| Course Title: American Politics |
| Start Date: 01/28/2025 End Date: 05/13/2025 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2025 |
| Description: Offers an overview of the American political system and the theories of those who both celebrate and criticize it. Focuses on the institutions of American politics, including the Constitution, the presidency, Congress, the courts, parties, elections, interest groups, and movements seeking political change. Also includes a theoretical focus: a critical examination of the varieties of liberalism, conservatism, pluralism, and democracy that inform the practice of American politics. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Ana Abraham | anastasjaabr@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 10:30AM - 11:45AM | SKNR - Skinner Hall | 216 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| POLIT-AMER | POLIT-AMER: Politics - American subfield | This course has been approved to count towards the American Politics subfield of the Politics major (100-200-level courses only) and minor (all courses). |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 28 | Enrollment: 25 | Available: 3 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: How Democracies Die Author: Levitsky, Steven, and Daniel Ziblatt Copyright: 2018 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781524762940 Publisher: Penguin Random House |
Required | 19.00 |
| Title: Tyranny of the Minority Author: Levitsky, Steven, and Daniel Ziblatt Copyright: 2023 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780593443095 Publisher: Penguin Random House |
Required | 20.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |