Semester 1: Understanding American Politics

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MAKE UP SESSION for GROUP 2 on TUESDAY DECEMBER 10 at 11:20 (CEIL where we will find a spare room)

MAKE UP TEST (for those who have missed the 1st or2nd test, and the latecomers) on MONDAY DECEMBER 16 at 12:50 (CEIL where we will find a room - meeting place: room 1)

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HANDOUT:

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POWER OF CONGRESS/ IMPEACHMENT

THE LATEST REPORT/

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NEW: TD / EVALUATION

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WEEK 4 OF OCTOBER 2019

- The Idea of Democracy

- The American Revolution and the Origins of the US System of Government.

WEEK 1 OF NOVEMBER 2019

- The Articles of Confederation & the Constitution

download « lectures 1-2-3.pdf »

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AT 11.20 - meeting in the CEIL compound to find a room

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Readings for October 27 2019 (group 1) and October 30, 2019 (group 2)

1. Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (excerpt)

Download Thomas-Hobbes-Leviathan-reading.pdf »

2. John locke, The Second Treatise of Government (excerpts)

Download « locke_second_treatise_excerpts.pdf »

3. VERY IMPORTANT (excerpt from Kimberly Hutchings (1998) "Modelling democracy," Global Society, 12:2,159-175, DOI: 10.1080/13600829808443158)        Download «Two Stories of Democracy.pdf »

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research assignments MASTER 1

Topics:

paper template:

Télécharger « paper template.pdf »

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NEW: Readings for November, 3 (group 1), November 6 (group 2), 2019

Paine's Common Sense (excerpt): (no summary)

download « Paine s Common Sense excerpt.pdf »

Declaration of Independence (1776) (no summary)

 https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript

download « documents_articles of confederation excerpt.pdf »

download « The Making of the Constitution.pdf »

The Constitution and the Federalist Papers:

download « Federalist Papers excerpt.pdf »

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NEW: Readings for November 2019

An interpretation:

download « behind the framing of the constitution.pdf »

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THE POWER OF THE CONGRESS/

Case 1: Impeachment

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/25/what-you-need-know-about-impeachment-inquiry-into-trump/

https://www.democracynow.org/live/watch_house_of_representatives_intelligence_committee

CHECKS AND BALANCES/

cases:

US vs Alvarez (2012)

http://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/facts-and-case-summary-us-v-alvarez

http://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/holding-us-v-alvarez

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               The US Congress / quick facts

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MLA

Télécharger « Codex-MLA8.pdf »

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Required Readings

Declaration of Independence (to be downloaded and printed):

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/print_friendly.html?page=declaration_transcript_content.html&title=NARA%20%7C%20The%20Declaration%20of%20Independence%3A%20A%20Transcription

Paine's Common Sense (excerpt):

download « Paine s Common Sense excerpt.pdf »

The Articles of Confederation (excerpt):

Other Sources:

Paine's Common Sense:

download « Common Sense_Paine 1776.pdf »

John Adams' Letters to wife Abigail (selected):

https://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/archive/browse/letters_1774_1777.php

Federalist Papers:

Télécharger « Essential-Federalist-Papers.pdf »

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Elections: From M. J. C. Vile, Politics in the USA 6th ed. (New York: Routledge, 2007)

 Gerrymandering:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/05/15/americas-most-gerrymandered-congressional-districts/?utm_term=.4aa0ce3e0099

INTEREST GROUPS/

LOBBYING/