Approval Status
Approved
Date Reviewed
September 2014
General survey of the constitutional bases, organization,
and functioning of the American national government, recent and current
trends. This course provides a general introduction to the basic political
institutions and processes of American government. It focuses primarily on
national politics and is concerned, in particular, with evaluating the
structure of political power and the nature, extent, and quality of citizen
participation in political life. Two questions are central throughout: Who
governs America, and who should?
Course Type
Upper Division