Constitution: government and the state

The American Congress provides the most up-to-date treatment of congressional politics available in an undergraduate text.

This book provides the first-ever systematic study of causes and consequences of elite party switching in the US.

Latin American Constitutions provides a comprehensive historical study of constitutionalism in Latin America from the independence period to the present.

This book examines four unique dimensions of American political representation from the supply (legislator) and demand (constituent) perspectives.

Frontier Democracy examines the debates over state constitutions in the antebellum Northwest (Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) from the 1820s–50s.

This book examines four unique dimensions of American political representation from the supply (legislator) and demand (constituent) perspectives.

Frontier Democracy examines the debates over state constitutions in the antebellum Northwest (Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) from the 1820s–50s.

Explores Africa in the late twentieth century, focusing on the logic of political order and the foundations of the state.

This book shows that powerful hereditary chiefs do not undermine democracy in Africa but, on some level, facilitate it.

Explores Africa in the late twentieth century, focusing on the logic of political order and the foundations of the state.

This book shows that powerful hereditary chiefs do not undermine democracy in Africa but, on some level, facilitate it.

This book explains the origins of Chinese land politics and explores how property rights and urban growth strategies differ among Chinese cities.

American Gridlock is a comprehensive analysis of polarization encompassing national and state politics, voters, elites, activists, the media, and the three branches of government.

This book explains the origins of Chinese land politics and explores how property rights and urban growth strategies differ among Chinese cities.

American Gridlock is a comprehensive analysis of polarization encompassing national and state politics, voters, elites, activists, the media, and the three branches of government.

This book explains why the United States, a country that values religious freedom, has persecuted some religious minorities while protecting others.

This book is a critical look at how courts, legal scholars, and the academic culture mischaracterize and misunderstand religious beliefs.

This book explains why the United States, a country that values religious freedom, has persecuted some religious minorities while protecting others.

This book is a critical look at how courts, legal scholars, and the academic culture mischaracterize and misunderstand religious beliefs.

Argues that post-Soviet Russia was never on a democratic trajectory because dominant elites always fostered the building of an authoritarian polity.

This book offers a broadly comparative, historical, and quantitative analysis of electorates and party systems in Western and Central Eastern Europe since the nineteenth century.

This book examines Japan and Korea''s post-World War II constitutional history to challenge enduring assumptions about the nature of constitution-making.

Anxious Politics argues that political anxiety affects the news we consume, who we trust, and what public policies we support.

Anxious Politics argues that political anxiety affects the news we consume, who we trust, and what public policies we support.

Argues that post-Soviet Russia was never on a democratic trajectory because dominant elites always fostered the building of an authoritarian polity.

This book offers a broadly comparative, historical, and quantitative analysis of electorates and party systems in Western and Central Eastern Europe since the nineteenth century.

This book examines Japan and Korea''s post-World War II constitutional history to challenge enduring assumptions about the nature of constitution-making.

The book liberates James Madison from Madisonian Constitutionalism and focuses on Madison''s treatment of the problem of constitutional imperfection.

Tracking trends in American public opinion, this study examines moods of public policy over time.

The book liberates James Madison from Madisonian Constitutionalism and focuses on Madison''s treatment of the problem of constitutional imperfection.

Tracking trends in American public opinion, this study examines moods of public policy over time.

Introduces the European Union through the lens of comparative politics.

Introduces the European Union through the lens of comparative politics.

Constitutional conventions precede law and make law making possible, but attempting to define them is politically risky yet increasingly necessary.

Constitutional conventions precede law and make law making possible, but attempting to define them is politically risky yet increasingly necessary.

This book shows that the design of electoral rules shapes how political leaders make health policies in response to social forces.

Hacking the Electorate is the most comprehensive study to date about the consequences of campaigns using microtargeting databases to mobilize voters in elections.

This book presents an account of the adoption of electoral reforms democratizing electoral practices in nineteenth century European countries.

This book argues that basic demographic forces are essential to understanding the rise of Evangelical Republicans and Secular Democrats.

This volume assembles several top analysts of American politics to focus on solutions to polarization.

This book looks at the factors that affect voters'' perceptions of the president, presidential approval ratings, attitudes about Congress, and voter trust toward government.

This book argues that basic demographic forces are essential to understanding the rise of Evangelical Republicans and Secular Democrats.

This volume assembles several top analysts of American politics to focus on solutions to polarization.

This book looks at the factors that affect voters'' perceptions of the president, presidential approval ratings, attitudes about Congress, and voter trust toward government.

This book challenges the notion of presidents being the sole steward of American interests through an examination of a range of policies.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of Iran''s political economy since the 1979 revolution and examines the country''s energy sector.

This book shows that the design of electoral rules shapes how political leaders make health policies in response to social forces.

Hacking the Electorate is the most comprehensive study to date about the consequences of campaigns using microtargeting databases to mobilize voters in elections.

This book presents an account of the adoption of electoral reforms democratizing electoral practices in nineteenth century European countries.

This book traces the roots of Thailand''s political development from 1932 to the present, accounting for the intervening period''s political turmoil.