1st Edition
POLS 102: Intro American Government
School: West Virginia University (WVU )
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Pages: 19An overview of the terms that have to do with Congress, The Presidency, Bureaucracy and the Supreme Court.
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Pages: 3A continuation of the discussion about how the Supreme Court works and the elements of Supreme Court Justices.
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Pages: 3A continuation of the presidential influence and effectiveness of bureaucracies. And an overview of the functions, elements, process and roles of the Supreme Court.
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Pages: 4An overview of the Outputs and Outcomes of Bureaucracy and how they are measured by Congress and the Political Influence over the Bureaucracies.
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Pages: 3An overview of Bureaucracy and their characteristics, organizations and policies.
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Pages: 2A list of strategies the President uses to gain power when there is a relative absence of positive power.
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Pages: 3An overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the Presidents power in the law making process.
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Pages: 3An overview of how the House of Representatives runs so that the majority party has the advantage to getting what they want.
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Pages: 2An overview of how polarization leads to a reduction in productivity in Congress.
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Pages: 15An outline and explanation for all of the key terms on the study guide for the second test.
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Pages: 3An continuation of the advantages of incumbent's and a review of the test material.
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Pages: 4An explanation of why partisanship is so important in elections and the advantages that incumbents get as members of Congress.
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Pages: 4An overview of Duvergers Law and why it makes sense that we have two parties in the U.S. Also, what really effects presidential elections.
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Pages: 4A continuation of Dynamic Representation and an overview of interest groups - how they form, their selective benefits, and types.
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Pages: 3An continuation of explaining the RAS model and an overview of Dynamic Representation.
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Pages: 3An overview of how people use and turn information into opinions about the political environment. What the RAS model has to do with that and the four assumptions about the RAS model.
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Pages: 2An overview of what pluralism is, the views behind it and the assumptions of pluralism.
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Pages: 3An overview of majoritarian and pluralism views, attributes and the steps necessary to achieve them. And an outline of the research paper requirements
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Pages: 20An outline of 60 terms that may be used for identifications and multiple choice questions on the exam.
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Pages: 5An outline of what the professor expects in terms of the identifications and essay on the test. A review and clarification of some terms from the study guide.
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Pages: 4An overview of the contemporary political issues surrounding civil liberties and civil rights.
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Pages: 3An overview of examples of our civil liberties and how the government cant take them away from us.
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Pages: 4Continuation of the judicial resolutions and historical elections that gave the national government more power and an introduction to how Cooperative Federalism works.
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Pages: 6An overview of Articles 1 - 7 of the Constitution; the different types of Federalism; and the growing power of the national government and the reasons behind it.
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Pages: 6An overview of how we study politics, the articles of confederation and James Madison's Virginia Plan.