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1 RESEARCH SEMINAR: DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA Fall 2017 Political Science 320 Haverford College Steve McGovern Office: Hall 105 Phone: (w) Office Hours: Th 9-11 (and by appointment) Course Description This research seminar is intended to serve two functions for political science majors. First, it is a capstone seminar that gives students an opportunity to reflect upon the condition of democracy in America. Second, the seminar will prepare students to undertake a senior thesis on some aspect of power and politics in the United States. We will begin by examining some of the most serious problems confronting contemporary American society and how those problems have affected contemporary politics. How have class divisions fueled a populist revolt among white, working-class citizens that culminated in the election of Donald Trump? Why has the Democratic Party, once the party of the working class, found it increasingly difficult to win the political support of the working class? We will then probe more deeply into the roots of economic and social inequality and consider why this problem has worsened in recent years. After studying class-based inequalities, we will turn our attention to racial hierarchies and assess their impact within American politics. Next, the seminar will zero in on the political system and why it struggles so much in responding to major societal problems. Some scholars emphasize deepening polarization among political elites and many citizens as the most significant challenge to American democracy. They contend that intensifying ideological and partisan conflict has inhibited rational discourse, careful deliberation, and the capacity to make sound public policy. But just how polarized is the U.S.? And even if Americans sharply disagree about how the country should be governed, is this necessarily problematic for a democracy? Other scholars argue that if democracy in America has declined, then it is citizens themselves who are at fault; too many, they charge, do not bother to pay attention to public affairs and thus fail to carry out their responsibilities as citizens. Others point to the misbehavior of powerful elites and the damage that they do to key political institutions as the source of governmental dysfunction. Finally, we will consider how changes in the media have affected American politics. The seminar concludes by reassessing the quality of both representative and participatory democracy in America. As we evaluate the concept and practice of democracy in the U.S., we will also prepare for the senior thesis by studying how political scientists conduct empirical research. We will discuss how to think about research questions, carry out a literature review, construct hypotheses, define concepts, measure variables, and collect and analyze data. By the end of the course, students will have chosen a thesis topic and research question, written a comprehensive literature review, and prepared a research design to guide the empirical work that they will execute during the spring semester to complete their senior thesis.

2 Requirements Class participation 30% Thesis topic no grade Annotated bibliography 10% Literature review 40% Thesis proposal no grade Research design 20% Texts Christopher H. Achen and Larry M. Bartels, Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Princeton University Press 2016) Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson, Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class (Simon & Schuster 2010) Ian Harvey Lopez, Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class (Oxford University Press 2014) Robert D. Putnam, Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis (Simon & Schuster 2015) James A. Thurber and Antoine Yoshinaka, eds., American Gridlock: The Sources, Character, and Impact of Political Polarization (Cambridge University Press 2015) Joan C. Williams, White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America (Harvard Business Review 2017) Lisa A. Baglione, Writing a Research Paper in Political Science, 3 rd ed (Congressional Quarterly Press 2016) All other assigned readings will be available through Moodle. Topics and Readings I. Introduction to Course A. Course overview B. Thinking about your thesis Week 1 Lisa A. Baglione, Getting Started: Finding a Research Question and Making Sense of the Scholarly Answers to Your Research Question: Writing the Literature Review in Writing a Research Paper in Political Science Week 2 II. Joan C. Williams, White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America (entire book)

3 Week 3 III. Robert D. Putnam, Our Kids, Chs. 1-3 Week 4 IV. Robert D. Putnam, Our Kids, Chs. 4-6 Research Skills Workshop, Magill Library Thesis Topic Due Week 5 V. Challenges within American Society: Racial Divisions Ian Harvey Lopez, Dog Whistle Politics, Introduction and Chs. 1-6 (skim Chs. 7-9; Conclusion) Week 6 VI. Why the Political System Struggles to Respond to Societal Problems A. Polarization Alan I. Abramowitz, The New American Electorate: Partisan, Sorted, and Polarized Michah Altman and Michael McDonald, Redistricting and Polarization David Karol, Party Activists, Interest Groups, and Polarization in American Politics Marc J. Hetherington and Jonathan D. Weiler, Authoritarianism and Polarization in American Politics, Still? Samuel J. Abrams and Morris P. Fiorina, Party Sorting: The Foundations of Polarized Politics All of the above readings in American Gridlock: The Sources, Character, and Impact of Political Polarization, eds. James A. Thurber and Antoine Yoshinaka Fall Break Week 7

4 B. Flawed Institutions/Flawed Citizenry Week 8 Christopher H. Achen and Larry M. Bartels, Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government, Chs. 1, 2, 4, and 6 Annotated Bibliography Due C. Flawed Institutions/Flawed Citizenry Week 9 Christopher H. Achen and Larry M. Bartels, Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government, Chs D. Flawed Institutions Week 10 Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson, Winner-Take-All Politics, Introduction, Chs Week 11 VII. The Media and American Politics Kevin Arceneaux and Martin Johnson, More a Symptom than a Cause: Polarization and Partisan News Media in America in American Gridlock: The Sources, Character, and Impact of Political Polarization, eds. James A. Thurber and Antoine Yoshinaka Natalie Jomini Stroud and Alexander Curry, The Polarizing Effects of Partisan and Mainstream News in American Gridlock: The Sources, Character, and Impact of Political Polarization, eds. James A. Thurber and Antoine Yoshinaka Literature Review Due in Class Week 12 VIII. Thesis Research and Writing A. Preparation of Research Design Lisa A. Baglione, Effectively Distilling Your Argument: The Thesis, Model and Hypothesis and Making Your Plan and Protecting Yourself from Criticism: The Research Design in Writing a Research Paper in Political Science

5 Weeks B. Research Design Workshops Week 15 C. Presentation of Thesis Proposal Research Design Due at End of Exam Period

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