APLS 458 South Carolina and State and Local Politics Bob Botsch (bobb@usca.edu), C-7 HSS Building

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Course Homepage – Spring 2012 Welcome to South Carolina and state and local politics! In this course we will examine South Carolina politics comkparatively to other states and other local governments focusing on similarities and differences.  We will also look at some of the culture and history of the state and its governmental institutions, processes and policies at both the state and local level. The student will come away with a good enough understanding of state and local politics so that she/he can converse about the problems and challenges facing all state and local governments across the nation and how these problems and challenges have evolved in the context of the federal system in which state and local poltics exist. Research Paper Topics—Assignments—Questions to be Answered