There is an interesting asymmetry between the huge volume of literature on the mission and
core practices of the individual social science disciplines and the very restricted amount of …

Research on how policies diffuse throughout the American federal system is robust and vast,
but there has yet to be a systematic accounting for its results. Using a systematic review and …

The measure of legislative professionalization I developed was first published a quarter
century ago. Since then, updates have appeared periodically. In this note, I briefly document …

" I think Congress and Its Members is a near-perfect example of what a textbook is supposed
to be. It provides a clear foundation of factual knowledge for students, along with an …

Concerns that interest groups use their financial resources to distort the democratic process
are long‐standing. Surprisingly, though, firms spend little money on political campaigns, and …

What explains contemporary variations in African legislative institutions-including their
strengths and weaknesses? Compared with the more powerful executive branches …

Legislative professionalism has played a prominent role in state politics research for
decades. Despite the attention paid to its causes and consequences, recent research has …

The growing ideological gulf between Democrats and Republicans is one of the biggest
issues in American politics today. Our legislatures, composed of members from two sharply …

States adopt policy innovations within the confines of a dynamic American federal system,
but our study of policy diffusion tends to be fairly static. Single‐policy studies incorporate …

This study develops and tests a theory of the diffusion life course using a dataset of 566
policies adopted between 1960 and 2016. Previous small‐N studies found differences …