Topic 4 Toward Collective Action: Mediating Institutions

Topic Description

Lesson Sets

Political Parties
Lesson 1
Introduction`
Lesson 2
What Are Parties and How Did They Form?`
Lesson 3
The Two-Party System`
Lesson 4
The Shape of Modern Political Parties`
Lesson 5
Divided Government and Partisan Polarization`

Interest Groups and Lobbying
Lesson 1
Introduction`
Lesson 2
Interest Groups Defined`
Lesson 3
Collective Action and Interest Group Formation`
Lesson 4
Interest Groups as Political Participation`
Lesson 5
Pathways of Interest Group Influence`
Lesson 6
Free Speech and the Regulation of Interest Groups`