Members of Congress play a critical role in shaping policy on a vast array of complex issues — from climate change to healthcare, national security to agriculture. Yet, they are not experts in these fields. Instead, they rely on external sources of information to guide their legislative decisions. But who provides this information, and how […]
Read MoreIn an era of increasing partisan conflict and ideological division in the U.S. Congress, primaryelections are frequently blamed. In my new book, Party Transformation in CongressionalPrimaries: Faction and Ideology in the Twenty-First Century, I explore how the dynamics ofprimary competition fundamentally changed in recent decades, contributing to the ideologicalpolarization of parties in Congress. Through original […]
Read MoreRichard Sobel, author of Citizenship as Foundation of Rights (2016) reflects on a controversial election.
Read MoreRichard Sobel, author of Citizenship as Foundation of Rights (2016) discusses immigration and the 2016 election.
Read MoreJennifer L. Lawless and Danny Hayes talk Women on the Run and whether there is a gender bias in U.S. elections.
Read MoreWith immigration at the forefront of this year’s US Presidential Election, and a decision from the Supreme Court on United States v. Texas expected at the end of June, we asked some of our authors to reflect on the ongoing debates over the future of immigration law and policy in the United States. This is […]
Read MoreJames Thurber, co-author of American Gridlock: The Sources, Character, and Impact of Political Polarization (2016), examines the future of polarization and governing in the face of the 2016 US election.
Read MoreAs the crisis in Syria approaches a boiling point and the US determines its response, Brien Hallett, the author of Declaring War, looks back at the 2001 inception of the War on Terror and the complicated system of powers and authorizations that launched "the perpetual war."
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