32513 Advanced seminar

SoSe 22: US Congress and Congressional Elections

Christian Lammert

Comments

Recent opinion polls show that only a quarter of Americans approve of the performance of the U.S. Congress. Congress has been called dysfunctional and broken. Disagreements between the parties have shut down the government and brought the country to the brink of default. Recent controversies over the 2020 presidential election have led to rioters storming the U.S. Capitol. Why are the parties so polarized, so deeply divided, and why has lawmaking proved so difficult in recent years? This course affords us an opportunity to explore and to explain the electoral and institutional forces that shape the membership of Congress and the institution’s capacity to govern. We will also address Fenno’s Paradox: How is Congress so universally criticized, yet members are almost always re-elected? The electoral context sets the stage for our study of Congress— the oldest and most powerful popularly elected legislative body in the world. close

13 Class schedule

Regular appointments

Thu, 2022-04-21 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Lammert

Location:
340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Thu, 2022-04-28 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Lammert

Location:
340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Thu, 2022-05-05 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Lammert

Location:
340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Thu, 2022-05-12 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Lammert

Location:
340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Thu, 2022-05-19 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Lammert

Location:
340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Thu, 2022-06-02 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Lammert

Location:
340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Thu, 2022-06-09 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Lammert

Location:
340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Thu, 2022-06-16 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Lammert

Location:
340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Thu, 2022-06-23 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Lammert

Location:
340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Thu, 2022-06-30 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Lammert

Location:
340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Thu, 2022-07-07 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Lammert

Location:
340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Thu, 2022-07-14 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Lammert

Location:
340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Thu, 2022-07-21 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Lammert

Location:
340 Hörsaal (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

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