Required Texts: Plato (Translated by G.M.A. Grube). Hackett Publishing Compnay. Five Dialogues. ISBN: 9780872206335 Terrence Ball, ed. Cambridge University Press. The Federalist with Letters of “Brutus.” ISBN: 9780521001212 Herbert J. Storing, ed. The Anti-Federalist: Writing by the Opponents of the Constitution. University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 9780226775654 Robert A. Dahl. Yale University Press. How Democratic is the American Constitution? ISBN: 0300095244 Alexis de Tocqueville. Penguin Books. ISBN: 9780140447606 Democracy In America. George Kateb. Cornell The Inner Ocean: Individualism and Democratic Culture. University Press. ISBN: 9780801480140 Bonnie Honig. Cornell University Political Theory and the Displacement of Politics. Press. ISBN: 0801480728 Sheldon Wolin. Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Princeton University Press. ISBN: 069114589X Inversted Totalitarianism. Carole Pateman. Cambridge University Press. Participation and Democratic Theory. ISBN: 052129004X Additional required readings not included in this list are noted throughout the syllabus. These readings are available via hyperlinks provided throughout the syllabus. Lecture, Reading, and Discussion Schedule: Introduction Week 1 Syllabus walk through and discussion of course Monday, August 25: expectations. Sign up for response paper/seminar presentations. Reading: None. Distribute instructions for Group Project #1 and break Wednesday, August 27: up into groups. Reading: is The Telegraph, “The U.S. an Oligarchy, Study Concludes,” April 16, 2014. Available here: McCutcheon v. FEC preview:
Required Texts: Plato (Translated by G.M.A. Grube). Five Dialogues. Hackett Publishing Compnay. ISBN: 9780872206335 Terrence Ball, ed. The Federalist with Letters of “Brutus.” Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9780521001212 Herbert J. Storing, ed. The Anti-Federalist: Writing by the Opponents of the Constitution. University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 9780226775654 Robert A. Dahl. How Democratic is the American Constitution? Yale University Press. ISBN: 0300095244 Alexis de Tocqueville. Democracy In America. Penguin Books. ISBN: 9780140447606 George Kateb. The Inner Ocean: Individualism and Democratic Culture. Cornell University Press. ISBN: 9780801480140 Bonnie Honig. Political Theory and the Displacement of Politics. Cornell University Press. ISBN: 0801480728 Sheldon Wolin. Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inversted Totalitarianism. Princeton University Press. ISBN: 069114589X Carole Pateman. Participation and Democratic Theory. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 052129004X Additional required readings not included in this list are noted throughout the syllabus. These readings are available via hyperlinks provided throughout the syllabus. Lecture, Reading, and Discussion Schedule: Introduction Week 1 Monday, August 25: Syllabus walk through and discussion of course expectations. Sign up for response paper/seminar presentations. Reading: None. Wednesday, August 27: Distribute instructions for Group Project #1 and break up into groups. Reading: “The U.S. is an Oligarchy, Study Concludes,” The Telegraph, April 16, 2014. Available here: McCutcheon v. FEC preview:
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