Key Publications:
- “Partisanship and Political Learning: Lessons from a Training Program for Politicians,” 2022.
- “Aristotle & The Good Ruler,” Philosophy Now, 2019
- "'Critical Dialogue' on Political Institutions and Practical Wisdom and Reclaiming the System" with Lisa Herzog, Perspectives on Politics, 2019.
Current courses: Summer Institute for Future Legislators
See Maxwell Cameron's full profile here
Key Publications:
- “Cracks in the Opposition: Immigration as a Wedge Issue for the Reagan Coalition” (with Gary Miller, Camilla Schofield, and Itai Sened), American Journal of Political Science, 2011.
- “Closing the Deal: Negotiating Civil Rights Legislation” (with Gary Miller and Itai Sened), American Political Science Review, 2009.
- “The Supermajority Core of the US Senate and the Failure to Join the League of Nations,” Public Choice, 2017.
Current research projects:
- “Why Does a Majoritarian Legislature Adopt Supermajority Rules? The Cases of the US Senate in 1917 and the National Assembly of Korea in 2012”
See Gyung-Ho Jeong's full profile here
Key Publications:
- Deliberative Choices: Debating Public Policy in Congress (2006)
- “Division at the Water’s Edge: The Polarization of Foreign Policy,” American Politics Research, 2017
- “Deliberating Surveillance Policy: Congress, the FBI, and the Abuse of National Security Letters, “ Journal of Policy History, 2016
Current Research Project: Deliberating Surveillance Policy in Congress
See Paul Quirk's full profile here
Key Publications:
- The Economic Origins of Political Parties. Cambridge Elements in Political Economy. Cambridge University Press. 2021
- “The Electoral System, the Party System, and Accountability in Parliamentary Government.” American Political Science Review, 114 (3): 744-760. 2020
- “The Secret Ballot and the Market for Votes at 19th-Century British Elections.” Comparative Political Studies 50: 594–635. 2017
See Chris Kam's full profile here
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