Political issues facing the state of California, the United States, or the international community.
Instructor: Alan Ross
Guest Lecturer: Derek Cressman - California Common Cause
http://polisci.berkeley.edu/
Choosing the President in 2008: The Evolving Process and its Effects
Keynote Lecture: "The Way We Choose Presidential Nominees: Problems and Prospects"
Speaker: David Price, U.S. Representative, 4th District, North Carolina
Topics of panels at this conference will include the campaign finance system, the impact of early primaries in creating a "front-loaded" nominating process, a retrospective on the outcome of the primaries, and an evaluation of presidential elections generally, including the need for potential reforms.
http://igs.berkeley.edu/events/president2008/