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The Dynamics Of American Politics

Approaches And Interpretations

The Dynamics Of American Politics

Approaches And Interpretations

ByLawrence C Dodd
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1993
eBook Published 6 February 2018
Pub. location New York
Imprint Routledge
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9780429496677
Pages 451 pages
eBook ISBN 9780429965227
SubjectsPolitics & International Relations
KeywordsInterest Groups, American Politics, United States, Partisan Realignment, Welfare State
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Dodd, L. (1994). The Dynamics Of American Politics. New York: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429496677
ABOUT THIS BOOK

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|22 pages
Conversations on the Study of American Politics: An Introduction
ByLawrence C. Dodd, Calvin Jillson
View abstract
part I|82 pages
Patterns of Political Change and Inquiry
chapter 2|35 pages
Patterns and Periodicity in American National Politics
ByCalvin Jillson
View abstract
chapter 3|24 pages
Pattern Recognition and “Doing” Political History: Art, Science, or Bootless Enterprise?
ByWalter Dean Burnham
View abstract
chapter 4|22 pages
Common Ground: History and Theories of American Politics
ByElaine K. Swift, David W. Brady
View abstract
part II|102 pages
Macroanalysis
chapter 5|26 pages
American Exceptionalism Reconsidered: Culture or Institutions?
BySven H. Steinmo
View abstract
chapter 6|28 pages
Liberalism and the Course of American Social Welfare Policy
ByRussell L. Hanson
View abstract
chapter 7|22 pages
Macroeconomic Change and Political Transformation in the United States
ByEdward S. Greenberg
View abstract
chapter 8|25 pages
The Origins of Social Policy in the United States: A Polity-Centered Analysis
ByTheda Skocpol
View abstract
part III|90 pages
Microanalysis
chapter 9|26 pages
Rational Choice Theory and the Study of American Politics
ByJohn Aldrich
View abstract
chapter 10|18 pages
The Social Psychology of Politics
ByMurray Edelman
View abstract
chapter 11|25 pages
Contexts, Intermediaries, and Political Behavior
ByRobert Huckfeldt, Paul Allen Beck
View abstract
chapter 12|20 pages
Group Politics Reexamined: From Pluralism to Political Economy
ByClarence N. Stone
View abstract
part IV|68 pages
Linkage Processes
chapter 13|13 pages
Politics as Persuasion
ByJane J. Mansbridge
View abstract
chapter 14|20 pages
Beyond the Iconography of Order: Notes for a “New Institutionalism”
ByKaren Orren, Stephen Skowronek
View abstract
chapter 15|34 pages
Political Learning and Political Change: Understanding Development Across Time
ByLawrence C. Dodd
View abstract
part V|28 pages
Conclusion
chapter 16|27 pages
Ideas, Interests, and Institutions
ByHugh Heclo
View abstract

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|22 pages
Conversations on the Study of American Politics: An Introduction
ByLawrence C. Dodd, Calvin Jillson
View abstract
part I|82 pages
Patterns of Political Change and Inquiry
chapter 2|35 pages
Patterns and Periodicity in American National Politics
ByCalvin Jillson
View abstract
chapter 3|24 pages
Pattern Recognition and “Doing” Political History: Art, Science, or Bootless Enterprise?
ByWalter Dean Burnham
View abstract
chapter 4|22 pages
Common Ground: History and Theories of American Politics
ByElaine K. Swift, David W. Brady
View abstract
part II|102 pages
Macroanalysis
chapter 5|26 pages
American Exceptionalism Reconsidered: Culture or Institutions?
BySven H. Steinmo
View abstract
chapter 6|28 pages
Liberalism and the Course of American Social Welfare Policy
ByRussell L. Hanson
View abstract
chapter 7|22 pages
Macroeconomic Change and Political Transformation in the United States
ByEdward S. Greenberg
View abstract
chapter 8|25 pages
The Origins of Social Policy in the United States: A Polity-Centered Analysis
ByTheda Skocpol
View abstract
part III|90 pages
Microanalysis
chapter 9|26 pages
Rational Choice Theory and the Study of American Politics
ByJohn Aldrich
View abstract
chapter 10|18 pages
The Social Psychology of Politics
ByMurray Edelman
View abstract
chapter 11|25 pages
Contexts, Intermediaries, and Political Behavior
ByRobert Huckfeldt, Paul Allen Beck
View abstract
chapter 12|20 pages
Group Politics Reexamined: From Pluralism to Political Economy
ByClarence N. Stone
View abstract
part IV|68 pages
Linkage Processes
chapter 13|13 pages
Politics as Persuasion
ByJane J. Mansbridge
View abstract
chapter 14|20 pages
Beyond the Iconography of Order: Notes for a “New Institutionalism”
ByKaren Orren, Stephen Skowronek
View abstract
chapter 15|34 pages
Political Learning and Political Change: Understanding Development Across Time
ByLawrence C. Dodd
View abstract
part V|28 pages
Conclusion
chapter 16|27 pages
Ideas, Interests, and Institutions
ByHugh Heclo
View abstract
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|22 pages
Conversations on the Study of American Politics: An Introduction
ByLawrence C. Dodd, Calvin Jillson
View abstract
part I|82 pages
Patterns of Political Change and Inquiry
chapter 2|35 pages
Patterns and Periodicity in American National Politics
ByCalvin Jillson
View abstract
chapter 3|24 pages
Pattern Recognition and “Doing” Political History: Art, Science, or Bootless Enterprise?
ByWalter Dean Burnham
View abstract
chapter 4|22 pages
Common Ground: History and Theories of American Politics
ByElaine K. Swift, David W. Brady
View abstract
part II|102 pages
Macroanalysis
chapter 5|26 pages
American Exceptionalism Reconsidered: Culture or Institutions?
BySven H. Steinmo
View abstract
chapter 6|28 pages
Liberalism and the Course of American Social Welfare Policy
ByRussell L. Hanson
View abstract
chapter 7|22 pages
Macroeconomic Change and Political Transformation in the United States
ByEdward S. Greenberg
View abstract
chapter 8|25 pages
The Origins of Social Policy in the United States: A Polity-Centered Analysis
ByTheda Skocpol
View abstract
part III|90 pages
Microanalysis
chapter 9|26 pages
Rational Choice Theory and the Study of American Politics
ByJohn Aldrich
View abstract
chapter 10|18 pages
The Social Psychology of Politics
ByMurray Edelman
View abstract
chapter 11|25 pages
Contexts, Intermediaries, and Political Behavior
ByRobert Huckfeldt, Paul Allen Beck
View abstract
chapter 12|20 pages
Group Politics Reexamined: From Pluralism to Political Economy
ByClarence N. Stone
View abstract
part IV|68 pages
Linkage Processes
chapter 13|13 pages
Politics as Persuasion
ByJane J. Mansbridge
View abstract
chapter 14|20 pages
Beyond the Iconography of Order: Notes for a “New Institutionalism”
ByKaren Orren, Stephen Skowronek
View abstract
chapter 15|34 pages
Political Learning and Political Change: Understanding Development Across Time
ByLawrence C. Dodd
View abstract
part V|28 pages
Conclusion
chapter 16|27 pages
Ideas, Interests, and Institutions
ByHugh Heclo
View abstract

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|22 pages
Conversations on the Study of American Politics: An Introduction
ByLawrence C. Dodd, Calvin Jillson
View abstract
part I|82 pages
Patterns of Political Change and Inquiry
chapter 2|35 pages
Patterns and Periodicity in American National Politics
ByCalvin Jillson
View abstract
chapter 3|24 pages
Pattern Recognition and “Doing” Political History: Art, Science, or Bootless Enterprise?
ByWalter Dean Burnham
View abstract
chapter 4|22 pages
Common Ground: History and Theories of American Politics
ByElaine K. Swift, David W. Brady
View abstract
part II|102 pages
Macroanalysis
chapter 5|26 pages
American Exceptionalism Reconsidered: Culture or Institutions?
BySven H. Steinmo
View abstract
chapter 6|28 pages
Liberalism and the Course of American Social Welfare Policy
ByRussell L. Hanson
View abstract
chapter 7|22 pages
Macroeconomic Change and Political Transformation in the United States
ByEdward S. Greenberg
View abstract
chapter 8|25 pages
The Origins of Social Policy in the United States: A Polity-Centered Analysis
ByTheda Skocpol
View abstract
part III|90 pages
Microanalysis
chapter 9|26 pages
Rational Choice Theory and the Study of American Politics
ByJohn Aldrich
View abstract
chapter 10|18 pages
The Social Psychology of Politics
ByMurray Edelman
View abstract
chapter 11|25 pages
Contexts, Intermediaries, and Political Behavior
ByRobert Huckfeldt, Paul Allen Beck
View abstract
chapter 12|20 pages
Group Politics Reexamined: From Pluralism to Political Economy
ByClarence N. Stone
View abstract
part IV|68 pages
Linkage Processes
chapter 13|13 pages
Politics as Persuasion
ByJane J. Mansbridge
View abstract
chapter 14|20 pages
Beyond the Iconography of Order: Notes for a “New Institutionalism”
ByKaren Orren, Stephen Skowronek
View abstract
chapter 15|34 pages
Political Learning and Political Change: Understanding Development Across Time
ByLawrence C. Dodd
View abstract
part V|28 pages
Conclusion
chapter 16|27 pages
Ideas, Interests, and Institutions
ByHugh Heclo
View abstract
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|22 pages
Conversations on the Study of American Politics: An Introduction
ByLawrence C. Dodd, Calvin Jillson
View abstract
part I|82 pages
Patterns of Political Change and Inquiry
chapter 2|35 pages
Patterns and Periodicity in American National Politics
ByCalvin Jillson
View abstract
chapter 3|24 pages
Pattern Recognition and “Doing” Political History: Art, Science, or Bootless Enterprise?
ByWalter Dean Burnham
View abstract
chapter 4|22 pages
Common Ground: History and Theories of American Politics
ByElaine K. Swift, David W. Brady
View abstract
part II|102 pages
Macroanalysis
chapter 5|26 pages
American Exceptionalism Reconsidered: Culture or Institutions?
BySven H. Steinmo
View abstract
chapter 6|28 pages
Liberalism and the Course of American Social Welfare Policy
ByRussell L. Hanson
View abstract
chapter 7|22 pages
Macroeconomic Change and Political Transformation in the United States
ByEdward S. Greenberg
View abstract
chapter 8|25 pages
The Origins of Social Policy in the United States: A Polity-Centered Analysis
ByTheda Skocpol
View abstract
part III|90 pages
Microanalysis
chapter 9|26 pages
Rational Choice Theory and the Study of American Politics
ByJohn Aldrich
View abstract
chapter 10|18 pages
The Social Psychology of Politics
ByMurray Edelman
View abstract
chapter 11|25 pages
Contexts, Intermediaries, and Political Behavior
ByRobert Huckfeldt, Paul Allen Beck
View abstract
chapter 12|20 pages
Group Politics Reexamined: From Pluralism to Political Economy
ByClarence N. Stone
View abstract
part IV|68 pages
Linkage Processes
chapter 13|13 pages
Politics as Persuasion
ByJane J. Mansbridge
View abstract
chapter 14|20 pages
Beyond the Iconography of Order: Notes for a “New Institutionalism”
ByKaren Orren, Stephen Skowronek
View abstract
chapter 15|34 pages
Political Learning and Political Change: Understanding Development Across Time
ByLawrence C. Dodd
View abstract
part V|28 pages
Conclusion
chapter 16|27 pages
Ideas, Interests, and Institutions
ByHugh Heclo
View abstract

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|22 pages
Conversations on the Study of American Politics: An Introduction
ByLawrence C. Dodd, Calvin Jillson
View abstract
part I|82 pages
Patterns of Political Change and Inquiry
chapter 2|35 pages
Patterns and Periodicity in American National Politics
ByCalvin Jillson
View abstract
chapter 3|24 pages
Pattern Recognition and “Doing” Political History: Art, Science, or Bootless Enterprise?
ByWalter Dean Burnham
View abstract
chapter 4|22 pages
Common Ground: History and Theories of American Politics
ByElaine K. Swift, David W. Brady
View abstract
part II|102 pages
Macroanalysis
chapter 5|26 pages
American Exceptionalism Reconsidered: Culture or Institutions?
BySven H. Steinmo
View abstract
chapter 6|28 pages
Liberalism and the Course of American Social Welfare Policy
ByRussell L. Hanson
View abstract
chapter 7|22 pages
Macroeconomic Change and Political Transformation in the United States
ByEdward S. Greenberg
View abstract
chapter 8|25 pages
The Origins of Social Policy in the United States: A Polity-Centered Analysis
ByTheda Skocpol
View abstract
part III|90 pages
Microanalysis
chapter 9|26 pages
Rational Choice Theory and the Study of American Politics
ByJohn Aldrich
View abstract
chapter 10|18 pages
The Social Psychology of Politics
ByMurray Edelman
View abstract
chapter 11|25 pages
Contexts, Intermediaries, and Political Behavior
ByRobert Huckfeldt, Paul Allen Beck
View abstract
chapter 12|20 pages
Group Politics Reexamined: From Pluralism to Political Economy
ByClarence N. Stone
View abstract
part IV|68 pages
Linkage Processes
chapter 13|13 pages
Politics as Persuasion
ByJane J. Mansbridge
View abstract
chapter 14|20 pages
Beyond the Iconography of Order: Notes for a “New Institutionalism”
ByKaren Orren, Stephen Skowronek
View abstract
chapter 15|34 pages
Political Learning and Political Change: Understanding Development Across Time
ByLawrence C. Dodd
View abstract
part V|28 pages
Conclusion
chapter 16|27 pages
Ideas, Interests, and Institutions
ByHugh Heclo
View abstract
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