Summer 2006

Political Science 1: Introduction to American Politics
University of California, Berkeley
Instructor: Matt Grossmann (matthewg@berkeley.edu)

Course Syllabus (DOC)

Final Study Guide

Essay Assignment #1

Essay Assignment #2

We The People site (with practice quizes)

Lecture Notes (PPT):

• July 3: Introduction


• July 5: American Democracy in Theory and Practice


• July 6: Organization of Congress


• July 10: Congressional Policymaking


• July 11: The Presidency


• July 12: The Administration


• July 13: The Judiciary


• July 17: State and Local Government


• July 18: Political Parties


• July 19: Interest Groups


• July 20: Social Movements


• July 24: News Media


• July 25: Public Opinion


• July 26: Campaigns and Elections


• July 27: Political Participation and Voting Behavior


• July 31: Economic Policy


• August 1: Social Issues and Foreign Policy


• August 2: Historical Institutionalism


• August 4: Behavioral Approaches (Outline)


• August 7: Rational Choice Theory


• August 8: Comparative Approaches


• August 9: Review

If the last link does not yet work, please try again closer to the time of the lecture.

If you are having trouble downloading the files, you can use this link to download a zipped version of the files from August 7 - August 9:
http://rapidshare.de/files/28841778/slides5.zip.html

This link allows you to download a zipped version of the files from July 31 - August 2:
http://rapidshare.de/files/28468454/slides4.zip.html

This link allows you to download a zipped version of the files from July 24-27:
http://rapidshare.de/files/27392762/slides3.zip.html

This link allows you to download a zipped version of the files from July 17-20:
http://rapidshare.de/files/26475849/slides2.zip.html

This link allows you to download a zipped version of the first 7 lectures:
http://rapidshare.de/files/26011135/slides.zip.html