NYU’s Jay Rosen on Modern Media: What to Do ?
Questions on Rosen reading
New Posts
On Democratization…
Listen to Zakaria’s Interview on NPR
Fareed Zakaria on the Rise of Illiberal Democracy (in case your media player does not function)
The assignment: listen to (or read) Zakaria and take notes strategically, thoroughly, and thoughtfully. You may bullet point. I will collect and assess and assess your notes.
Chip Hauss on Democratization (Hauss is the author of your textbook and a contributor to the AP curriculum)
Political Socialization
Age of Realism
Richard Hofstadter (1916 – 1970) was an American historian and public intellectual. Hofstadter, the DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University, became the “iconic historian of postwar liberal consensus”, largely because of his emphasis on ideas and political culture rather than the day-to-day doings of politicians. Among his most important works is The American Political Tradition (1948). Below is Chapter One of this critically acclaimed work.
Kropotkin Essay
“Ask yourself what you need to know to make this the kind of world you would like to live in. Demand that your teachers teach you that.”
Watch Parliament Live!
Video and Audio carries live and archived coverage of all UK Parliament proceedings taking place in public, including debates and committee meetings of both Houses.
Material is available from an on-demand archive for 28 days.
More British Politics
Labour Landslide 1997
Political Parties, Elections, and Pressure Groups
Intro to Britain
Lecture and Disucssion: Political Culture
Lecture: Three Levels of Political Culture
Agents of Political Socialization Grid
A Proper Education Raises More Questions than it does Provide Answers…
Discussion Questions Concerning Political Socialization
Discussion Questions Concerning Interest Articulation
Discussion Questions Concerning Interest Aggregation & Political Parties
Reading and Learning Strategies
The Political Service Project
Advanced Placement Comparative Government
United States Government
Politics in the United States
- Introductory Materials
- Constitution Primer
- Political Culture & Political Participation: Apathy & Idiocy
- Public Opinion: Ideology, Socialization and Political Cleavages
- Functional Analysis of Political Parties
- Elections and Campaigns
- Interest Groups: Destroying Democracy or Upholding Democracy?
- Congress
- The Presidency
- The Judiciary
- It’s the Economy Stupid: The Politicization of Economic Theory
- Social Welfare Debates
- Summary: Proposals for Change
World History
- Renaissance
- Age of Exploration
- Age of Absolutism
- Enlightenment
- French Revolution & Napoleon
- Industrialization
- Revolutions of 1848
- Rise of Nation-States
- Imperialism
- World War One
- Russian Revolution & The Rise of Stalin
- Weimar, Age of Anxiety & Rise of Totalitarianism
- World War Two
- Cold War in the East
- Cold War in the West
- The Thaw: Legacies and Remnants of the Cold War
- Indian Struggle for Independence
- The Middle East 1945-Present
- African Independence Movements 1945-Present
- Dilemmas in Contemporary Africa
- Dilemmas in the Post-Cold War Global Village
- Summative Review & Prognosis: Peace in the 21st Century?
- Research Essay Materials
United States History
- Introductory Materials
- Advanced Placement Introductory & Review Materials
- Colonial Era
- Native American Relations (Thematic)
- American Revolution / War for Independence
- The Constitution
- Early Years of the Republic
- Balancing Nationalism and Sectionalism
- The Age of Jackson
- Social Justice Movements of the Antebellum Era
- Manifest Destiny: American Expansion, 1803-1898
- Slavery & Abolitionism
- The Civil War
- Successes and Failures of Reconstruction
- Rise and Fall of Populism
- The “Other Civil War”: Immigration, Industrialization, and Urbanization
- Progressive Era
- Quest for Empire
- World War One: The War to End All Wars?
- Modernism Versus Traditionalism in the 1920’s
- Market Crash, Depression, and New Deal
- World War Two
Teaching Against Idiocy
Contemplating the root of the word “idiocy” leads Dr. Walter
Parker to explore the challenge that democratic societies
face of developing public-minded citizens. The schools,
he argues, are the most likely institutions to succeed in
that task.
Introduction to AP Comparative Politics
Who is Chavez?
Hugo Chavez is an enigma. He is either glorified or vilified; few seem to demonstrate a well-balanced view of him. Love him or hate him, Chavez has captured international headlines. Learn more about Chavez by reading the articles below and writing a 1.5-2 page, single-spaced response which addresses the following questions:
-what does Chavez believe? What are the strengths and weaknesses of his political belief system?
-what are the goals of Chavez (both domestically and in terms of foreign policy) and how does he plan to accomplish them?
-how is the world responding to the Chavez enigma? How should the world respond to Chavez?
-Is Chavez a great political leader? Why or why not?