PS 213 - Parties and Elections

Credits: 3

Though America’s Founding Fathers may have had no love for or willingness to incorporate political parties into the Constitution of 1787, parties emerged anyway over the next twenty years. This course explores the origins and developments of political parties and their essential role in our democratic, representative political system. The ideas on which the parties were founded are examined and the evolution to their current positions is analyzed. Many examples of parties and elections at the federal, state and local levels of government are used.

Terms Offered: Every fall semester in even-numbered years.
Repeatable: May not be repeated for credit