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Teaching Community Organizing and the Practice of Democracy

Teaching Community Organizing and the Practice of Democracy by Jyl Josephson, Rutgers University–Newark This article builds on the political science literature on the pedagogy of civic engagement by discussing a recent pedagogical experiment that treats […]

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Teaching Introduction to American Government/Politics: What We Learn from the Visual Images in Textbooks

Teaching Introduction to American Government/Politics: What We Learn from the Visual Images in Textbooks by Marcus D. Allen, Wheaton College & Sherri L. Wallace, University of Louisville Political science students learn the fundamental principles and […]

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Review of Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race

Review of Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race by Michelle D. Deardorff, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga We are regularly confronted in the classroom by the need to […]

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Hard Truths: The Importance of Teaching Race in Introductory American Government and Politics for Undergraduates

Hard Truths: The Importance of Teaching Race in Introductory American Government and Politics for Undergraduates by Rongal D. Watson, Beloit College In this essay, I recount the rationale for emphasizing race in an introductory American […]

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An Experiment of Community-Based Learning Effects on Civic Participation

An Experiment of Community-Based Learning Effects on Civic Participation by Taedong Lee, Jungbae An, Hyodong Sohn, Yonsei University & In Tae Yoo, Chonbuk National University How does community-based learning (CBL) influence student attitudes toward civic participation? […]

American Political Science Review

White Residents, Black Incumbents, and a Declining Racial Divide

White Residents, Black Incumbents, and a Declining Racial Divide By Zoltan L. Hajnal, University of California, San Diego Despite the hopes of the civil rights movement, researchers have found that the election of African Americans […]

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White Protectionism in America

White Protectionism in America By Rogers M. Smith, University of Pennsylvania and Desmond King, University of Oxford Critics charge President Donald Trump with racism, but he insists he opposes bigotry and is an American nationalist, […]