Unit 4 Toward Collective Action: Mediating Institutions

Unit Description

Lesson Sets

Political Parties
Lesson 6
Introduction`
Lesson 7
What Are Parties and How Did They Form?`
Lesson 8
The Two-Party System`
Lesson 9
The Shape of Modern Political Parties`
Lesson 10
Divided Government and Partisan Polarization`

Interest Groups and Lobbying
Lesson 11
Introduction`
Lesson 12
Interest Groups Defined`
Lesson 13
Collective Action and Interest Group Formation`
Lesson 14
Interest Groups as Political Participation`
Lesson 15
Pathways of Interest Group Influence`
Lesson 16
Free Speech and the Regulation of Interest Groups`