Introduction to American Government
POLS 1101, Fall 2015
Lead 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
10918
10919
10920
10620
10922
10923
10924
10925
10926
10927
10928
10937
Time Room
8:00MLC 367
9:05ROTC 21
Teaching Assistant E-mail
Jordan Long
jtlong@uga.edu
Alyssa Sorenson
asorenson@uga.edu
9:05MLC 367
10:10ROTC 21
10:10Journalism 502
11:15Journalism 502
11:15Joe Brown 117
12:20Joe Brown 117
12:20Old College 100
1:25Old College 100
1:25MLC 147
Samuel Marcotte
Alyssa Sorenson
Samuel Marcotte
George Williford
Taylor Holley
Taylor Holley
Alexander Newell
George Williford
Alexander Newell
marcotte@uga.edu
asorenson@uga.edu
marcotte@uga.edu
williford@uga.edu
tjh09835@uga.edu
tjh09835@uga.edu
akn1029@uga.edu
williford@uga.edu
akn1029@uga.edu
Today’s focus: Collective
Dilemmas
By 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.)