Forming coalitions with interested groups is an integral part of the American political system. But how do parties decide who to include in their coalition? In new research which uses the transcripts of Democratic Party policy platform hearings, Jennifer Nicoll Victor finds that groups which are closer to the party ideologically, and who show loyalty, are more likely to […]
Wage theft is pervasive in America; in a new study of low-wage workers across the US, Daniel J. Galvin finds that 16 percent were paid less than their state’s minimum wage. He also finds that workers in those states which had greater employment law protections tended to have a lower chance of experiencing wage theft, and that those protections […]
USAPP Managing Editor, Chris Gilson, looks at the week in US state blogging. Click here for our weekly roundup of national blogs.
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In Vermont this week, VTDigger says that following “Town Meeting Day” voters in the Green Mountain State have rejected 18 out of 209 school budgets. As enrolments continue to decline, Governor Phil Scott has been asking voters to reject such […]
USAPP Managing Editor, Chris Gilson looks at the best of the week’s political blogging from academics and think-tanks. Don’t see a blog referenced here that you think we should be reading? Let us know what we’ve missed out and we’ll try to include it next week.
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The Trump Administration and the Republican Party
On Saturday, Outside the Beltway comments that it […]
Book Review: The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith by Gilbert Rist
Streetcars and light rail services serve different rider markets in American cities.
‘Voodoo economics’ in New Jersey, Louisiana’s ‘disgraceful’ gubernatorial debate, and Arizona’s transport funding woes: US state blog round up for 26 September – 2 October
By promoting Donald Trump’s tweets, the media are helping to erode trust in democratic institutions
Ayşe Işın Kirenci reviews The New Age of Empire: How Colonialism and Racism Still Rule the World by Kehinde Andrews
Matt Bluemink reviews What Do We Know and What Should We Do About Fake News? by Nick Anstead
Kyle Scott reviews Meddling in the Ballot Box: The Causes and Effects of Partisan Electoral Interventions by Dov H. Levin 
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