Duke
University
Sanford Institute of Public Policy
Department of Political Science
Class Website Home 2002-2003
Instructor: Renan Levine
Syllabus, Fall 2002, Spring 2003
Duke's Blackboard (for the class website - login required)
News Analysis Webpage
The first assignment, the News Analysis Webpage, can be found here.
To complete the assignment, you should first read a short discussion by the instructor. (Word document)
Relevant readings also include:
Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman. “Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and
Biases.” Science, 1974, pp. 1124-1131. (on JStor)
Cialdini, Robert. Influence: Science and Practice. Ch. 2. (on e-reserve)
Stone, Deborah. Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making,
1997. Ch. 6 “Symbols.” (on e-reserve)
Baumgartner, Frank and Bryan D. Jones. Agendas and Instability in American
Politics, 1993. Ch. 2. (required book)
S2003 Second Memos
Drafts of your second memo (without your name on it) should be found in the
appropriate folder here: Section 1 or here, Section
2
Group Projects
Fall 2000, http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/ps145.02/project/
Fall 2001, http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps114-F01/project/
Fall 2002, click here
Spring 2003, click here
Duke Library Resources for PPS 114 can be found at: http://www.lib.duke.edu/reference/subjects/pubpol/PPS114.htm
Everyone will be happy if all pages are designed to be accessible
to all browsers. There are a good set of guidelines here
http://www.aas.duke.edu/owl/standards/universal.html