The Logic of American Politics

  • The Logic of American Politics
    The Logic of American Politics
    By Gary C. Jacobson, Samuel Kernell, Thad Kousser

    Though Democrats ruled both houses of the legislature by overwhelming margins in a state where Donald Trump received less than 34% of the vote, moderate Republican Larry Hogan has served as Justthree weeks after Donald Trump was ...

  • The Logic of American Politics
    The Logic of American Politics
    By Gary C. Jacobson, Samuel Kernell, Thad Kousser

    Michael F. Holt, Political Parties and American Political Development from the Age of Jackson to the Age of Lincoln (Baton ... The Myth of a Polarized America (New York: Pearson, 2005); Marc J. Hetherington and Jonathan D. Weiler, ...

  • The Logic of American Politics: What's Next for Obama and the Republicans
    By Steven S. Smith, Gary C. Jacobson, Samuel Kernell

    This collection effectively examines the strategic behavior of key players in American politics, showing that political actors, though motivated by their own interests, are governed by the Constitution, the law, and institutional rules, as ...

  • The Logic of American Politics
    The Logic of American Politics
    By Gary C. Jacobson, Samuel Kernell, Thad Kousser

    Also see Douglas Adair, “'That Politics May Be Reduced to a Science,' David Hume, James Madison and the Tenth Federalist,” Huntington Library ... Kristine Phillips, “In Message of Defiance to Trump, Lawmakers Vote to Make California ...

  • The Logic of American Politics
    The Logic of American Politics
    By Gary C. Jacobson, Samuel Kernell, Thad Kousser

    ... legislature to defeat narrowly a motion calling for Maryland to secede from the Union. Perhaps the most formidable cabinet member of all was the brusque Edwin Stanton, Cameron's replacement as secretary of war and a leader of the ...

  • The Logic of American Politics: What's Next for Obama and the Republicans
    By Gary C. Jacobson, Samuel Kernell, Thad Kousser

    The engaging and accessible writing style makes this a book that students of all levels will actually want to read.

  • The Logic of American Politics
    The Logic of American Politics
    By Gary C. Jacobson, Samuel Kernell, Thad Kousser

    Wade, a Court majority ruled, “The right of privacy, whether it be founded in the Fourteenth Amendment's concept of liberty . .. or ... in the Ninth Amendment's reservation of rights to the people, is broad enough to encompass a woman's ...

  • The Logic of American Politics
    The Logic of American Politics
    By Gary C. Jacobson, Samuel Kernell, Thad Kousser

    Karen O'Connor, “Lobbying the Justices or Lobbying for Justice?” in The Interest Group Connection: Electioneering, Lobbying, ... Journal of Economic Perspectives 17 (2003): 105–130. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. Richard L. Hall and Frank NOTES 669.

  • The Logic of American Politics: What's Next for Obama and the Republicans
    By Michael Nelson, Gary C. Jacobson, Samuel Kernell

    With pro and con pieces written specifically for this volume, students consider and evaluate arguments from top scholars, thoughtfully exploring the ways government could work better. For more information about Debating Reform, click here.

  • The Logic of American Politics
    The Logic of American Politics
    By Gary C. Jacobson, Samuel Kernell

    For all their complexity, there is a logic and rationale embedded in American institutions and political processes. The Logic of American Politics is a refreshingly accessible and engaging book that...

  • The Logic of American Politics
    The Logic of American Politics
    By Gary C. Jacobson, Samuel Kernell, Thad Kousser

    The Seventh Edition continues to delve into partisan differences among voters and in government, exploring issues such as the Affordable Care Act’s troubled implementation, the increasing legalization of marijuana and same-sex marriage in ...

  • The Logic of American Politics
    The Logic of American Politics
    By Gary C. Jacobson, Samuel Kernell

    For all their complexity, there is a logic and rationale embedded in American institutions and political processes. Now in its second edition, Logic of American Politics is a refreshingly accessible...

  • The Logic of American Politics
    The Logic of American Politics
    By Gary C. Jacobson, Thad Kousser, Lynn Vavreck

    This bestselling text arms students with a "toolkit" of institutional design concepts-command, veto, agenda control, voting rules, and delegation-that help them recognize how the American political system was designed and why it works the ...

  • The Logic of American Politics
    The Logic of American Politics
    By Gary C. Jacobson, Samuel Kernell

    Conveying how the American political system is both extraordinary and complex, the authors explain in a simple and straightforward way that there is a rationale embedded in the U.S. political...

  • The Logic of American Politics
    The Logic of American Politics
    By Gary C. Jacobson, Samuel Kernell, Thad Kousser

    This best-selling text arms students with a toolkit of institutional design concepts—command, veto, agenda control, voting rules, and delegation—that help them recognize how the American political system was designed and why it works ...

  • The Logic of American Politics
    The Logic of American Politics
    By Gary C. Jacobson, Samuel Kernell

    This is a shrink-wrapped, discounted packaged for the introduction to American government course. The books included are: Kernell and Jacobson's 'The Logic of American Politics, 3rd ed.

  • The Logic of American Politics
    The Logic of American Politics

    This bundle includes Samuel H. Kernell′s The Logic of American Politics 9e & Donald F. Kettl′s Fake News

  • The Logic of American Politics
    The Logic of American Politics
    By Thad Kousser, Lynn Vavreck, Timothy R Johnson

    This bestselling text arms you with a toolkit of institutional design concepts--command, veto, agenda control, voting rules, and delegation--to help you comprehend how the American political system was designed and why it works the way it ...

  • The Logic of American Politics: What's Next for Obama and the Republicans
    By Gary C. Jacobson, Samuel Kernell, Thad Kousser

    The fourth edition has been revised and updated throughout, and will include full coverage of the 2008 elections.

  • The Logic of American Politics
    The Logic of American Politics
    By Gary C. Jacobson, Samuel Kernell, Thad Kousser

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