Section Materials Fall 2018
Exam Tips
General Guidelines for Writing Blue Book Exams and Political Science Writing
Writing PolSci Essay Georgetown University
Writing Tips « Writers Workshop: Writer Resources « The Center for Writing Studies, Illinois
Link to Textbook Site
https://openstax.org/details/books/american-government
Week 2
Prisoners Dilemma Video: Golden Balls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0qjK3TWZE8
Tragedy of the Commons (TED Ed)
Week 3
California Voter Guide
**Correction**
Canada is an example of a federal system. It is not a unitary government.
Supplemental resource on Canada
https://www.canada.ca/en/intergovernmental-affairs/services/federation/federalism-canada.html
Week 4
Magna Carta
Incorporation Doctrine
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/incorporation_doctrine
Week 5
Electoral College
Issues with the Electoral College
Gerrymandering
Political Ad (Influence of constituency over party)
Week 6
Key Terms (Excerpted from Professor Goggin's Lecture Slides)
1. Coordination problem
2. Free-rider problem
3. Tragedy of the commons
4. Prisoners’ dilemma
5. Institution
6. Transaction cost
7. Conformity cost
8. Private good
9. Common good
10. Toll good
11. Public good
12. Republic
13. (direct) democracy
14. Articles of Confederation
15. Shay’s rebellion
16. 3/5 Compromise
17. Commerce clause
18. Supremacy clause
19. Virginia plan
20. New Jersey Plan
21. Logroll
22. Faction
23. Dual federalism
24. Cooperative federalism
25. New federalism
26. Vertical separation of powers
27. Horizontal separation of powers
28. Race to the bottom
29. Block grants
30. Categorical grants (matching)
31. 10th amendment
32. Civil rights
33. Civil liberties
34. Suffrage
35. Jim Crow laws
36. de facto
37. de jure
38. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
39. Initiative & Referendum
40. Duverger’s Law
41. patronage
42. McGovern-Fraser Commission
43. primary election
44. superdelgates
45. Invisible primary
46. necessary and proper clause
47. credit claiming
48. position taking
49. gerrymandering
50. pork barrel legislation
51. filibuster
52. cloture
53. closed rule
54. Hastert rule
55. unanimous consent agreements
56. take care clause
57. electoral college
58. line-item veto
59. divided government
60. executive order
61. going public
62. bureaucracy
63. spoils system
64. Pendleton Act (1883)
65. Cabinet agency
66. Independent Executive Agency
67. Independent Regulatory Commission
68. signing statements
69. regulatory review
70. police patrols v. fire alarms
71. legislative veto
72. limitation rider
73. Marbury v. Madison (1803)
74. judicial review
75. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
76. stare decisis
77. Rule of Four
78. writ of certiorari
79. Solicitor general
80. Original vs. appellate jurisdiction
Week 7
Supreme Court Information
Week 8
Thanksgiving Week
Week 9
Canceled
Week 10
The Influence of Super PACs on the 2012 Elections
Media Ownership (very in-depth)
Why do so few Americans vote?
Pros and cons of public opinion polls - Jason Robert Jaffe
Final Exam Terms (Excerpted from Professor Goggin's Lecture Slides)
1 pluralism
2 insider tactics
3 outsider tactics
4 selective incentives
5 grassroots lobbying
6 astroturf (lobbying)
7 Issue networks
8 Iron triangles
9 belief
10 emotion
11 values
12 attitude
13 opinion
14 focus group
15 nonscientific polling
16 scientific polling
17 coverage error
18 margin of error
19 nonresponse bias
20 social desirability bias
21 socialization
22 cue-taking
23 Magic of aggregation
24 Ideological polarization
25 sorting
26 affective polarization
27 belief polarization
28 heuristic
29 rational turnout model
30 four P's of electoral choice
31 four campaign goals
32 PAC
33 Super-PAC
34 initiatives/referenda
35 penny press
36 yellow journalism
37 muckraking
38 prior restraint
39 libel
40 slander
41 persuasion
42 agenda-setting
43 priming
44 framing
45 trial balloon
46 continuing resolution
47 policy window
48 budget authority
49 budget outlays
50 tax expenditures
51 War Powers Resolution (1973)
52 AUMF
53 rally-around-the-flag effect
54 status quo bias