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POL 336: State Politics and American Federalism

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Project description

This course provides an introduction to state politics and federalism in the United States. Broad themes include the role of states in American federalism, state political institutions, elections and political participation. We will will focus on a variety of topics, including federal-state and state-local relations, interstate competition and cooperation, parties and elections, redistricting, and direct democracy. We also will examine subnational public policy in domains such as health and welfare, budgeting, the environment, and immigration.