Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A New Kind of Introduction to American Politics -- Section 1 Who Governs? -- 1. A Critique of the Ruling Elite Model -- 2. Symbolism in Politics -- 3 Causal Stories and the Formation of Policy Agendas -- 4 WHEN EFFECT BECOMES CAUSE Policy Feedback and Political Change -- Section 2 Constitutionalism and the Separation of Powers -- 5 What’s So Great About Constitutionalism? -- 6 An Overlooked Theory on Presidential Politics -- 7 The Curse of the Vice-Presidency -- 8. Legislation -- 9 Is Congress Really for Sale? -- 10. Judicial Independence Through the Lens of Bush v. Gore: Four Lessons from Political Science -- 11 Judicial Independence and the Reality of Political Power -- 12 The Enduring Features of American Federalism -- 13 The Diffusion of Innovations among the American States -- Section 3 Governance and Public Policy -- 14 Central Banking in a Democratic Society -- 15 The Politics of Blame Avoidance -- 16 Privatizing Risk without Privatizing the Welfare State: The Hidden Politics of Social Policy Retrenchment in the United States -- Section 4 Public Opinion and Its Roles -- 17 The Impact of Public Opinion on Public Policy: A Review and an Agenda -- 18 The Citizen as Respondent: Sample Surveys and American Democracy -- 19 Democratic Discussion -- 20 Monica Lewinsky’s Contribution to Political Science -- Section 5 Forming Groups -- 21 The Political Economy of Group Membership -- Section 6 Elections -- 22 Electoral Continuity and Change, 1868–1996 -- 23 The Turnout Rate among Eligible Voters in the States, 1980–2000 -- 24 The Evolution of the Gender Gap -- 25 The American Process of Selecting a President: A Comparative Perspective -- 26 Sending Them a Message—Getting a Reply: Presidential Elections and Democratic Accountability -- Section 7 Political Parties and the Party System -- 27 Who Needs Political Parties? -- 28 Toward a One-Party South? -- 29 The Legal Status of Political Parties: A Reassessment of Competing Paradigms -- Section 8 Challenges to American Democracy -- 30 The Partisan Political Economy -- 31 Demography and the Social Contract

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Princeton Readings in American Politics offers an exciting and challenging new way to learn about American politics. It brings together political science that has stood the test of time and recent cutting-edge analyses to acquaint undergraduate and graduate students with the substantive, conceptual, and methodological foundations they need to make sense of American politics today.Princeton Readings in American Politics features writings by such eminent scholars as Larry M. Bartels, Robert Dahl, Martha Derthick, Howard Gillman, Jacob Hacker, Kay L. Schlozman, Deborah Stone, Marta Tienda, and Kent Weaver, among others. The book is organized in sections that cover the major American political institutions--the presidency, Congress, the courts--as well as core topics such as political parties, macroeconomic management, voting and elections, policymaking, public opinion, and federalism. Richard Valelly provides an insightful general introduction to political science as a vibrant form of inquiry, as well as a succinct, informative introduction to each reading.Rigorous yet accessible, Princeton Readings in American Politics can serve as a primary textbook or as a supplement to standard introductory texts.Offers an exciting new way to learn about American politics Features accessible scholarship by leading political scientists Covers all the major topics Serves as a primary textbook or supplementary reader for undergraduate and graduate students

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