Thad Kousser: 3 books
The Power of American Governors
Winning on Budgets and Losing on Policy
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
With limited authority over state lawmaking, but ultimate responsibility for the performance of government, how effective are governors in moving their programs through the legislature? This book advances a new theory about what makes chief executives most successful and explores this theory through...
The State of the Parties
The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014
The State of the Parties brings readers up to date on party action in election years and in between. This essential party primer includes: new chapters on polarization between and within the parties in the aftermath of the 2012 election, demographic changes to America’s political parties and the...
by Samuel H. Kernell, Thad Kousser, Lynn Vavreck
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2019
Why does the American political system work the way it does?
Find the answers in The Logic of American Politics. This best-selling text arms you with a toolkit of institutional design concepts—command, veto, agenda control, voting rules, and delegation—that help you recognize how the American...