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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Awesome and Shameful

The United States of Shame.
The United States of Awesome.
Posted by The Weaker Party at 7:42 PM
Labels: American States, federalism
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  • Section Six - Elections and Campaigns
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  • Section Nine - The Governing Institutions
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Section 1 - GOVT 2305 (Constitutions and Budgets)

  • The Deficiencies of the Articles of Confederation
  • Aristotle and His Classification of Government
  • Britain's Unwritten Constitution
  • British Colonization of the Americas - Merchant Adventurers
  • Checks and Balances
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  • Declaration of Independence - United States
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  • What is a Government?
  • What is Corruption?
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  • Why do you have to take this class? Part 1
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Section 2 - GOVT 2305 (The Political Institutions)

  • A History of Interests in the United States
  • A rage for paper money . . .
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  • Collective Action, the Free Rider Problem and Selective Incentives
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  • Suffrage
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  • The First Amendment and the Political Institutions
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  • What is a Mega Donor?
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Section 3 - GOVT 2305 (The Governing Institutions)

  • The Governing Institutions
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  • Representation, Efficiency, and Fairness
  • What is a representative? What is an administrator? What is a judge?
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  • The Federal Courts

Section 4 - GOVT 2305

  • What Is Public Policy?
  • Market Failure
  • Public Goods - What are they? What types exist?
  • Federalism and Public Policy
  • Public Policy and the Enumerated Powers
  • Foreign Policy

Section 1 - GOVT 2306 (Constitutions and Budgets)

  • A collection of videos regarding counties in Texas
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  • From the Texas Education Agency: Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for K - 12. Government
  • Local Government
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  • Texas Constitution, Article 11: Municipal Corporations
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  • The Constitutions of Texas
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  • The States within the United States Constitutional System
  • Video: Annexation History - Planning and Development Department - City of Houston
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  • What are Single Purpose Governments?

Section 2 - GOVT 2306 (The Political Institutions)

  • Campaign Finance
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  • Collective Action, the Free Rider Problem and Selective Incentives
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  • For Comparison: The U.S. and Texas Bills of Rights
  • Interest Groups
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  • Public Opinion and Ideology
  • Suffrage
  • Terminology for GOVT 2306 Module 2
  • Texas Constitution - Article 6 - Suffrage
  • Texas Election Code
  • Texas Party Platforms
  • The First Amendment and the Political Institutions
  • The Political Institutions
  • What is a Megadonor?
  • What is a Political Action Committee?
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  • What is Democracy?

Section 3 - GOVT 2306 (The Governing Institutions)

  • Terminology for GOVT 2306 Module 3
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  • The Legislative Power
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Section 4 - GOVT 2306 (Public Policy)

  • Terminology for GOVT 2306 Module 4
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Terms and Lecture Notes

  • . . . A rage for paper money
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  • Interest Groups
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  • No Really . . . why do you have to take this class? Part 1
  • No really . . . why do you have to take this class? Part 2
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  • Popular Sovereignty - Dual Sovereignty - Tribal Sovereignty
  • Public Goods - What are they? What types exist?
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  • Public Policy and the Enumerated Powers
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  • The First Virginia Charter 1606
  • The Fiscal Size-Up
  • The Governing Institutions
  • The Judiciary
  • The Legislature
  • The Political Institutions
  • The Powell Memo
  • The Press
  • The Separated Powers
  • The Separated Powers and The Checks and Balances
  • The States within the United States Constitutional System
  • U.S. Constitution: The Enumerated Powers - Article 1, Section 8
  • U.S. Executive Departments - The First Three
  • United States Executive Agencies created in the 19th Century
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