Instructor: Ken Godwin

Office: Fretwell 450H

Office phone: 704 687-4522

Email: godwink@email.uncc.edu

Office hours: Tu & Th 2:00-3:00pm and by appointment. The instructor is in his office almost every afternoon.

Course Description

POLS 3108. Social Movements and Interest Groups. (3) Analysis of the nature of social movements and interest groups and their role in the American political system.  Emphasis on membership recruitment and mobilization, campaigns, lobbying, and influence on parties, public opinion, and public policy.  Evaluation of the extent to which these organizations enhance the voices of ordinary citizens versus those of corporations and citizens of high social status. (Yearly)

• Syllabus Spring 2007

• Readings
• Lectures