Legislative Politics & Policy Making covers both Congress and state legislatures and welcomes both quantitative and qualitative work. It encompasses work on interactions among Congress and other political entities. We are actively seeking political science and legislative politics writers for this series, and would be much obliged to hear about the ideas, projects, and goals of those involved. We look for manuscripts that make an important theoretical contribution, are methodologically rigorous, and address topics of important substantive interest, as well as "insider" books that explore the operation of Congress, edited volumes that provide accessible versions of recent research on Congress and analysis of congressional politics, or cross-over books that address topics such as gender, race, the media, and interest groups and Congress.
Jamie Carson is broadly interested in the study of legislative politics and specifically the U.S. Congress. He is best known for his work on congressional elections, parties and polarization, and legislative behavior, but he has also published work on congressional redistricting, legislative organization and procedure, legislative voting, and separation of powers. His research involves the analysis of roll calls, legislative votes, congressional election returns, and amending activity in Congress.
James M. Curry studies centers on U.S. politics and policymaking, with a focus the U.S. Congress. He is the author of two books, Legislating in the Dark (2015) and The Limits of Party (2020, with Frances E. Lee), as well as various other studies of legislative politics, and his work and his writings have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Atlantic, Vox, and elsewhere. Curry received his Ph.D. in Government & Politics from the University of Maryland in 2011 and previously worked on Capitol Hill in the offices of Representative Daniel Lipinski and the House Appropriations Committee.
Series Editors
Jamie L. Carson, University of Georgia
carson@uga.edu
James M. Curry, University of Utah
james.curry@utah.edu
Acquiring Editor
Madison Allums
mallums@umich.edu
734-647-0831
