Dynamics of American Politics Approaches and Interpretations

This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the major theoretical approaches and integrated interpretations of American politics. It includes systematic overviews of the patterns of constancy and change, and comparative discussions of theoretical traditions that characterize American politics.

About the author

Lawrence C. Dodd is professor of political science at the University of Florida. He is the co-author of The Dynamics of American Politics, and is series editor for the Westview Press series Transforming American Politics. Calvin Jillson is associate professor of political science and director of the Keller centre for the Study of the First Amendment at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Summary

This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the major theoretical approaches and integrated interpretations of American politics. It includes systematic overviews of the patterns of constancy and change, and comparative discussions of theoretical traditions that characterize American politics.

Product details

• Authors: Calvin Jillson, Lawrence C Dodd, Jillson Calvin, Lawrence C. Jillson Dodd, Lawrence C. Dodd
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 13.09.2019
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education
• EAN: 9780367318420
• ISBN: 978-0-367-31842-0
• Pages: 472
• Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, United States, Politics & government, Politics and government, Young Men, collective action problems, social welfare policy, comparative political analysis, social policy evolution, political development models, institutional change theory, American welfare state, Interest group liberalism, electoral realignment, Critical Elections, macrolevel political analysis, microlevel political behavior, advanced American political change studies, epistemological reconstruction, Civil War pensions, Nation’s Social Policies, Liberal Exceptionalism, Public Social Provision, Collective Epistemology, Capitalist State Approach, Fragmented Institutional System, Macro Context, Mutual Persuasion, Social Security Board, Secondary Organizations, Dominant Political Coalition