Readings

 

The following is a tentative class plan.  I have left on class period open to accommodate scheduling adjustments due to weather or other unforeseen events. 

Further adjustments may be necessary. 

 

 

Class Plan

Date

Topic

Readings

012904

Introduction

1 – 18

020504

Studying Politics Scientifically

22 – 40

“The Role of Candidate Spending in Presidential Nomination Campaigns.” Audrey A. Haynes; Paul-Henri Gurian; Stephen M. Nichols. The Journal of Politics, Vol. 59, No. 1. (Feb., 1997), pp. 213-225. (link)

021204

Building Blocks of Political Science Research

45 – 68

“Repression of Human Rights”. Neal Tate; Steven Poe.  American Political Science Review. Vol. 88(4) (Dec. 1994) pp. 853-872. (link).

021904

Measurement

72 – 92

“Presidential Power and the United States Supreme Court.”  Jeff Yates; Andrew Whitford. Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 51, No. 2. (Jun., 1998), pp. 539-550. (link)

022604

Measurment

Research Design

92 – 105

111 – 118

“Does Attack Advertising Demobilize the Electorate?” Stephen Ansolabehere; Shanto Iyengar; Adam Simon; Nicholas Valentino. The American Political Science Review, Vol. 88(4). (Dec., 1994), pp. 829-838. (link)

030404

Research Design

118 – 138

“Effects of Public Opinion on Policy.” Benjamin I. Page; Robert Y. Shapiro. The American Political Science Review, Vol. 77, No. 1. (Mar., 1983), pp. 175-190. (link).

031104

Research Design

Literature Review

138 – 147

154 – 170

“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism”

Robert A. Pape. The American Political Science Review, Vol. 97(3). (Aug., 2003), pp. 343-361. (link pdf format).

031804

Literature Review

Empirical Observation

171 – 180

216 – 227

040104

Empirical Observation

Document Analysis

227 – 233

237 – 255

“Ideological Values and the Votes of U.S. Supreme Court Justices.”  Jeffrey A. Segal; Albert D. Cover.  The American Political Science Review, Vol. 83, No. 2. (Jun., 1989), pp. 557-565. (link)

040804

Document Analysis

Elite Interviewing

255 – 267

271 – 277

“Lessons Learned: Practical Lessons Gleaned from Inside the Truth Commissions of Guatemala and South Africa.” Joanna R. Quinn*

Mark Freeman. Human Rights Quarterly, 25 (2003) 1117–1149. (link).

041504

Presentations

 

042204

Survey Research

277 – 297

“Civil Liberties vs. Security: Public Opinion in the Context of the Terrorist Attacks on America.”

 Darren W. Davis; Brian D. Silver. American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 48(1)(Jan. 2004), pp. 28-46. (Handout).

042904

Annotated Research Report

437 – 455

050604

Open