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GOVT 702: Advanced Political Analysis

This course builds on Government 701. Government 702 will address ways in which real-world data deviate from the simpler methods developed in 701. We will focus on two areas in which this is important: Causal inference and nonlinear models.

GOVT 410: The Evolution of Political Coalitions in the United States

This class will explore the evolution of the ideologies the two major political parties. We will begin by looking at the ideological divisions at the founding and then trace those traditions into the present. We will do this by looking at the political opinions advanced by leading intellectuals and journalists throughout American history. Students enrolled in this class thus will have an opportunity to participate in real research on this question. Each week, students will read and code a sample of political writings that have helped shape ideology. We will analyze students’ research in class to discover how opinions and the ideologies that frame them have changed over time. Through the course, we will together develop a better understanding of the evolution of ideology.

GOVT 701: Analysis of Political Data

This course will introduce you to the most basic methods of statistical analysis with application to political science data. Our goal for this class will be twofold. First, we will develop the technical and theoretical skills to read, evaluate and conduct basic statistical research. Second, we will develop an understanding of the best practices for statistical work and inference in the political science discipline.

GOVT 727: Political Parties

This course explores the role of political parties in American democracy. We will engage the leading literature on how and why political parties form, their consequences for policy, politics and democracy. We will consider the role of parties in a variety of settings, as well as consider how parties unite activity between settings. We will use a variety of methods and perspectives to get this leverage. This is a Ph.D. level course, so we will focus on open questions in the literature, with an eye toward contributing to that debate.

PAST CLASSES

At Georgetown

• GOVT 357: The Road to Red and Blue America: The Evolution of Ideology in the United States
• GOVT 508: Analysis of Political Data (renumbered 701)
• GOVT 525: U.S. Political Parties

At UCLA

• PS 142A: Political Parties
• PS 149-4: Political Coalitions: Parties and Ideology
• PS 191C: The Road to Red and Blue America: The Evolution of Ideology in the United States

What did he write on my paper?
Copy Editing Symbols.

I use standard professional copy editing symbols. Most are pretty intuitive, but once in a while, some mark is unfamiliar to a student. Here are links to pages that explain the standards.

http://www.mnstate.edu/hanson/MC210/MC210_copy-symbols.htm

http://www.tpub.com/content/photography/14130/css/14130_85.htm

PDF from "University Writing Center"