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  • Tolerance in the 21st Century: Prospects and Challenges by Gerson Moreno-Riano
    • 5/5 Stars

    Tolerance in the 21st Century investigates some of the key philosophical and practical dilemmas surrounding the implementation and realization of tolerance in the 21st century.

  • The Future of Conservatism: Conflict and Consensus in the Post-Reagan Era by Charles W. Dunn
    • 0/5 Stars

    Previously relegated to the wings of the American political stage, conservatism now plays a leading role in public life, thanks largely to the dynamic legacy of Ronald Reagan. But despite conservatism's emergence as a powerful political force in the last…

  • Securing Democracy: Why We Have an Electoral College by Gary L Gregg
    • 0/5 Stars

    The United States Constitution and its Framers are rightly lauded for the way in which the democratic order they created successfully balances the competing demands of order and freedom, justice and individual rights, unity and diversity. But the peculiar mechanism…

  • From Under the Rubble by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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    Alexander Solzhenitsyn and six dissident colleagues joined in the mid-1970s to write this book, which surely remains the most extraordinary debate of a nation's future published in modern times. Shattering a half-century of silence, From Under the Rubble constitutes a…

Course level: Unknown
  • American Political Development
    by David Nichols
    Course description: An examination of the development and reform of political institutions and practices over the course of American History.   Required Texts: James W. Ceaser. Presidential Selection: Theory and Development (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1979). David…
  • Civil Liberties and the Constitution
    by Frank Colucci
    This course explores the meaning of the Constitution through an examination of leading opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court, an institution that is both legal and political in nature. This semester focuses on the First Amendment’s…
  • Judicial Politics
    by Frank Colucci
    This course examines the effect of the U.S. Supreme Court on American politics, government and society. We begin by reviewing the political, legal and institutional influences on the decision-making process of the Supreme Court. In the second part of the…
  • The American Political Tradition
    by Jim Ceaser and Carl Scott
    I. Course Description This Course will study the theoretical ideas that informed the creation and development of America"s political system and consider some of the major contemporary challenges to the maintenance of American democracy. Topics to be treated include…
  • The United States Supreme Court
    by Chris Wolfe
    COURSE OBJECTIVE: This course will consist of both academic study of the Court and personal observation of the Court. The course will start with…
  • US Supreme Court
    by Frank Colucci
    This advanced course in constitutional law examines the legal and political legacy of the Rehnquist Court (1987-2005). Readings will include scholarly assessments of the Court, including books by two current Justices (Scalia and Breyer) defending their…
Course level: 200
  • Institutions
    by Jim Harrigan
    Course Objectives: In this course we will examine the institutions of American government in the order that they are presented in the United States Constitution. The Constitution itself will thus be our guide. We will read the relevant numbers…
Course level: 300
  • The United States Supreme Court
    by Jim Harrigan
    Course Objectives: In this course we will examine the U.S. Supreme Court in terms of both its original design and its current form. Along the way we will consider the Court during a number of its most important and influential…

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