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Final Exam Format
  • Three parts
  • Identifications. Youll be given terms and asked
    to define them, give an example, and explain why
    theyre important or significant to American
    politics. You should be able to answer these in
    3-5 sentences. There will likely be more of
    these than were on the midterm.
  • Short Answers. Specific questions (some with
    multiple parts) that you should be able to answer
    in 5-7 sentences. There may be more of these
    than were on the midterm.
  • Long Essay. This part will ask you to explain
    material from the class, evaluate it, and give
    your own analysis in essay form (similar to the
    take-home midterm). Youll have a choice of two
    questions (with multiple parts)
  • In all sections, you will have some degree of
    choice over what you answer.

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Chapter One Key Concepts
  • Logic of collective action
  • Free rider problem
  • Article 1-1 in Reader Olson from The Logic of
    Collective Action. Be prepared to talk about his
    arguments in relation to interest groups.
  • The prisoners dilemma

3
Chapter One Key Concepts
  • Delegation
  • Principal-agent relationship
  • Shirking
  • Agency loss
  • Be prepared to apply these, especially in the
    context of the relationships between the people
    and the government and each branch of government
    and the bureaucracy.

4
Chapter One Key Concepts
  • Transaction costs
  • Conformity costs

5
Chapter 6 Congress
  • How electoral logic creates a prisoners dilemma
    when it comes to passing laws (review Logic pp.
    219-220). Responsiveness versus responsibility.

6
Chapter 7 The Presidency
  • Why was the 19th century presidency referred to
    as that of chief clerk? How did the typical
    president of that era spend his day?
  • Central clearance
  • Executive orders
  • The veto game.

7
Chapter 7 The President
  • Why is bargaining important? (see article 7-1 by
    Neustadt)
  • What is going public and why do presidents use
    it? (see also article 7-2 by Kernell)
  • How does the news media complicate the ability to
    go public? (Ch 14 material may also be useful)
  • How does whether the government is unified or
    divided affect the choice between bargaining and
    going public?

8
Chapter 8 The Bureaucracy
  • Who controls the bureaucracy? (See pp. 297-317)
  • Congress
  • The president
  • The courts
  • The bureaucracy
  • Interest groups
  • What methods of control are available to each?
  • How might bureaucrats have an advantage in the
    relationship?
  • Apply principal-agent framework.

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Chapter 8 The Bureaucracy
  • Define iron triangle
  • What is red tape and why does it exist? Why is
    it important?
  • The spoils system and civil service reform (See
    Ch 7 as well) What were the advantages and
    disadvantages of the spoils system? What are the
    advantages and disadvantages of civil service
    reform?

10
11/14 Lecture
  • Ex parte McCardle and appellate jurisdiction
  • Roosevelts court packing plan. What was it?
    Why did he propose it? Did he get what he
    wanted?
  • What happens if the Court rules a law of Congress
    unconstitutional and Congress doesnt like it?
  • Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha
    (1983)

11
Chapter 10 Public Opinion
  • Scientific polling versus straw polls
  • Framing
  • Political socialization

12
Chapter 10 Public Opinion
  • Is public opinion meaningful?
  • Do citizens know what they need to know? (later
    chapters as well)
  • Opinion leaders
  • Cognitive shortcuts (Chapter 11 as well).

13
Chapter 11 Voting, Campaigns, and Elections
  • Logic of elections (keeping agents in check)
  • What needs to happen for this to be an effective
    check on power?

14
Chapter 11 Voting, Campaigns, and Elections
  • Suffrage how and why did it expand over time?
  • What makes people more or less likely to vote?
    What effect might this have on democracy?

15
Chapter 11 Voting, Campaigns, and Elections
  • How do voters decide? What do they base their
    decision on? What kind of cognitive shortcuts do
    they employ? (See also 11-1 in Principles and
    Practice)
  • message

16
Chapter 12 Political Parties
  • Why do we have political parties? What functions
    do they perform? (covered in class 11/21)

17
Chapter 12 Political Parties
  • What are party machines?
  • What is the Australian ballot?
  • How did it, along with other progressive reforms,
    undermine party machines?
  • What were the unintended consequences of these
    progressive reforms?
  • (see Logic pp. 478-483 )

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Chapter 13 Interest Groups
  • Pluralism/Trumans theory and its critics (Logic,
    lectures, Olson in 1-1 and Schattschneider in
    13-1). What evidence supports each
    theory/argument? What doesnt?

19
Chapter 13 Interest Groups
  • How do interest groups try and overcome the free
    rider problem?

20
Chapter 13 Interest Groups
  • Insider versus outsider tactics. What are they?
    Why use each?
  • What are some of the limits on the power of PACs?
    What can they gain through their campaign
    contributions? (see also chapter 11)

21
Chapter 14 The News Media
  • Why were newspapers linked to political parties
    early on and what enabled them to later establish
    independence?

22
Chapter 14 The News Media
  • The relationship between reporters and
    politicians and their varying goals

23
Chapter 14 The News Media
  • What is a trial balloon?
  • What is a leak? What different kinds are there?
    Why do people use them?
  • Beats

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  • Finals week office hours 1030-100 Monday and
    Wednesday at the Grove (in the unlikely event of
    rain, come to SSB 325 instead)
  • E-mail llrice_at_ucsd.edu
  • Final Exam Thursday, December 8 1130
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