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Books in the Legislative Politics and Policy Making series

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  • - The Politics of Congressional Elections Across Time
    by Jamie L. Carson & Jason Matthew Roberts
    £26.99

    Presents an original study of US congressional elections and electoral institutions for 1872-1944 from a contemporary political science perspective. The authors test the applicability in a historical context of modern political science theories, assess the effects of institutional reforms, and identify the factors that shape the competitiveness of elections.

  • - The Changing Politics of Congressional Primary Challenges
    by Robert G. Boatright
    £71.99

    The recent rise of "primarying" corresponds to the rise of national fundraising bases and new types of partisan organizations supporting candidates around the country

  • - Colonies, Territories, and States, 1619-2009
    by Peverill Squire
    £34.99

    Squire offers a comprehensive history of legislatures, core institutions in American political development

  • - Conditions of Influence
    by Jennifer Hayes Clark
    £22.49

    Revealing data from the U.S. Congress and state legislatures challenge conventional assumptions about minority parties

  • - Macropolitical Conflict and the Legacy of Chadha
    by Michael J. Berry
    £33.99 - 85.49

    Examine the ways that US Congress has used the legislative veto over the past 80 years. Michael J. Berry argues that, since the US Supreme Court declared the legislative veto unconstitutional in Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) v. Chadha (1983), Congress has strategically modified its use of the veto to give more power to Appropriations Committees.

  • - The Case of the Michigan Legislature
    by Thomas Lyke Thompson
    £37.99

    Through 13 years of intensive research and 460 interviews, this study assesses changes since Michigan's implementation of term limits in 1993 and explores their implications. Paying special attention to term limits' institutional effects, the authors also consider legislative representation, political accountability, and the role of the bureaucracy and interest groups in state legislatures.

  • - Partisan Conflict and Post-Passage Processes in the U.S. Congress
    by Steven S. Smith, Ryan J. Vander Wielen & Hong Min Park
    £22.49 - 76.49

    Analyzes the impacts of partisanship, polarization, and institutional reforms on how the U.S. Congress resolves inter-cameral differences

  • - How Women Work Harder to Stay in Office
    by Amy Steigerwalt & Jeffrey Lazarus
    £22.49 - 76.49

    Examines the factors that make women politicians more electorally vulnerable than their male counterparts. These factors combine to convince women that they must work harder to win elections - a phenomenon that Jeffrey Lazarus and Amy Steigerwalt term ""gendered vulnerability"".

  • - Partisan Conflict and Procedural Change in the U.S. Senate
    by James Ian Wallner
    £27.49

  • - Building Party Coalitions in Congress
    by C. Lawrence Evans
    £80.99

    The party whips are essential components of the US legislative system, responsible for marshalling party votes and keeping House and Senate party members in line. In The Whips, C. Lawrence Evans offers a comprehensive exploration of coalition building and legislative strategy in the US House and Senate.

  • by Jamie L. Carson & Joel Sievert
    £26.49 - 76.49

    Investigates whether legislators in earlier historical eras were motivated by many of the same factors that influence their behaviour today, especially with regard to the pursuit of reelection. In this respect, they examine the role of electoral incentives in shaping legislative behaviour across a wide swath of the nineteenth century.

  • - Changing Majority Status and Causal Processes in the U.S. Senate
    by Nathan Monroe
    £76.49

    Senator Jim Jeffords left the Republican Party in May 2001 and became an independent. Because he agreed to vote with the Democrats on organisational votes, this gave that party a 51-49 majority in the Senate. Using the "Jeffords switch", Chris Den Hartog and Nathan W. Monroe examine how power is shared and transferred in the Senate.

  • - Politics and Policy in Lower Court Confirmation Hearings
    by Logan Dancey
    £71.99

    Analyses transcripts for all district and circuit court confirmation hearings between 1993 and 2012. The authors find that the practice of confirmation hearings for district and circuit nominees provides an important venue in which senators can advocate on behalf of their policy preferences and bolster their chances of being reelected.

  • by Erik J. Engstrom
    £26.49 - 62.49

    Erik J. Engstrom offers a historical perspective on the effects of gerrymandering on elections and party control of the US national legislature. Engstrom evaluates the abundant cross-sectional and temporal variation in redistricting plans and their electoral results from all the states, from 1789 through the 1960s, to identify the causes and consequences of partisan redistricting.

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