American Politics
Imagining the American Polity, Second Edition
Traces the history of the concept of democracy in the United States.
Emerging from the Shadows
First-of-its-kind study offering a model for understanding vice-presidential influence in the modern era.
Following the Ticker
Traces the influence of the stock market on Americans' beliefs about politics.
Ladies' Day at the Capitol
First history of New York's women legislators within the larger story of New York State politics.
Primary Elections and American Politics
Argues that Progressive Era reforms had the counterintuitive effect of weakening political parties and their role in representative government.
Much Sound and Fury, or the New Jim Crow?
Intensive look at restrictive new voting laws ostensibly designed to target voter fraud but criticized as being racially-based voter suppression.
Michael Jackson and the Quandary of a Black Identity
A close examination of the complexity inherent in Michael Jackson's ambiguous racial identity.
Imagining the Fed
Traces the six-decade struggle for power within the Federal Reserve System from the perspective of the central bankers who shaped the Fed.
From the Bayou to the Bay
The intellectual autobiography of a leading scholar in the field of African American Studies.
Stranger in a Strange State
Examines why some politicians take the drastic step of becoming a carpetbagger and how that shapes their campaigns and chances for victory.
Organizing for Transgender Rights
Illuminates transgender activists' successful strategies to organize for social and political change in the US.
Fight to Live, Live to Fight
Examines US foreign and domestic policy through the narratives of post-9/11 US military veterans and the activism they are engaged in.
From News to Talk
Explores how journalists think and talk about changes in the news environment, with a focus on the increase in opinion and commentary.
One America?
Reveals how presidents deploy a rhetoric that attempts to attract many racial and ethnic groups, but ultimately directs itself to an archtypal white, Middle-American swing voter.
Janus Democracy
Explores the contradictory nature of public opinion.
The Caribbeanization of Black Politics
Examines the continuing ethnic diversification of black America and its impact on black political empowerment.
Cities under Austerity
Examines the ways in which austerity policies are transforming US cities.
Contractual Politics and the Institutionalization of Bureaucratic Influence
Analyzes long-term interest group/party alliances, with a focus on the part played by federal advisory committees.
Race, Nation, and Refuge
Explores the role of rhetoric and the racial classification of Asian American immigrants in the early twentieth century.
American Cities and the Politics of Party Conventions
Uncovers the politics involved when a city recruits and implements a presidential convention.
Ronald W. Walters and the Fight for Black Power, 1969-2010
Combines history and biography to interpret the last half century of black politics in America as represented in the life and work of a pivotal African American public intellectual.
The Suffragents
The story of how and why a group of prominent and influential men in New York City and beyond came together to help women gain the right to vote.
The Senator from New England
Chronicles JFK’s growing confidence and ambition while a member of the US Senate.
The Initiative
Examines the origins, spread, and effectiveness of the initiative.
The Recall, Second Edition
In-depth study of the recall, the most important popular device allowing voters to remove unresponsive elected officials from office.
What Has This Got to Do with the Liberation of Black People?
A compelling intellectual and political study of a leading post–civil rights era African American political theorist and strategist.
From Kristallnacht to Watergate
An insider’s account of how the Washington Post broke the Watergate story, depicting the tensions, challenges, and personal conflicts that were overcome as it laid bare the criminal wrongdoings of the Nixon administration.
Fighting for Our Health
Insider Richard Kirsch offers a vivid, first-person account of how health care reform came to be.
The Other Side of Gridlock
A detailed study of political gridlock in Congress, offering an alternative perspective for evaluating its persistence and charting a course for change.
The Obama Effect
Timely, multidisciplinary analysis of Obama’s presidential campaign, its context, and its impact.
Out in Front
Lively anecdotes retold by an advance man for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.