Institutions of American Democracy

  • Institutions of American Democracy: The Legislative Branch
    By Paul J. Quirk

    Institutional differences between the House and Senate may exaggerate policy differences between the chambers established by elections. As Steven Smith and Barbara Sinclair show elsewhere in this volume, the influence of the majority ...

  • Institutions of American Democracy: The Judicial Branch
    By Kermit L. Hall, Kevin T. McGuire

    Edited by Kermit L. Hall and Kevin T. McGuire, this collection of essays examines the role of the judicial branch in American democracy and the dynamic between the other branches of government, compares international models, and discusses ...

  • Institutions of American Democracy: The Executive Branch
    By Mark A. Peterson, Joel D. Aberbach

    The essays in this volume delve deeply into the organizations and politics that make the executive branch such a complex and fascinating part of American government.

  • Institutions of American Democracy
    By Kermit L. Hall, Kevin T. McGuire

    With the guidance of coeditors Kermit L. Hall and Kevin T. McGuire, this volume of essays examines the role of the Judicial Branch in American democracy and the dynamic between the other branches of government, compares international models ...

  • Institutions of American Democracy: The Legislative Branch
    By Sarah A. Binder, Paul J. Quirk

    The volume addresses questions such as: How does Congress serve the values of democracy and American constitutional principles? Which conceptions of those values does it implement, and which does it overlook or fail to realize?

  • Institutions of American Democracy: The Executive Branch
    By Mark A. Peterson, Joel D. Aberbach, Professor of Political Science Joel D Aberbach

    Presents a collection of essay that provide an examination of the Executive branch in American government, explaining how the Constitution created the executive branch and discusses how the executive interacts with the other two branches of ...

  • Institutions of American Democracy
    By Oxford University Press

    The five volumes in this series represent a valuable contribution towards a better understanding of American democracy today.