When The Politics of the Presidency first appeared in print forty years ago, John Maltese was still a graduate student. He had no idea that he would eventually help steward
Apr 2024
After the Napoleonic Wars interstate war regularly occurred throughout the Western Hemisphere—until in matter of decades it disappeared. After the 1930s even low-level militarized interstate conflict became less frequent, shorter,
Dec 2023
The Effects of the Great Compromise on the Constitutional Convention of 1787
The success of any constitutional convention can depend on its provisions for power sharing. We test three claims about the effects of the Great Compromise, a power sharing agreement, on
Jan 2022
The effect of unconditional preferences on Sen’s paradox
Sen’s Liberal paradox describes a conflict between weak Pareto, minimal liberalism, and either transitivity or a best element over a domain of individual preferences. This paper examines variants of that
Nov 2021
The Politics of the Presidency: Revised 10th Edition
Never losing sight of the foundations of the office, The Politics of the Presidency maintains a balance between historical context and contemporary scholarship on the executive branch, providing a solid
May 2021
Overcoming America’s deep partisan polarization poses a unique challenge: Americans must be able to disagree on policy while nonetheless agreeing on more fundamental democratic principles. We study one model of
May 2019
The Lower South’s successes at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 contributed to a constitution that prohibited federal interference with the slave trade until 1808, guaranteed fugitive slaves would be returned
Dec 2017
Do popular films activate authoritarianism? We theorize that, because of the willing suspension of disbelief, films encourage social learning, which primes viewers to respond to messages activating latent personality traits
Feb 2012
The Final Arbiter : The Consequences of Bush v. Gore for Law and Politics
Combines perspectives from law and the social sciences to assess the long-term impact of the 2000 presidential election.The resolution of the 2000 presidential election by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Bush
Nov 2009
Communications Strategies in the Bush White House
Like most recent presidents, George W. Bush embraced an approach to governing that is sometimes referred to as “the permanent campaign”. Sidney Blumenthal helped to popularise that phrase in a
