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POL 3010: American Political Systems
Module 7
POL 3010: American Political Systems
General Resources
Module 1
Module 2
Module 3
Module 4
The Presidency: The Presidency Since 1945: General Resources
The Presidency: The Imperial Presidency
The Presidency: The Return of the Imperial Presidency
The Presidency: Presidential Performance
Module 5
Module 6
Module 7
The U.S. Economy
Social and Cultural Issues
U.S. Foreign Policy: An Introduction
Approaches to Foreign Policy Analysis
Public Opinion
Bureaucratic Politics
Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex
Leadership, Personality & Cognition
The United States & World Power
Module 8
The U.S. Economy
Discussion Exercise: U.S. Economy Since 1980
Kotz Article on the U.S. Economy in the 1990s
Stiglitz Paper on Causes of the Great Recession
Verick and Islam Paper on the Great Recession
Blinder and Zandi Paper on End of Great Recession
Pew Research Paper on the Great Recession
Thompson and Smeeding Paper on Inequality
U.S. National Debt
Social and Cultural Issues
Immigration and Identity
Affirmative Action
LGBT Issues
Poverty and Welfare
Domestic Policy
Citrin et al. "Testing Huntington"
Coyne and Boettke, "Institutions, Immigration, and Identity"
Etzioni, "The Real Threat"
Fukuyama, "Identity, Immigration, and Democracy"
Huntington Article on the Hispanic Challenge
Jimenez, "Replenished Ethnicity" Introduction
Skerry, "What Are We To Make Of Samuel Huntington?"
Telles, "Mexican Americans and the American Nation"
Whitehead, "Mistaken National Identity"
Fukuyama: The Challenge of Positive Freedom
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Hochschild and Rogers: Race Relations in a Diversifying Nation
Lowenthal: Understanding the Hispanic Challenge
Discussion Exercise: Core Democratic Values and Affirmative Action
Michigan Department of Education, "Our Core Democratic Values"
American Association for Access, Equity, and Diversity (AAAED)
Americans for a Fair Chance, FAQs About Affirmative Action
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Anon. "Minority Retort"
Robert Fullinwider, "Affirmative Action"
Adam Liptak, "Court Backs Michigan on Affirmative Action"
Jacques Mangala, "Diversity as Spiritual Pursuit"
Jeffrey Rosen, "Liberals Should Be Happy About the Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decision"
Michael E. Rosman, "Thoughts on Bakke and its Effect on Race-Conscious Decision-Making"
Discussion Exercise: Core Democratic Values and Same Sex Marriage
Michigan Department of Education, "Our Democratic Values"
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), "LGBT Rights"
Focus on the Family
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
National Constitution Center
Molly Ball, "How Gay Marriage Became a Constitutional Right"
Todd Donovan, "Direct Democracy and Campaigns Against Minorities"
Nan D. Hunter, "The Undetermined Legacy of 'Obergefell v. Hodges'"
Alison M. Smith, "Same-sex Marriage: A Legal Background After United States v. Windsor"
Carl Tobias, "Certiorari and the Marriage Equality Cases"
Various, "After Obergefell: A First Things Symposium"
Darren R. Walhof, "Habermas, same-sex marriage and the problem of religion in public life"
The Guardian, "Gay Marriage"
Discussion Exercise: Poverty and Welfare
Jared Bernstein, "America's Poorest Are Getting Virtually No Assistance"
Peter Ferrara, "How Welfare Reform Can End Poverty in America, And Promote Booming Economic Growth"
Jana Kasperkevic, "Welfare programs shown to reduce poverty in America"
Greg Kaufmann, "This Week in Poverty: Welfare Reform - From Bad to Worse"
Elizabeth Lower-Basch, Congressional Testimony on TANF
Mark R. Rank, "Poverty in America is Mainstream"
Robert Rector and Jennifer A. Marshall, "The Unfinished Work of Welfare Reform"
Robert Rector, "Poverty and the Social Welfare State in the United States and Other Nations"
Rebecca Vallas and Melissa Boteach, "Top 5 Reasons Why TANF Is Not a Model for Other Income Assistance Programs"
The Brookings Institution, "Poverty"
The Brookings Institution, "Welfare"
Center for Law and Social Policy
Center on Budget and Policy Concerns, "Chart Book: TANF at 19"
Federal Safety Net
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, "Welfare Programs/Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)"
TalkPoverty.org
Urban Institute, "Poverty, Vulnerability, and the Safety Net"
BBC (Panorama), "Poor America" (2012)
Sojourners, "The Line" (2012)
Research Presentation: Issues in U.S. Domestic Policy
The Brookings Institution. Research Topics
The Guardian
. Articles on U.S. domestic policy
PBS. Religion and Ethics Newsweekly: U.S. Domestic Issues
Pew Research Center. U.S. Politics and Policy Topics
Vanderbilt University. Jean and Alexander Heard Library. Public Policy Issues and Groups
The White House. Issues
U.S. Foreign Policy: An Introduction
Research Essay: Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy
Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy Help Notes
Discussion Exercise: Bureaucratic Politics
Discussion Exercise: Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex and Foreign Policy
Presentation Assignment: U.S. Foreign Policy Since 1945
Approaches to Foreign Policy Analysis
Hermann and Hermann Article on FPA
Hudson and Vore Article on FPA
Hudson Article on FPA
Rourke Chapter on FPA
Public Opinion
John H. Aldrich et al., "Foreign Policy and the Electoral Connection"
Matthew Baum, Soft News Goes to War: Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy in the New Media Age, Chapter 1
Adam J. Berinsky, "Assuming the Costs of War: Events, Elites, and American Public Support for Military Conflict"
Steve Chan and William Safran, "Public Opinion as a Constraint Against War: Democracies' Responses to Operation Iraqi Freedom"
Robert Kaufman, "Morgenthau's Unrealistic Realism"
Thomas Knecht and M.S. Weatherford, "Public Opinion and Foreign Policy: The Stages of Presidential Decision Making"
Douglas L. Kriner and Francis X., "How Citizens Respond to Combat Casualties"
Dina Smeltz et al., Foreign Policy in the New Millennium: Results of the 2012 Chicago Council Survey of American Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy
Chicago Council on Global Affairs: Surveys
Council on Foreign Relations: Polls and Public Opinion
Foreign Policy Centre: Public Diplomacy
Pew Research Center: Foreign Affairs and Policy
Thomas Knecht: Paying Attention to Foreign Affairs: How Public Opinion Affects Presidential Decision-Making, Introduction
William C. Adams: Mass media and public opinion about foreign affairs: A typology of news dynamics
William C. Adams: Opinion and Foreign Policy
Bureaucratic Politics
Freedman Article on Bureaucratic Politics
Krasner Article on Bureaucratic Politics
Stern and Verbeek Article on Bureaucratic Politics
Bureaucratic Politics and Foreign Policy
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Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex
Hartung Chapter on Military-Industrial Complex
Bacevich Article on Military-Industrial Complex
Congressional-Military-Industrial Complex (Author: De Borchgrave)
Military-Industrial Complex (Author: Fallows)
Military-Industrial Complex (Gelb Interview)
Military-Industrial Complex (Author: Preble)
Leadership, Personality & Cognition
Dyson Article on Personality and FP - Blair and Iraq
Levy Chapter on PoliPsych and Foreign Policy
Rosati Article on Cognitive Approaches to FPA
The United States & World Power
Michael Cox Article on U.S. Decline
Colin Dueck Review Article of Brooks Ikenberry and Wohlforth on U.S. Retrenchment
H-Diplo ISSF Roundtable Review of Lieber on U.S. Power
Robert Pape Article on U.S. Decline
Watts Article on U.S. Power
Paul Dibb: Two Geopolitical Fallacies: The Rise of China and the Inevitable Decline of America
The West and the Rest: The Changing Global Balance of Power in Historical Perspective
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