Political Science

A political history of the debate over preschool education policy in the United States

The history of American Judaism in the years after the Civil War

The recent rise of “primarying” corresponds to the rise of national fundraising bases and new types of partisan organizations supporting candidates around the country

Oral arguments are a key aspect of the Supreme Court's decision-making process

An original study of U.S. congressional elections and electoral institutions for 1872–1944 from a contemporary political science perspective

The fluidity of modern families gives adults more personal choices, but it sometimes comes at the price of economic stability and social well-being

Medicaid has grown to be the largest intergovernmental grant program in the United States, thanks to the efforts of state governors

Taylor offers a historically grounded comparative assessment of the rules governing proceedings on the floors of the U.S. House and Senate

Kaarbo assesses the nature and quality of coalition decision-making in foreign policy

Two Asian powers compete for the goodwill of their neighbors

A challenge to conventional notions about American women's collective engagement in public policy-making

When civilians are perceived as the enemy, atrocities and violence result beyond the battlefield