נקודות זכות באוניברסיטה העברית: 2

תואר: בוגר

היחידה האקדמית שאחראית על הקורס: מדע המדינה

סמסטר: סמסטר ב'

שפת ההוראה: עברית

קמפוס: הר הצופים

מורה אחראי על הקורס (רכז): פרופ' משה מאור

דוא"ל של המורה האחראי על הקורס: moshe.maor@mail.huji.ac.il

שעות קבלה של רכז הקורס: יום ב': 12:30-11:30
יום ג':13:00-12:00
חדר 4315 ב'.

מורי הקורס:
פרופ משה מאור

תאור כללי של הקורס:
This course provides an overview of disproportionate response in politics and policy, with special reference to President Trump’s strategies and policy outcomes. It consists of three major units. The first introduces students to core concepts (disproportionate policy response; policy over- and underreaction; disproportionate rhetoric and doctrines; over- and underreaction policy style), approaches (psychological, institutional and strategic); measurement; key policy tools employed by political executives who wish to over- or underreact; the benefits political executives gain from disproportionate response, and the conditions which are conducive to over- or underreaction in politics and policy. The second unit discusses the disproportionate use of policy tools by President Trump, at the rhetorical and doctrinal levels, as well as ‘on the ground.’ The third unit discusses the implications of Trump’s policies for American democracy. This course will enable students to understand disproportionate responses in politics and policy, and the main theories and concepts employed in this emerging subfield; to write short papers that critically evaluate the subfield’s main arguments as applied in the US context; to translate academic knowledge into writing for broader audiences, and to write an independently researched academic paper.

מטרות הקורס:

תוצרי למידה :
בסיומו של קורס זה, סטודנטים יהיו מסוגלים:
This course will enable students to understand disproportionate responses in politics and policy, and the main theories and concepts employed in this emerging subfield; to write short papers that critically evaluate the subfield’s main arguments as applied in the US context; to translate academic knowledge into writing for broader audiences, and to write an independently researched academic paper.

דרישות נוכחות (%):
100%

שיטת ההוראה בקורס:

רשימת נושאים / תכנית הלימודים בקורס:
1. Context and Presidential Competence
2. Core Concepts
3. Key Policy Tools
4. Strategic Policy Overreaction and Policy Overreaction Style
5. Measurement
6. Immigration Policy
7. Regulatory Policy
8. Foreign Policy
9. Justice Policy & Climate Change
10. Relations with Congress & Supreme Court Appointments
11. President Trump as Manager
12. Implications for American Democracy

חומר חובה לקריאה:
Abramowitz, A., and McCoy, J. (2019). United States: Racial Resentment, Negative Partisanship, and Polarization in Trump’s America. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 681, 137-56.
Quirk, P.J. (2018). Presidential Competence. In Nelson, M. (Ed.) The Presidency and the Political System. 11th edition. Los Angeles: Sage/CQ Press, pp. 131-160.
Maor, M. (forthcoming). Deliberate Disproportionate Policy Response: Towards a Conceptual Turn. Journal of Public Policy. Available at: http://www.moshemaor.net/publications/policy-anomalies
Maor, M. (2019). Overreaction and Bubbles in Politics and Policy. In: Alex Mintz and Lesley Terris (Eds.) Oxford Handbook on Behavioral Political Science, Oxford: Oxford University Press [Online]
https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190634131.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780190634131-e-28
Maor, M. (2017) Policy Overreaction Doctrine: From Ideal-Type to Context-Sensitive Solution in Times of Crisis. In Howlett M and Mukherjee I (eds.), Handbook of Policy Formulation. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Maor, M. (2018) Rhetoric and Doctrines of Policy Over- and Underreactions in Times of Crisis. Policy & Politics 46, 47–63.
Maor, M., and Gross, J. (2015) Emotion Regulation by Emotional Entrepreneurs: Implications for Political Science and International Relations. Paper presented at the 73rd Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 16–19, 2015, Chicago. http://www.moshemaor.net/publications/policy-anomalies
Maor, M. (2019) Strategic Policy Overreaction as Risky Policy Investment. International Review of Public Policy, 1(1), 46-64.
Maor, M. (forthcoming). Policy Over- and Under-reaction as Policy Styles. In M. Howlett and J. Tosun (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Policy Styles. London: Routledge.
Ouyang, Y. and Morgan M.A. (2019). The Contemporary Presidency: How Presidents Utilize Their Emergency Powers. Presidential Studies Quarterly, 49(3), 718–732.
Maor, M. (forthcoming). Deliberate Disproportionate Policy Response: Towards a Conceptual Turn. Journal of Public Policy.
De Francesco F and Maggetti M (2018) Assessing Disproportionality: Indexes of Policy Responses to the 2007–2008 Banking Crisis. Policy Sciences 51, 17–38.
Pierce, S., Bolter, J., and Selee, A. (2018). Immigration Policy under Trump: Deep Changes and Lasting Impacts. Washington DC: Migration Policy Institute. Johnson, K. R. (2017). Immigration and civil rights in the trump administration: Law and policy making by executive order. Santa Clara Law Review, 57, 611-665.
Thrower, S. (2018). Policy Disruption Through Regulatory Delay in the Trump Administration. Presidential Studies Quarterly, 48, 517–536.
Piller, C. (2018). FDA enforcement actions plummet under Trump. Science, 365(6448): 12-13. DOI: 10.1126/science.365.6448.12
Keren Yarhi-Milo, (2018). After Credibility: American Foreign Policy in the Trump Era, Foreign Affairs 97, 1, 68–77. Vinha, L.D. (2019). Competition, Conflict, and Conformity: Foreign Policy Making in the First Year of the Trump Presidency. Presidential Studies Quarterly 49(2), 280-309.
Johnson, R. (2019). Racial Policy under Trump. In M. Oliva and M. Shanahan (Eds.) The Trump Presidency. London : Palgrave: Macmillan, pp. 111-135. [e-book]. Selby, J. (2019). The Trump presidency, climate change, and the prospect of a disorderly energy transition. Review of International Studies, 45(3), 471–490 doi:10.1017/S0260210518000165
Edward, G.C. (2018). “Closer” or Context? Explaining Donald Trump’s Relations with Congress, Presidential Studies Quarterly 48(3), 456–479.
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Schmidt C.W. and Shapiro, C. (2018). The Supreme Court and American Politics: Symposium Introduction, 93 Chicago-Kent Law Review, 315. Available at: https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview/vol93/iss2/2
Lewis DE, Bernhard P and You E (2018) President Trump as Manager: Reflections on the First Year. Presidential Studies Quarterly 48, 480–501. Kumar, M.J. (2019) The Contemporary Presidency Energy or Chaos? Turnover at the Top of President Trump’s White House. Presidential Studies Quarterly Vol. 49, 219–236.
Lavitsky S, and Ziblatt D (2018) How Democracies Die. New York: Crown, pp. 11-52.
Inglehart R and Norris P (2017) Trump and Populist-Authoritarian Parties: The Silent Revolution in Reverse. Perspectives on Politics. 15, 443-454.
Oliver JE and Wood TJ (2018) Enchanted America: How Intuition & Reason Divide Our Politics. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, pp. 107-147.
Mason L (2018) Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 1-16, 78-126. OR: Podcast: https://www.vox.com/ezra-klein-show-podcast/2018/12/31/18161645/ezra-klein-show-podcast-2018-episodes-interviews

חומר לקריאה נוספת:

הערכת הקורס - הרכב הציון הסופי :
מבחן מסכם בכתב/בחינה בעל פה 0 %
הרצאה0 %
השתתפות 0 %
הגשת עבודה 100 %
הגשת תרגילים 0 %
הגשת דו"חות 0 %
פרויקט מחקר 0 %
בחנים 0 %
אחר 0 %

מידע נוסף / הערות:
Two team projects (word limit 2500); teams of up to 5 students
Grading Criteria: Each paper: 50%