Professor Peter Woll

Politics 112b

Democracy in America

Spring, 2008

PowerPoint Slides

Louis Hartz, The Liberal Tradition in America

Review: Hartz on American Liberal Tradition

Tocqueville: Effects of Democracy in America

Tocqueville: Government of the Democracy in America

James Madison, The Federalist, papers 47-51

James Madison, Federalist Paper 10

James Madison, Federalist Papers 52-58

Bernard Yack review, A Fresh Look at Representation

E.E. Schattschneider, Party Government

William E. Forbath, Would European Models of Government Make America More Democratic? A Skeptical View

Barker Reflections on Government-government by discussion

APSA Committee on Political Parties 1950—need to strengthen parties for effective democracy

Constitutional Protection of Parties

California Democratic Party et al v. Jones (2000)

Functions and Types of Elections

V.O. Key, Jr., A Theory of Critical Elections

Gerald Pomper, Classification of Presidential Elections