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POLS 4660Southern Politics Fall 2009 |
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Announcements:
Topics and Reading Assignments: Week 1 (Aug. 17-21): Course Introduction/Voter Disenfranchisement The Economist Special Report: The American South Monday: Course Introduction Wednesday: Introduction Cont. Friday: The White Primary
Week 2 (Aug. 24-28): Voter Disenfranchisement Read McDonald, Chs. 2-4 and "The Impact of the Voting Rights Act on Black and White Registration in the South" for Friday. Monday: The Poll Tax Wednesday: Literacy Tests and Other Devices Friday: The Total Effects of Disenfranchisement
Week 3 (Aug. 31-Sept. 4): One-Party Politics Read Key Louisiana and Virginia for Friday Monday: Voter Turnout; Democratic Party Factionalism Wednesday: Primitive Republicans Friday: In-Depth Look at Louisiana and Virginia in the Pre-Civil Rights Era
Week 4 (Sept. 7-11): Apportionment Issues/The South in National Politics Read McDonald Chs. 5-6 for Wednesday Monday: Labor Day Wednesday: Malapportionment; The Georgia County-Unit System Friday: Dixiecrats and Presidential Politics
Week 5 (Sept. 14-18): The South in National Politics/Economic Transformation Read Word War II and the Postwar South Monday: Regional Representation in the U.S. House and Senate Wednesday: The Way Things Were: Agricultural Dependence Friday: The World War II Effect; Urbanization
Week 6 (Sept. 21-25): Voting Rights and Apportionment Read McDonald, Chs. 7-11; Start Reading White Flight Monday: The 1965 Voting Rights Act; The Apportionment Revolution Wednesday: The Apportionment Revolution Cont. Friday: The Politics of Black Enfranchisement
Week 7 (Sept. 28-Oct. 2): Civil Rights Politics and Societal Integration Read "Race and the Ideological Transformation of the Democratic Party" for Wednesday Monday: Eyes on the Prize: Civil Rights DVD Wednesday: Discussion of Reading Friday: Discussion of White Flight, Chs. 1-3
Week 8 (Oct. 5-9): Societal Integration Monday: Discussion of White Flight, Chs. 5-6 Wednesday: Discussion of White Flight, Chs. 7-9 Friday: Midterm Exam: Part I
Week 9 (Oct. 12-16): The Rise of Two-Party Competition Read "The Southern Strategy Revisited" for Wednesday and "The Reintroduction of the Elephas Maximus" for Friday. Monday: Midterm Exam: Part II Wednesday: Models of Party Development: The Top-Down School Friday: Models of Party Development: The Bottom-Up Counterargument
Week 10 (Oct. 19-23): Economic Voting/Partisan Change Read "Class, Party, and South/Non-South Differences" for Wednesday. Also, being reading Praying for Sheetrock. Monday: Individual Partisan Change in the South Wednesday: The Economic Voting Cleavage in the South Friday: In-Depth Look at Louisiana and Virginia in the Civil Rights Era
Week 11 (Oct. 26-30): Redistricting and Reapportionment Monday: Understanding Redistricting Wednesday: The Political Implications of Redistricting Friday: Fall Break
Week 12: (Nov. 2-6): Redistricting/Civil Rights in the Post-Civil Rights Era Monday: Case Study of Redistricting in Georgia. Read "Threading the Needle" Wednesday: Presidential Politics in the Region Friday: Discussion of Praying for Sheetrock
Week 13: (Nov. 9-13): Presidential Politics/Religion Read "The Soul of the South" for Wednesday Monday: Presidential Politics in the Region Wednesday: Religion and Southern Politics Friday: Religion and Southern Politics
Week 14: (Nov. 16-20): Recent In-Migration to the Region Read "A Mile-Wide Gap" for Monday Monday: Hispanics in the South Wednesday: Hispanics in the South Friday: In-Depth Look at Louisiana and Virginia in the Post-Civil Rights Era; Analytical Essay Due
Week 15: (Nov. 23-27): Thanksgiving Holiday
Week 16: (Nov. 30-Dec. 4): Congressional Politics in the Region Monday: Read McKee, Chs. 1-2 Wednesday: Read McKee, Chs. 3-4 Friday: Read McKee, Chs. 5-6
Week 17: (Dec. 7-8): Post-Civil Rights Issues Monday: The Georgia Voter ID Statute Tuesday:
Final Exam: December 10th, 12:00-3:00 p.m. |
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