Irwin Lester Morris's Books

The politics of impeachment have been explained in either partisan or ethical terms. Morris argues that most legislators-and nearly all Democrats-simply voted their constituents' preferences on the Clinton impeachment and conviction. Those who voted against their constituencies did so for a variety of reasons, but all expected to be able to raise s

Explores the power of the President and Congress over the Federal Reserve

Although the study of politics dates to ancient Greece, the basic questions that interested those earliest political scientists still linger with us today: What are the origins of government? What should government do? What conditions foster effective governance? Rational choice theory offers a new means for developing correctable answers to these questions. This volume illustrates the promise of rational choice theory and demonstrates how theory can help us develop interesting, fresh conclusions about the fundamental processes of politics. Each of the books three sections begins with a pedagogical overview that is accessible to those with little knowledge of rational choice theory. The first group of essays then discusses various ways in which rational choice contributes to our understanding of the foundations of government. The second set focuses on the contributions of rational choice theory to institutional analysis. The final group demonstrates ways in which rational choice theory helps to understand the character of popular government.

The shifting South : understanding geographic polarization and partisan change -- Migration and partisan change : movers and stayers -- Population growth and partisan change in the South -- Players in the migration game : understanding the distinctiveness of movers -- Migrant magnets : how movers change the politics of their new and the politics of the homes they leave behind -- How movers change the politics of their new homes and the places they leave : the cases of people of color -- The special case of retirees : when the elderly move -- Movers, stayers, and the end of Southern politics?

The shocking election of President Trump spawned myriad analyses and post-mortems, but they consistently underestimate the crucial role of the Tea Party on the GOP and Republican House members specifically. In Reactionary Republicanism, Bryan T. Gervais and Irwin L. Morris develop the most sophisticated analysis to date for gauging the Tea Party's impact upon the U.S. House of Representatives. They employ multiple types of data to illustrate the multi-dimensional impact of the Tea Party movement on members of Congress. Contrary to conventional wisdom, they find that Republicans associated with the Tea Party movement were neither a small minority of the Republican conference nor intransigent backbenchers. Most importantly, the invigoration of racial hostility and social conservatism among Tea Party supporters fostered the growth of reactionary Republicanism. Tea Party legislators, in turn, endeavored to aggravate these feelings of resentment via digital home styles that incorporated uncivil and aversion-inducing rhetoric. Trump fed off of this during his run, and his symbiotic relationship with Tea Party regulars has guided-and seems destined to-the trajectory of his administration.

Explores the power of the President and Congress over the Federal Reserve

The American Presidency introduces students to new insights produced by the scientific study of the presidency and the scientific endeavor itself.

Book's by Irwin Lester Morris

Votes, Money, And The Clinton Impeachment

Votes, Money, And The Clinton Impeachment

Congress, the President, and the Federal Reserve

Congress, the President, and the Federal Reserve

Politics from Anarchy to Democracy

Politics from Anarchy to Democracy

Movers and Stayers

Movers and Stayers

Reactionary Republicanism

Reactionary Republicanism

Congress, the President, and the Federal Reserve

Congress, the President, and the Federal Reserve

The American Presidency

The American Presidency

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