GOVT 2301 American Government: National, State, and Local I
Course Description
A study of theories of American democracy and other ideologies, United States and Texas constitutions, federalism, state and local government, political economy, political socialization and public opinion, the media, interest groups, and political parties and elections. Core Curriculum course. Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
Textbooks
Benjamin Ginsberg, Theodore Lowi, and Margaret Weir, We the People, 6th ed. (Norton, 2007)
Neal Tannahill, Texas Government, 9th ed. (Longman, 2007)
David
Canon, et al., eds., The Enduring Debate: Classic and
Contemporary Readings in American Politics, 4th ed. (Norton, 2005)