Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POC2005: American Politics

This module descriptor refers to the 2024/5 academic year.

Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

McKay, David. 2017 (9th edition). American Politics and Society. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.

Fiorina, Morris. 2017. Unstable Majorities:Polarization, Party Sorting and Political Stalemate. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press.

Theiss-Morse, Elizabeth, Michael Wagner, William Flanigan, and Nancy Zingale. 2018 (14th edition). The Political Behavior of the American Electorate.

Thurber, James, and Antoine Yoshinaka (eds.). 2015. American Gridlock: The Sources, Character, and Impact of Political Polarization.

Wattenberg, Martin. 2015. Is Voting for Young People?