Although politics at the elite level has been polarized for some time, a scholarly controversy
has raged over whether ordinary Americans are polarized. This book argues that they are …

We study how well states translate public opinion into policy. Using national surveys and
advances in subnational opinion estimation, we estimate state‐level support for 39 policies …

This distinctive volume offers a thorough examination of the ways in which meaning comes
to be shaped. Editors Stephen Reese, Oscar Gandy, and August Grant employ an …

The Public Policy Process is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the process
by which public policy is made. Explaining clearly the importance of the relationship …

We study the effects of policy-specific public opinion on state adoption of policies affecting
gays and lesbians, and the factors that condition this relationship. Using national surveys …

We argue that critiques of political process theory are beginning to coalesce into a new
approach to social movements—a “multi‐institutional politics” approach. While the political …

From marriage equality, to gun control, to immigration reform and the threat of war, religion
plays a fascinating and crucial part in our nation's political process and in our culture at …

The Public Policy Process is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the process
by which public policy is made. Explaining clearly the importance of the relationship …

They have money, influence, power-and they turn out to vote." They" are groups like Focus
on the Family, Family Research Council, and Concerned Women for America (all parts of the …

Over the past 30 years, the gay rights movement has moved from the margins to the center
of American politics, sparking debate from bedroom to boardroom to battlefield. Out of the …