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Class 1: Elections and Poltical Power
February 9, 2000
Class 2: A Case For Government
February 11, 2000.
Class 3: A Case For Government Part II
February 14, 2000.
Class 4: Democracy As Accountability
February 16, 2000.
Class 5: Democracy
February 18, 2000
Class 6: Majority and Minority Rights
February 21, 2000.
Class 7: Pluralism
February 23, 2000.
Class 8: Pluralism and Its Critics
February 25, 2000.
Class 9: Power Elite Model
February 28, 2000.
Class 10: More on the Power Elite Model
March 1, 2000.
Class 11: Neo-Marxist Interpretation
March 3, 2000.
Class 12: State Capitalism
and the Constituion
March 6/8, 2000.
Class 13: The Constituion - II
March 10, 2000.
Class 14: Public Opinion and
The Constituion - III
March 13, 2000.
Class 15: The Constitution and
Who Governs
March 15, 2000.
Public Opinion and The Mass Media
Class 16: Public Opinion
March 17, 2000.
Class 17: Mass Media and American Politics
March 20, 2000.
Class 18: Mass Media and American
Politics - Continued
April 3, 2000.
Class 19: Mass Media and
Politics - Continued
April 5, 2000.
Class 20: Voting, Elections, and
Campaigns
April 7, 2000
Class 21: Elections, and
Campaigns: Part I "Taking on the Kennedys"
April 10, 2000
Class 22: Elections, and
Campaigns: Part II Finish "Taking on the Kennedys"
April 12, 2000
Class 23: Political Parties
April 14, 2000
Class 24: Political Parties (Continued)
April 17, 2000
Copyright © 1998, 1999, 2000 H. T. Reynolds
Class 25: Money and Political Parties
April 19, 2000
Class 26: "Washington's Other Scandal"
April 24, 2000
Institutions
Class 27: Congress
April 26, 2000
Class 28: Congress - Structure and
Members
April 28, 2000
Class 29: Congress - Decision Making
May 1, 2000
Class 30: The Presidency
May 3, 2000
Class 31: The Presidency (Continued)
May 5, 2000
Class 32: Bureaucratic Politics
May 8, 2000
Public Policy
Class 33: Federal Budget
May 10, 2000
Class 34: Federal Budget: Myth and Reality
May 12, 2000
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