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Talking Together
Challenging the conventional wisdom that Americans are less engaged than ever in national life and the democratic process, Talking Together paints the most comprehensive portrait …
Obama at the Crossroads
The 2010 election serves as a bookend to one of the remarkable political periods in recent U.S. history. Amidst a profound economic crisis, Americans elected an African American to …
Celebrating the Emma C. Berry: The history and adventures of the last Noank, CT fishing sloop and the people who helped her reach her 150th birthday
Class War?
Recent battles in Washington over how to fix America s fiscal failures strengthened the widespread impression that economic issues sharply divide average citizens. Indeed, many …
Talking Together – Public Deliberation and Political Participation in America
Challenging the conventional wisdom that Americans are less engaged than ever in national life and the democratic process, "Talking Together" paints the most comprehensive portrait …
The Oxford Handbook of American Public Opinion and the Media
Public opinion and the media form the foundation of the United States' representative democracy. They are the subject of enormous scrutiny by scholars, pundits, and ordinary …
Inequality and American Democracy
In the twentieth century, the United States ended some of its most flagrant inequalities. The "e;rights revolution"e; ended statutory prohibitions against women's suffrage …
Obama at the Crossroads
The 2010 election serves as a bookend to one of the remarkable political periods in recent U.S. history. Amidst a profound economic crisis, Americans elected an African American to …
Decisionmaking in a Glass House
No longer preoccupied with the East-West divide, contemporary foreign policymakers now have to confront regional conflicts, peace-enforcing and humanitarian missions, and a host of …
The Private Abuse of the Public Interest
Despite George W. Bush's professed opposition to big government, federal spending has increased under his watch more quickly than it did during the Clinton administration, and …
Class War?
Recent battles in Washington over how to fix America's fiscal failures strengthened the widespread impression that economic issues sharply divide average citizens. Indeed, many …
Democracy under Fire
Donald Trump's presidency offered Americans a dire warning regarding the vulnerabilities in their democracy, but the threat is broader and deeper-and looms still."e;January 6th …