南山大学

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指定
 選
期間
 秋学期
単位
 ２
年次
 3・4
担当者
 山岸　敬和
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副題 American Presidency
授業概要 The course is basically taught in English. Buy using a textbook, we learn how the American presidency has developed. Students are required to read one chapter (15-30 pages) each week and actively participate in class discussion.
学修目標 Students learn what kind of political constrains the Presidents face and advance the knowledge of American politics and political history.
授業計画 １．Class introduction
２．Ch. １,“The Constitutional Convention”
３．Ch. ２,“Creating the Presidency”
４．Ch. ３,“Bringing the Constitutional Presidency to Life: George Washington and John Adams”
５．Ch. ４,“The Triumph of Jeffersonianism”
６．Ch. ７,“Progressive Politics and Executive Power: The Presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt and William
　　　　　 Howard Taft
７．Ch. 11,“The Consolidation of the Modern Presidency: Franklin D. Roosevelt to Dwight D. Eisenhower”
８．Ch. 12,“Personalizing the Presidency: John F. Kennedy to Jimmy Carter”
９．Ch. 13,“A Restoration of Presidential Power? Ronald Reagan and George H. Bush”
10．Ch. 14,“Bill Clinton and the Modern Presidency”
11．Video: War Room (about the electoral campaign)
12．Ch. 15,“George W. Bush and Beyond”
13．Ch. 16,“The Vice Presidency”
14．Conclusion
評価方法 Class participation (40%), Paper (60%)
テキスト Sidney M. Milkis and Michael Nelson, The American Presidency: Origins and Development, 1776-2007, 5th ed. (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2008)

【その他】「アメリカの政治」「政治研究の基礎（アメリカ）」を履修しているか、同時に履修することが強く望まれる。
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