Reading Schedule
Text: American Government [10th Edition], James Q. Wilson/John J. Dilulio, Jr.
Houghton Mifflin, 2006
Supplemental Reader: Perspectives on American Government [4th Edition], William Lasser
Houghton Mifflin, 2004
Unit One: Constitutional Underpinnings
1. Chapter 1- “The Study of American Government” pages 2-12
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2. Chapter 2- “The Constitution” pages 16-47
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3. Lasser- “Federalist #10” pages 4-8
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4. Lasser- “Federalist #47” pages 9-11
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5. Lasser- “Federalist #51” pages 14-17
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6. Chapter 3- “Federalism” pages 48-70
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7. Lasser- “What the Antifederalists Were For” pages 51-55
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8. Lasser- “American Federalism on the Horizon” pages 65-71
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9. Lasser- “The Out-of-Towners” pages 83-84
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Unit Two: Political Beliefs and Voting Behavior
1. Chapter 4- “American Political Culture” pages 76-96
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2. Chapter 7- “Public Opinion” pages 154-176
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3. Lasser- “One Nation, Slightly Divisible” pages 154-161
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4. Lasser- “The Other War Room” pages 169-174
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5. Chapter 8- “Political Participation” pages 177-196
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6. Lasser- “Democracy In America” pages144-152
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Unit Three: Political Parties, Interest Groups, and the Mass Media
1. Chapter 9- “Political Parties” pages 197-229
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2. Lasser- “The Crabgrass Wars” pages 235-239
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3. Lasser- “Why There’s Nothing the Democrats Could Have Done” pages 240-242
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4. Chapter 10- “Elections and Campaigns” pages 230-263
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5. Lasser- “Breaking the Two-Party Monopoly” pages 244-250
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6. Chapter 11- “Interest Groups” pages 264-290
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7. Lasser- “ The Scope and Bias of the Pressure System” pages 177-182
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8. Lasser- “A New Form of Lobbying Puts a Public Face on Private Interest” pgs 197-203
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9. Chapter 12- “The Media” pages 291-315
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10. Lasser- “Bias” pages 209-211
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11. Lasser- “Keeper of Secrets” pages 221-226
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Unit Four: Institutions of the National Government
1. Chapter 113- “Congress” pages 316-366
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2. Lasser-“What the American Public Want Congress to be” pages 265-273
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3. Lasser- “Federalist #57”
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4. Lasser- “Dr. Feelgood” pages 280-286
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5. Chapter 14- “The Presidency” pages 367-408
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6. Lasser-“Presidential Power” pages 294-295
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7. Lasser- “The Changing Leadership of George W. Bush” pages 297-301
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8. Lasser- “September 11, 2001” pages 313-318
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9. Chapter 15- “The Bureaucracy” pages 409-436
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10. Lasser- “Bureaucracy” pages 321-324
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11. Lasser- “Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies do and Why they do it” pgs 326-332
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12. Chapter 14- “The Judiciary” pages 437-466
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13. Lasser- “Federalist #78” pages 347-352
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14. Lasser- “Marbury v. Madison” pages 353-355
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15. Lasser- “ Beyond Bush v. Gore” pages 357-362
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Unit Six: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
1. Chapter 5- “Civil Liberties” pages 97-123
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2. Chapter 6- “Civil Rights” pages 124-153
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3. Lasser- “Plessy v. Ferguson” pages 113-116
“Brown v. Board of Education” pages 117-119
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4. Lasser- “Affirmative Action—Don’t Mend or End it—Bend it” pages 122-126
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Unit Five: Public Policy
1. Chapter 17- “The Policy-Making Process” pages 468-490
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2. Lasser- “Domestic Policy Making” pages 377-381
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3. Chapter 18- “Economic Policy” pages 491-510
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4. Chapter 19- “Social Welfare Policy” pages 511-528
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5. Chapter 20- “Foreign and Military Policy” pages 529-558
6. Lasser- “America and the World” pages 389-396
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7. Chapter 21- “Environmental Policy” pages 559-575
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