Citizen Politics in America: Public Opinion, Elections, Interest Groups, and the Media

Description

In this course, you will learn:

• Polling is both a theory and a practise.
• The nature of the Republican and Democratic parties in today's world.
• How do elections in the United States vary from those in other democracies?
• The most important aspects of the 2016 Trump-Clinton campaign.
• Why do some social movements thrive and others fail?
• Why do certain special interests have greater clout than others?
• How the news system has evolved over the last few decades.
• The ramifications of a decentralised news media on politics.

Syllabus:

1. Public Opinion
2. Political Parties
3. Campaigns & Elections
4. Political Movements
5. Interest Groups
6. News Media