Presidential Politics: Race, Class, Faith & Gender in the 2008 Election

19 Apr 2011, 00:00

By Al Camarillo - Stanford University
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Course Description:
The 2008 U.S. Presidential Election is unprecedented. The nomination process and ongoing campaigns have revealed the complexities of identity and its role in uniting and dividing the electorate. This course explores how issues of race, class, faith and gender have shaped the candidates, campaigns, and our society. The course analysis spans the presidential race from the announcements of more than ten presidential hopefuls to the current competition between Senators Obama and McCain.
Lectures:

Lecture 1 - Issues of the 2008 Election

Lecture by Professor Al Camarillo for the Presidential Politics: Race, Class, Faith & Gender in the 2008 Election (CSRE12) course. Professor Camarillo discusses why and how race, faith, gender and class matter.

Lecture 2 - Representations in the Media - the Media and the Message

Lecture by Douglas Foster for the Presidential Politics: Race, Class, Faith & Gender in the 2008 Election (CSRE12) course.

Lecture 3 - Group Affiliation and Political Position: Race and Gender

Lecture by Gary Segura for the Presidential Politics: Race, Class, Faith & Gender in the 2008 Election (CSRE12) course. Susan Andersen, Shanto Iyengar, and Valerie Smith with moderation by Gary Segura present their ideas on group affiliation and political position: race and gender.

Lecture 4 - Group Affiliation and Political Position: Faith and Class

Lecture by Robert Gregg for the Presidential Politics: Race, Class, Faith & Gender in the 2008 Election (CSRE12) course. Dr. Gregg moderates a panel discussion by David Biale, Eddie Glaude, Imam Yahya Hendi, and Martin Sanchez-Jankowski on group affiliation and political position: faith and class.

Lecture 5 - Race, Class, Faith & Gender in the 2008 Election: Post Election

Lecture by Gary Segura and Simon Jackman for the Presidential Politics: Race, Class, Faith & Gender in the 2008 Election (CSRE12) course. Dr. Segura and Dr. Jackman explore the role of race in the 2008 election through survey and polling data.

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