E-Mail: ktpoole@uga.edu
WebSite: Voteview Home Page
Office Hours: Thursday 3:00 - 5:00PM
The following texts will be used in this course:
- Matthew Levendusky. 2009. The Partisan Sort
- Morris P. Fiorina. 2011. Culture War? (3rd Edition)
- Nolan M. McCarty, Keith T. Poole, and Howard Rosenthal. 2013. Political Bubbles
Requirements
Grades will be determined by three examinations -- two mid-semester exams and a final exam. The exams will consist of short answer essay questions. The midterms will be worth ¼ each and the final 1/2 of the course grade.
The first exam is scheduled for Friday, 26 September 2014, 1:25 - 2:15PM.
The second exam is scheduled for Friday, 7 November 2014, 1:25 - 2:15PM.
The final is scheduled for Wednesday, 17 December 2014, 12:00 - 2:00PM.
Course Outline
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Introduction: What is Political Polarization and Why Does it Matter?
Assignment:
- Chapter 1, The Partisan Sort
- Chapter 1, Culture War?
- How do We Measure Polarization of the Elites?
Assignment:
- "Measuring Ideology"
- "The Decline and Rise of Party Polarization in Congress During
the Twentieth Century." Extensions, Fall 2005.
- "The Roots of the Polarization of Modern U. S.
Politics."
Revista de Ciencia Politica, December, 2008.
- Growing Apart: The Mathematical Evidence for
Congress' Growing Polarization, by Jordan Ellenberg
(Note that the links to voteview.uh.edu should be pooleandrosenthal.com. The pages are still on the website.)
Measuring Ideology (PowerPoint)
- House and Senate DW-NOMINATE QuickTime Movie (through 1st session of the 113th Congress
- Income Inequality and Political Polarization
Assignment:
- Chapter 1, Polarized America, Nolan M. McCarty,
Keith T. Poole, and Howard Rosenthal.
- Chapter 2, Polarized America, Nolan M. McCarty,
Keith T. Poole, and Howard Rosenthal.
- "Wages and Human Capital in the U.S. Financial Industry: 1909-2006,"
by Thomas Philippon and Ariell Reshef. Working Paper 14644, 2009, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge,
MA.
- The Evolving Structure of the American Economy and the Employment
Challenge, Michael Spence and Sandile Hlatshwayo, 2011, Council on Foreign Relations
- Handout for Topic 3 -- Brief Overview of the State of Income Inequality (Part 1, PowerPoint)
- The Level and Distribution
of Economic Well-Being (Remarks by Federal Reserve Board Chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, 6 November 2007)
- Handout for Topic 3 -- Civil Rights and the Realignment of the South (Part 2, PowerPoint)
- Handout for Topic 3 -- Brief Overview of the State of Income Inequality (Part 1, PowerPoint)
- IRS Tax Tables Page
- Monthly Statement of the U.S. Debt
First Exam Study Questions
- Post 1960s Political Polarization
Assignment:
- Chapters 2 - 7, Culture War?
Second Exam Study Questions
- George W. Bush and the 2000 and 2004 Presidential Elections
Assignment:
- Chapters 8 - 10, Culture War?
- Chapters 2 - 7, The Partisan Sort
- The Public Policy Consequences of Political Polarization
Assignment:
- "Politics, Public Policy, and Inequality: A Look
Back at the 20th Century," by Howard Rosenthal. In Social Inequality, edited by Kathryn Neckerman.
New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2004.
- Political Bubbles
Final Exam Study Questions
- The Future of American Politics
Assignment:
- Conclusion, Political Bubbles
- Chapter 1, The Partisan Sort
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Analyses of Recent Politics
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