Introductory Political Science Lectures

(c) Sathyan Sundaram, 2004-2007.

Syllabi

100-level: American Politics

200-level: Comparative Politics; International Relations; Research Methods; Political Theory; Political Economy; Politics and the Mass Media

300-level: American Political Theory; Urban Politics

Lectures

American Politics

Introduction

Politics, Regimes and Democracy

The Road to the Constitution

Federalism

Checks and Balances

The Bill of Rights

Congress

Public Opinion

Interest Groups

Parties

Campaigns and Elections

The Presidency

Bureaucracy

Public Policy

Foreign Policy

The Judiciary

A Federal Case

Civil Liberties

Civil Rights

Comparative Politics

Introduction

Research Issues

Nations, States and Autonomy

Democracy and Regimes

Democratic Institutions

Political Economy, Budgeting and Public Policy

Ballots

India

International Relations

Grand Theories of International Security

Nations, States and a Global System

The First Level of Analysis

The Second Level of Analysis

The Third Level of Analysis

The Essence of Decision

International Political Economy

International Organizations

Political Theory

Coursepack

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