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Spotlight on US Politics (it's an election year after all!) . . .

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The Transformation of the Republican Party

The Transformation of the Republican Party

Jeffrey M. Stonecash

It is undisputed that the Republican Party has changed dramatically since the 1940s and '50s. But the exact nature of that change—and how it came to be—remain subject to debate. Jeffrey Stonecash meticulously assesses the cumulative effect of a range of contentious issues in US politics to shed light on the decisions that party leaders have made to attract voters, the essence of    More >

Madam President? Gender and Politics on the Road to the White House

Madam President? Gender and Politics on the Road to the White House

Lori Cox Han and Caroline Heldman, editors

With Kamala Harris now the Democratic Party's presidential nominee, scholars and pundits alike continue to speculate about why Hillary Clinton lost the presidency to Donald Trump in 2016. Their conclusions may differ, but few would disagree that Clinton's nomination by a major party changed the political landscape in significant ways—nor that the results of the 2016 election provoked    More >

Electoral Reform in the United States: Proposals for Combating Polarization and Extremism

Electoral Reform in the United States: Proposals for Combating Polarization and Extremism

Larry Diamond, Edward B. Foley, and Richard H. Pildes, editors

In the midst of the political ugliness that has become part of our everyday reality, are there steps that can be taken to counter polarization and extremism—practical steps that are acceptable across the political spectrum? To answer that question, starting from the premise that the way our political processes are designed inevitably creates incentives for certain styles of politics and    More >

Chasing Equality: Women’s Rights and US Public Policy

Chasing Equality: Women’s Rights and US Public Policy

Susan Gluck Mezey and Megan A. Sholar

Despite women's many gains in the political, economic, and social spheres, equality remains elusive—and in some areas, ground is being lost. Why? Why does the pay gap between women and men persist? Why is sexual harassment and assault so prevalent in schools and universities? Why are efforts to diminish women's individual autonomy, restricting their access to reproductive health    More >

Questions of Character: The Presidency of Donald J. Trump

Questions of Character: The Presidency of Donald J. Trump

Robert C. Smith

Conversations about Donald Trump often begin with the question: how did he become president? In Questions of Character, Robert Smith provides some compelling answers based on his assessment of the role that personality and character played leading up to and during Trump's term in office. Smith traces the impact of Trump's character on the conduct of domestic and foreign policy,    More >

Latino Political Power, 2nd edition

Latino Political Power, 2nd edition

Sharon A. Navarro and Kim Geron

This new, fully revised edition of Latino Political Power reflects a diverse community evolving in its ethnic, racial, and sexual identities, as well as in its voting behavior and party affiliations. Sharon Navarro and Kim Geron map the transformation of Latino political power from the 1960s to the present. Comprehensive and accessible, their analysis of the complex processes of political    More >

The Trickle-Up Economy: How We Take from the Poor and Middle Class and Give to the Rich

The Trickle-Up Economy: How We Take from the Poor and Middle Class and Give to the Rich

Mark Mattern

One of the most durable myths of US political economy is that we take from the rich and give to the poor—penalizing the rich for their hard work and rewarding the undeserving. Mark Mattern turns that story on its head. Documenting the everyday, institutionalized ways that income and wealth are transferred upward in the United States, Mattern shows how in fact the bottom subsidizes the    More >

The Women of 2018: The Pink Wave in the US House Elections ... and Its Legacy in 2020

The Women of 2018: The Pink Wave in the US House Elections ... and Its Legacy in 2020

Barbara Burrell

Avengers. PerSisters. The pink wave. And even badasses. These terms have been used to refer to the unprecedented number of female candidates who ran for elected office in the United States in 2018. Barbara Burrell explores this phenomenon—in the context of women's candidacies for election to the US House of Representatives—discussing who the women were, why they chose to run,    More >

 

NEWS AND NOTES

We are delighted to announce our first foray into Open Access publishing (with the support of De Gruyter’s eBound Foundation) Redefining Development: The Extraordinary Genesis of the Sustainable Development Goals has just been flipped to open on UPLOpen.com’s groundbreaking platform. UPLOpen.com is a direct response to both the growing demand for OA scholarship and the urgent need to address the global challenges identified in the United Nations SDGs. So, we all felt that it was essential that the inaugural UPLO collection include Redefining Development, written by Paula Caballero and Patti Londoño, two key players in the development and adoption of the SDGs.
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