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PSCI 372Political Parties and Interest Groups

Faculty
Arts
Offered
Winter
Credit
0.5
Last listed
1994–95

No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1987–88 to 1994–95 (before that, 1972–73 to 1979–80 used the number for The Political System); the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.

An examination of the roles of interest groups and political parties in influencing government policy. The origins, tactics, structures and impact of these two avenues of political participation will be compared. Discussion will focus on Canadian examples.

As printed in the 1987–88 to 1994–95 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.

Requirements, as last listed

Prereq: Third-year standing or consent of instructor

Check it elsewhere

In the scanned calendars

How it read in each calendar from 1972–73 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.

1987–88 to 1994–95 7 calendars

An examination of the roles of interest groups and political parties in influencing government policy. The origins, tactics, structures and impact of these two avenues of political participation will be compared. Discussion will focus on Canadian examples.

Prereq: Third-year standing or consent of instructor

Offered Winter · 0.5 credit

Not in the 1980–81 to 1986–87 calendars.

1972–73 to 1979–80 6 calendars

Another title: The Political System, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).

An examination of the concept of system as applied to the study of politics. Admission by consent of instructor Winter term

* Listed that year without a description, or as not offered.