Routledge Research in American Politics and Governance
Pop-Up Civics in 21st Century America: Understanding the Political Potential of Placemaking
1st Edition
By Ryan Salzman
June 30, 2022
How people associate and engage in politics in the 21st century is notably different from similar behaviors in the 20th century. Ryan Salzman examines the political potential of placemaking, an increasingly popular set of behaviors that were unfamiliar to the American public until the last two ...
Religion, Race, and Barack Obama's New Democratic Pluralism
1st Edition
Edited
By Gaston Espinosa
September 30, 2021
This book demonstrates how Barack Obama charted a new course for Democrats by staking out claims among moderate-conservative faith communities and emerged victorious in the presidential contest, in part by promoting a new Democratic racial-ethnic and religious pluralism....
Interest Group Design: The Foundation and Evolution of Common Cause
1st Edition
By Marcie L. Reynolds
June 30, 2021
In Interest Group Design, Marcie L. Reynolds examines the evolution of Common Cause, the first national government reform lobby. Founded in 1970 by John W. Gardner, the organization gained influence with Congress and established an organizational culture that lasted several decades. External and ...
Public Debt and the Common Good: Philosophical and Institutional Implications of Fiscal Imbalance
1st Edition
By James Odom
September 30, 2020
The American national debt stands at $20.49 trillion as of January 2018, or roughly $63,000 for every person in the United States. The national debt has grown six-fold in the past 25 years, and borrowing only has accelerated in recent administrations. What are the factors driving such unrestrained ...
Reforming the Presidential Nominating Process: Front-Loading's Consequences and the National Primary Solution
1st Edition
By Lisa K. Parshall
September 30, 2020
The 2020 presidential selection process is already underway. As the political parties finalize their nominating rules and the states jostle for an advantageous contest date, potential challengers are being identified and sized up by party insiders. Once again, media and popular attention will be ...
Removal of the Property Qualification for Voting in the United States: Strategy and Suffrage
1st Edition
By Justin Moeller, Ronald F. King
September 30, 2020
In Colonial America, democracy was centered in provincial assemblies and based on the collection of neighbors whose freehold ownership made them permanent stakeholders in the community. The removal of the property qualification for voting in the United States occurred over three-quarters of a ...
Congressional Communication in the Digital Age
1st Edition
By Jocelyn Evans, Jessica M. Hayden
July 12, 2019
Communication defines political representation. At the core of the representational relationship lies the interaction between principal and agent; the quality of this relationship is predicated upon the accessibility of effective channels of communication between the constituent and representative....
White Voters in 21st Century America
1st Edition
By George Hawley
April 13, 2017
The United States is experiencing remarkable demographic changes that are having an important impact on the American electorate. As the minority share of the voting-eligible population continues to grow, the political clout of non-Hispanic whites will further decline. The 2012 election demonstrated...
The Social Process of Lobbying: Cooperation or Collusion?
1st Edition
By John C. Scott
November 18, 2016
Despite a wealth of theorizing and research about each concept, lobbying and norms still raise a number of interesting issues. Why do lobbyists and politicians engage in cooperative behavior? How does cooperative behavior in lobbying affect policy making? If democratic participation is good, why do...
Candidate Character Traits in Presidential Elections
1st Edition
By David B. Holian, Charles L. Prysby
November 16, 2016
Voter perceptions of the personal traits of presidential candidates are widely regarded to be important influences on the vote. Media pundits frequently explain the outcome of presidential elections in terms of the personal appeal of the candidates. Despite the emphasis on presidential character ...
Perspectives on Presidential Leadership: An International View of the White House
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael Patrick Cullinane, Clare Frances Elliott
May 26, 2016
In 2011 Barack Obama invited ten distinguished biographers to the White House to ask them one question: which past American president should I emulate? This was not the first time Obama asked scholars this, but the answer he received would differ as presidential legacies waxed and waned. In 2008 ...
Resisting Injustice and the Feminist Ethics of Care in the Age of Obama: “Suddenly,…All the Truth Was Coming Out”
1st Edition
By David A.J. Richards
October 06, 2015
David A. J. Richards’s Resisting Injustice and The Feminist Ethics of Care in The Age of Obama: "Suddenly,…All The Truth Was Coming Out" builds on his and Carol Gilligan’s The Deepening Darkness to examine the roots of the resistance movements of the 1960s, the political psychology behind ...