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1 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE POL595A William Mishler Seminar on American Politics Social Science Rm. 314-A Fall, 2004 Phone: Web: Course Description: This course provides an introduction and overview of the literature on the American political system and its principal institutions and processes. This is NOT a course on how American Government is structured or works. Nor is it a course on contemporary American politics. It is assumed that students bring to the course a basic familiarity with these subjects. Rather, this course is concerned with research on American politics. It is intended both to introduce students to the main theoretical currents and controversies in the literature on American politics and to survey some of the important research trends within the various sub-fields of this largest field of political science. Attention throughout the course will focus on both the substance of research and the methodologies (broadly defined) by which it was produced. Requirements and Grades: The course is designed as a seminar. Consequently students are expected to share fully in the burden of seminar discussion. Although there will be an occasional lecture by the professor, the bulk of the seminar will involve directed discussions of the readings and of seminar papers. Requirements for the course include: 1) regular seminar participation (20% of grade); 2) two 8-10 page seminar papers (25% each); and 3) a comprehensive take-home final examination (30%). Policy on Incompletes: Students are expected to complete the course on time. Incompletes will be permitted only in extraordinary circumstances where the student is unable to complete the work for reasons beyond his/her control. If a grade of I is assigned the student must complete all work before the beginning of end of the Spring 2005 semester. Any work not completed by then will receive a grade of E and be averaged with the student's other work in computing an overall course grade. Seminar Papers Seminar papers shall consist of critical bibliographic essays. They should focus on the literature for one of the seminar topics (to be assigned in class) and should summarize, synthesize, and critically, but sympathetically, evaluate the literature for the week. A bibliographic essay is NOT a book report or even a series of book reports stuck together. Rather, the essay should focus on the literature as a whole and addresses such questions as: What are the principal questions addressed in the literature? What are the principal approaches, theoretical and methodological, which have been used to address these questions? What are the principal conclusions reached in the literature? What are the main points of agreement and the principal areas of disagreement in the literature? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the literature? 1

2 The "literature" for your topic should include all of the required readings plus a survey of the optional readings for the topic and the relevant literature that has been published on the topic since 1990 in the three leading journals in the discipline: the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, and The Journal of Politics. A list of the relevant articles from those journals should be appended to your paper. Seminar papers must not exceed 10 pages in length. They must be typed, double spaced, with 1" margins and a font no smaller than that used on this syllabus. They should be stapled in the upper left hand corner -- no plastic binders or paper clips, please. Papers should be put in my mail box in Rm 315 Social Sciences by 5 p.m. on the Thursday preceding the class in which the paper will be discussed. Students also must submit an electronic copy of the paper to the professor as a PDF file. The instructor will put the paper on the class web site ( where other students in the seminar are required to read it before class. Readings: Readings for each topic are indicated in the outline below. All required books are available for purchase at the university bookstore, although in many cases cheaper copies can be bought on-line at Amazon.com or other similar site.. Used copies of most books also are available. Most of these books are classics, however, an probably should be part of your permanent collection. Copies of all articles required in the course either are available through JSTOR or are on reserve in a file cabinet in Social Science 314. Books available for purchase include: John Aldrich, Why Parties? The Origin and Transformation of Party Politics in America Douglas Arnold, Logic of Congressional Action Robert Dahl, Democracy and Its Critics Anthony Downs, An Economic Theory of Democracy David Mayhew, Congress: The Electoral Connection Mancur Olson, The Logic of Collective Action Benjamin Page and Robert Shapiro, The Rational Public Students with little or no background in American politics may want to read a standard undergraduate textbook on American politics in conjunction with the course. Among the better texts available are: James Q. Wilson and John Dilulio, American Government: Institutions and Policies John Aldrich et al., American Government: People, Institutions, and Policies and Karen O Conner and Larry Sabato, American Government: Continuity and Change Abbreviations used in Outline AJPS American Journal of Political Science APSR American Political Science Review APQ American Politics Quarterly BJPS British Journal of Political Science JOP Journal of Politics LSQ Legislative Studies Quarterly Course Outline : The course is divided into 14 topics. One topic will be covered each session. Students 2

3 are expected to have completed all required reading for a topic before that topic is discussed in class. readings are NOT supposed to be read for this course. Rather, they are intended to help you prepare for comprehensive exams and to assist in identifying readings for your two seminar papers. The dates for each topic are tentative and may change as the seminar proceeds. August 23: Organizational Session No Reading August 30: Topic I: Brief History of American Politics (Read at your convenience): 1. Robert Dahl, "The Behavioral Approach in Political Science: Epitaph for a Monument to a Successful Protest" APSR (December, 1961) JSTOR 2. David Easton, "The New Revolution in Political Science" APSR (1969) JSTOR 4.Morris Fiorina, Formal Models in Political Science, AJPS (Feb., 1975), pp John C. Harsanyi, Rational-Choice Models of Political Behavior vs. Functionalist and Conformist Theories, World Politics, Vol. 21, No. 4. (Jul., 1969), pp JSTOR 6. James March and Johan Olsen, "The New Institutionalism: Organizational Factors in Political Life" APSR (Sept, 1984) JSTOR 7. R. Douglas Arnold, "Overtilled and Undertilled Fields of American Politics", Political Science Quarterly (Spring, 1982) JSTOR 1. Heinz Eulau, The Behavioral Persuasion in Politics 2. Eric Voegelin, The New Science of Politics 3. David Ricci, The Tragedy of Political Science 4 Albert Somit and Joseph Tanenhaus, The Development of American Political Science 5. John Wahlke, Pre-Behavioralism in Political Science APSR (1979). 6. Thomas Wiegele, Biology and the Social Sciences 7. Nelson W. Polsby, Contemporary Transformations of American Politics: Thoughts on the Research Agendas of Political Scientists, Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 96, No. 4. (Winter, ), pp James March and Johan Olsen, Rediscovering Institutions 9. avid Lalman, Joe Oppenheimer and Piotr Swistak, Formal Rational Choice Theory in A. Finifter, ed., Political Science: The State of the Discipline, ch James Farr, John S. Dryzek and Stephen T. Loenard, eds., Political Science in History, Cambridge University Press September 6 Labor Day No Class 3

4 September 13 Topic II: Democratic Theories of American Politics 1. Robert Dahl, Democracy and Its Critics, entire, but skim Part One and Two. 2. Frank Tannenbaum, On Certain Characteristics of American Democracy, Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 60, No. 3. (Sep., 1945), pp JSTOR 3. Earl Latham, The Group Basis of Politics: Notes for a Theory, APSR, Vol. 46, No. 2. (Jun., 1952), pp JSTOR 4. Murray S. Stedman, Jr., A Group Interpretation of Politics, The Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 2. (Summer, 1953), pp JSTOR September 20 Topic III: Democratic Theories of American Politics (Continued) 1. Jack Walker, "A Critique of the Elitist Theory of Democracy," APSR (June, 1966): JSTOR 2. Robert Dahl, "Further Reflections..." APSR (June, 1966): JSTOR 3. John Manley, "Neopluralism: A Class Analysis of Pluralism..." APSR (June 1983): JSTOR 4. Charles Lindblom and Robert Dahl's, "Comments on Manley," APSR (June, 1983): JSTOR 5. C. Wright Mills, The Structure of Power in American Society, The British Journal of Sociology, Vol. 9, No. 1. (Mar., 1958), pp JSTOR 6. Anthony Downs, An Economic Theory of Democracy, Chs for both Topics II and III 1. G. William Domhoff, Who Rules America? 2. Joseph Schumpeter, Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy 3. Ralph Miliband, The State in Capitalist Society 6. Theodore Lowi, The End of Liberalism 4. Louis Hartz, The Liberal Tradition in America, chs E. E. Schattschneider, The Semi-Sovereign People, chs Charles Lindblom, Politics and Markets 7. Peter Bachrach, The Theory of Democratic Elitism 8. Steven Lukes, Power: A Radical View 9. Grant McConnell, Private Power and American Democracy 10. James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock, Calculus of Consent 11. William Riker, Liberalism and Pluralism 12. Samuel Huntington, The Promise of Disharmony 13. Mancur Olson, Rise and Decline of Nations, chs. 1 & Murray Edelman, The Symbolic Uses of Politics, chs. 1, 2, 4, 6, Peter Bachrach and Morton Baratz, "The Two Faces of Power" APSR (1962): Robert Dahl, Who Governs? 17. Carole Pateman, Participation and Democratic Theory, Chs 1 & C. Wright Mills, The Power Elite, chs. 1, 11, & David Truman, The Governmental Process, chs

5 September 27 Topic IV: Political Participation 1. Anthony Downs, An Economic Theory of Democracy, Ch Richard Boyd, "Decline of U.S. Voter Turnout: Structural Explanation," APQ (April, 1981): Paul Abramson and John Aldrich, "The Decline of Electoral Participation in America," APSR (Sept., 1982): JSTOR 4. John Aldrich, "Rational Choice and Turnout," and Response by Robert Jackman both in AJPS (Feb., 1993): JSTOR 5. Henry E. Brady; Sidney Verba; Kay Lehman Schlozman Beyond SES: A Resource Model of Political Participation (in Articles). APSR, Vol. 89, No. 2. (Jun., 1995), pp JSTOR 6 Jan E. Leighley, Attitudes, Opportunities and Incentives: A Field Essay on Political Participation (in Field Essay), Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 48, No. 1. (Mar., 1995), pp JSTOR 7. Paul F. Whiteley, Rational Choice and Political Participation. Evaluating the Debate (in Field Essay) Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 48, No. 1. (Mar., 1995), pp JSTOR 1. Raymond Wolfinger and Steven Rosenstone, Who Votes?, esp Chs 1-4 & Lester Milbrath and M. Lal Goel, Political Participation, 2nd ed. 3. Robert Lane, Political Life. 4. M. Margaret Conway, Political Participation in the United States, 2nd. ed. 5. Carole Pateman, Participation and Democratic Theory. 6. Dennis Thompson, The Democratic Citizen. 7. Roger Cobb and Charles Elder, Participation and American Politics, 2nd. ed. 8. William Riker and Peter Ordeshook, "A Theory of the Calculus of Voting, APSR (March, 1968) 9. Gordon Tullock, Toward a Mathematics of Politics, ch John Ferejohn and Morris Fiorina, "The Paradox of Not Voting," APSR (June, 1974): William Crotty, Political Participation and American Democracy. 12. Sidney Verba and Norman Nie, Participation in America 13. Sidney Verba, Lee Schlozman and Henry Brady, Voice and Equality. 5

6 October 4 Topic V: Public Opinion 1. Benjamin Page and Robert Shapiro, The Rational Public, Chs. 1-3 and James W. Prothro; Charles M. Grigg, Fundamental Principles of Democracy: Bases of Agreement and Disagreement, JOP, Vol. 22, No. 2. (May, 1960), pp JSTOR 3. Herbert McClosky, Consensus and Ideology in American Politics, APSR, Vol. 58, No. 2. (Jun., 1964), pp JSTOR 4. John L. Sullivan; James Piereson and George E. Marcus, An Alternative Conceptualization of Political Tolerance: Illusory Increases 1950s-1970s. APSR, Vol. 73, No. 3. (Sep., 1979), pp John L. Sullivan; James Piereson and George E. Marcus, The Sources of Political Tolerance: A Multivariate Analysis, APSR, Vol. 75, No. 1. (Mar., 1981), pp JSTOR 6. James Stimson, "Belief Systems, Constraint, Complexity, and the 1972 Election, AJPS (Aug, 1975) JSTOR 7. Pamela Conover and Stanley Feldman, "The Origins and Meaning of Liberal/Conservative Self- Identifications," APSR (Nov., 1981): JSTOR 8. Milton Lodge and Ruth Hamill, A Partisan Schema for Political Information Processing, APSR, Vol. 80, No. 2. (Jun., 1986), pp JSTOR 1. V.O. Key, Public Opinion and American Democracy, Chs 1-4 & Herbert McClosky and Alida Brill, Dimensions of Tolerance. 3. Robert Lane, Political Ideology. 4. Samuel Stouffer, Communism, Conformity and Civil Liberties. 5. Sidney Verba and Gary Orren, Equality in America. 6. Jennifer Hochschild, What's Fair? 7. Norman Nie, Sidney Verba, and John Petrocik, The Changing American Voter, Chs James Stimson, Public Opinion in America. 8. Edward Carmines and James Stimson, Issue Evolution: Race and the Transformation of American Politics. 10. Diana Mutz, Impersonal Influence: How Perceptions of Mass Collectives Affect Political Attitudes 11. Walter Lippman, Public Opinion 12. John Sullivan, J. Pierson, and G. Marcus, Political Tolerance and American Democracy, 6

7 October 11 Topic VI: Elections and Voting 1. Donald E. Stokes; Angus Campbell and Warren E. Miller, Components of Electoral Decision, APSR, Vol. 52, No. 2. (Jun., 1958), pp Jerrold G. Rusk,The Effect of the Australian Ballot Reform on Split Ticket Voting: , APSR, Vol. 64, No. 4. (Dec., 1970), pp JSTOR 3. Herbert F. Weisberg, A Multidimensional Conceptualization of Party Identification, Political Behavior, Vol. 2, No. 1. (1980), pp JSTOR 4. Charles H. Franklin and John E. Jackson, The Dynamics of Party Identification,. APSR, Vol. 77, No. 4. (Dec., 1983), pp JSTOR 5. Edward G. Carmines and James A. Stimson, The Two Faces of Issue Voting, APSR, Vol. 74, No. 1. (Mar., 1980), pp JSTOR 6. D. Roderick Kiewiet, Policy-Oriented Voting in Response to Economic Issues, APSR, Vol. 75, No. 2. (Jun., 1981), pp JSTOR 7. Benjamin I. Page and Calvin C. Jones, Reciprocal Effects of Policy Preferences, Party Loyalties and the Vote, APSR, Vol. 73, No. 4. (Dec., 1979), pp JSTOR 8. Gregory B. Markus and Philip E. Converse, A Dynamic Simultaneous Equation Model of Electoral Choice, APSR, Vol. 73, No. 4. (Dec., 1979), pp JSTOR 9. Henry W. Chappell, Jr; and William R. Keech, A New View of Political Accountability for Economic Performance, APSR, Vol. 79, No. 1. (Mar., 1985), pp Paul Lazardsfeld et al. The People's Choice, Chs Walter Dean Burnham, Critical Elections and the Maintenance of American Politics 3. Bernard Berelson et al., Voting. 4. Norman Nie et al., The Changing American Voter. 5. Richard Niemi and Herbert Weisberg, Controversies in American Voting Behavior. 6. A Campbell et al., Elections and the Political Order. 7. Donald Kinder and D. R. Kiewiet, "Sociotropic Politics: The American Case" BJPS (April, 1981) 8. D. Roderick Kiewiet, Macroeconomics and Micropolitics. 9. R.A.N. Smith, The Unchanging American Voter. 10. Bruce Keith et al., The Myth of the Independent Voter. 11. Morris Fiorina, Retrospective Voting, Chs 1-3, 5, 6, Warren Miller and J. Merrill Shanks, The New American Voter 13. Samuel Popkin, The Reasoning Voter: Communication and Persuasion in Presidential Campaigns 14. Angus Campbell et al., The American Voter, Chs 1-4 7

8 October 18 Topic VII: Political Parties and Interest Groups 1. John Aldrich, Why Parties: The Origin and Transformation of Party Politics in America, Chs 1-2; pp 65-68; Chs Mancur Olson, The Logic of Collective Action, chs. 1, 2, 5 & Anthony Downs, An Economic Theory of Democracy, ch Jack Walker, "The Origins and Maintenance of Interest Groups in the United States," APSR (June, 1983): JSTOR 1. V.O. Key, Politics, Parties, and Pressure Groups. 2. Samuel Eldersveld, Political Parties. 3. David Truman, The Governmental Process. 4. E.E. Schattschneider, The Semi-Sovereign People. 5. James Wilson, Political Organizations. 6. Nelson Polsby, Consequences of Party Reform. 7. E.E. Schattschneider, Party Government. 8. Warren Miller and T. Levitan, Leadership and Change. 6. Cornelius Cotter et al., Party Organizations in American Politics. 7. Theodore Lowi, The End of Liberalism. 8. Robert Salisbury, "An Exchange Theory of Interest Groups," AJPS (Feb., 1969): Terry Moe, The Organization of Interests. 10. Francis Fox Piven and Richard Cloward, Poor Peoples' Movements. 11. Michael Lipsky, "Protest as a Political Resource," APSR (December, 1968): Douglas McAdam, Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, Allan Hertzke, Representing God in Washington. 14. Gerald Pomper, Passions and Interests: Political Party Concepts in American Democracy. 15. Larry Sabato, The Party's Just Begun. 8

9 October 27 Topic VIII: Congress 1. David Mayhew, Congress: The Electoral Connection. 2. Douglas Arnold, Logic of Congressional Action, Chs. 1-7 & Nelson Polsby, "Institutionalization of the U.S. House of Representatives," APSR (March, 1968): JSTOR 4. David Mayhew, "Congressional Elections: The Case of the Vanishing Marginals," Polity (Spring, 1974): JSTOR 5. Thomas E. Mann and Raymond E. Wolfinger, Candidates and Parties in Congressional Elections, APSR, Vol. 74, No. 3. (Sep., 1980), pp JSTOR 6. Glenn R. Parker and Roger H. Davidson, Why Do Americans Love Their Congressmen so Much More than Their Congress? LSQ, Vol. 4, No. 1. (Feb., 1979), pp JSTOR 7. Keith Krehbiel, Where s the Party? British Journal of Political Science, 23: (1993) JSTOR 8. John H. Aldrich and David W. Rohde, the Transition to Republican Rule in the House: Implications for Theories of Congressional Politics, Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 112, No. 4. (Winter, ). JSTOR 1. James Sterling Young, The Washington Community Donald Matthews and James Stimson, Yeas and Nays. 3. Larry Dodd and Bruce Oppenheimer, eds., Congress Reconsidered. 4. Morris Fiorina, Congress: Keystone of the Washington Establishment. 5. Richard Fenno, Home Style. 6. Morris Fiorina, Representatives, Roll Calls, and Constituencies. 7. Donald Matthews, U.S. Senators and their World. 8. Gary Jacobson and Samuel Kernel, Strategy and Choice in Congressional Elections. 9. Herbert Weisberg,?Evaluating Theories of Roll Call Voting, AJPS (August, 1978): Gary Jacobson, "The Marginals Never Vanished: Incumbency and Competition in Elections to The U.S. House of Representatives," AJPS (Feb., 1987): Steven Smith and Christopher Deering, Committees in Congress. 12. Aaron Wildavsky, The Politics of the Budgetary Process. 13. William Riker, The Theory of Political Coalitions. 14. J. L. Sundquist, Decline and Resurgence of Congress 16. Douglas Arnold, Congress and the Bureaucracy, Chs., 1-3, 7, Richard Fenno, Congressmen in Committee. 18. David Rhode, Parties and Leaders in the Post-Reform House 19. John Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse. Congress as Public Enemy: Public Attitudes Toward American Political Institutions 20. Barbara Sinclair, Unorthodox Lawmaking 9

10 November 1 Topic IX: The President and Bureaucracy 1. George C. Edwards, Presidential Influence in the House: Presidential Prestige as a Source of Presidential Power, APSR, Vol. 70, No. 1. (Mar., 1976), pp J STOR 2. Terry Moe, "The New Economics of Organizations," AJPS (Nov., 1984): JSTOR 3 George C. Edwards and B. Dan Wood, Who Influences Whom? The President, Congress, and the Media, APSR, Vol. 93, No. 2. (Jun., 1999), pp JSTOR 4. George A. Krause and Jeffrey E. Cohen, Opportunity, Constraints, and the Development of the Institutional Presidency: The Issuance of Executive Orders, , JOP, Vol. 62, No. 1. (Feb., 2000), pp JSTOR 5. Lyn Ragsdale and John J. Theis, The Institutionalization of the American Presidency, , AJPS, Vol. 41, No. 4. (Oct., 1997), pp JSTOR 6. John T. Woolley, Institutions, the Election Cycle, and the Presidential Veto, AJPS, Vol. 35, No. 2. (May, 1991), pp JSTOR 1. James David Barber, The Presidential Character. 2. Theodore Lowi, The Personal President. 3. Paul Light, Setting the President's Agenda. 4. James McGregor Burns, Presidential Government. 5. Edwin Corwin, The President, Office and Powers. 6. Clinton Rossiter, The American Presidency. 7. Stephen Skowronek, Building a New American State: The Expansion of National Administrative Capacities, Richard Nathan, The Administrative State. 9. I. M. Destler, Presidents, Bureaucrats, and Foreign Policy. 10. James March and Johan Olsen, Rediscovering Institutions. 11. Samuel Kernell, Going Public: New Strategies of Presidential Leadership, Chs. 1,2, Fred Greenstein, The Hidden-Hand Presidency, Chs. 3 & Terry Moe, "The Politicized Presidency," in John Chubb and Paul Peterson, The New Direction in American Politics. 14. Jeffrey Tullis, The Rhetorical Presidency. 15. Paul Brace and Barbara Hinckley, Follow The Leader. 16. Stephen Wayne, The Legislative Presidency. 17. Lester Seligman and Gary Covington, The Coalitional Presidency. 18. James Pfiffner, The Modern Presidency. 19. Stephen Skowronek, The Politics Presidents Make : Leadership from John Adams to Bill Clinton 20. John P. Burke, Michael Nelson, The Institutional Presidency : Organizing and Managing the White House from FDR to Clinton 2. George Edwards, Presidential Influence in Congress, Ch Hugh Heclo, A Government of Strangers, Chs

11 November 8 Topic X: The Supreme Court 1. Robert Dahl, "Decision-Making in a Democracy: The Supreme Court as a National Policy Maker," Journal of Public Law (Fall, 1957): Jonathon Casper, "The Supreme Court and National Policy Making," APSR (March, 1976): JSTOR 3. William Mishler and Reginald Sheehan, "The Supreme Court as a Countermajoritarian Institution?" APSR (June, 93): JSTOR 4. Gregory A. Caldeira and James L. Gibson, The Etiology of Public Support for the Supreme Court, AJPS, Vol. 36, No. 3. (Aug., 1992), pp JSTOR 5. Tracey E. George and Lee Epstein, On the Nature of Supreme Court Decision Making, APSR, Vol. 86, No. 2. (Jun., 1992), pp JSTOR 6. Forrest Maltzman and Paul J. Wahlbeck Strategic Policy Considerations and Voting Fluidity on the Burger Court, APSR, Vol. 90, No. 3. (Sep., 1996), pp JSTOR 7. Jeffrey A. Segal, Separation-of-Powers Games in the Positive Theory of Congress and Courts, APSR, Vol. 91, No. 1. (Mar., 1997), pp JSTOR 8. Reginald S. Sheehan; William Mishler and Donald R. Songer, Ideology, Status, and the Differential Success of Direct Parties Before the Supreme Court, APSR, Vol. 86, No. 2. (Jun., 1992), pp JSTOR 9. Donald R. Songer and Reginald S. Sheehan, Interest Group Success in the Courts: Amicus Participation in the Supreme Court, Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 46, No. 2. (Jun., 1993), pp JSTOR 1. Herbert Jacob, Justice in America. 2. Henry Abraham, The Judicial Process. 3. Glendon Schubert, The Judicial Mind. 4. Glendon Schubert, Judicial Decision-Making. 5. Alexander Bickel, The Least Dangerous Branch. 6. Robert McCloskey, The American Supreme Court. 7. Martin Shapiro, Law and Politics in the Supreme Court. 8. R. S. Melnick, Regulation and the Courts. 9. Gerald Rosenberg, The Hollow Hope. 10. Jeffrey Segal and Harold Spaeth, The Supreme Court and the Attitudinal Model. 11. Kermit Hall, The Magic Mirror. 12. John Brigham, The Cult of The Court. 13. John Gates, The Supreme Court and Partisan Realignment. 14. Thomas Marshall, Public Opinion and The Supreme Court. 15. Richard Funston, "The Supreme Court and National Policy Making," APSR (Sept, 1975): Walter Murphy, Elements of Judicial Strategy Chs. 1, 2, 3 & 8. 11

12 November 15 Topic XI: Representation 1. Richard Fenno, U.S. House Members in Their Constituencies: An Exploration. APSR, Vol. 71, No. 3. (Sep., 1977), pp Warren Miller and Donald Stokes, "Constituency Influence in Congress" APSR (March, 1963): JSTOR 3. Robert Weissberg, "Collective vs Dyadic Representation in Congress," APSR (1978): JSTOR 4. J. Stimson, M. MacKuen and R. Erickson, Dynamic Representation, APSR (Sept, 1995) JSTOR 5. Charles Cameron and David Epstein; Sharyn O'Halloran, Do Majority-Minority Districts Maximize Substantive Black Representation in Congress? APSR, Vol. 90, No. 4. (Dec., 1996), pp JSTOR. 6. Kenneth John Meier, Representative Bureaucracy: An Empirical Analysis, APSR Vol. 69, No. 2. (Jun., 1975), pp JSTOR 7. Sally Coleman; Jeffrey L. Brudney; J. Edward Kellough, Bureaucracy as a Representative Institution: Toward a Reconciliation of Bureaucratic Government and Democratic Theory, APSR, Vol. 42, No. 3. (Jul., 1998), pp JSTOR 8. Rodney E. Hero and Caroline J. Tolbert Latinos and Substantive Representation in the U.S. House of Representatives: Direct, Indirect, or Nonexistent? AJPS, Vol. 39, No. 3. (Aug., 1995), pp JSTOR 9. Thomas R. Marshall, Symbolic versus Policy Representation on the U.S. Supreme Court (in Research, JOP, Vol. 55, No. 1. (Feb., 1993), pp JSTOR 1. Hannah Pitkin, The Concept of Representation. 2. Roland Pennock and J. W. Chapman, Representation. 3. John Wahlke, Heinz Eulau, W. Buchanan, and Leroy Ferguson, The Legislative System. 4. Roger Davidson, The Role of the Congressman. 5. Samuel Patterson, Ronald Hedlund, and G. Robert Boynton, Representatives and Represented. 6. Heinz Eulau and Kenneth Prewitt, Labyrinths of Democracy. 7. John Wahlke, "Policy Demands and System Support," BJPS (July, 1971): Wayne Shannon, Party, Constituency, and Congressional Voting. 9. G. R. Boynton, S.C. Patterson and R. Hedlund, "The Missing Links in Legislative Politics: Attentive Publics," JOP (August, 1969): Heinz Eulau and P. Karps, "The Puzzle of Representation," Legislative Studies Quarterly (May, 1977): William Bianco, Trust: Representatives and Constituents. 12. Morris Fiorina, Representatives, Roll Calls and Constituents, chs. 2 & Douglas Hibbs, "Political Parties and Macroeconomic Policy," APSR (1977): JSTOR 14. Richard Fenno, Homestyle November 22 Thanksgiving Break 12

13 November 29 Topic XII: TEXTBOOK APPROACHES TO AMERICAN POLITICS (ALSO FINAL EXAM DISTRIBUTED) A selection of American Politics textbooks will be provided. December 13 FINAL EXAMINATION DUE 12 NOON 13

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