This is the home page for PLSI 200.12: American Politics, Fall 2009
HSS 285, Tuesdays 7:00 to 9:45

Contact information: 
Francis Neely:  fneely@sfsu.edu

Syllabus (PDF)

Paper assignment

Guidelines for writing the research paper

Our library's general guide to political science resources
(as discussed by Mira Foster)

Our library's page for searches of political science scholarly sources
(as discussed by Mira Foster)

Ulrich's periodicals direction (for identifying academic peer-reviewed journals)
(as discussed by Mira Foster)

Other links for indentifying scholarly sources

Link to writing style manuals (UW-Madison)

Additional link to guidelines for citing electronic sources (St. Mary's)

Files containing Powerpoint slides from Blake Respini's lectures:

9-1-09 (695 KB pdf)
9-15-09 (601 KB pdf)
9-22-09 (111 KB pdf)
9-29-09 (438 KB pdf)
10-20-09 (605 KB pdf)
10-27-09 (516 KB pdf)
10-27-09_11-3-09 (1530 KB pdf; corrected)
11-10-09 (2074 KB pdf)
11-17-09 12-1-09 (477 KB pdf)

The two required books for the course are:

Wasserman, Gary.  2008.  The Basics of American Politics, 13^th ed.  New York:  Longman.
Dahl, Robert.   2003.  How Democratic Is the American Constitution?, 2^nd ed.  New Haven, CT:  Yale University Press.

Federalist Paper #10

Links to web pages on politics, government, and elections

Blake Respini's email: brespini@comcast.net