Peer-evaluation of seminar papers is due. Bring a copy of the evaluation to class.

First part of the class: Do citizens organize their political thinking? Does the mass public think about the EU the same way as the elites do?

Required:

Clawson & Oxley pp. 102- 105, 131-141, 158-160.

Costello, Rory, Thomassen, Jacques, and Martin Rosema. 2012. European Parliament Elections and Political Representation: Policy Congruence between Voters and Parties. West-European Politics, Vol. 35, No. 6, 1226–1248. You are required to read only pages 1226-1238, the rest of the article is a voluntary reading.

Recommended:

Marks, G., and M. Steenbergen.  2002.  "Understanding Political Contestation in the European Union."  Comparative Political Studies 35: 879-92.

Second part of the class: Peer-evaluation of seminar papers.

Read the seminar paper assigned to you. Give feedback you your colleague using the feedback form. Bring both the paper and the feedback form to class.