Contrary to stylized accounts of policy making in democracies, it is routine for presidents,
governors, and other chief executives to issue directives such as decrees and executive …

The 2016 election of Donald J. Trump invoked a time for reflection about the state of
American politics and its deep ideological, cultural, racial, regional, and economic divisions …

“[A] tour de force. Building upon her argument in Beyond Ideology, she adds an important
wrinkle into the current divide between the parties in Congress.”—Perspectives on Politics …

Using a news-based index of policy uncertainty, we document a strong negative relationship
between firm-level capital investment and the aggregate level of uncertainty associated with …

▪ Abstract Models of veto bargaining have become an important tool for formal institutional
analysis. This chapter reviews the core model of veto bargaining and some of its more …

Rarely these days does a news cycle pass without new stories of political dysfunction in
Washington, DC New reports of stalemates, fiscal cliffs, and failed grand bargains have …

Updated analysis of how the increasing polarization of American politics has been
accompanied and accelerated by greater income inequality. The idea of America as …

The greatest obstacle to sound economic policy is not entrenched special interests or
rampant lobbying, but the popular misconceptions, irrational beliefs, and personal biases …

Scholars of the US House disagree over the importance of political parties in organizing the
legislative process. On the one hand, non-partisan theories stress how congressional …

The political parties in Congress are as polarized as they have been in 100 years. This book
examines more than 30 years of congressional history to understand how it is that the …