An introduction to the institutions, political processes and policies of state governments, and the relationships of state governments with other levels of government in the United States.
1. The student should be familiar with the everyday workings of State and Local Political Systems.
2. The student should know how to design and conduct a survey of public opinion on state and local issues.
3. The students should know how to become more involved in state and local politics, as a voter, worker, or as an actual
candidate for office.
4. The student should form a habit of keeping up with state and local issues through regularly reading a newspaper.
5. Each student should learn how to access information on the World Wide Web.
I. The setting of State and Local Government
II. Intergovernmental Relations
III. Political Parties and Interest Groups
IV. Political Participation and Elections
V. State and Local Legislatures
VI. Governors, Bureaucrats and Mayors
VII. Courts, Police, and Corrections
VIII. Financing State and Local Governments
IX. State Policy Making
X. Suburbs, metropolitan Areas, and Rural Communities
#1 Trip to the Legislature and other offices
Anyone failing to go to Frankfort to the Legislature must write a paper
of at least five typed (double spaced) pages on the Kentucky State
Legislature. Footnotes and a bibliography from at least five printed
sources must be used. They must be in correct format and in accordance
with an acceptable standard. (Due by one week prior to the last class.)
Posted: June 18, 2003
http://www.bluegrass.kctcs.edu/LCC/HIS/255