Professor David R Mayhew: 2 books
America's Congress
Actions in the Public Sphere, James Madison Through Newt Gingrich
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
To understand American politics and government, we need to recognize not only that members of Congress are agents of societal interests and preferences but also that they act with a certain degree of autonomy and consequence in the country’s public sphere. In this illuminating book, a distinguished...
Electoral Realignments
A Critique of an American Genre
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
The study of electoral realignments is one of the most influential and intellectually stimulating enterprises undertaken by American political scientists. Realignment theory has been seen as a science able to predict changes, and generations of students, journalists, pundits, and political scientists...