This introductory program relates the purposes of the series and the methods utilized by Professor Eliot in conducting the course. "American Politics" aims at answering the following questions: 1. What are the nature, purpose and methods of the major American political parties? 2. How are the parties' candidates nominated, including candidates for president and vice president? 3. What have been the parties' records on the major issues of American politics? (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche) This series of fifteen half-hour episodes was first presented as a telecourse over station KETC, recorded on kinescope, and produced for the Center by St. Louis in cooperation with Washington University. Designed to educate in the field of American politics, the episodes cover the development of political parties, the theory and practice of party institutions such as the primary, the convention and the machine, and current political issues from the perspective of party record. Lecturer for the series is Thomas H. Eliot, chairman and professor of the department of political science at Washington University. Professor Eliot is a former US Congressman from Massachusetts and has had twelve years' experience in Federal government administrative and legal posts. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
