Leading political scientists provide a new framework for understanding the interplay of politics and economics in the US, drawing on comparative and historical perspectives to identify distinctive features of the US landscape and how these have interacted with one another over time to create unique patterns of power and inequality.
Drawing together leading scholars, the book provides a revealing new map of the US political economy in cross-national perspective.
'This is the rare edited volume that features real intellectual heft. It not only bids fair to reorient the study of American political life but it also promises to shape the scholarly sensibilities of generations to come. Drawing on contributions from a dazzling roster of luminaries and rising stars, it makes a compelling case that political economy should occupy a central place in our understanding of American politics.' Anthony S. Chen, Northwestern University