The classical sociology of parties was born alongside parties themselves. It explored their
dynamic interrelationships with states and society, as well as the tensions inherent in the fact …

How do stigmatized minorities advance agendas when confronted with hostile majorities?
Elite theories of influence posit marginal groups exert little power. I propose the concept of …

We propose a theory of political parties in which interest groups and activists are the key
actors, and coalitions of groups develop common agendas and screen candidates for party …

From World War II to the war in Iraq, periods of international conflict seem like unique
moments in US political history—but when it comes to public opinion, they are not. To make …

Abstract The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion synthesizes leading studies of public
opinion from the late 1980s in a top-down model of opinion formation and change. The core …

Providing an in-depth analysis of public opinion, including its origins in political
socialization, its role in the electoral process, and the impact of the media, American Public …

Applying a dynamic latent‐variable model to data on 148 policies collected over eight
decades (1936–2014), we produce the first yearly measure of the policy liberalism of US …

America's two party system is highly stable, but its parties' issue positions are not. Democrats
and Republicans have changed sides on many subjects, including trade, civil rights …

By many measures--commonsensical or statistical--the United States has not been more
divided politically or economically in the last hundred years than it is now. How have we …

A long-standing debate in political economy is whether voters are driven primarily by
economic self-interest or by less pecuniary motives like ethnocentrism. Using newly …