DPI-329: Driving Forces in American Politics

Semester: Not Offered

Credit: 1.0

Schedule

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Description

Designed to provide Kennedy School students and upper-class students from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences with a deep understanding of the forces behind modern American politics. Always offered in election years, it will not focus on elections per se; rather it will provide students with knowledge and historical context for those forces that affect all American elections. Each topic will be approached historically and empirically — drawing from the best history and political science available. In addition to extensive reading, students will be required to choose a certain number of Institute of Politics lectures and study groups to attend when they are appropriate to the subject matter of the course. Not offered in 2009-10.