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The Folkways of Congress

How are congressional norms changing, and what does their evolution mean for how Congress serves American democracy today?

Melissa Mouritsen, Kent D Redfield, James D Nowlan

Illinois Politics

Shifting demographics. Downstate versus Chicago. Billionaires and bribery. Even veteran observers need a roadmap to track Illinois' ever-changing political landscape. Melissa Mouritsen, Kent D. Redfield, …

Sasha Abramsky

Chaos Comes Calling

"Donald Trump's November 2015 electoral victory was, to many, ominously validated by four years of demagogy, presidential name-calling, and-ten months into a pandemic-an incitement to violence that l…

Mirya R Holman

The Hidden Face of Local Power

Forthcoming Spring 2025

Bad Religion

How Could Hell Be Any Worse

Charles Ferguson

Presidential Seclusion

The Presidential Retreat Camp David is shrouded in mystery, and rightfully so. The hidden retreat atop the Catoctin Mountains is the one place the President, First Family, and invited guests can gather in…

Ross Barkan

Cuomo

As Andrew Cuomo storms back into the spotlight, this sharp political takedown exposes the machinery behind his return---and what it says about power, memory, and the state of New York politics.Andrew Cuom…

Michelle D. Deardorff

Race and the Law in the United States

"A senior undergraduate textbook exploring the issues and themes within race and law today, and how these can be explained by the judicial past. Historical cases and primary sources are contextualize…

Jeffrey S Lantis

Staying in the Fight

"During the chaotic evacuation of the United States from Afghanistan in 2021, a group of Congress members who were also military veterans of the War on Terror leapt into action to assist vulnerable p…

Jaimie Bleck, Nicolas van de Walle

Electoral Politics in Africa since 1990

First comprehensive analysis of electoral politics in Sub-Saharan Africa since the democratic transitions of the early 1990s.

Robert D. Alvarez, Jason P. Casellas

Shifting Allegiances

This Element examines the growing influence of Latino Republicans in Congress and state legislatures and reveals their diverse nature. Factors contributing to their success include demographics, conservat…

Michael Stasik

Bus Station Hustle

""Through a detailed ethnography of one of Ghana's busiest long-distance bus stations, this book offers a nuanced perspective on the work and workings of an infrastructural hub of transport and …

Nicholas Barnes

Inside Criminalized Governance

This book investigates the governance practices of Rio de Janeiro's drug trafficking gangs. Based on three years of ethnographic research, it offers unprecedented documentation of the evolution of three r…

Jake Tapper, Alex Thompson

Hybris: Verfall, Vertuschung und Joe Bidens verhängnisvolle Entscheidung

Ein rasanter Politthriller über Joe Bidens Kandidatur zur Wiederwahl, trotz körperlicher und kognitiver Schwächen. Jake Tapper und Alex Thompson decken erstmals die ganze Wahrheit hinter den Kulissen auf:…

State and Nation Making in Latin America and Spain

This book thoroughly examines the neoliberal state and its era in Latin America and Spain. It explores neoliberal public policies, power strategies, institutional resources, popular support, and social pr…

Jack B. Greenberg, John A. Dearborn

Congressional Expectations of Presidential Self-Restraint

This Element explores how Congress has designed laws reliant on an assumption of presidential self-restraint, an expectation that presidents would respect statutory goals by declining to use their formal …

Oguzhan Dincer, Michael Johnston

Corruption in America

This book explores the reality of corruption in America, analyzing its presence across policy areas in all fifty states. The authors also address issues of political trust and provide a thought-provoking …

Gerald Gamm, Steven S. Smith

Steering the Senate

"The first-ever study to examine the development of the Senate's main governing institutions, Steering the Senate is the extraordinary account of the invention and growth of Senate floor leadership -…

The Recasting of the Latin American Right

The most comprehensive overview of the reconstruction of the Latin American Right after the left turn, covering the supply and demand of conservative alternatives. It combines qualitative and quantitative…