Moved to Action: Motivation, Participation, and Inequality in American Politics

Moved to Action: Motivation, Participation, and Inequality in American Politics

Wealthy, educated, and more privileged people are more likely to participate and be represented in politics than their poorer, less educated, and less privileged counterparts. To reduce these inequalities, we […]


There’s No Such Thing as “The Economy”: Essays on Capitalist Value

There’s No Such Thing as “The Economy”: Essays on Capitalist Value

Every Economics textbook today teaches that questions of values and morality lie outside of, are in fact excluded from, the field of Economics and its proper domain of study, “the […]


Democracy and the Cartelization of Political Parties

Democracy and the Cartelization of Political Parties

Political parties have long been recognized as essential institutions of democratic governance. Both the organization of parties, and their relationships with citizens, the state, and each other have evolved since […]


Race and the Undeserving Poor

Race and the Undeserving Poor

From Abolition to Brexit Over recent years, British tabloid readers have become familiar with the concept of the “white working class,” and those who have been “left behind” by the […]


Scientific Cosmology and International Orders

Scientific Cosmology and International Orders

Scientific Cosmology and International Orders shows how scientific ideas have transformed international politics since 1550. Allan argues that cosmological concepts arising from Western science made possible the shift from a […]


Analytics, Policy and Governance

Analytics, Policy and Governance

This first textbook on the increasingly important field of government analytics provides invaluable knowledge and training for students of government in the synthesis, interpretation, and communication of “big data”, which […]


Money Talks: Discourse, Networks, and Structure in Militant Organizations

Scholarship on militant organizations and rebel movements emphasizes the effects of fragmentation and disunity on military and political outcomes. Yet this scholarship’s focus on formal, durable, and externally observable aspects […]


What Washington Gets Wrong: The Unelected Officials Who Actually Run the Government and Their Misconceptions about the American People

What Washington Gets Wrong:  The Unelected Officials Who Actually Run the Government and Their Misconceptions about the American People

Each year unelected federal administrators write thousands of regulations possessing the force of law.  What do these civil servants know about the American people whom they ostensibly serve?  Not much, […]


Presidential Government

Presidential Government

Noted political scientist Benjamin Ginsberg has written an essential text for courses on the United States presidency.  An invaluable resource, Ginsberg’s comprehensive analysis emphasizes the historical, constitutional, and legal dimensions […]


Building a Business of Politics: The Rise of Political Consulting and the Transformation of American Democracy

Building a Business of Politics: The Rise of Political Consulting and the Transformation of American Democracy

Political races in the United States rely heavily on highly paid political consultants who carefully curate the images of politicians, advise candidates on polling and analytics, and shape voters’ perceptions […]