The American Political System

Unlike texts that overwhelm with irrelevant details, Kollman gives students a simple framework, consistently applied: politics is about collective dilemmas and the institutions that solve them. How can 535 members of Congress get anything done? The committee system. How can the president change immigration policy? Executive orders. How do we get people to the polls? Voter mobilization strategies. Kollman's concise text gets to the conceptual heart of political science.

About the author

Ken Kollman is the Director of the Center for Political Studies, the Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor, and Professor of Political Science and Research Professor in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His research and teaching focus on political parties, elections, lobbying, and federal systems. He also regularly teaches the introductory American politics course at the University of Michigan. In addition to numerous articles, he has written Dynamic Partisanship: How and Why Voter Loyalties Change, with John E. Jackson (2021), The Formation of National Party Systems: Federalism and Party Competition in Canada, Great Britain, India, and the United States, with Pradeep K. Chhibber (2004), and Outside Lobbying: Public Opinion and Interest Group Strategies (1998).

Summary

A contemporary framework without the fluff, updated through the 2018 elections

Product details

• Authors: Ken Kollman, Ken (University of Michigan) Kollman, Kollman Ken
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2019
• EAN: 9780393675290
• ISBN: 978-0-393-67529-0
• Dimensions: 193 mm x 234 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 923 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Civil rights & citizenship, Central / national / federal government, Civics and citizenship, Central government