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Encouraging the Better Angels: On Designing the Introductory Course in American Politics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Kimberley P. Canfield
Affiliation:
Syracuse University
Grant Reeher
Affiliation:
Syracuse University
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Copyright © The American Political Science Association 1998

Footnotes

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The research and experience upon which this paper is based were made possible by funding from the Dean's Office of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, and the Center for Instructional Development, both at Syracuse University.

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