Social and Behavioral Analysis. Spring POL1 319S Seminar. The impact of party decline and the rise of campaign consultants, polls, advertising, and the press. Candidate strategies and what they tell us about the political process. How voters decide.
Course work includes campaign participation.
Social and Behavioral Analysis. Inequality and the Law Burke Analysis of statutory and constitutional law regarding inequalities based on gender, race, class, sexual orientation and disability, and the effect of this law on society. Focus on the equal protection and due process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment, statutes such as the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and recent Supreme Court decisions. Examination of the role of law and litigation in public policies regarding affirmative action, school desegregation, employment discrimination, housing, and welfare. Click here to see the syllabus.