The focus of American Government and Politics is threefold: to introduce students to some of the primary documents that are vital to understanding the U.S. government; to highlight some of the more famous contemporary political scientists and theories; and to demonstrate how research and data help political scientists better understand the world ......
A timely analysis of the historic 2024 elections from some of the leading minds in US political science Continuing a tradition begun in 1984, and for every presidential election year since, renowned political scientist Michael Nelson and a team of scholars have put together a comprehensive, scholarly, and compelling account of the 2024 ......
A timely analysis of the historic 2024 elections from some of the leading minds in US political science Continuing a tradition begun in 1984, and for every presidential election year since, renowned political scientist Michael Nelson and a team of scholars have put together a comprehensive, scholarly, and compelling account of the 2024 ......
From two expert presidential scholars comes a new answer to why the Trump presidency happened: decades of partisanship and policies have centered the president as the sole focus of American government to create a treacherous system whose danger may far outlive the politics of Donald J. Trump.The election of Donald J. Trump on November 6, 2016, ......
From two expert presidential scholars comes a new answer to why the Trump presidency happened: decades of partisanship and policies have centered the president as the sole focus of American government to create a treacherous system whose danger may far outlive the politics of Donald J. Trump.The election of Donald J. Trump on November 6, 2016, ......
How America's Constitutional Order Emerged from Violent Crisis
How Americans have weathered constitutional crises throughout our history Since protestors ripped through the Capitol Building in 2021, the threat of constitutional crisis has loomed over our nation. The foundational tenets of American democracy seem to be endangered, and many citizens believe this danger is unprecedented in our history. But ......
North Carolina's Scott Family and the Era of Progressive Politics
Louisiana had the Longs, Virginia had the Byrds, Georgia had the Talmadges, and North Carolina had the Scotts. In this history of North Carolina's most influential political family, Rob Christensen tells the story of the Scotts and how they dominated Tar Heel politics. Three generations of Scotts-W. Kerr Scott, Robert Scott, and Meg Scott ......
Michael W. Austin shows how nationalism is contrary to American values and Christian virtues--and offers us a better form of civic engagement. In this brief, thought-provoking book, Michael W. Austin turns his keen mind for ethics toward the crisis currently facing our democracy: the rise of American Christian nationalism. Austin first accessibly ......
In The Warren Court and Democratic Constitution, Horwitz highlights the radical shift in traditional jurisprudential ideas that occurred during Earl Warrens tenure as chief justice.
