Office: T2361
Office Hours: M-W 10:05am-11:05am; T-TH 2:30-4:00pm
E-mail: ddouglas@lbcc.edu
Course Reading and Examination Schedule:
Introduction to Government:
George C. Edwards III and Martin P. Wattenberg, REVEL for Government in America: People, Politics, and Policy - 2016 Presidential Election -- Access Card, 17th Edition (2018),
chapter 1.
Larry N. Gerston and Terry Christensen, California Politics and Government: A Practical Approach,
10th ed. (Boston: Wadsworth, 2001), chapter 1. (Available online.)
The Constitution:
Edwards and Wattenberg, Government in America, chapter 2.
Federalism:
Edwards and Wattenberg, Government in America, chapter 3.
*********** First Midterm Examination – ************
Civil Liberties:
Edwards and Wattenberg, Government in America, chapter 4.
Nathan Heller, “The Big Uneasy. What's Roiling the Liberal Arts Campus?”, The New Yorker, May 30, 2016. (Available online.)
Civil Rights:
Edwards and Wattenberg, Government in America, chapter 5.
Andrew Moravcsik, "Fathers Who Serve as the Primary Parent: Why I Put My Wife’s Career First," Atlantic Monthly, October 2015. (Available online.) Public Opinion and Political Socialization:
Edwards and Wattenberg, Government in America, chapter 6.
Joel Kotkin, “The Golden State’s War on Itself,” City Journal, Summer 2010. (Available online.)
The Mass Media:
Edwards and Wattenberg, Government in America, chapter 7.
************ Second Midterm Examination – ************
Political Parties and the Party System:
Edwards et al., Government in America, chapter 8.
John Fonte, “Transformers,” Claremont Review of Books, October 19, 2016. (Available online.)
Campaigns and Voting Behavior:
Edwards et al., Government in America, chapter 9.
Victor Davis Hanson, “Trump and the American Divide,” City Journal, Winter 2017. (Available online.)
Interest Groups and the Pluralist System:
Edwards et al., Government in America, chapter 10.
Rebecca Traister, “The Future of the Left Is Female,” New York Magazine, January 23, 2017. (Available online.)
*********** Third Midterm Examination – ***********
Congress and Congressional Policy-Making:
Edwards et al., Government in America, chapter 11.
The Presidency:
Edwards et al., Government in America, chapter 12.
*********** Fourth Midterm Examination – ***********
Federal Bureaucracy:
Edwards and Wattenberg, Government in America, chapter 14.
The Federal Courts and Judicial Policy-Making:
Edwards and Wattenberg, Government in America, chapter 15.
********** Final Examination – (In Classroom) **********
