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| − | '''Voting and Elections''' is offered | + | '''Voting and Elections''' is a course offered Fall 2008. The course covers the major theories of voting behavior as well as voter turnout, the level of voter knowledge, election forecasting, and the role of debates, parties, issues, money, and negative ads. |
| − | The course is taught by [[Andy Civettini]] | + | The course is taught by [[Andy Civettini]]. |
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| + | ==Lecture Topics== | ||
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| + | [[Elections in Theory and Practice in the United States]] | ||
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| + | [[Social Structural Theories of Voting]] | ||
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| + | [[Rational Choice Theories of Voting]] | ||
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| + | [[Proximity and Directional Theories of Voting]] | ||
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| + | [[Economic Voting]] | ||
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| + | [[Psychological Models of Voting Behavior]] | ||
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| + | ==Discussion Topics== | ||
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| + | [[Voter Turnout]] | ||
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| + | [[Political Debates]] | ||
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| + | [[Political Parties]] | ||
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| + | [[Voter Knowledge]] | ||
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| + | [[Issues and Agenda Setting]] | ||
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| + | [[Forecasting Elections]] | ||
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| + | [[Campaign Finance]] | ||
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| + | [[Election Day and Night]] | ||
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| + | [[Negative Campaigning]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:PS 240]] | ||
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| + | ==Criticism== | ||
| + | PS 240's use of the wikifire for the creation of a study guide has been highly controversial. Some claim it goes against the intended purpose of the site, others that it is a creative way to organize class discussion. The verdict is still unknown, but here's what you can do to avoid creating further controversy: check out [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet wikipedia's guide for formatting], especially the use of headers and bulleted lists. | ||
Latest revision as of 18:15, 23 July 2011
Voting and Elections is a course offered Fall 2008. The course covers the major theories of voting behavior as well as voter turnout, the level of voter knowledge, election forecasting, and the role of debates, parties, issues, money, and negative ads.
The course is taught by Andy Civettini.
Lecture Topics[edit]
Elections in Theory and Practice in the United States
Social Structural Theories of Voting
Rational Choice Theories of Voting
Proximity and Directional Theories of Voting
Psychological Models of Voting Behavior
Discussion Topics[edit]
Criticism[edit]
PS 240's use of the wikifire for the creation of a study guide has been highly controversial. Some claim it goes against the intended purpose of the site, others that it is a creative way to organize class discussion. The verdict is still unknown, but here's what you can do to avoid creating further controversy: check out wikipedia's guide for formatting, especially the use of headers and bulleted lists.
