ࡱ> Y[Xg A5bjbjVV .Lr<r<A-""""6L",tLLLL'''G,I,I,I,I,I,I,$<.0m,''m,LL,LLG,G,) +L0vd_f*3,,0,*1p1$++81,$'il'''m,m,5L''',1''''''''' :  SYLLABUS PSC 525 FALL, 2011 Instructor: Dr. Ronald Michaelson Office: PAC 370 Phone : 206-6646 (0ffice) 494-2311 (Cell)  HYPERLINK "mailto:Rmich1@uis.edu" Rmich1@uis.edu COURSE DESCRIPTION All ILSIP interns are required to take PSC 525, a two credit course designed to prepare them for their intern experience. The course includes a two day orientation session and four full day seminars. The course provides an overall of Illinois government and politics and a review of how we have dealt with certain policy areas in Illinois. The four day seminars will be held on the UIS campus (room to be announced). The class will meet from 9-12 and 1-4, but always subject to adjustments to accommodate guest speakers and any supplemental training scheduled by the ILSIP program coordinator. The class will meet on these days: Friday, August 26 UHB 1005 Friday, September 9 UHB 1005 Thursday, September 22 BRK 339 Friday, October 7 UHB 1005 Obviously, an effort is being made to complete the seminar by mid-semester so that the interns can concentrate on their assigned duties at the earliest possible time. COURSE OBJECTIVES/LEARNING OUTCOMES To provide a basic knowledge of Illinois government and politics and an understanding of how fundamental public policy issues have been or been not addressed. To provide concepts and a context to assist in placing the internship experience in its proper perspective. REQUIRED TEXTS/MATERIALS Each intern received (at no cost!) the following books at orientation. Specific reading assignments will be noted later in this syllabus. Nowlan, Gove and Winkel, Illinois Politics : A Citizens Guide Mooney and Van-Dyke Brown, Lobbying Illinois Pensoneau, Arrington: Powerhouse from Illinois The following materials from the Legislative Research Unit are also supplied to each intern: Preface to Lawmaking 1970 Illinois Constitution annotated for Legislators Illinois Tax Handbook for Legislators ATTENDANCE Attendance (and hopefully active participation) in all seminars is mandatory. Work-related absences, which are rare, will be accommodated. Interns who otherwise miss part of or all of a seminar will be obligated to make up for their absence. This will be arranged with the instructor. GRADES Your course grade will be calculated as follows: 30 % for each of the three written assignments (see course requirements); 10 % on attendance and participation. DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS Reasonable accommodations are available for students who have a documented disability. This can include physical, psychological, chronic health, vision, hearing, learning, traumatic brain injury, Aspergers Syndrome and/or autism, cognitive and AD/HDD. Please notify the instructor at the first seminar if any accommodations are needed. All accommodations must be approved through the Office of Disability Services (206-6666), HRB 80. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY All students are subject to the UIS policy on Academic Integrity which states, in part: Academic integrity is at the heart of the Universitys commitment to academic excellence. The UIS community strives to communicate and support clear standards of integrity, so that students can internalize those standards and carry them forward in their personal and professional lives. Living a life with integrity prepares students to assume leadership roles in their communities as well as in their chosen profession. Alumni can be proud of their education and the larger society will benefit from the Universitys contribution to the development of ethical leaders. Violations of academic integrity demean the violator, degrade the learning process, deflate the meaning of grades, discredit the accomplishments of past and present students, and tarnish the reputation of the University for all its members. Academic sanctions range from a warning to expulsion from the University, depending on the severity of your violation and your history of violations. Whatever the sanction, instructors are required to file a report of academic dishonesty to the Office of the Provost. Students are responsible for understanding and complying with the UIS Academic Integrity Policy http://www.uis.edu/campussenate/AcademicIntegrity.htm COURSE REQUIREMENTS There are three written assignments for this course: A profile of a major Illinois interest group which has a political committee and makes contributions to candidates and parties. The paper should include the following: 1) Group demographics, i.e., size, geographic distribution of its members, its basic organizational structure, and the professional or issue identity of its members; 2) the lobbyist(s) who represent the group; 3) the groups legislative agenda for 2011, including a review of its successes and failures; 4) the groups potential agenda for 2012; 5) identification of the natural allies and opponents of the group; and 6) an analysis of the contribution strategy of the group. SUGGESTED LENGTH 10 pages. DUE DATE September 9 An analysis of the issues and the prospects for major changes in one of the following six public policy areas: 1) education funding; 2) state tax structure; 3) health care eligibility and financing; 4) campaign finance; 5) governmental ethics; and 6) state pension policy and funding. SUGGESTED LENGTH 10 pages. DUE DATE September 22 3. Review the activities in the General Assembly in 2011 as they relate to state legislative redistricting. Your review should include the following: 1) Who were the major players; 2)What proposals were advanced for changes in the process and which ones, if any, were adopted; 3) What role did outside groups (for example, the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, the League of Women Voters, and others) play in the process; 4) What role did the media play; 5) How well did the process work; and 6) What changes (constitutional, legislative or otherwise), if any, should be considered for the next round of redistricting in 2021? SUGGESTED LENGTH 8-10 pages. DUE DATE October 7 COURSE SCHEDULE AUGUST 26 UNIT #1 : ILLINOIS: WHAT ITS LIKE TO PLAY POLITICS HERE What is meant by political culture Illinois own civil war : Chicago vs. downstate The new kid on the block : the collar counties Is regionalism real and does it matter? Readings : Nowlan, Gove and Winkel, Chapters 1-2 Redfield, Living Up to Low Standards (Blackboard) Elazar, Marketplace, Commonwealth and the Three Political Cultures (Blackboard) UNIT #2 : ILLINOIS : THE RULES OF THE GAME History and politics of Constitution Making in Illinois The legacy of the 1870 Constitution The basics of the 1970 Constitution Do we need a new one? Readings : Nowlan, Gove and Winkel, Chapter 4 Legislative Research Unit 1970 Illinois State Constitution annotated for Legislators UNIT #3 : ILLINOIS: WHO ARE THE PLAYERS The Office of the Governor (the notables and not so notables) The other Constitutional Officers ( who they are, what they do, how important they really are) Readings: Gove and Nowlan Chapter 6 The websites of the six Constitutional officers SEPTEMBER 9 Unit # 4 : ILLINOIS : HOW ELECTIONS ARE CONDUCTED The State Board of Elections, and its counterparts in other states (remember Kathryn Harris?) Do we have State elections and federal elections? What happened to cumulative voting? Who draws the lines the politics of redistricting Election reform are the feds ready to take over? Readings : Nowlan, Gove and Winkel, Chapter 3 SBE web site ( HYPERLINK "http://www.elections.il.gov/" www.elections.il.gov) SBE phamphlets (to be distributed) Redfield, Voting Patterns in Illinois, 2010 Update (Blackboard) Unit # 5 : ILLINOIS : THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY How it is structured Who are the players Where is the power How does it really work Readings : Nowlan, Gove and Winkel, Chapter 5 Mooney, Chapters 2 and 4 Pensoneau , the entire book LRU Preface to Lawmaking SEPTEMBER 22 Unit # 6: ILLINOIS : THE THIRD HOUSE Readings : Mooney, all chapters not previously assigned Unit # 7: ILLINOIS : MONEY IS THE MOTHERS MILK OF POLITICS Readings: Redfield , all chapters not previously assigned SBE web site ( HYPERLINK "http://www.elections.il.gov/" www.elections.il.gov) Il Campaign for Political Reform ( HYPERLINK "http://www.ilcampaign.org/" www.ilcampaign.org) Center for Responsive Politics ( HYPERLINK "http://www.opensecrets.org/" www.opensecrets.org) Federal Election Commission web site ( HYPERLINK "http://www.fec.gov/" www.fec.gov) Campaign Finance Institute web site ( HYPERLINK "http://www.cfinst.org/" www.cfinst.org) Ed Wojcicki, Still the Wild West? A 10-Year Look at Campaign Finance Reform in Illinois, SIU Press, Sept. 2006 (www.edwoj.com/Articles/wojcicki-campaignfinance-siu-2006.pdf) Unit # 8: ILLINOIS: WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM AND HOW IS IT SPENT The Illinois State income tax the great debate in 1969 The OMB does it really run state government? Why budget crises are the rule rather than the exception Readings: Nowlan, Gove and Winkel, Chapter 10 LRU, Illinois Tax handbook for Legislators Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability web site ( HYPERLINK "http://www.ilga.gov/Commission/cgfa" www.ilga.gov/Commission/cgfa) OMB web site ( HYPERLINK "http://www.state.il.us/budget" www.state.il.us/budget) Comptroller web site (www.ioc.state.il.us.com) OCTOBER 7 Unit # 9: ILLINOIS : EDUCATION HOW MUCH LEARNING IS REALLY TAKING PLACE Role of the ISBE The haves and the have nots Will we ever change the way we fund schools? Readings: Nowlan, Gove and Winkel, Chapter 9 ISBE web site ( HYPERLINK "http://www.isbe./" www.isbe.state.il.us) Education Funding Advisory Board web site ( HYPERLINK "http://www.isbe.state.il.us/EFAB" www.isbe.state.il.us/EFAB) Unit # 10 : ILLINOIS : THE JUDICIARY How the court system is structured Should we elect our judges? The increasing role of money in judicial elections Readings : Nowlan, Gove and Winkel, Chapter 7 Unit #11 : ILLINOIS : MORALS AND ETHICS Are there any? Recent efforts to change the culture Readings: No assignment Unit # 12 : ILLINOIS : THE NEWS MEDIA AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS How powerful is the fourth estate? The State House press corps : who are the movers and shakers? 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