After observing the strains of intense partisanship and divided government, many Americans are wondering what logic, if any, can be found in politics. The new Sixth Edition of The Logic of American Politics reaffirms this best-seller's place as the most accessible "smart" book on the market. Consistently praised for its engaging narrative, the book hooks students with great storytelling while arming them with a "toolkit" of institutional design concepts-command, veto, agenda control, voting rules, delegation.
Samuel Kernell is professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego, where he has taught since 1977. Previously, he taught at the University of Mississippi and the University of Minnesota (with Erik J. Engstrom) will be published in 2014. Gary C. Jacobson is distinguished professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego, where he has taught since 1979. He previously taught at Trinity College, the University of California at Riverside, Yale University, and Stanford University. Jacobson specializes in the study of U.S. elections, parties, interest groups, and Congress. He is the author of Money in Congressional Elections: The Politics of Congressional Elections, Eighth Edition, The Electoral Origins of Dividend Government: Competition in the U.S. House Elections, 1946 - 1988, and A Divider, Not a Uniter: George W. Bush and the American People, Second Edition, and is coauthor with Samuel Kernell of Strategy and Choice in Congressional Elections, Second Edition. Jacobson is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Thad Kousser is associate professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and director of the California Constitutional Reform Project at Stanford University's The Bill Lane Center for the American West. He has served as a legislative aide in the California, New Mexico, and United States Senates. He is the author of Term Limits and the Dismantling of State Legislative Professionalism, which won the APSA Legislative Studies Section's Alan Rosenthal Prize, and the co-editor of The New Political Geography of California, Tenth Edition. He has been awarded the UCSD Academic Senate's Distinguished Teaching Award, and serves as co-editor of the State Politics and Policy Quarterly journal. Lynn Vavreck is associate professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she has taught since 2001. She previously taught at Dartmouth College and held a research position at Princeton University. Before returning to the academy, Vavreck worked in the White House and on presidential campaigns. Her research focuses mainly on the effects of campaign messaging and specifically on the impact of political advertising. She is the author of The Message Matters: The Economy and Presidential Campaigns and co-author of Campaign Reform: Insights and Evidence and The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Election. Her political commentary can be read in The New York Times and on broadcast outlets like MSNBC, CNN, and NPR. She serves on advisory boards for the American National Election Study and the British Election Study and has twice consulted for venture-funded start-ups interested in improving the measurement of advertising and public attitudes through innovations in technology.
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这本书的问世,对于任何一个对美国政治运作机制抱有好奇心的人来说,都是一次极其及时的阅读体验。我尤其欣赏作者在梳理复杂的政治脉络时所展现出的那种近乎手术刀般的精准度。它没有止步于对表面现象的描述,而是深入挖掘了支撑整个体系运转的那些不易察觉的结构性力量。比如,书中对国会两党制衡的分析,不再是教科书式的僵硬定义,而是结合了最新的立法实践和选区重划的实际影响,让我对为什么某些看似简单的法案会陷入无休止的僵局有了更深层次的理解。作者仿佛带着我们穿梭于华盛顿的各个权力中心,从白宫的决策室到最高法院的辩论厅,细致入微地揭示了不同机构间微妙的权力拉锯战。读完后,我对“妥协”这个词在现代政治中的定义,都有了重新的审视。它不再是一个简单的让步,而是一个多方利益在特定权力结构下被动态平衡的产物,这种洞察力,是很多同类著作所欠缺的。这本书成功地将枯燥的政治学理论,转化成了一部引人入胜的权力解构史,让人在阅读的过程中,不断地停下来思考,并反刍刚刚吸收的新知识。
评分阅读这本书的过程,更像是一场深入的智力探险,而不是被动的知识灌输。作者在行文过程中,始终保持着一种开放的姿态,鼓励读者去质疑既有的假设。最让我眼前一亮的是它对“政治文化”这个抽象概念的具象化处理。书中通过对不同地域、不同世代选民观念冲突的对比分析,展示了美国政治僵局的深层文化根源,这远远超出了简单的经济或阶级分析所能触及的层面。当我们看到今天社会中弥漫的身份政治冲突时,这本书提供了一把钥匙,让我们能够追溯到这些文化差异是如何通过特定的政治程序被放大和固化下来的。它不仅告诉我们“发生了什么”,更重要的是,它引导我们去思考“为什么会以这种方式发生”,以及在制度设计不变的情况下,未来可能出现的演变路径。对于那些厌倦了碎片化政治新闻,渴望获得宏大、连贯且深刻见解的读者来说,这本书无疑是近年来的一个重要收获。
评分我个人认为,这本书在结构安排上体现了高超的组织能力。它并没有简单地按照时间顺序来叙述,而是围绕几个核心的权力支柱——宪法框架、利益集团、公众舆论、以及司法审查——构建起一个相互关联的网络。这种“主题式”的架构,使得读者在回顾某一特定议题时,能够清晰地看到不同政治要素是如何交织作用的。举个例子,关于平权法案的讨论,不仅涉及了最高法院的判例,还穿插了国会在预算分配上的考量,以及社会运动在街头施加的压力。这种多维度的视角,极大地拓宽了对“政治行动”的理解边界。对于正在学习政治学或者希望系统化自身知识体系的人来说,这本书提供了一个近乎完美的参照框架。它像是一张精密绘制的美国政治地理地图,即使面对不断变化的政治风暴,这张地图依然能为我们指引方向,提供一个稳定的分析基础。
评分我必须说,这本书在处理美国政治中那些令人困惑的“非理性”行为时,表现出了惊人的平衡感。许多政治读物往往容易滑向两个极端:要么是过度理想化地赞美民主制度的优越性,要么是带着一种愤世嫉俗的姿态去批判一切。然而,这本书采取了一种更为成熟和富有建设性的视角。它承认制度的设计中存在固有的缺陷和潜在的冲突点,并用大量的数据和案例来佐证这些缺陷如何被不同政治参与者——无论是利益集团、媒体还是普通选民——所利用或修正。特别是关于选举人团制度和联邦制权力分配的章节,作者没有急于下结论,而是细致地展示了历史上不同时期,这些制度是如何适应或阻碍了社会变革的。这种克制和严谨,使得阅读体验非常扎实,仿佛不是在听一个政论家的长篇大论,而是在跟随一位经验丰富的老派学者进行一场严密的学术漫步。它教会了我如何带着批判性的眼光去观察新闻报道,不被情绪化的语言所裹挟,而是去探究事件背后的制度根源。
评分这本书的叙事节奏和语言风格,对于长期关注美国政治的资深读者而言,无疑是一股清流。它不像某些畅销书那样,为了追求戏剧性而牺牲深度,反而以一种沉稳且富有层次感的笔触,层层剥开问题的复杂性。其中关于媒体生态与政治极化的分析,尤其令人印象深刻。作者深入探讨了二十世纪后期,有线新闻和互联网如何重塑了选民的信息获取渠道,以及这种重塑如何反作用于政治决策过程。那些关于“回音室效应”的讨论,不再是空泛的指控,而是通过对具体媒体内容的量化分析得出的结论。我特别喜欢作者在介绍关键政治人物的章节中所采用的“立体描绘”手法——既不神化也不妖魔化,而是将他们的决策置于特定的历史、法律和文化背景下进行考察。这种细致入微的剖析,极大地提升了文本的可信度和阅读的愉悦感,让人感觉自己真正参与到了一场高水准的政治思想交流之中。
评分你教会我太多太多。无比详尽。因专业词汇一页能有十几个不懂的,但读通顺后会觉得特别政治世界顿时就融会贯通了,比如新闻全看懂。
评分你教会我太多太多。无比详尽。因专业词汇一页能有十几个不懂的,但读通顺后会觉得特别政治世界顿时就融会贯通了,比如新闻全看懂。
评分你教会我太多太多。无比详尽。因专业词汇一页能有十几个不懂的,但读通顺后会觉得特别政治世界顿时就融会贯通了,比如新闻全看懂。
评分你教会我太多太多。无比详尽。因专业词汇一页能有十几个不懂的,但读通顺后会觉得特别政治世界顿时就融会贯通了,比如新闻全看懂。
评分你教会我太多太多。无比详尽。因专业词汇一页能有十几个不懂的,但读通顺后会觉得特别政治世界顿时就融会贯通了,比如新闻全看懂。
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