The Dynamics Of American Politics: Approaches And Interpretations (Transforming American Politics)

This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the major theoretical approaches to the study of American politics. Written by leading scholars in the field, the book's essays focus particularly on the contributions that competing macro- and microanalytic approaches make to our understanding of political change in America.The essays include systematic overviews of the patterns of constancy and change that characterize American political history as well as comparative discussions of theoretical traditions in the study of American political change. The volume concludes with four provocative essays proposing new and integrated interpretations of American politics.This is a path-breaking book that all scholars concerned with American politics will want to read and that all serious students of American politics will need to study.__The Dynamics of American Politics__is appropriate for graduate core seminars on American politics, undergraduate capstone courses on American politics, courses on political theory and approaches to political analysis, and rigorous lower-division courses on American politics. Conversation On The Study Of American Politics : An Introduction / Lawrence C. Dodd And Calvin Jillson -- Patterns And Periodicity In American National Politics / Calvin Jillson -- Pattern Recognition And Doing Political History : Art, Science, Or Bootless Enterprise? / Walter Dean Burnham -- Common Ground : History And Theories Of American Politics / Elaine K. Swift And David W. Brady -- American Exceptionalism Reconsidered : Culture Or Institutions? / Sven H. Steinmo -- Liberalism And The Course Of American Social Welfare Policy / Russell L. Hanson -- Macroeconomic Change And Political Transformation In The United States / Edward S. Greenberg -- The Origins Of Social Policy In The United States : A Polity-centered Analysis / Theda Skocpol -- Rational Choice Theory And The Study Of American Politics / John Aldrich -- The Social Psychology Of Politics / Murray Edelman. Contexts, Intermediaries, And Political Behavior / Robert Huckfeldt And Paul Allen Beck -- Group Politics Reexamined : From Pluralism To Political Economy / Clarence N. Stone -- Politics As Persuasion / Jane J. Mansbridge -- Beyond The Iconography Of Order : Notes For A New Institutionalism / Karen Orren And Stephen Skowronek -- Political Learning And Political Change : Understanding Development Across Time / Lawrence C. Dodd -- Ideas, Interests, And Institutions / Hugh Heclo. Edited By Lawrence C. Dodd, Calvin Jillson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 393-432) And Index. This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the major theoretical approaches to the study of American politics. Written by leading scholars in the field, the book's essays focus particularly on the contributions that competing macro- and microanalytic approaches make to our understanding of political change in America.The essays include systematic overviews of the patterns of constancy and change that characterize American political history as well as comparative discussions of theoretical traditions in the study of American political change. The volume concludes with four provocative essays proposing new and integrated interpretations of American politics.This is a path-breaking book that all scholars concerned with American politics will want to read and that all serious students of American politics will need to study. The Dynamics of American Politics is appropriate for graduate core seminars on American politics, undergraduate capstone courses on American politics, courses on political theory and approaches to political analysis, and rigorous lower-division courses on American politics. This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the major theoretical approaches and integrated interpretations of American politics. It includes systematic overviews of the patterns of constancy and change, and comparative discussions of theoretical traditions that characterize American politics.