Index

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Notes

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Material

In Class

Discussion

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POLS

Department

Mitzi Ramos, ABD

Instructor, NEIU Political Science Department

American National Government

Spring 2011

PSCI 216: Syllabus

Textbook: Government in America: People, Politics, and Policy (Comprehensive: 12^th – 14^th Ed. / Brief: 10^th Ed.) George C. Edwards III, Martin P. Watternberg & Robert L. Lineberry Course Compass

Outlines	Notes	Supplementary Material
Chapter 1 – Outline	Chapter 1 – Notes	Fig 1.1 The Political Disengagement of … Fig 1.2 Age and Political Knowledge: 1964… Fig. 1.3 Presidential election Turnout Rates by… Fig. 1.4 The Policy Making System
Chapter 2 – Outline	Chapter 2 – Notes	Table 2.1 Locke & Dec of Independence… Table 2.3 How Three Issues of Equality Were… Table 2.4 Economics in Constitution Table 2.5 Federalists & Anti-Fed Compared Table 2.6 Bill of Rights (Arranged by Function) Overhead – Table 2.2 Two Systems of Government in US Overhead – Figure 2.1 The Separation of Powers Overhead – Figure 2.2 Checks and Balances Figure 2.4 How the Constitution Can Be Amended
Chapter 3 – Outline	Chapter 3 – Notes	Table 3.1 Authority Relations in 3 Systems of Gov Table 3.2 The Constitution’s Distribution Powers Overhead – Figure 3.1a Types of Political Systems Overhead – Figure 3.2b Historical Trends of Federal Grants…
Chapter 4 – Outline	Chapter 4 – Notes	Civil Liberties Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Chapter 5 – Outline	Chapter 5 – Notes	Overhead – Figure 5.1 Percentage of Black Students... Fig. 1.3 The Policy Making System You are the Judge: Is Male-Only Draft Registration... Overhead Figure 16.1 Attitudes on Affirmative Action
Chapter 6 – Outline	Chapter 6 – Notes	You are the Policymaker Do we need to get tougher with illegal… Overhead – Figure 4.2 Racial Composition of the US Figure 6.1 The Coming Minority Majority Figure 6.2 Shifting Population Overhead – Figure 5.4 Apportionment of House Seats by Region Overhead – Figure 5.5 Results in Congressional Redistricting Table 6.1 How Party Identification is Passed… Overhead – Figure 9.1 Americans’ Support for Fundamental… Figure 6.4 The Decline of Trust in Government… Table 6.2 How to Tell a Liberal from a Conservative World’s Smallest Political Quiz
Chapter 7 – Outline	Chapter 7 – Notes	Ultra Concentrated Media Chart Notes Figure 7.2 The Incredible Shrinking Sound Bite
Chapter 8 – Outline	Chapter 8 – Notes	Table 8.1 Party ID in the US, 1952-2004 Figure 8.1 The Downs Model Table 8.2 Party Platform, 2004 Figure 8.2 Party Coalitions Today Overhead – Figure 9.1(b) Party Systems in the US
Chapter 9 – Outline	Chapter 9 – Notes	Overhead – Process Box 10.2 How a Presidential Campaign is …
Chapter 10 – Outline	Chapter 10 – Notes	Overhead – Figure 10.2 The Rise and Fall of Turnout in… Overhead Figure 10.1 Voter Turnout around the World… Table 10.1 Reported Turnout Rate in 2000 Overhead – Figure 10.4 Presidential Vote in 2000, by Social…
Chapter 11 – Outline	Chapter 11 – Notes	Overhead – Figure 7.2 PACSs in the US, 1974-1999 Overhead – Figure 7.3 Iron Triangles
Chapter 12 – Outline	Chapter 12 – Notes	Table 12.1 A Day in the Life of a Member of… Overhead Figure 11.1 Women and Minorities in Congress Table 12.2 A Portrait of the 109^th Congress… Overhead Figure 5.2 The Power of Incumbency Overhead Process Box 5.1 How Members of Congress Represent… Overhead Figure 11.3 Campaign Spending by Incumbents… Overhead Figure 5.3 House and Senate Campaign… Overhead Table 11.1 Constitutional Differences Between… Table 12.3 Houses versus Senate: Some Key… Table 12.4 Standing Committees in the Senate… Figure 12.2 How a Bill Becomes a Law (Detailed) Overhead Figure 11.8 How a Bill Becomes a Law (Condensed)
Chapter 13 – Outline	Chapter 13 – Notes	Table 13.1 Recent Presidents Table 13.2 Incomplete Presidential Terms Table 13.3 Constitutional Powers of the President Overhead Figure 6.1 The Institutional Presidency Table 13.4 The Cabinet Departments Figure 13.2 Principal Offices in the White House Process Box 6.1 The Veto… Overhead Figure 6.7 Presidential Performance Ratings…
Chapter 15 – Outline	Chapter 15 – Notes	Figure 15.1 Growth in Civilian Government... Figure 15.2 Characteristics of Federal Civilian… Table 15.3 GS Employment and Salaries US EEOC District Offices, Jurisdictional Map Department of Homeland Security Organizational Chart: Dept. Subcomponents and Agencies Table 15.4 Departments and Agencies with…
Chapter 16 – Outline	Chapter 16 – Notes	Figure 16.1 Organization of the Federal Court… Figure 16.2 The Federal Judicial Circuit Figure 16.3 The Organization and Jurisdiction… Overhead Figure 14.3 How Cases Get to the Supreme Court Overhead Figure 8.4 The Diversity of Federal Court… Figure 16.4 Obtaining Space on the Supreme… Figure 16.5 The Supreme Court’s Decision…
Chapter 18 – Outline	Chapter 18 – Notes	Overhead Process Box 14.1 The Federal Government Dollar... Figure 17.7 Comparing the Size of Social … Overhead Figure 15.3 The Increasing Cost of Entitlement… Overhead Figure 17.8 The Social Security Program Overhead Figure 15.2 AFDC/TANF Caseload, 1976-2002 Overhead Figure 15.1 Variations in State Spending on TANF… Overhead Figure 14.1 Uncontrollables as a Percentage of…

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