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LECTURE 1    -    WHAT IS AMERICAN POLITICS?

LECTURE 2    -    TOTAL RECALL:  CALIFORNIA'S POLITICAL CIRCUS

LECTURE 3    -    THE U.S. CONSTITUTION:  RULES OF THE POLITICAL GAME

LECTURE 4    -    AMERICAN FEDERALISM:  87,000 GOVERNMENTS

LECTURE 5    -    CIVIL LIBERTIES IN AMERICA

LECTURE 6    -    THE POLITICS OF CIVIL RIGHTS I:  RACE AND ETHNICITY

LECTURE 7    -    THE POLITICS OF CIVIL RIGHTS II:  GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND THE DISABLED

LECTURE 8    -    PUBLIC OPINION AND POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION

LECTURE 9    -    POLITICAL PARTIES IN AMERICA

LECTURE 10   -    INTEREST GROUP POLITICS

LECTURE 11   -    CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS IN AMERICA

LECTURE 12  -    POLITICAL COMMUNICATION IN THE MEDIA AGE

LECTURE 13  -    CONGRESSIONAL POLITICS

LECTURE 14  -    PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS

LECTURE 15  -    BUREAUCRATIC POLITICS

LECTURE 16  -    THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY

LECTURE 17  -    POLITICS AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY