I.    FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN POLITICS

         A.    Introduction and Organization- September 6-8
                  1.    Writing a Fundamental Law

         B.    Philosophical Foundations- September 11-13-15
                  1.    Wilson, Chapters 1 & 2
                  2.    Tocqueville: “The Social State of Anglo-Americans”

         C.    Federal Republic- September 18-20-22 (Conference)
                  1.    Wilson: Chapter 3
                  2.    The Federalist: No. 10 & 51.
                  3.    Tocqueville: History of the Federal Constitution”

II.    GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS

         A.    The Legislature- September 25-27-29
                  1.    Wilson: Chapter 11
                  2.    The Federalist: No. 57 & 62.
                  3.    Tocqueville: “Legislative Powers”

         B.    The Presidency-October 2-4-6
                  1.    Wilson: Chapters 12 & 20.
                  2.    The Federalist: No. 70
                  3.    Tocqueville: “The Executive Power”; Accidental Causes That May Increase the Influence of the
                         Executive Power”; “ Mode of Election”.

         C.    The Bureaucracy-October 10 (Yom Kippur)-11-13
                  1.    Wilson: Chapter 13.
                  2.    Tocqueville: “Tyranny of the Majority”; “Why the Ideas of Democratic Peoples About Government
                          Naturally Favor the Concentration of Political Power”.

         D.    The Courts-October 16-18-20
                  1.    Wilson: Chapter 14
                  2.    The Federalist: No. 80
                  3.    Tocqueville: “The Federal Courts”; “High Standing of the Supreme Court Among the Great
                          Authorities in the State”

III.    NON-GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS

         A.    Parties and Elections- October 23-25-27
                1.    Wilson: Chapter 6, 7, 8.

         B.    Public Opinion and the Media-October 30- November 6-8-10
                  1.    Wilson: Chapters 5 & 10.
                  2.    Tocqueville: “Why American Writers and Speakers Are Often Bombastic”; “Some Observations on
                         the Theatre Among Democratic Peoples”.

          C.    Interest Groups & Mass Movements- November 1-3
                  1.    Wilson: Chapter 9 & 22
                  2.    The History of Women’s Suffrage (Omit Reminiscences of Emily Collins”)

IV.     MAKING PUBLIC POLICY

        A.    The Policy Process- November 13-15-17 (Conference)
                  1.    Wilson: Chapter 15

        B.    Economic Policy- November 20-22-24 (Thanksgiving)
                  1.    Wilson: Chapters 16 & 17.

        C.    Civil Rights Policy- November 27-29-December 1
                  1.    Wilson: Chapters 18 & 19.
                  2.    Tocqueville: “The Situation of the Black Race in the United States”.
                  3.    Douglass, F.: “What Are the Colored People Doing For Themselves”.
                  4.    du Bois, W.E.B.: “The Conservation of Races”.
                  5.    Malcolm X: “The Ballot or the Bullet”.

         D.    An Administrative State? - December 4-6-8
                  1.    Barry Karl: The Uneasy State

         REVIEW…………….. December 13

         FINAL EXAM……….. December 18 at 9 AM