American Politics

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Monopoly Rule

Party Government in the American States

By Janine A. Parry & Zoe Nemerever
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics

Examining the frequency, magnitude, resurgence, and consequences of long-term one-party monopolies in the American states since the 1930s

The Less Responsive Chamber?

Politics and Development in the Early US Senate

By Joel Sievert
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

A valuable examination of how the U.S. Senate’s responsiveness has evolved

Shifting Seats

The Congressional Apportionment Game

By Keith L Dougherty
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

The bold strategies legislators have used to increase their state’s power

Class Politics and the Creation of the American State

By James Parisot
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics

A new, critical interpretation of how lower and middle class consent was historically built for elite class rule

The Ford Administration and Anglo-American Relations

Re-Valuing an Interim Presidency

By Steve Marsh, Robert M. Hendershot, and Tia Culley
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, International Relations

How an interim presidency developed a new US–UK relationship

Reconsidering Parties and Partisanship

Edited by Christopher F. Karpowitz & Jeremy C Pope
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics

Studying partisanship through party-in-the-electorate, party-in-government, and party-as-an-organization

Second in Command

Reevaluating the Role of Vice Presidents and Running Mates in Modern American Politics

Edited by Karine Prémont & Christopher J. Devine
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics

Reconsidering the true significance of the nation’s second-highest office

Posting for Power

Congressional Partisanship on Social Media

By Jeremy Gelman & Steven Lloyd Wilson
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Political Communication
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

Why do legislators frame issues as Democrat vs. Republican?

Uncertain Perceptions

U.S. Cold War Crisis Decision Making

By Robert B. McCalla
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Psychology, American Politics

Designing Judicial Review

Interest Groups, Congress, and Communications Policy

By Charles R. Shipan
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics

Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy

By Ole Rudolf Holsti
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, International Relations
Series: Analytical Perspectives on Politics

Broken Record

The Origins and Evolution of Recorded Voting in the U.S. Congress

By Michael S. Lynch & Anthony J. Madonna
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Elections and Voting
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

Yay or Nay? Exploring how roll call voting has contributed to political polarization

Waves of Discontent

Electoral Volatility, Public Policymaking, and the Health of American Democracy

By Jacob F. H. Smith
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

Understanding the link between voter frustration and changing party control

Strategic Responsiveness

How Congress Confronts Presidential Power

By Scott H Ainsworth, Brian M Harward, and Kenneth W Moffett
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

Revealing the role of policy in the struggle for power between Congress and the president

The Fundamentals of Campaign Finance in the U.S.

Why We Have the System We Have

By Diana Dwyre & Robin Kolodny
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics

Why the U.S. campaign finance system is difficult to fix

Assault on the Media

The Nixon Years

New and expanded edition, Updated with Analysis of 21st Century Threats to Democracy

By William Earl Porter & Thomas A. Mascaro
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Media Studies, Journalism, Political Communication

Taking a 21st century look at the lasting effects of Nixon-era attacks on journalism

Generational Politics in the United States

From the Silents to Gen Z and Beyond

Edited by Sally Friedman & David Schultz
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Political Communication

How generational change impacts the future of American politics

Tracks on the Trail

Popular Music, Race, and the US Presidency

By Dana Gorzelany-Mostak
Subjects: Music, Popular Music, American Studies, Political Science, American Politics
Series: Tracking Pop

How music defines US presidential campaigns
 

Walking the Gendered Tightrope

Theresa May and Nancy Pelosi as Legislative Leaders

By Melissa Haussman & Karen M. Kedrowski
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Comparative Politics, Gender Studies, Women's Studies
Series: The CAWP Series in Gender and American Politics

Examines how women in higher office must balance feminine stereotypes with exercising their power

Administering Justice

Placing the Chief Justice in American State Politics

By Richard L. Vining & Teena Wilhelm
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Law and Judicial Politics

The role and power of state chief justices in and out of the courtroom

Following in Footsteps or Marching Alone?

How Institutional Differences Influence Renewable Energy Policy

By Srinivas Parinandi
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy and Governance, American Politics

Renewable energy policies and the politics of resource management

Twilight of the American State

By Pierre Schlag
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics

The American law state's many personalities create its political-legal dysfunction, setting the stage for new eras including the rise of Trump

Gendered Pluralism

By Katherine Tate & Belinda Robnett
Subjects: Political Science, Race and Politics, American Politics
Series: The CAWP Series in Gender and American Politics

Examines the extent to which gender influences the political policy views and attitudes of women

Still a Hollow Hope

State Power and the Second Amendment

By Anthony D Cooling
Subjects: Political Science, Race and Politics, Political Theory, American Politics

Federalism still matters

Home Field Advantage

Roots, Reelection, and Representation in the Modern Congress

By Charles R Hunt
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

Investigates the effects of legislators’ local roots on congressional campaigns, elections, and representation

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