▪ Abstract We survey modern models of delegation that assume a boss and a subordinate
pursue their own goals. Among the major themes covered are the following: the conditions …

This paper surveys the range of formal theories that have been developed in recent years to
accommodate and explain various legislative practices. The newer theories, especially …

How do institutions influence and shape cognition and action in individuals and
organizations, and how are they in turn shaped by them? Various social science disciplines …

Can meaningful representation emerge in an authoritarian setting? If so, how, when, and
why? Making Autocracy Work identifies the trade-offs associated with representation in …

Hacking the Electorate is the most comprehensive study to date about the consequences of
campaigns using microtargeting databases to mobilize voters in elections. Eitan Hersh …

How does the government decide what'sa problem and what isn't? And what are the
consequences of that process? Like individuals, Congress is subject to the “paradox of …

Judge Jones, a strict textualist, is interpreting an appropriations statute. He knows that,
unlike other statutes, appropriations bills place most key directives in the legislative history …

Institutional theory plays a significant role in contemporary political science. As in the
previous editions, the new fourth edition provides an overview of the major institutional …

The 'new institutionalism'is a term that now appears with growing frequency in political
science. However, there is considerable confusion about just what the 'new …

Norms have never been absent from the study of international politics, but the sweeping
“ideational turn” in the 1980s and 1990s brought them back as a central theoretical concern …