OLLI101515 - America's Troubled Political Institutions [In-person at TUCC]
Course Description
America’s Troubled Political Institutions
Instructor: Paul Selbst
Dates: Mondays, Oct 2-Dec 4
No Class: Nov 20
Time: 1:00 PM-2:30 PM
Location: In-person at Center City (TUCC)
This course reviews the foundations of our governing institutions and examines the US Constitution, federalism, republicanism, the judiciary, the Electoral College, political parties, and the political philosophies that shaped them. Do they answer today’s needs for stable and democratic government, that ensures the prosperity, equality, civil rights, and civil liberties that we cherish and the more perfect union, justice, general welfare, and liberty that our Constitution aimed to accomplish?
Maximum in-person registrants: 100
Instructor’s Bio:
Paul Selbst, PhD, MPA, New York University School of Public Administration; MS, Columbia University School of Public Health; BS, University of Buffalo School of Pharmacy. Paul is a professor emeritus at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine and former director of the graduate program in healthcare administration. He is an author of numerous publications and teaches various courses in political science, as well as folk music at OLLI.
Notes
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