Donald Trump's Contributions to Political Science
LARRY BARTELS argues that President Trump has “been a prodigious violator of norms long considered inviolable” to political science and these norms will survive only if and when political actors exert pressure on their behalf.
pp. 1-7
The 2024 Presidential Election and the Enduring Power of the Racial Divide
VINCENT HUTCHINGS observes that the Black-White racial divide in the 2024 elections remained “stubbornly immobile” and argues that this suggests that “little has changed in the Black-White divide over the last fifty-plus years.”
pp. 9-18
Lessons from the House Freedom Caucus: Ideology and President Trump
FRANCES LEE examines the tensions between the House Freedom Caucus and President Trump. She reflects on the influence of party and ideology in the contemporary Congress and on the complexities of legislative decision making.
pp. 19-28
Governing by Decree: The Trump Presidency and the Decline of “Legislating Together”
Desmond King examines executive power under President Trump and argues that the conventional political science view that executive and legislative branches “legislate together” through bar-gaining and negotiation is “outmoded.”
pp. 29-38
Authoritarian State Conversion: America's Past and the Trumpian Future
Daniel Carpenter argues that the literature of comparative politics and American administrative institutions and development offer valuable insights for assessing the possibility of authoritarian state conversion in the America.
pp. 39-49
What Donald Trump Has Taught Us about American Political Institutions
Eric Schickler looks at the interactions of the Trump administration with Congress, the administrative state, and civil society. Schickler argues that “the resulting potential for a democratic breakdown—something that very few political scientists anticipated fifteen years ago—is all too real today.”
pp. 51-60
Bensel's Modern Foundings: Connecting State, Nation, and Regime, through Juridical Equality
Deborah Boucoyannis AND Harris Mylonas review Richard Franklin Bensel’s The Founding of Modern States and argue that regime- and state-building are inextricably linked to nation-building.
pp. 61-85
The New Politics (and Political Science) of Workers’ Rights?: A Review Article
TREVOR BROWN reviews Daniel J. Galvin’s Alt-Labor and the New Politics of Workers’ Rights and situates it within a renewed scholarly interest in the politics of work and labor in the American politics subfield.
pp. 87-101
The Role of Rivals in International Organizations: A Review Article
Allison Carnegie reviews Discriminatory Clubs: The Geopolitics of International Organizations by Christina L. Davis. She highlights the many contributions of this work to political science scholarship.
pp. 103-113
Dereliction of Duty: Congressional Inaction and the Coming Crisis in Social Security
Andrea Louise Campbell reviews Fixing Social Security by R. Douglas Arnold. She notes the book’s analysis of why Social Security solvency crises emerge and why Congress has ignored the emergency.
pp. 115-126
Who Is The Rural Voter? A Review Article and Appraisal of the Field of Rural Politics
MICHAEL SHEPHERD reviews The Rural Voter by Nicholas Jacobs and Daniel Shea. He argues that the book clarifies misperceptions often held by those unfamiliar with rural communities.
pp. 127-140
It Takes a Movement: Lawyers, Litigation, and Legal Theory in the Attack on Campaign Finance Reform
Richard Briffault reviews Big Money Unleashed by Ann Southworth. He argues that the book examines the composition, development, organization, and intellectual underpinning of the legal movement that has worked to cripple campaign finance regulation.
pp. 141-150
The Point of No Return: A Review Essay
THOMAS PATTERSON reviews Thomas Byrne Edsall’s The Point of No Return and argues that it diagnoses emerging developments that would come to define our politics.
pp. 151-159
Beyond Place: Network Effects Versus Jurisdiction and Sovereignty
PETER SZIGETI uses three recently published books to explore the question of what does the coming apart of the liberal international order actually mean.
pp. 161-178
Democracy in Power: A History of Electrification in the United States, Sandeep Vaheesan Reviewed by Richard F. Hirsh
pp. 179-180
Pragmatic Vision: Obama and the Enactment of the Affordable Care Act, Meena Bose Reviewed by Daniel Béland
pp. 180-182
Evaluating Campaign Finance Oversight: An Assessment of the Federal Election Commission, Karen Denice Sebold Reviewed by Michael Franz
pp. 182-183
Reimagining the American Union: The Case for Abolishing State Government, Stephen H. Legomsky Reviewed by John D. Nugent
pp. 184-185
Blessing America First: Religion, Populism, and Foreign Policy in the Trump Administration, David T. Buckley Reviewed by Michele F. Margolis
pp. 185-187
Making Politics Work: Practical Lessons on Politics for Would-Be Education Reformers, Paul T. Hill and Ashley E. Jochim Reviewed by Jose Eos Trinidad
pp. 187-188
The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It, Corey Brettschneider Reviewed by Diane J. Heith
pp. 189-190
The Impeachment Power: The Law, Politics, and Purpose of an Extraordinary Constitutional Tool, Keith E. Whittington Reviewed by Jonathan M. King
pp. 190-191
Working Class Inclusion: Evaluations of Democratic Institutions in Latin America, Tiffany D. Barnes, Yann P. Kerevel and Gregory W. Saxton Reviewed by Juan Pablo Micozzi
pp. 192-193
Real News About the News: Media and British Politics, Kenneth Newton Reviewed by Paolo Gerbaudo
pp. 193-195
Refining the Common Good: Oil, Islam and Politics in Gulf Monarchies, Miriam R. Lowi Reviewed by Courtney Freer
pp. 195-196
Reconfiguring Refugees: The U.S. Retreat from Responsibility Sharing, Alice Coen Reviewed by Rebecca Hamlin
pp. 196-198
Climate Change as Political Catastrophe: Before Collapse, Ross Mittiga Reviewed by J. S. Maloy
pp. 198-201
Dominance through Division: Group-Based Clientelism in Japan, Amy Catalinac Reviewed by Meredith L. Weiss
pp. 201-202
Power, Patronage and International Norms: A Grand Masquerade, Valerie Freeland Reviewed by Susan D. Hyde
pp. 203-205
Intent to Destroy: Russia's Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine, Eugene Finkel Reviewed by Maria Snegovaya
pp. 205-206
The Terrorism News Beat: Professionalism, Profit, and the Press, Aaron M. Hoffman Reviewed by Brigitte L. Nacos
pp. 207-208
Rethinking the End of Empire: Nationalism, State Formation, and Great Power Politics, Lynn Tesser Reviewed by Siniša Maleševic
pp. 208-209
Fabricating Homeland Security: Police Entanglements Across India and Palestine/Israel, Rhys Machold Reviewed by Arvind Verma
pp. 210-211
Everyone’s Business: What Companies Owe Society, Amit Ron and Abraham A. Singer Reviewed by Brian Berkey
pp. 217-218