Can disadvantaged minority groups in the United States get the policy they want

Can disadvantaged minority groups in the United States get the policy they want in
the face of both majority opposition and an institutional design that seeks to thwart
change? Does Subconstituency Politics Theory provide a strategy for these
disadvantaged minorities—those lacking power and resources—to overcome the
hurdles that the Constitution (i.e., Madisonian democracy) erects? If so, under what
conditions? If not, why not? In answering be sure to explain subconstituency
politics theory and identify at least three specific institutional and /or policy hurdles
that make it difficult for disadvantaged minority groups to obtain their policy goals.
Use those as building blocks for explaining how and under what circumstances
disadvantaged minority groups can prevail in American politics.
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Week 9 Lecture Links.
Lecture 1. Federalism: The Case of Speed Limits (23 minutes) https://youtu.be/nDAQmYr7hlw
Lecture 2. Part III. American Democracy? (14 minutes) https://youtu.be/l2O5kqhGB1Q
Lecture 3. Popular sovereignty (16 minutes) https://youtu.be/5X2lMVTbQdg
Lecture 4. Popular sovereignty: Political Knowledge (20 minutes) https://youtu.be/0DGcfL7NNl0
Week 8 Lecture Links.
Lecture 1. Federalism Overview (31 minutes) https://youtu.be/GvW7HNA4JxQ
Lecture 2. Federalism and Civil Rights (20 minutes) https://youtu.be/DjRzp8k9iJE
Lecture 3. Civil Liberties (15 minutes) https://youtu.be/qZWVZU9AFEM
Lecture 4. Civil Liberties: The Examples (21 minutes) https://youtu.be/OhZ4SpIKvqg
Week 7 Lecture Links.
Lecture 1. Do US Institutions Insure against Tyranny (31 minutes) https://youtu.be/fYO9KrUE2GY
Lecture 2. What are Political parties? What do they Do? (25 minutes) https://youtu.be/nGD9VlAm4Tc
Lecture 3. Aspects of Political Parties (22 minutes) https://youtu.be/vjLGmPO4rTk
Lecture 4. Implications of Constitutional Design (i.e. Sharing Power) (12 minutes)

Week 6 Lecture video links
Lecture 1. Institutions Defined (11 min) https://youtu.be/S1_Ig6WunQM
Lecture 2. Prisoner’s Dilemma (11 min) https://youtu.be/xF5EQuKSIs4
Lecture 3. Building American Institutions (21 minutes) https://youtu.be/w-F2GpfFNY8
Lecture 4. The Constitution and an Institutional Solution (21 minutes) https://youtu.be/9W2rcptGI74
Lecture 5. Publius’s Justification: The Federalist Papers (11 minutes) https://youtu.be/bjvo1H6KNpo
Lecture 6. Factions (12 Minutes) https://youtu.be/r6uJqk8ydLk