US Politics (all books)

Campaign Finance in Local Elections: Buying the Grassroots
Brian E. Adams

Even in local elections, money matters—but just how much? Drawing on multifaceted data from more than 700 races featuring 2,800 candidates, Brian Adams comprehensively investigates the    More >

Election Night News and Voter Turnout: Solving the Projection Puzzle
William C. Adams

In eight of the past dozen presidential elections, TV networks proclaimed the winner while citizens on the West Coast, Hawaii, and Alaska were still casting ballots. Is this a problem? Do    More >

New Immigrant Communities: Finding a Place in Local Politics
Kristi Andersen

How do US immigrants, who settle in places with varied political and social characteristics, find a place at the table in local politics? In particular, how do arrivals to smaller,    More >

The Homelessness Industry: A Critique of US Social Policy
Elizabeth Beck and Pamela C. Twiss

Homelessness once was considered an aberration. Today it is a normalized feature of US society.  It is also, argue Elizabeth Beck and Pamela Twiss, an industry: the embrace of    More >

Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Debating the Gay Ban in the Military
Aaron Belkin and Geoffrey Bateman, editors

Conservatives and liberals agree that President Bill Clinton's effort to lift the military's gay ban was perhaps one of the greatest blunders of his tenure in office. Conservatives    More >

Crafting Public Institutions: Leadership in Two Prison Systems
Arjen Boin

Through case studies of two prison systems—the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Dutch prison system—Arjen Boin identifies the challenges and opportunities that confront    More >

The Other Elites: Women, Politics, and Power in the Executive Branch
MaryAnne Borrelli and Janet M. Martin, editors

The Other Elites features original essays that provide important insights for both presidential studies and the study of women in US politics. The contributors to this innovative book have    More >

The President's Cabinet: Gender, Power, and Representation
MaryAnne Borrelli

Are female office holders most acceptable when they most resemble men? Why has a woman never led the Department of the Treasury, or Defense, or Veterans Affairs? Reflecting on these and    More >

Governing Middle-Sized Cities: Studies in Mayoral Leadership
James R. Bowers and Wilbur C. Rich, editors

From Providence, Rhode Island, to Sacramento, California, from Rockford, Illinois, to Albuquerque, New Mexico, what mayors do—and how they do it—is crucially important to    More >

Inside Political Campaigns: Chronicles—and Lessons—from the Trenches
James R. Bowers and Stephen Daniels, editors

This guided tour of the inner workings of the election campaign process demystifies the often murky world of professional politics. Offering a unique blend of theory and practice, Inside    More >

When Police Use Force: Context, Methods, Outcomes
Craig Boylstein

New technology has offered the public the opportunity to witness police use of force far more frequently than in the past—and has brought into sharp focus a number of big questions.    More >

Clinton’s War on Terror: Redefining US Security Strategy, 1993-2001
James D. Boys

In the aftermath of the catastrophic attacks of September 11, 2001, President Bill Clinton's time in office was portrayed as one in which vital opportunities to confront growing threats    More >

Television: The Limits of Deregulation
Lori A. Brainard

Despite a broad political environment conducive to deregulation, television is one industry that consistently fails to loosen government's regulatory grip. To explain why, Lori Brainard    More >

The Affordable Care Act: At the Nexus of Politics and Policy
James M. Brasfield

In the more than a decade since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, questions about the law continue to be vigorously debated. What political dynamics led to its passage? Why has it    More >

Health Policy: The Decade Ahead
James M. Brasfield

James Brasfield explores the full gamut of health policy issues confronting the United States—ranging from Medicare and Medicaid, to the heated controversies surrounding health care    More >

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