What is included in this section:

The Course Information sheet

Links to a few syllabi for 101

Copies of syllabi from within and without the UW system  

• UWC-WAK

• UWC-FOX

• UW-Milwaukee

• UW-Eau Claire

Additional Texts to Explore  

1. Course Catalogue Description

A general introduction to political science, including basic concepts such as power, authority, legitimacy; types of political systems and approaches to the study of politics; problems common to all political systems

     2. Course Credits and degree designation(s)

3 credits; Social Science

3. Classroom hours and type of Instruction

Three hours.  Lecture-Discussion

      4. Prerequisites      None

5. UW Colleges course proficiencies

  · Analyze, synthesize, evaluate and interpret information  

  and ideas

· Distinguish knowledge, values, beliefs, and opinions

· Develop a large and varied vocabulary

· Make decisions based on a more informed understanding of the moral and ethical issues involved

· Evaluate situations of social responsibility

6. Topics covered in POL 101

• Language, methods, and tools of measurement used in political science

· The “ideas” of politics: political theory, ideology, and political culture

·  The development of modern liberal democracy-a historical look at the role Greek antiquity and the demise of medieval worldview plays in the rise of the modern liberal democracy

·  The institutions and political processes of modern liberal democracies-including a comparison of presidential and parliamentary systems

  ·  Justice, law, and politics

·  The roles of democratic governments-with special examination of the market, laissez-faire, and the welfare state. 

  7. Textbooks used in UWC

Eagles, Munroe and Larry Johnston, Politics:  An Introduction to Democratic Government, Broadview Press.

  McKenna and Stanley Feingold, Taking Sides:  Clashing Views on Controversial Political Issues, Dushkin McGraw-Hill.

Ranney, Austin, Governing: An Introduction to Political Science, 8^th Edition, Prentice Hall, 

          Ball, Terence and Dagger, Richard, Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal, 4^th Edition, Longman Publishers,

 

  8. Supplements used in UWC

Subscription to The New York Times

  9.      Other Teaching resources used (e.g. student manual, web resources, case studies)

       ·Blackboard

·Class debate and presentations

·Small group interactive class exercises

  10. Expectations of writing, research, use of technology

  ·  Persuasive research papers (5-7 pages in length) defending or opposing specific current public policy proposals. 

  11.  Other requirements (field trips?)

  I.                   Transfer recommendations:

  Based on catalog descriptions of similar courses at other UW institutions (available on the web sites for those institutions), indicate the department recommendation (equivalent course name and number) for the transfer of the course to other UW institutions.

 

UW-Eau Claire _Pol 102                  UW-Parkside _pol sc elective__

UW-Green Bay -Pol elective          UW-Platteville _Pol 1130

UW-La Crosse ___201                    UW-River Falls pol sc elective

UW-Madison ___Pol 101__            UW-Stevens Point _pol sc elective

UW-Milwaukee ___Pol 103            UW-Stout ___196____

UW-Oshkosh __Pol 101____          UW-Superior __Pol 100___

                                                            UW-Whitewater _pol sc elective__

 

Links to syllabi that offer variations:  

Canadian Andrew Heard teaches 101  http://www.sfu.ca/~aheard/100/

Texan Webking’s 101:  http://www.utep.edu/~politics/syll.htm

   (from World Lecture Hall, U of Texas collection:  http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/  

Syllabi from the UW

Margaret Hankenson, WAK, 2002

George Waller, FOX, 2002           

Other Text Possibilities  from the PSRT list-serv on suitable texts for 101, with broader than US perspective.

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POLITICAL SCIENCE
A Comparative Introduction 

Rod Hague, Martin Harrop 

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Description:
The new third edition of a leading textbook has been comprehensively revised and rewritten throughout to cover key developments into the 21st century with new chapters added on political communication and non-democratic regimes. Lively, accessible, student-friendly, and truly international in its coverage, with a wide range of pedagogical features, the book includes full-page country case studies, debate boxes, and many charts and exhibits.

Contents:
Part I: Foundations * Politics and Government * Democracy * Authoritarian Rule * The State in a Global Context * The Comparative Approach * Part II: Politics and Society * Political Culture * Political Communication * Political Participation * Part III: Linking Society and Government * Elections and Voters * Interest Groups * Political Parties * Part IV: Government * Constitutions and the Legal Framework * Federal, Unitary and Local Government * Legislatures * The Political Executive * The Bureaucracy * Part V: Public Policy * The Policy Process

Author Biographies:
Rod Hague and Martin Harrop are both Senior Lecturers in Politics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Ideas for Pol 101 texts from other political scientists, interested in a non-Euro-centric introduction.  Source:  PSRT list-serv

For the last few years we have used for our quite large module Political

Science: an introduction to politics (200-300 students) another book by

Heywood.  Politics (1997) is a very useful text often retained by students

after their introductory course.  Published in the UK by Macmillan. Well

received by most students.  Covers ideas, thinkers and concepts and

analytical approaches. We use other Heywood texts as supplements - Political

Theory as mentioned and Political Ideologies: an Introduction. Nice writing

by Heywood and well edited by Steven Kennedy at Macmillan.  'Politics'

replaced Comparative Government and Politics (Harrop et al) from the same

publisher (St Martins in USA?).  This was also well liked and popular - but

our course is more 'general' than 'comparative' and Heywood takes that line.

David

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David Donald, Political Science, Glasgow CALEDONIAN University, Scotland, UK

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POLITICS 

Andrew Heywood 

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Description:
Politics is a new kind of politics textbook. Stimulating, succinct and accessible, it offers a truly comprehensive introduction to the study of politics, written from an international perspective. This second edition takes full account of new developments such as debates about globalization, the impact of the mass media, and the shift from government to governance. It also includes new boxed material on major thinkers and key concepts.

Visit the companion website for Politics.

Contents:
PART I: THEORIES OF POLITICS * What is Politics? * Governments, Systems and Regimes * Political Ideologies * Democracy * The State * PART II: NATIONS AND GLOBALISATION * Nations and Nationalism * Subnational Politics * Global Politics * PART III: POLITICAL INTERACTION * The Economy and Society * Political Culture and Legitimacy * Representation, Elections and Voting * Parties and Party Systems * Groups, Interests and Movements * PART IV: MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT * Constitutions, the Law and Judiciaries * Assemblies * Political Executives * Bureaucracies * Militaries and Police Forces * PART V: POLICY AND PERFORMANCE * Policy Process and System Performance

Author Biographies:
Andrew Heywood is Course Director for Politics and Director of Studies, Orpington College.

POLITICS, second edition by Andrew Heywood

Palgrave Foundations

Welcome to the companion website for Politics, second edition. This website is designed to support students and lecturers who are using this text. It provides chapter notes to review the content of each chapter, multiple-choice questions (with answers) to test your knowledge of each chapter, and useful website links relevant to many of the chapters.

As you use the textbook and this website, we invite you to contact us if you have any questions. We would appreciate any suggestions you might have for changes or improvements. Please contact us by emailing the editor at s.burywood@palgrave.com.

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• Answers
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• About the author

About the book

Politics is a new kind of politics textbook. Stimulating, succinct and accessible, it offers a truly comprehensive introduction to the study of politics, written from an international perspective. This second edition takes full account of new developments such as debates about globalization, the impact of the mass media, and the shift from government to governance. It also includes new boxed material on major thinkers and key concepts.

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About the author

ANDREW HEYWOOD is Course Director for Politics, and Director of Studies, at Orpington College. He is the author of Political Ideologies and Key Concepts in Politics, and an A-Level Chief Examiner.

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Vincent Pollard Asked about textbooks for an introductory Pol. Sci.

course.  Some years ago we moved away from calling the course:

"Introduction to Political Science", to "Introduction to Political

Ideas".  We felt that that the intro. to pol. sci. label narrowed the

number of students interested in the course.  We also felt that many of the

standard intro texts focused too much on "what a political scientist

does...", rather than what politics, writ large, is all about.  For the

last several years I have used as primary text a book by Andrew Heywood,

originally titled: "Introduction to Political Ideas and Concepts" and now

(2nd. ed.) called: "Political Theory: an Introduction"I particularly like

its focus on fundamental issues, i.e. chapters entitled: Politics,

Government and the State; Law Order and Justice; Freedom, Toleration, and

Liberation, etc.  Sometimes I have paired it with Ball and Dagger: "Ideals

and Ideologies", other times with Wolfe: "Introduction to Political

Philosophy".  This term I am pairing it with the "Taking Sides..." volume

on moral issues.  It is, in my opinion, very good for generating discussion

and gets students to challenge assumptions often dearly held without the

benefit of thought.

Barry Daniel

Professor of Political Science

Western State College

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 Anyway, although I do not know the likely reading level of the

introductory-level students, let me suggest three very different

kinds of texts that one might consider.

        1. Comparativist and peace science specialist Glenn D. Paige has

completed final revisions for _Nonkilling Global Political Science_

(Philadelphia: Xlibris, 2001). If you can get the students to read, this

book will stimulate some lively discussions. Paige's textbook goes further

than some others in challenging biases of violence-accepting American

political science. His book, I am given to understand, will shortly be in

print.

           Twenty-eight months ago, I read a draft of the entire work 28

and will not be surprised if Paige's book is eventually translated into

several major world languages.

 Nonkilling Global Political Science

        2. A different kind of textbook is James N. Danziger's

_Understanding the Political World: A Comparative Introduction to

Political Science_, 5th edition (New York: Addison Wesley Longman, 2000).

Since Danziger's book has already been suggested in an earlier post in the

present thread, I'm seconding that person's suggestion.

          I've used Danziger's text in seven sections of an "Introduction

to Political Science" course for students on a community college campus,

including in one honors section. One may or may not wish to assign

everything in Danziger. However, his textbook reflects virtues of the more

comprehensive texts in that it will probably force you to make choices

that one might evade if one were only assigning readings from a variety of

sources, particularly if you are teaching a one-semester course.

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