U.S. Politics

This book assesses the foreign policy legacy of the Obama administration through the lens of national security and leadership. Timely, accessible chapters authored by leading scholars of presidential and international politics include coverage of the pivot to China, the Iran nuclear deal, ISIS, and ..

Reconsidering American Liberalism..

Author Thomas Brunell makes the case for a radical departure from traditional approaches to redistricting—arguing that we need to "pack" districts with as many like-minded partisans as possible, maximizing the number of winners, not losers...

Author Thomas Brunell makes the case for a radical departure from traditional approaches to redistricting—arguing that we need to "pack" districts with as many like-minded partisans as possible, maximizing the number of winners, not losers...

Lisa K. Parshall argues that timing of participation in the nomination goes hand-in-hand with the right to choose a candidate and the fairest way to restore the promise of meaningful and timely participation for all voters is by adopting a same-day national primary...

Religion and politics are never far from the headlines, but their relationship in American politics remains complex and often confusing. This book offers an engaging, accessible, balanced treatment of this topic, exploring the contexts that motivate religious political engagement and assessing the p..

Religion and politics are never far from the headlines, but their relationship in American politics remains complex and often confusing. This book offers an engaging, accessible, balanced treatment of this topic, exploring the contexts that motivate religious political engagement and assessing the p..

This book examines how religious groups in America have responded theologically and politically to the legalization of same sex marriage...

In Rethinking the Rhetorical Presidency, scholars of the presidency and of political theory come to grips with the new type of presidency that was spawned during the Progressive Era._x005F_x000D_ This book was originally published as a special issue of Critical Review...

In Rethinking the Rhetorical Presidency, scholars of the presidency and of political theory come to grips with the new type of presidency that was spawned during the Progressive Era._x005F_x000D_ This book was originally published as a special issue of Critical Review...

This ninth edition text focuses on the varied and changing political and economic environments in which American state and local governments function, and their strengths and weaknesses in key areas of public policy...

Through a text which is complemented by extensive polling data, this work explores how the Cold War moulded the internal politics of the United States. It takes readers through the Cold War period, describing its effect in redrawing the electoral map after World War II...