POL SCI 142A

Main Course

Political Parties and Interest Groups: Political Parties

Description

Lecture, three or four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisite: course 40. Designed for juniors/seniors. Organization and activities of political parties in U.S. Attention to historical development of parties, nature of party change, campaign functions and electoral role of parties, membership problems and party activists, political finance, and policy formulation practices. P/NP or letter grading.

Prerequisites

• Required: POL SCI 40

  Plan

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