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Publications

Recent Books By ISPS Faculty

The Politics of Exit: Emigration, Collective Action, and Agrarian Reform in Mexico

By Emily Sellars

Oxford University Press, 2026

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Politics Without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule

By Hélène Landemore

Penguin Random House, 2026

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The Adaptability Paradox: Political Inclusion and Constitutoinal Resilience

By Stephen Skowronek

The Chicago University Press, 2026

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After the Fall: From the End of History to the Crisis of Democracy, How Politicians Broke Our World

By Ian Shapiro

Basic Books, 2026

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Born Equal: Remaking America’s Constitution, 1840–1920

By Akhil Reed Amar

Basic Books, 2025

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The Dispersion of Power: A Critical Realist Theory of Democracy

By Samuel Bagg

Oxford University Press, 2024

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When Bad Things Happen to Privileged People: Race, Gender & What Makes a Crisis in America 

By Dara Strolovitch

The Chicago University Press, 2023

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Democracy for Busy People

By Kevin Elliott

The University of Chicago Press, 2023

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Let Them Eat Tweets: How the Right Rules in an Age of Inequality

By Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson

Liveright, 2020

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Unhealthy Politics: The Battle Over Evidence-Based Medicine

By Eric Patashnik, Alan Gerber, and Conor Dowling

Princeton University Press, 2017

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The Imprint of Congress

By David Mayhew

Yale University Press, 2017

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