John S Lapinski: 2 books
The Substance of Representation
Congress, American Political Development, and Lawmaking
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2013
Lawmaking is crucial to American democracy because it completely defines and regulates the public life of the nation. Yet despite its importance, political scientists spend very little time studying the direct impact that the politics surrounding a particular issue has on lawmaking. The Substance...
Southern Nation
Congress and White Supremacy after Reconstruction
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
How southern members of Congress remade the United States in their own image after the Civil War
No question has loomed larger in the American experience than the role of the South. Southern Nation examines how southern members of Congress shaped national public policy and American institutions...