3). Book entry in bibliography:Heywood, A. (1998) Political Ideologies: An Introduction. 2nd ed. Basingstoke: Macmillan

Note the sequence: author, year of publication, title, edition if needed, place of publication, publisher. Note also that you should not italicise quotations.

2. If you are employing someone else’s arguments, ideas or categorisation, you will need to cite them even if you are not using a direct quote. One simple way to do so is as follows:

Gallagher (1997: 129) argues that future European Parliament elections are unlikely to generate more interest than past ones.

3. Your sources may well include journal or newspaper articles, book chapters, and internet sites. Below we show you how to cite these various sources:

Chapters in book: In your essay, cite the author as above, i.e. (Gallagher 1997). In your bibliography details should be arranged in this sequence: author of chapter, year of

publication, chapter title, title of book, editor(s) of book, place of publication, publisher, article or chapter pages.

For example: Gallagher, M. (1997) ‘Electoral Systems and Voting Behaviour’ in Developments in West

European Politics, M. Rhodes, P. Heywood and V. Wright (eds), Basingstoke: Palgrave, pp 114-130.

Journal Article: In your essay, cite as above (Doherty 2007) In your bibliography, details should be arranged in this sequence: author of journal article,

year of publication, article title, journal title, journal volume, journal issue, article pages example: Doherty, B. (2007) ‘Friends of the Earth International: Negotiating a Transnational Identity’

Environmental Politics vol 15(5), pp. 860-80Newspaper or magazine article:

If the article has an author, cite as normal in text (Ascherson 1992). In bibliography cite as follows: Ascherson, N (1992) ‘The New Europe’ The Independent on Sunday Magazine 9 February, pp

31-4. If the article has no author, cite name of newspaper in text (Economist, 2007) and list the

source in bibliography by magazine or newspaper title. For example: Economist (2007) ‘America in the Middle East: arming its friends and talking peace’ 4 Aug

2007, p 38.Internet sites:

If the site has an author cite in text as normal: i.e. (Álvarez-Rivera, 2007) In the bibliography, provide a full reference which should include author, date, title of website

and URL address: For example: Álvarez-Rivera, M (2007) ‘Election Resources on the Internet’ Available at:

http://ElectionResources.org/ If the website has no author, cite the short address of the site in your text (http://europa.eu) In the bibliography, provide a full reference including title of website, URL address, publisher

or owner of site For example: ‘The European Union’s Institutions’ (http://europa.eu/index_en.htm) The

European Union’s official portal site. (If no date is available, indicate date you accessed the site)

4. If you prefer to use footnote citations, please follow the format used in reputable journals such as West European Politics. These journals include (usually on the back cover) a brief guide to referencing. If you have any questions about referencing you can check with your tutor.

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APPENDIX 3: SELECTED WEBSITES ON US GOVTHere is a far from exhaustive list of websites relevant to US Government. We’ve checked them recently but note that website addresses can change rapidly: you may have to search the Web by keywords to locate a particular site.

CONSTITUTIONAL BLUEPRINT Charters of Freedom (view American founding documents; good graphics and

overview) www.archives.gov Constitution page with interesting links, set up by students www.usconstitution.net/ Constitution of the US: Analysis and Interpretation

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/index.html Government Publication’s Constitution site:

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/about.html National Conferences of State legislatures: www.ncsl.org/statefed/afipolcy.htm

CONGRESS House of Representatives www.house.gov Senate www.senate.gov US Congress service (congressional record, texts, floor debates, etc.

http://thomas.loc.gov/ Project Vote Smart : http://www.vote-smart.org Washington Post (their news coverage of Congress is most extensive)

www.washingtonpost.com/

PRESIDENCY/EXECUTIVE BRANCH American Experience: Presidents (an interactive site with biographies and more)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/indexjs.html White House (official site; links to other branches too)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome.html Fedworld (central access point for federal government info on line)

www.fedworld.gov/ Federal statistics and data www.fedstats.gov/

JUDICIARY (see also civil rights and liberties groups, below) Dept of Justice (Govt website of press releases, cases pending, general information):

www.usdoj.gov/crt/ Find Law (legal headlines): http://www.findlaw.com/ SCOTUS blog (on Supreme Court happenings) http://www.scotusblog.com/

POLITICAL PARTIES Democratic National Committee www.democrats.org/ Republican National Committee www.rnc.org National Political Index (info on minor parties, but also on accessing govt officials,

tracking legislation, etc) www.politicalindex.com/

INTEREST GROUPS (sample of some well known groups) American Civil Liberties Union www.aclu.org AFL-CIO (labor unions) www.aflcio.org/ American Association of Retired Persons www.aarp.org/ Christian coalition http://www.cc.org/ FreedomWorks http://www.freedomworks.org/ (major donor organization involved in

tea party movement) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People www.naacp.org National Immigration Forum http://www.immigrationforum.org/ National Organization for Women www.now.org National Rifle Association www.nra.org/ Sierra Club (an environmental group) www.sierraclub.org/ Tea Party Patriots http://teapartypatriots.ning.com/ US Chamber of Commerce www.uschamber.org/

VOTING AND ELECTIONS (including blogs and pundits) 538 (Nate Silver’s ‘election calculus’ forecast blog on NY Times)

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/

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Campaign and Election – http://www.campaignsandelections.com/ (monthly magazine covering campaign trends)

Congressional Quarterly’s coverage: http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=6

Cook Political Report – a well respected pundit shares his analysis: http://www.cookpolitical.com/

Huffington Post election coverage: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/election-2012-blog/

Larry J Sabato’s Crystal Ball http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball Monkeycage. – well informed blog for election junkies: themonkeycage.org/ National Journal’s election tracker: http://www.nationaljournal.com/campaigns/ NY Times’ election coverage: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/index.html Open Secrets: features data on campaign spending: http://www.opensecrets.org/ Project Vote Smart : http://www.vote-smart.org (for tracking legislation) Public Broadcasting System (PBS) Election site: 

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2008/ Real Clear Politics – reliable scoops on elections http://www.realclearpolitics.com/elections/ University of Michigan, electoral maps of past elections, and more:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/ Washington Post, campaign coverage

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/politics/campaigns.html

DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY State Department and foreign policy information www.state.gov/ Brookings Institution: independent think tank: www.brookings.org Cato Institute: Free-market/libertarian think tank: www.cato.org Centre for Comparative Immigration Studies http://ccis.ucsd.edu/category/working-papers/ Forum: Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics

http://www.bepress.com/forum/ Heritage Foundation (conservative think tank; domestic and foreign policy)

www.heritage.org/ Progressive Policy Institute/ Democratic Leadership Council: left of centre think tank

covering domestic and foreign policy) www.dlcppi.org/ Public Agenda: www.publicagenda.org provides a non partisan, informative

overview and analyses of topical issues, public opinion and views

MEDIA, NEWS AND POLLS Gallup Organization: http://www.gallup.com/ CNN Interaction www.cnn.com Fox News – key organ of the right: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html National Political Index (info on public access to govt officials, tracking legislation, etc)

www.politicalindex.com/ New York Times on the Web www.nytimes.com (offers free daily email news bulletin) PBS Online (PBS is the US public station) www.pbs.org Pew Research Center for People and the Press (http://people-press.org/) (very useful

analyses of current trends) Washington Post on the Web www.washingtonpost.com (free daily email news

bulletin) Polling Report: www. PollingReport.com (clearinghouse of major polls) Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/public/us

News Punditry and Blogs ABC's The Note - slightly right of centre blog from the ABC network’s political

gurus. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238&page=1 Daily Kos –Popular leftie blog http://www.dailykos.com/ Democratic Strategist: Dem-leaning journal on public opinion and political

strategy: http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/ Drudge report: well known ‘revealer’ of political scandal

http://www.drudgereport.com/ Washington Monthly’s Political Animal - insider critical look at the WashDC

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/ New Majority blog aiming at ‘renewal of the Republican party and the

conservative movement’: http://www.newmajority.com/

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Slate - another well known political weblog with provocative essays on politics and culture, and round up of news. http://slate.msn.com/

Talking Points Memo – another popular left of centre blog http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/

JUST FOR FUN… The Onion: excellent spoof news http://www.theonion.com/ Capitol Steps – group of former Senate staffers who satirise national politics

through song: http://www.capsteps.com/

POINTS TO REMEMBER ABOUT INFORMATION FROM THE INTERNET Citation: always give the author’s name and date of publication (if known). At the very

least provide the full URL (internet address) and date accessed; Plagiarism from internet resources attracts the same penalties as plagiarism from

published material; Much commentary on the web has not had the benefit of critical review as is required

of material appearing in most journals and texts.

Remember to check Learn for regular updates and further links.

Please share with us any other sites you find particularly useful.

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APPENDIX 4 US GOVERNMENT: TUTORIAL ARRANGEMENTS

TUTORIAL TIMESTime Place TutorTuesday 2-2:50pm Appleton Tower, M3 E BombergTuesday 4:10-5.00pm Appleton Tower, M3 E BombergWednesday 10:00-10:50am Appleton Tower, M3 T OlsenWednesday 11:10-12:00 Appleton Tower, M3 T OlsenWednesday 12:10-1:00pm Appleton Tower, M3 T OlsenThursday 4:10-5pm DHT Room 9.14 E Bomberg

PURPOSEA weekly 50-minute tutorial is designed to give you an opportunity to discuss the readings, share your ideas and try out arguments with other students. Their usefulness is directly proportional to your willingness to prepare and participate actively.

FORMATTutorials will adopt a mixed format including: debates and small group discussion brief student presentations and open discussion small group project

EXPECTATIONS AND REQUIREMENTSParticipation in tutorials is monitored and assessed (see below). Failure to attend regularly will lower the student’s mark.

Expectations:1. Everyone comes prepared to participate; everyone gets a chance to contribute.

2. Tutorial hand-ins. You are expected to read on assigned topics even if you are not presenting. Please bring one side of an A4 sheet (no more) which includes:

key findings from your reading related to tutorial topic (bullet points are fine); a list of sources (these must include readings beyond the textbooks)

3. Some students will be able to make a very short presentation to get discussion going. The presentations should be brief (5-10 minutes maximum) and are intended to serve as the base for subsequent discussion. You therefore needn’t cover all relevant points. Rather, distil for us a few key arguments and present them clearly.

4. Learn: students will use Learn for several tutorial functions. Each group will have its own discussion page on which they can post follow-up questions, further reading, presentations, tips and announcements.

TUTORIAL ASSESSMENTTutorial assessment will be worth 10% of your course mark. The tutorial mark will be based on your group work and overall individual tutorial performance.

The most successful formula for earning a high tutorial mark is consistent high-quality performance throughout the course (rather than one stunning presentation but poor performance the other weeks).

The quality rather than quantity of your contributions will be monitored. It’s not a race to see who can say the most. Rather, students will be rewarded for their capacity to make relevant points, bring in the readings where appropriate, listen to and engage with others.

Feedback will be provided on your performance. In week 7 your tutor will provide you with a brief progress report which, whilst not binding, will give you an idea of how you’re doing and why. In addition, any student is welcome to come speak to Elizabeth or Trent about their performance during office hours or by appointment during term.

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TUTORIAL SCHEDULE[Consult the weekly reading list for relevant readings]

Week 1 (18/19 Sept) INTRODUCTION (required attendance)

Week 2 (25/26 Sept) US CONSTITUTION, RIGHTS AND LIBERTIESIs there such a thing as an ‘American ideology’?

Week 3 (2/3 Oct) SUPREME COURT AND CONGRESSWorking in groups of 3, choose a congressional race and come prepared to report ( 8-10 minutes only!) on its key dynamics. Focus particularly on to what extent ‘American values’ are invoked in the campaign

Week 4. (9/10 Oct) PRESIDENCYWhat are the key factors shaping presidential performance?

Week 5. (16/17 Oct) PARTIES AND INTEREST GROUPSHow polarized has the US become? Answer with reference to either parties or interest groups.

Week 6. (23/24 Oct) GROUP PRESENTATIONS: ELECTION PROJECT Working in small groups you will be asked to track and analyse a selected key factors (issue, actor or dynamic) shaping the presidential election campaign and outcome. A separate handout will be provided in week 3.

Week 7 (30/31 Oct) GROUP PRESENTATIONS: ELECTION PROJECT (cont)Further project presentation (see week 6)

Mid term evaluation of tutorial participation

Week 8. (6/7 Nov) ELECTION POST-MORTEMHow might we explain the outcomes of election? Whose interests were best served?Essay preparation help

Week 9. (16/17 Nov) DOMESTIC POLICIESWork in pairs and choose an area of domestic policy: how are liberty and/or equality manifest in that policy?

Week 10. (23/24 Nov): DOMESTIC SOURCES OF FOREIGN POLICYOther than the President, which domestic actor is most important in shaping US foreign policy?

Week 11 (30 Nov/1 Dec): NO TUTORIALSEB/BS Sept 12

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US GOVERNMENT: OVERVIEW OF TOPICS AND ACTIVITIES

WK DATE LECTURE TOPIC TUTORIAL ACTIVITY1 18

Sept Introduction: concepts and culture

Introductory tutorial- introductions, expectations and requirements

2 25 Sept

Constitution, rights and liberties

Is there such a thing as an ‘American ideology’?

3 2 Oct Courts and Congress Report on congressional races (theme: which values evoked in campaign?)

4 9 Oct Presidency What are the key factors shaping effective presidential performance?

5 16 Oct Parties and Interest Groups

How polarized has the US become?

6 23 Oct Voting and elections: approaches

Group project: presentations in tutorial

7 30 Oct Lecturette /Class DiscussionMoney, campaign strategy

Group project: presentations in tutorial Mid term evaluation

8 6 Nov Lecturette /Class DiscussionMedia

Election post mortem (whose interests are represented?) Essay guidance

9 13 Nov Government Output: Domestic Policies

How are liberty and/or equality manifest in domestic policy?

10 20 Nov Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy

Other than the president, who is the most important domestic player in foreign policy?

Essay due Fri 23 Nov 2012

Essay due Fri 23 Nov 2012

11 27 Nov Exam review No tutorials

Exam diet: 10-21 December 2012

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