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Nov 08, 2024
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POL 112 - Amer State & Local Government Credits: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Practicum Hours: 0 Work Experience: 0 Course Type: Core A study of the organization, operations and politics of state and local governments. Emphasis on an analysis of the legislative, executive and judicial roles and processes. Competencies
- Compare and contrast the various political cultures and subcultures of state and local governments
- Identify historical and constitutional backgrounds of Iowa and various other states
- Explain constitutional terminology
- Distinguish Iowa’s constitutional background from that of other states
- Distinguish among policy responsibilities of state and local government as opposed to the national government
- Summarize the major provisions of the Iowa Constitution
- Analyze the concept of federalism
- Reveal its historical and constitutional background
- Categorize various government powers in terms of state versus federal responsibility
- Appraise political participation at the state and local level
- Discuss voting patterns from state to state
- Reveal the activities and functions of interest groups and political parties at the state and local level
- Outline election and campaign methods focusing especially on Iowa
- Discuss the major provisions of campaign finance law
- Describe the roles and functions of the main institutions of state government
- Discuss the Iowa legislature in terms of structure and operation.
- Discuss the role of state governors and other executive officers in state politics in terms of roles, functions, and powers focusing especially on Iowa.
- Outline the basic structure and functions of the state court system again focusing especially on Iowa
- Reveal correctional policy in Iowa and in other states
- Examine the basic types and functions of community political systems
- Identify the various units of community government, their roles and responsibilities
- Explain the various forms of municipal charters and forms of city government and why these vary from city to city
- Delineate the various methods of campaigning and administering elections in cities with special emphasis on nonpartisan elections
- Reveal the various means through which people and interest groups become involved in community politics
- Relate the various characteristics of central-city and suburban government with an eye toward explaining policy differences and demographics
- Discuss the modes and the successes of various methods of dealing with city-suburban relations with special emphasis to consolidation
- Compare the strengths and weaknesses of the pluralist and elitist models for explaining the exercise of power in municipalities
- Identify the roles of city planners
- Examine the various policy issues facing states and localities
- Explain the basic issues facing local governments with regard to education.
- Differentiate between the roles of a state and the federal government with regard to education
- Explain the basic issues involved in taxation and budget policy
- Categorize the various tax sources available to states and localities in general.
- Summarize how budgets are formulated and administered at the state and local level
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