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Can America Govern Itself? by Frances E. Lee 9781108739726
Booksplease Price: $55.73Can America Govern Itself? brings together a diverse group of distinguished scholars to analyze how rising party polarization and economic inequality have affected the performance of American... -
Can America Govern Itself? by Frances E. Lee 9781108497299
Booksplease Price: $167.60Can America Govern Itself? brings together a diverse group of distinguished scholars to analyze how rising party polarization and economic inequality have affected the performance of American... -
Insecure Majorities: Congress and the Perpetual Campaign Frances E. Lee 9780226409047
Booksplease Price: $57.51As Democrats and Republicans continue to vie for political advantage, Congress rema ins paralyzed by partisan conflict. That the last two decades have seen some of the least productive Congresses in... -
Insecure Majorities: Congress and the Perpetual Campaign by Frances E. Lee 9780226408996
Booksplease Price: $170.86As Democrats and Republicans continue to vie for political advantage, Congress remains paralyzed by partisan conflict. That the last two decades have seen some of the least productive Congresses in... -
Sizing Up the Senate: The Unequal Consequence of Equal Representation by Frances E. Lee
Booksplease Price: $46.55We take it for granted that every state has two representatives in the United States Senate. Apply the "one person, one vote" standard, however, and the Senate is the most malapportioned legislature... -
Beyond Ideology: Politics, Principles, and Partisanship in the U.S. Senate by Frances E. Lee
Booksplease Price: $53.86The congressional agenda includes many issues about which liberals and conservatives generally agree. Even over these matters, though, Democratic and Republican senators tend to fight with each other... -
Sizing Up the Senate: The Unequal Consequences of Equal Representation by Frances E. Lee 9780226470054
RRP: $156.00Booksplease Price: $151.32We take it for granted that every state has two representatives in the United States Senate. Apply the "one person, one vote" standard, however, and the Senate is the most malapportioned legislature... -
Beyond Ideology: Politics, Principles, and Partisanship in the U. S. Senate by Frances E. Lee 9780226470740
Booksplease Price: $178.05The congressional agenda includes many issues about which liberals and conservatives generally agree. Even over these matters, though, Democratic and Republican senators tend to fight with each other... -
The Limits of Party: Congress and Lawmaking in a Polarized Era by James M. Curry
Booksplease Price: $57.51To many observers, Congress has become a deeply partisan institution where ideologically-distinct political parties do little more than engage in legislative trench warfare. A zero-sum,... -
Understanding American Legislatures: The Need for Interpretive-Qualitative Research James M. Curry 9781032412122
RRP: $234.00Booksplease Price: $215.26In this passionately argued book, James M. Curry introduces legislative scholars to the value and importance of interpretive research. His field guide for getting started on using an interpretive... -
Understanding American Legislatures: The Need for Interpretive-Qualitative Research James M. Curry 9781032412245
RRP: $74.08Booksplease Price: $70.75In this passionately argued book, James M. Curry introduces legislative scholars to the value and importance of interpretive research. His field guide for getting started on using an interpretive... -
Working Congress: A Guide for Senators, Representatives, and Citizens by Robert Mann 9780807157374
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $31.22In 1964, as the polarizing Civil Rights Act made its way through the House and Senate, and Congress navigated one of the most tumultuous eras in American history, a Harris Poll put the institution's... -
Women in the Club: Gender and Policy Making in the Senate by Michele L. Swers 9780226022826
Booksplease Price: $59.34In the run-up to the 2012 presidential election, Democrats and Republicans were locked in a fierce battle for the female vote. Democrats charged Republicans with waging a "war on women," while... -
Women in the Club: Gender and Policy Making in the Senate by Michele L. Swers
RRP: $195.00Booksplease Price: $187.30In the run-up to the 2012 presidential election, Democrats and Republicans were locked in a fierce battle for the female vote. Democrats charged Republicans with waging a "war on women," while... -
Congressional Representation & Constituents: The Case for Increasing the U.S. House of Representatives by Brian Frederick
RRP: $35.08Booksplease Price: $34.89The U.S. House of Representatives has been frozen at 435 members for almost a century, and in that time the nation's population has grown by more than 200 percent. With the number of citizens... -
Congressional Representation & Constituents: The Case for Increasing the U.S. House of Representatives by Brian Frederick 9780415873451
Booksplease Price: $143.70The U.S. House of Representatives has been frozen at 435 members for almost a century, and in that time the nation's population has grown by more than 200 percent. With the number of citizens... -
Greasing the Wheels: Using Pork Barrel Projects to Build Majority Coalitions in Congress by Diana Evans 9780521545327
Booksplease Price: $65.33Pork barrel projects would surely rank near the top of most observers' lists of Congress's most widely despised products. Yet, political leaders in Congress and the President often trade pork for... -
Greasing the Wheels: Using Pork Barrel Projects to Build Majority Coalitions in Congress by Diana Evans 9780521836814
Booksplease Price: $88.94Pork barrel projects would surely rank near the top of most observers' lists of Congress's most widely despised products. Yet, political leaders in Congress and the President often trade pork for... -
The Money Signal: How Fundraising Matters in American Politics Danielle M. Thomsen 9780226841120
RRP: $179.40Booksplease Price: $172.67A data-rich, eye-opening look at how, when, and why political fundraising is consequential. Over the last two decades, the number of competitive congressional races has declined precipitously. Yet... -
The President's Day: Managing Time in the Oval Office Matthew N. Beckmann 9780231215879
RRP: $58.50Booksplease Price: $49.16A president's work is defined by two challenges: knowing what to do and finding the time to do it. While the first of these has commanded extensive attention, the second has received little to... -
The President's Day: Managing Time in the Oval Office Matthew N. Beckmann 9780231215862
RRP: $228.15Booksplease Price: $178.35A president's work is defined by two challenges: knowing what to do and finding the time to do it. While the first of these has commanded extensive attention, the second has received little to... -
When Democracy Trumps Populism: European and Latin American Lessons for the United States by Kurt Weyland 9781108728829
Booksplease Price: $51.89The victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 election left specialists of American politics perplexed and concerned about the future of US democracy. Because no populist leader had occupied the White... -
When Democracy Trumps Populism: European and Latin American Lessons for the United States by Kurt Weyland 9781108483544
Booksplease Price: $172.77The victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 election left specialists of American politics perplexed and concerned about the future of US democracy. Because no populist leader had occupied the White... -
Inside Congressional Committees: Function and Dysfunction in the Legislative Process by Maya Kornberg
RRP: $54.60Booksplease Price: $46.20It is widely believed that Congress has broken down. Media accounts present the storied legislature as thoroughly gridlocked, paralyzed by partisan rancor. Political scientists find that Congress is... -
Building the Bloc: Intraparty Organization in the US Congress by Ruth Bloch Rubin 9781316649923
Booksplease Price: $69.17Traversing more than a century of American history, this book advances a new theory of congressional organization to explain why and how party dissidents rely on institutions of their own making,... -
The Oxford Handbook of the American Congress by Eric Schickler 9780199650521
Booksplease Price: $91.20No legislature in the world has a greater influence over its nation's public affairs than the US Congress. The Congress's centrality in the US system of government has placed research on Congress at... -
What Happened to the Vital Center?: Presidentialism, Populist Revolt, and the Fracturing of America by Nicholas Jacobs
RRP: $50.68Booksplease Price: $47.93Taking the reader through a long view of American history, What Happened to the Vital Center? offers a novel and important contribution to the ongoing scholarly and popular discussion of how America... -
What Happened to the Vital Center?: Presidentialism, Populist Revolt, and the Fracturing of America by Nicholas Jacobs 9780197603512
Booksplease Price: $209.22Taking the reader through a long view of American history, What Happened to the Vital Center? offers a novel and important contribution to the ongoing scholarly and popular discussion of how America... -
The Power of Partisanship by Joshua J. Dyck 9780197623787
Booksplease Price: $145.82In The Power of Partisanship, Joshua J. Dyck and Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz argue that the growth in partisan polarization in the United States, and the resulting negativity voters feel towards their... -
The Power of Partisanship by Joshua J. Dyck 9780197623794
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $35.45In The Power of Partisanship, Joshua J. Dyck and Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz argue that the growth in partisan polarization in the United States, and the resulting negativity voters feel towards their... -
Congress and Policy Making in the 21st Century Jeffery A. Jenkins (University of Virginia) 9781107565555
Booksplease Price: $67.24Congress is frequently said to be 'broken', 'dysfunctional', and 'weak', but how does the contemporary Congress really work? Does Congress have the capacity to solve major policy problems? Can it... -
Learning from Loss: The Democrats, 2016–2020 by Seth Masket 9781108482127
Booksplease Price: $48.13The Democrats' decision to nominate Joe Biden for 2020 was hardly a fluke but rather a strategic choice by a party that had elevated electability above all other concerns. In Learning from Loss, one... -
The Committee: A Study of Policy, Power, Politics and Obama's Historic Legislative Agenda on Capitol Hill by Bryan William Marshall 9780472073832
Booksplease Price: $138.82For three years while serving as a senior adviser to Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce-one of the most powerful committees in Congress-Bruce C. Wolpe... -
Steering the Senate: The Emergence of Party Organization and Leadership, 1789–2024 Gerald Gamm 9780521883528
Booksplease Price: $219.24The Senate majority and minority leaders stand at the pinnacle of American national government - as important to Congress as the speaker of the House. However, the invention of Senate floor... -
Steering the Senate: The Emergence of Party Organization and Leadership, 1789–2024 Gerald Gamm 9780521709866
Booksplease Price: $75.48The Senate majority and minority leaders stand at the pinnacle of American national government - as important to Congress as the speaker of the House. However, the invention of Senate floor... -
Seeking the Promised Land: Mormons and American Politics by David E. Campbell 9781107027978
Booksplease Price: $161.27Mormons have long had an outsized presence in American culture and politics, but they remain largely unknown to most Americans. Recent years have seen the political prominence of Mormons taken to a... -
Seeking the Promised Land: Mormons and American Politics by David E. Campbell 9781107662674 [USED COPY]
RRP: $50.70Booksplease Price: $3.86Mormons have long had an outsized presence in American culture and politics, but they remain largely unknown to most Americans. Recent years have seen the political prominence of Mormons taken to a... -
Seeking the Promised Land: Mormons and American Politics by David E. Campbell
Booksplease Price: $55.73Mormons have long had an outsized presence in American culture and politics, but they remain largely unknown to most Americans. Recent years have seen the political prominence of Mormons taken to a... -
The Committee: A Study of Policy, Power, Politics and Obama's Historic Legislative Agenda on Capitol Hill by Bryan William Marshall 9780472038824
RRP: $48.65Booksplease Price: $47.07For three years while serving as a senior adviser to Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce-one of the most powerful committees in Congress-Bruce C. Wolpe...