This essay critically reviews research published in the last decade that explores how
lobbyists and interest groups influence the actions of the US Congress. The research is …

▪ Abstract This article reviews efforts to study the impact of money in politics in democracies
outside of the United States. In recent years, democracies around the world have begun to …

Can a country be a democracy if its government only responds to the preferences of the
rich? In an ideal democracy, all citizens should have equal influence on government policy …

" This book is... clear and well-written... anyone with any interest in the basis of quantitative
analysis simply must read this book.... well-written, with a wealth of explanation..."--Dougal …

Over the past half century, two overarching questions have dominated the study of mass
political behavior: How do ordinary citizens form their political judgments, and how good are …

Gary Jacobson's classic text provides students with a comprehensive introduction to
congressional elections and the electoral process. Based on the latest data from the …

Are large American corporations politically unified or divided? This question, which has
important implications for the viability of American democracy, has frustrated social scientists …

Previous studies of congressional spending have typically found a large positive effect of
challenger spending but little evidence for effects of incumbent spending. Those studies …

One of the essential elements of an impartial press in the United States is the “wall of
separation” between the editorial pages and the pages devoted to the news. While the …

At present much of political science consists of a large body of formal mathematical work that
remains largely unexplored empirically and an expanding use of sophisticated statistical …