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5.Race and the American Political Process

To analyze the role of race and value of race in the American political process.

Required Reading

Burnham, Linda. “Changing the Race: Racial Politics and the Election of Barack Obama.” Applied Research Center, 2009, http://www.arc.org/downloads/RaceElections_1_R5.pdf (access August 15, 2012).

Geron, Kim. Latino Political Power (Chapter 1), 2005, https://www.rienner.com/uploads/47d95c121b7c3.pdf (accessed July 12, 2012).

Huntington, Samuel P. “The Hispanic Challenge.” Foreign Policy,

(March 1, 2004), http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2004/03/01/

the_hispanic_challenge (accessed August 2, 2012).

Johnson, Kevin. “Law and Politics in Post-Modern California Coalition or Conflict Between African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latina/os?” Ethnicities, 4, no. 3 (2004): 381-401, http://www.sagepub.com/healeystudy5/articles/Ch11/ LawandpoliticsinCA.pdf (accessed August 4, 2012).

Birnbaum, Jeffrey. “Number of Black Lobbyists Remains Shockingly Low.” The Washington Post, August 7, 2006, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/06/AR2006080600503.html (accessed July 18, 2012).

6.Race and the American Political Process

To analyze the role of race and value of race in the American political process.

Required Reading

Burnham, Linda. “Changing the Race: Racial Politics and the Election of Barack Obama.” Applied Research Center, 2009, http://www.arc.org/downloads/RaceElections_1_R5.pdf (access August 15, 2012).

Geron, Kim. Latino Political Power (Chapter 1), 2005, https://www.rienner.com/uploads/47d95c121b7c3.pdf (accessed July 12, 2012).

Huntington, Samuel P. “The Hispanic Challenge.” Foreign Policy,

(March 1, 2004), http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2004/03/01/

the_hispanic_challenge (accessed August 2, 2012).

Johnson, Kevin. “Law and Politics in Post-Modern California Coalition or Conflict Between African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latina/os?” Ethnicities, 4, no. 3 (2004): 381-401, http://www.sagepub.com/healeystudy5/articles/Ch11/ LawandpoliticsinCA.pdf (accessed August 4, 2012).

Birnbaum, Jeffrey. “Number of Black Lobbyists Remains Shockingly Low.” The Washington Post, August 7, 2006, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/06/AR2006080600503.html (accessed July 18, 2012).

7.Gender and the American Political Process

To analyze the general role and value of gender in the American political process.

Required Reading

Freeman, Jo. “From Suffrage to Women’s Liberation: Feminism in Twentieth Century America.” Women: A Feminist Perspective ed. Jo Freeman. Mountain View, Calif: Mayfield, 5th edition. pp. 509-28, 1995, http://www.jofreeman.com/feminism/suffrage.htm (accessed August 3, 2012).

Carroll, Susan J. “Voting Choices: The Policies of the Gender Gap,” in Carroll & Fox (ed.), Gender and Elections, New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 74-96, 2006. (eBook available in the APUS Online Library)

Bos, Angela L & O’Loughlin, Paula L. Gender and Politics in the U.S. Paper presented at New Research on Gender In Political Psychology Conference, March 2011, http://genderandpolipsych.com (accessed August 20, 2012).

Copeland, Libby. “The Rules for Female Candidates.” The Washington Post, November 7, 2007, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/06/AR2007110602489.html (accessed August 15, 2012).

Additional Readings

Heldman, Caroline, Susan J. Carroll, and Stephanie Olson. “Gender Differences in Print Media Coverage of Presidential Candidates: Elizabeth Dole’s bid for the Republican Presidential Nomination.” Political Communication 22: 315-335, 2005. http://www.capwip.org/readingroom/dole.pdf (accessed August 3, 2012).

“Men or Women: Who’s the Better Leader?” Pew Research Center, 2008, http://pewsocialtrends.org/pubs/708/gender-leadership (accessed August 23, 2012).

Morin, Rich, and Paul Taylor. “Revisiting the Mommy Wars.” Pew Research Center, 2008,

http://pewsocialtrends.org/pubs/709/politics-gender-parenthood (accessed August 23, 2012).

Sarah Palin’s “Mama Grizzly” video, 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsUVL6ciK-c (accessed August 24, 2012).

8.Gender and Political Representation

To evaluate the electoral process and political behavior of gender.

To evaluate the political participation of women in the American political process.

Required Reading

Fox, Richard L., and Jennifer L. Lawless. “If Only They’d Ask: Gender, Recruitment, and Political Ambition.” Journal of Politics 72: 310-326, 2010, http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/

(accessed August 24, 2012).

Fox, Richard L., and Jennifer L. Lawless. “Men Rule: The Continued Under-Representation of Women in Politics.” Women & Politics Institute, 2012, http://www.american.edu/spa/wpi/upload/2012-Men-Rule-Report-web.pdf (accessed August 23, 2012).

Fox, Richard L. “Gender, Political Ambition and the Decision Not to Run for Political Office.” Center for Women and American Politics. http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/research/topics/documents/

InitialDecisiontoRun.pdf (accessed June 15, 2012).

Pearson, Kathryn. “Gendered Partnership in the US House of Representatives.” 2010, http://cawp.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/resources/initialdecisiontorun

_0.pdf (accessed September 22, 2016).

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in a Democracy

To examine the current state of civil rights and civil liberties in the American political system.

Required Reading

Featherstone, Lisa. “Wal-Mart Values.” The Nation, (December 16, 2002), http://www.thenation.com/article/wal-mart-values (accessed August 26, 2012).

Harris, David. “Flying While Arab: Lessons From Racial Profiling Controversy.” Civil Rights Journal, vol. 6, no. 1 (Winter 2002), pp. 8-13, http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/crj/wint2002/wint02.pdf (accessed August 27, 2012).

Deggans, Eric. “Similar Struggles: Gay Rights and Civil Rights.” St. Petersburg Times, (January 18, 2004), http://www.sptimes.com/2004/01/18/Columns/Gay_rights

civil_rights.shtml (accessed August 25, 2012).