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“david m primo”

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  • Campaign Finance & American Democracy

    What the Public Really Thinks and Why It Matters

    by David M. Primo, Jeffrey D. Milyo ...
    In recent decades, and particularly since the US Supreme Court's controversial Citizens United decision, lawmakers and other elites have told Americans that stricter campaign finance laws are needed to improve faith in the elections process, increase trust in the government, and counter cynicism toward politics. But as David M. Primo and Jeffrey D. Milyo argue, politicians and the public alike ... Read more

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  • Poor Numbers

    How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It

    by Morten Jerven ...
    Series series Cornell Studies in Political Economy
    One of the most urgent challenges in African economic development is to devise a strategy for improving statistical capacity. Reliable statistics, including estimates of economic growth rates and per-capita income, are basic to the operation of governments in developing countries and vital to nongovernmental organizations and other entities that provide financial aid to them. Rich countries and ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Why Government Fails So Often

    And How It Can Do Better

    by Peter H. Schuck ...
    How government can implement more successful policies, more oftenFrom healthcare to workplace and campus conduct, the federal government is taking on ever more responsibility for managing our lives. At the same time, Americans have never been more disaffected with Washington, seeing it as an intrusive, incompetent, wasteful giant. Ineffective policies are caused by deep structural factors ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Africa

    Why Economists Get It Wrong

    by Morten Jerven ...
    Series series African Arguments
    'A valuable corrective to the fraying narrative of [African] failure.'Foreign AffairsNot so long ago, Africa was being described as the hopeless continent. Recently, though, talk has turned to Africa rising, with enthusiastic voices exclaiming the potential for economic growth across many of its countries.What, then, is the truth behind Africa's growth, or lack of it? In this provocative book, ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

  • Democratic Policymaking

    An Analytic Approach

    by Charles Barrilleaux, Christopher Reenock, Mark Souva ...
    This introduction applies analytic models to policymaking challenges, equipping students with tools to evaluate core policymaking dilemmas. Students are introduced to the approaches of game theory, social choice theory, research design and causal inference. Key terms, along with current research, are highlighted to build an understanding of public policy study. Exercises and thought questions ... Read more

    $69.69 USD

  • Unequal Democracy

    The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age - Second Edition

    by Larry M. Bartels ...
    Series series Russell Sage Foundation Co-pub
    An acclaimed examination of how the American political system favors the wealthy—now fully revised and expandedThe first edition of Unequal Democracy was an instant classic, shattering illusions about American democracy and spurring scholarly and popular interest in the political causes and consequences of escalating economic inequality. This revised, updated, and expanded second edition includes ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • City Limits

    by Paul E. Peterson ...
    This award-winning book "skillfully blends economic and political analysis" to assess the challenges of urban governments (Emmett H. Buell, Jr., American Political Science Review).Winner of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for the best book published in the United States on government, politics, or international affairsMany simply presume that a city's politics are like a nation's politics, ... Read more

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  • Laboratories against Democracy

    How National Parties Transformed State Politics

    by Jacob M. Grumbach ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in American Politics
    As national political fights are waged at the state level, democracy itself pays the priceOver the past generation, the Democratic and Republican parties have each become nationally coordinated political teams. American political institutions, on the other hand, remain highly decentralized. Laboratories against Democracy shows how national political conflicts are increasingly flowing through the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • The Government-Citizen Disconnect

    by Suzanne Mettler ...
    Americans’ relationship to the federal government is paradoxical. Polls show that public opinion regarding the government has plummeted to all-time lows, with only one in five saying they trust the government or believe that it operates in their interest. Yet, at the same time, more Americans than ever benefit from some form of government social provision. Political scientist Suzanne Mettler calls ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Local Elections and the Politics of Small-Scale Democracy

    by J. Eric Oliver ...
    Local government is the hidden leviathan of American politics: it accounts for nearly a tenth of gross domestic product, it collects nearly as much in taxes as the federal government, and its decisions have an enormous impact on Americans' daily lives. Yet political scientists have few explanations for how people vote in local elections, particularly in the smaller cities, towns, and suburbs where ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Living Legislation

    Durability, Change, and the Politics of American Lawmaking

    by William J. Novak, Jeffrey E. Cohen, Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, Sean Gailmard, Christopher R. Berry, Barry C. Burden, William G. Howell, Forrest Maltzman, Charles R. Shipan, Amihai Glazer, David E. Lewis, Stuart Chinn, Vesla M. Weaver, David R. Mayhew, Sidney M. Milkis ...
    Political scholars examine the dynamic evolution of laws over time in a volume that "pushes the frontiers of knowledge about lawmaking in the US" ( Choice).Politics is at its most dramatic during debates over important pieces of legislation. And while debates over legislative measures can rage for years or even decades before an item is enacted, they also endure long afterward, when the political ... Read more

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  • The Increasingly United States

    How and Why American Political Behavior Nationalized

    by Daniel J. Hopkins ...
    Series series Chicago Studies in American Politics
    "Hopkins is a sure-footed guide to the twilight of local politics, and he's aware of the risks that these developments may pose." ― The New YorkerIn a campaign for state or local office these days, you're as likely today to hear accusations that an opponent advanced Obamacare or supported Donald Trump as you are to hear about issues affecting the state or local community. This is because American ... Read more

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