American Democracy Debate

Key challenges to American democracy in today's volatile political climate.

A Faculty Project Course - Best Professors Teaching the World

American democracy seems in crisis, as we face legislative gridlock, soaring deficits, negative campaigns awash in donations from anonymous sources, growing public distrust of government, and protest movements on the right and left on the political spectrum.

This class provides an overview of competing views on contemporary American democracy and a fresh look at some key issues facing our polity, including campaign finance, the War powers, the politics of deficit spending, and the proper policy-making role of the courts.

*LESSONS YOU WILL LEARN*

✔ Glossary Of Key Terms

✔ Procedural Definitions of Democracy

✔ Substantive Definitions of Democracy

✔ What is American Exceptionalism?

✔ Stratificationism: A Closer Look

✔ Pluralism: A Closer Look

✔ Hyperpluralism: A Closer Look

✔ So What?

✔ Campaign Finance

✔ The Deficit

✔ Judicial Review

✔ The War Powers - Concluding Lecture

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** WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS COURSE ON UDEMY *

"One can perhaps again begin to think there is a bit of hope left for our political system, using the tools provided in this short but very useful course that show that in the way American Democracy was framed, it is exceptional in design, intentionally fragmented and probably still functional. "

- (Clayton A. Feldman, MD ) ★★★★★

"This course provides me a short but clear introduction of American Democracy! "

- (Tzu-Hao Chen ) ★★★★★

"Clear, concise, informative, and suggestive of ways to think about our political system and its operation. Not much good news unless you find yourself a winner. "

- (Douglas Karo ) ★★★★★

Instructed By: Jeb Barnes | Associate Professor of Political Science - University of Southern California

After receiving his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School, Jeb clerked for a federal bankruptcy judge and then practiced as a commercial litigator in Boston and San Francisco.

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