US Political Thought
PS308
Fall, 1995
Department of Political Science
University
of Oregon
Contents
What's New
Announcements and reminders
Syllabus, including revisions and additions
Lectures, essay questions, handouts, feedback and other information
by topic
Exam materials (samples, review questions, etc.)
Student & small group information
Instructor office hours, phone and e-mail
American politics & history web sites
About the images on this
page
This page maintained by the instructor, Joseph Boland.
Last updated December 2, 1995.
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- The final exam review session will be held Friday, December 1st at 5:00pm in 908 PLC (the
Political Science department lounge).
- Final exam review questions will be posted by Wednesday afternoon.
- Course and small group evaluations will be available at the end of class both on Tuesday and
Thursday this week. Please take the time to fill them out. I value your feedback.
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Revisions and additions
- In order for me to have some ability to monitor the small group assignment to provide
feedback to each member on one essay or paper, I am adding the requirement that, when you turn
in the essay on which you got feedback, you turn in at the same time your original draft (the one
given to the members of your group).
- In small groups with more than five members, feedback on each essay can be limited to any
three members.
- Students writing research papers can, if they wish, meet with their small group early on to
get feedback on their plans and ideas. If you give me a one to two page summary of what you
learned from the meeting, this will count as feedback from your small group on your paper.
Alternatively, you can of course wait until you have a draft written and get feedback on it.
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Introduction
What is US Political Thought? Some American Arguments
America Imagined, America Conquered
The Constitutional Founding
Native American Influence on American Revolutionary and Constitutional
Politics
National democracy, development and imperial expansion
Race relations in the 19th century
Responses to industrialization
Cold war democracy and the new social movements
The present: triumph and/or terminus of liberal democratic modernization?
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- Yahoo WWW
Directory:Government and Politics
Links to federal and state agencies and some foreign governmental sites; historic documents, news
and online
discussions of current events, political organizations, and much more.
- American
Studies Web
An extensive collection of links to the Economy and Politics; Labor History and Economics;
Government and Party Politics;
Race and Ethnicity (including African American Studies; Asian American Studies; Native
American Studies; and Latino and Chicano Studies); Gender and Sexuality; Women's Studies;
Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Resources; Social Science, Sociology and Anthropol
ogy; Philosophy and Religion; Mass media; Cities, States, and Regions; Environmental Studies
and Natural History; Legal Studies; Social and Political Activism; Literature and Literary
Criticism; and Art and Material Culture.
- The World
Wide Web Virtual Library: Political Science
Includes links to departments of Political Science and Government, Libraries, Journals and
Collections of Papers, Research Institutions, Non-Profit Organizations and Government Agencies,
and News Groups and ListServs.
- PoliticsUSA, the premier Web site
for political news, resources and involvement. This site, suggested by student
Chad Smith, concentrates on politics inside the Beltway and on political campaigns around the
country. It also features reports on public opinion polls and provides its own forums for online
discussions.
Send me suggestions for
additional
sites.
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The craft images come from theNational
Museum of American Art's White House Collection. The elaborately decorated bowl at the
top of the page features
an abstract and fragmented design motif inspired by the American flag. It was created by Bennett
Bean.
The interlaced wood is a detail from a plate created by Fletcher Cox. The Museum guide
says that the "patterning
results from an ordered but random encounter of wood pieces. The central focal image, a
calculated diamond
pattern, is based on the traditional geometric formula of the golden section."
The yellow boxwood vessel reminds me of a sunflower or balsamroot flower. According to
the Museum, "the
silhouette of this vessel creates the impression of an object ready to levitate. The dark lower
portion, narrow at the
bottom, balances the lighter upper section, which appears inflated and almost
buoyant." It was created by Bob Hawk.
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My
office is
in 214 Villard. My new office hours this fall
will be:
Tuesday 2:15-3:15
Thursday
2:15-3:15
If you need to talk with me outside my office hours, feel free to call me at home between 9:00am
and 9:00pm Monday through Friday, or on the weekends between 10:00am and 8:00pm. My
number is 345-4204. You can also reach me via e-mail at
jboland.darkwing.uoregon.edu, or simply by clicking
here.
I welcome feedback
on the course and on this web page.
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