Introduction to American Government

POLS 1101, Fall 2014Lead Instructor: Dr. Jamie MonoganMW 12:20-1:20, Instr. Plaza S306

Course Website: http://j.mp/POLS1101

Please download the syllabus.

Why study American

government?

Who is this?

Who is this?

One more…

In short:The primary goal of this course is to provide students with a conceptual background they can use to understand and critically analyze what is written in the newspaper or said in the news today, tomorrow, and in the more distant future.

Teaching Assistants:•Lead Sections•Grade Assignments•Answer Questions•Your first point of contact throughout the semester

Teaching Assistants:Friday Discussion Sections

Section Time Room Teaching Assistant E-mail81016 8:00MLC 245 Shannon Jackson snj@uga.edu81017 9:05MLC 153 Shannon Jackson snj@uga.edu81019 9:05MLC 147 Jordan Long jtlong@uga.edu81021 10:10Park Hall 116 Tara Trask tet61@uga.edu81022 10:10Park Hall 115 Jordan Long jtlong@uga.edu81023 11:15Caldwell 206 Tara Trask tet61@uga.edu81024 11:15ROTC 21 Alexander Newell akn1029@uga.edu81025 12:20MLC 251 Alexander Newell akn1029@uga.edu81026 12:20MLC 247 George Williford george.williford25@uga.edu

81027 1:25MLC 147 Bryan Black bmblack@uga.edu81036 1:25MLC 253 George Williford george.williford25@uga.edu

Today’s focus: Collective DilemmasBy the end of this meeting, participants should be able to:

•Describe the role of politics in resolving collective dilemmas.

Collective Dilemmas

Politics

• Process of making collective decisions about resource allocation

• Includes creating and enforcing societal rules

• Given competing interests, politics is often conflictual

For Next Time:

• Download the syllabus. – Read it. – Understand it. – Contact your T.A. if you do not understand a

single sentence, word, or punctuation mark.

• Determine with 100% certainty where you will be on Friday for your discussion section.

• Read Kollman, pp. 11-29. (Through Chap. 1.)