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POLITICS
303 Spring 2005
TOPICS IN
POLITICAL THEORY: DEATH IN AMERICA
Review
for Final Examination (20% of course grade) Point
value for each question is given in brackets. Thu Dec13, 2-5 pm |
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General
and comparative (16 points) |
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9
reasons given for ŌWhy Death?Õ, Can
you connect some of them to our four cases? |
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Mortality
snapshot, Can
you connect some of its specific features to our four cases? |
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Liberalism,
Capitalism, Democracy, Can
you connect our four cases? |
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Jurors' Stories of Death: How America's Death
Penalty Invests in Inequality Benjamin Dov Fleury-Steiner (20
Points) |
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DP
statistics
Restate
Fleury-SteinerÕs core analysis and central arguments.
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Death qualification
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Juror ŌstoriesÕ or tropes/scripts/frames – 7 types
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Jury – as a group constructed with insider/outsider identities
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invests in inequality
What
are the greatest strengths of the argument/analysis?
What
are the greatest weaknesses of the argument/analysis?
Fleury-SteinerÕs
political or programmatic solutions
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abolish DP
Batson
v Kentucky (1986)
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Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil
Addiction Terry Tamminen 20
Points |
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Restate
TamminenÕs core analysis and central arguments.
What
are the greatest strengths of the argument/analysis?
What
are the greatest weaknesses of the argument/analysis?
TamminenÕs
political or programmatic solutions
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litigation along various conventional lines
TamminenÕs
top 10 things consumer might do
Environmental
racism
American
public transportation and its origins
Greenwashing
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Essay
Questions (10 points) Choose one Inasmuch
as the unifying theme of this course is that the patterned maldistribution of
premature mortality is a moral and hence political problem, which of the four
cases strikes you (drawing upon the respective author although going beyond
his analysis if necessary) as most problematic, and which one least? |
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or In
all four cases, the authors are wrestling with assumptions about the relative
significance of individual choice v. social, cultural, economic and
ultimately political systems and structures and the implications of those
assumptions for how one views the problems in question and formulates solutions. What heuristic lessons have you
learned from our four cases.
Illustrate them by drawing on any two cases. |
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For
student Presentations (34 points) Answer
each of the questions on the basis of the material presented by the student
regardless of your own opinion/knowledge on the matter. |
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Question
format: True/False, Multiple Choice Fill in the blanks Give 1 of x. |
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Questions
will focus on: Conceptual distinctions Problems raised based on presenterÕs
experience/research Key facts, including major statistics Explanation(s) for apparent problem Possible solution(s) Interesting but otherwise tangential facts to which
presenter called attention |