Our goal in this course is not only to be exposed to arguments and evidence on various aspects of agenda setting and representation, but more importantly, the goal is to design and conduct original research so that we might contribute to the literature. With this latter goal in mind, the course is a bit of an experiment. Typically, graduate-level seminars are designed to train students in the critical analysis of a piece of scholarship. After two or three years of such courses we generally find that we are far more equipped to criticize than we are to contribute. ...
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