The POLS W1201 Web Page




Prof. Gregory Wawro
Department of Political Science
Columbia University



Announcements:

The final exam is scheduled for Tuesday, 5/11/2004, 9:00am-12:00pm in 517 Hamilton

A review session will be held for the final on Wed., May 5th from 5:30 to 6:45 in 517 Hamilton. The format will be Q & A--i.e., students should bring questions about material covered in the course and I will answer them.

I will not be holding regular office hours on Tues. May 4th, but plan to be around for most of the day for anyone who wants to set up an appointment.



Lecture notes from 4/6/04

Syllabus for POLS w1201: American Government and Politics.

Paper Topics

"The Hispanic Challenge" by Samuel P. Huntington (in Foreign Policy )

Data Sources for Studying Immigrant Political Behavior (for use in papers on Huntington's article)



The TAs for the course are:

Amy Lynn Widsten
  • Office hours: Monday 10:30-12:30, 702 IAB.
  • Sections: Monday 1:00-2:00pm, 902 IAB; Tuesday 12:00-1:00pm, 717 IAB.
    Seung Jin Jang
  • Office hours: Thursday, 1:00-3:00, 702 IAB.
  • Sections: Wednesday 6:10-7:10pm, 315 Hamilton; Thursday 6:10-7:10pm, 224 Pupin Laboratories.
    Oscar Torres-Reyna
  • Office hours: Thursday 9:30-10:30, Friday 9:15-10:15, 702 IAB
  • Sections: Wednesday 9:30am-10:30am, 402 Hamilton Hall; Friday 10:25-11:25am, 501B IAB.


    If you have any problems accessing this page or its links or would like to add a link, send me email.

    Democratic Primary Polling Data
  • Slides from 1/27
  • Slides from 1/29


  • American Government: Power and Purpose Web Site Web Site

    Congress Sites

    Executive

  • White House
  • White House Electronic Publications
  • White House Archives
  • Executive Branch

    Judiciary

  • U.S. Federal Courts Home Page
  • Legal Information Institute Supreme Court Opinions, court calendar, and lots of other information about the Court.
  • Internet Legal Resources
  • USSC+ database of U.S. Supreme Court opinions

    Elections

  • All Politics
  • Federal Election Commission
  • FECinfo
  • Opensecret.org Guide to Money in U.S. Elections from the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • The Campaign Desk Critique and analysis of 2004 campaign coverage from Columbia Journalism Review
  • Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
  • The U.S. Electoral College Calculator
  • Redistricting Resource Center

    • Political News Sources

  • New York Times
  • Washington Post
  • National Journal
  • Politics Now
  • All Politics
  • CNN
  • Fox News Channel
  • C-SPAN

    Poll Data

  • Gallup Organization
  • Roper Center
  • Polling Report

    Other sites of interest

  • Historical Documents Searchable index of Early Congressional Documents (including Declaration of Independence ), the Federalist Papers , the Constitution (including the Bill of Rights and Other Amendments)
  • Writings of Hobbes, Jefferson, Locke, Rousseau and others.
  • Elements of Style
  • Citing Sources from the World Wide Web from the MLA Web Page

    Last Updated 19 January 2004