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Pol 11
Introduction to Political Science
Professor Roy R. Rogers
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Prompts & Study Guides:
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Primary Resources Sources:
The Social Contract
- Possible “position paper” topics
- Excerpts from John Locke’s “Second treatise on Government”
- Excerpts from Thomas Hobbes’ “Leviathan”
- Excerpts from Rousseau’s “Social Contract” (handed out in class)
Liberty
Liberalism
Liberalism & its Critics
- Excerpts from Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’ “The Communist Manifesto”
- James Forman’s “The Black Manifesto”
- Excerpts from Ayn Rand’s “The Nature of Government”
The American Revolution
- Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” (multiple formats available at the link)
- The Declaration of Independence
The Constitution
- The United States Constitution – as it was originally ratified
- “Federalist 10″ by James Madison
- The Bill of Rights
- The Articles of Confederation
American Democracy?
- President Andrew Jackson’s Message Upon the Veto of the Second Bank of the United States
- The Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls Conference, 1848
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
- Zach Wahls testifies in support of Gay Marriage in Iowa
The Religion Question
- Excerpt from “Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?” by John Fea (provided in class)
- “Student Faces Town’s Wrath in Protest Against a Prayer” by Abby Goodnough, New York Times 1/26/2012
Research Methodology
Political Parties & Interest Groups
- US State Department report on “The Role of Political Parties” in the United States
- “The Role of Interest Groups” by R. Allen Hays
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