A fresh, interesting, wide-ranging interpretation of U.S. politics and political history. -- David R. Mayhew, Yale University Following in the distinguished tradition of foreigners who have helped Americans think about how they govern themselves, Tony King has produced a beautifully crafted and deliciously thought-provoking extended essay on the many puzzles of American politics emanating from the tensions between constitutionalism and democracy. In his signature empirical and nonjudgmental fashion, King identifies paradoxes and raises questions that are certain to provoke discussion and debate on this side of the Atlantic. -- Thomas E. Mann, The Brookings Institution
Anthony King was Professor of Government at the University of Essex and a Fellow of the British Academy.
A fresh, interesting, wide-ranging interpretation of U.S. politics
and political history. -- David R. Mayhew, Yale University
Following in the distinguished tradition of foreigners who have
helped Americans think about how they govern themselves, Tony King
has produced a beautifully crafted and deliciously
thought-provoking extended essay on the many puzzles of American
politics emanating from the tensions between constitutionalism and
democracy. In his signature empirical and nonjudgmental fashion,
King identifies paradoxes and raises questions that are certain to
provoke discussion and debate on this side of the Atlantic. --
Thomas E. Mann, The Brookings Institution
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