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Books in the Chicago Studies in American Politics (CHUP) series

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  • - How Terrorist Threats Affect the Public
    by Jennifer L. Merolla & Elizabeth J. Zechmeister
    £27.49 - 74.99

    How do threats of terrorism affect the opinions of citizens? This book demonstrates how our strategies for coping with terrorist threats significantly influence our attitudes toward fellow citizens, political leaders, and foreign nations.

  • - American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000
    by Melanie Jean Springer
    £24.99 - 74.49

    The United States routinely has one of the lowest voter turnout rates of any developed democracy in the world. This book places contemporary reforms in historical context and explores how state electoral institutions have shaped voting behavior throughout the twentieth century.

  • - The Democratic Consequences of American Crime Control
    by Vesla M. Weaver & Amy E. Lerman
    £74.49

    One-third of America's adult population has passed through the criminal justice system and now has a criminal record. This book argues that the broad reach of the criminal justice system has recast the relation between citizen and state, resulting in a sizable - and growing - group of second-class citizens.

  • - One Family's Struggle
    by Andrea Louise Campbell
    £12.49 - 39.99

    When the author's sister-in-law, Marcella Wagner, was run off the freeway by a hit-and-run driver, she was left paralyzed from the chest down. Like so many Americans, neither Marcella nor her husband, Dave, had health insurance. Using Marcella and Dave's situation as a case in point, the author reveals the system's many shortcomings.

  • - The Progressive Argument for Reducing Immigration into the United States
    by Philip Cafaro
    £22.49

    Shows us the undeniable realities of mass migration to which we have turned a blind eye: how it has driven down workers' wages and driven up inequality; how it has fostered unsafe working conditions; and how it has stalled our economic maturity by keeping us ever-focused on increasing consumption.

  • - Presidents, Public Opinion, and Manipulation
    by Lawrence R. Jacobs & James N. Druckman
    £23.99 - 74.49

    Combining existing research with novel data from US presidential archives, this book shows that presidents make policy by largely ignoring the views of most citizens in favor of affluent and well-connected political insiders. It is suitable for those interested in US politics, public opinion, democratic theory, and more.

  • - Information and Power in the House of Representatives
    by James M. Curry
    £25.49 - 74.49

  • - Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker
    by Katherine J. Cramer
    £23.99

  • - Race and Politics in the Obama Era
    by Michael Tesler
    £23.99

  • - Political Competition and Democracy in the American South
    by John D. Griffin & John H. Aldrich
    £29.99 - 83.99

  • - The Failed Politics of Consumer Financial Protection
    by Mallory E Sorelle
    £27.49 - 84.99

  • - The Hidden Role of Class in Economic Policy Making
    by Nicholas Carnes
    £13.99 - 48.99

    Eight of the last twelve presidents were millionaires when they took office. Why is it that most politicians in America are so much better off than the people who elect them - and does the social class divide between citizens and their representatives matter? The author answers this question with a resounding - and disturbing - yes.

  • - Why Winning Trumps Ideology
    by Gregory Koger & Matthew J. Lebo
    £25.49 - 74.49

  • - Understanding American Public Opinion from World War II to Iraq
    by Adam J. Berinsky
    £25.49 - 74.49

    From World War II to the war in Iraq, periods of international conflict seem like unique moments in US political history - but when it comes to public opinion, they are not. This work explodes conventional wisdom about American reactions to World War II, as well as the more recent conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

  • by Frank R. Baumgartner & Bryan D. Jones
    £26.49 - 74.49

    Illuminates the workings of democracies beyond the United States. This book presents an account of how policy issues rise and fall on the national agenda. It offers a different interpretation by taking the long view of several issues - including nuclear energy, urban affairs, smoking, and auto safety.

  • - Market Myths and Policy Muddles
    by Lawrence D. Brown & Lawrence R. Jacobs
    £12.99 - 45.49

    Despite George W Bush's opposition to big government, federal spending increased under his watch more quickly than it did during the Clinton administration. This book shows that efforts to expand markets and shrink government have the ironic effect of expanding government's reach by creating problems that force legislators to enact new rules.

  • by Marty Cohen
    £23.99

    Throughout the contest for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, politicians and voters alike worried that the outcome might depend on the preferences of unelected superdelegates. This book shows that for several decades, unelected insiders in both major parties effectively selected candidates long before citizens reached the ballot box.

  • - How Racial Appeals Work in American Politics
    by LaFleur Stephens-Dougan
    £72.49

  • - Congress and Lawmaking in a Polarized Era
    by James M. Curry & Frances E. Lee
    £25.49 - 70.49

  • - Polarization, Political Trust, and the Governing Crisis
    by Marc J. Hetherington & Thomas J. Rudolph
    £23.99

  • - The 1930s and American Public Opinion
    by Susan Herbst
    £29.99

  • - How Invisible Government Policies Undermine American Democracy
    by Suzanne Mettler
    £15.99 - 84.99

    The Obama administration has been criticized for its inability to convey how much it has accomplished for ordinary citizens. This title argues that this difficulty is not merely a failure of communication; rather it is endemic to the formidable presence of the 'submerged state.'

  • by Nicole Mellow & Jeffrey K. Tulis
    £23.99 - 74.49

  • - How Voters Respond to Politicians' Policies and Performance
    by Gabriel S. Lenz
    £27.49 - 83.49

    In a democracy, we have come to assume that people know the policies they prefer and elect like-minded officials who are responsible for carrying them out. But does this actually happen? This book looks at citizens' views on candidates both before and after periods of political upheaval, including campaigns, wars, and natural disasters.

  • - How Liberals Became Democrats and Conservatives Became Republicans
    by Matthew Levendusky
    £24.99 - 74.49

    As Washington elites drifted toward ideological poles over a few decades, did ordinary Americans follow their lead? This book reveals that we have responded to this trend - but not, for the most part, by becoming more extreme ourselves.

  • - Expertise and Accountability in the Executive Branch
    by John W. Patty & Sean Gailmard
    £29.49 - 83.49

    Although their leaders and staff are not elected, bureaucratic agencies have the power to make policy decisions that carry the full force of the law. This book explores an issue central to political science and public administration: How do Congress and the president ensure that bureaucratic agencies implement their preferred policies?

  • - Peer Networks and Political Behavior
    by Betsy Sinclair
    £26.49 - 70.49

    We are not just social animals, but social citizens whose political choices are significantly shaped by peer influence. Drawing upon data from settings as diverse as South Los Angeles and Chicago's wealthy North Shore, the author shows that social networks do not merely inform citizens' behavior, they can - and do - have the power to change it.

  • - Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race
    by Sanford F. Schram, Joe Soss & Richard C. Fording
    £27.49 - 74.99

    Lays out the underlying logic of contemporary poverty governance in the United States. This book argues that poverty governance - how social welfare policy choices get made, how authority gets exercised, and how collective pursuits get organized - has been transformed in the United States by two significant developments.

  • - Television and American Opinion, Updated Edition
    by Shanto (Stanford University) Iyengar
    £22.99

    Backed by careful analysis of public opinion surveys, the authors show how, despite changing American politics, those issues that receive extended coverage in the national news become more important to viewers, while those that are ignored lose credibility.

  • - Ethnocentric Foundations of American Opinion
    by Donald R. Kinder & Cindy D. Kam
    £27.49 - 78.99

    Ethnocentrism - our tendency to partition the human world into in-groups and out-groups - pervades societies around the world. This book explains how ethnocentrism shapes American public opinion.

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