Scholarly Articles & Book Chapters
“Sequential Polarization: The Development of the Rural-Urban Political Divide, 1976-2020,” with Trevor E. Brown, Perspectives on Politics, December 2023, published on-line/First View, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592723002918
“Policy Threat, Partisanship, and the Case of the Affordable Care Act.” With Lawrence R. Jacobs and Ling Zhu. American Political Science Review. (2023) 117, 1, 296-310.
"When Rural and Urban Become “Us” versus “Them”: How a Growing Divide is Reshaping American Politics" with Trevor Brown, Suzanne Mettler, and Samantha Puzzi, (De Gruyter, The Forum 2021); 19(3): 365–393.
"The Pathways of Policy Feedback: How Health Reform Influences Political Efficacy and Participation," with Lawrence R. Jacobs, Suzanne Mettler, and Ling Zhu, (Policy Studies Journal, 2021), Vol. 0, No. 0.
“What Health Reform Tells Us About American Politics,” with Lawrence R. Jacobs, Journal of Health Policy, Politics, and Law, 45, 4, August 2020, 581-593.
“Revealing the ‘Hidden Welfare State’: How Policy Information Influences Public Attitudes about Tax Expenditures,” with Matt Guardino. Journal of Behavior Public Administration. Vol. 3 (1): 2020.
“The Paradox of the Earned Income Tax Credit: Appreciating Benefits But Not Their Source” with Delphia Shanks-Booth. Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 47 (2): 2019.
"The Trump Presidency and American Democracy: A Historical and Comparative Analysis." with Robert C. Lieberman, Thomas B. Pepinsky, Kenneth M. Roberts, and Richard Valelly. Perspectives on Politics (2018)
“When and How New Policy Creates New Politics: Examining the Feedback Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Public Opinion.” With Lawrence R. Jacobs. Perspectives on Politics. Forthcoming, 2018, Vol. 16 (2).
“The Policyscape and the Challenges of Contemporary Politics to Policy Maintenance,” Perspectives on Politics, June 2016, Vol. 14, #2, pp. 369-390.
“Liking Health Reform But Turned Off by Toxic Politics,” with Lawrence R. Jacobs. Health Affairs. Online in April 2016, in print in May 2016, Vol. 36, #2, pp. 915-922..
“From Pioneer Egalitarianism to the Reign of the Superrich: How the U.S. Political System Has Promoted Equality and Inequality Over Time,” Tax Law Review, New York University School of Law, Vol. 68, (2015) #3.
“Twenty Years On: Paul Pierson’s Dismantling the Welfare State,” Symposium, PS: Political Science and Politics, April 2015, forthcoming, 48:2.
“Why Public Opinion Changes: The Implications for Health and Health Policy,” with Lawrence R. Jacobs, Journal of Health Policy, Politics and Law Vol. 36, No. 6 (December 2011): 917-34.
“Reconstituting the Submerged State: The Challenges of Social Policy Reform in the Obama Era.” Perspectives on Politics Vol. 8, No. 3 (2010): 803-824.
A revised version published in Obama at the Crossroads, ed. by Lawrence R. Jacobs and Desmond King, Oxford University Press, 2012.
“On Race and Policy History: A Dialogue About the G.I. Bill,” with Ira Katznelson. Perspectives on Politics. Vol. 6, #3 (2008): 519-37.
"Government Program Usage and Political Voice.” with Jeff Stonecash. Social Science Quarterly. Vol. 89, Issue #2 (2008): 273-93.
“American Political Development from Citizens’ Perspective: Tracking Federal Government’s Presence in Individual Lives over Time,” with Andrew Milstein, Studies in American Political Development, Vol. 21, No.1 (2007): 110-30.
“The Creation of the G.I. Bill of Rights of 1944: Melding Social and Participatory Citizenship Ideals.” Journal of Policy History 17 (2005): 345-74.
“The Only Good Thing Was the G.I. Bill:’ Program Effects on African American Veterans’ Political Participation,” Studies in American Political Development, 19 (Spring 2005): 31-52.
“Civic Generation: Policy Feedback Effects of the G.I. Bill on Political Involvement Over the Life Course,” co-authored with Eric Welch. British Journal of Political Science Vol. 34, Issue 3, (July 2004): 497-518.
“The Consequences of Public Policy for Democratic Citizenship: Bridging Policy Studies and Mass Politics,” co-authored with Joe Soss. Perspectives on Politics, Vol. 2, #1 (March 2004): 55-73. [Honorable Mention for Heinz Eulau Award, APSA, 2005]
“Bringing the State Back In to Civic Engagement: Policy Feedback Effects of the G.I. Bill for World War II Veterans,” American Political Science Review, Vol. 96, No. 2 (June 2002): 351-65.
“States’ Rights, Women’s Obligations: Contemporary Welfare Reform in Historical Perspective,” Women & Politics Vol. 21, #1 (2000): 1-34.
“The Stratification of Social Citizenship: Gender and Federalism in the Formation of Old Age Insurance and Aid to Dependent Children,” Journal of Policy History Vol. 11 (1999): 31-58.
“Dividing Social Citizenship by Gender: The Implementation of Unemployment Insurance and Aid to Dependent Children, 1935-1950,” Studies in American Political Development 12 (Fall 1998): 303-342.
“More a Distinction of Words than Things: The Evolution of Separated Powers in the American States,” co-authored with Rogan Kersh, Grant D. Reeher, and Jeffrey M. Stonecash, Rogers Williams University Law Review 4 (Fall 1998): 5-49.
“Federalism, Gender and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.” Polity 26 (Summer 1994): 635-654.
“Policy Threat, Partisanship, and the Case of the Affordable Care Act.” With Lawrence R. Jacobs and Ling Zhu. American Political Science Review. (2023) 117, 1, 296-310.
"When Rural and Urban Become “Us” versus “Them”: How a Growing Divide is Reshaping American Politics" with Trevor Brown, Suzanne Mettler, and Samantha Puzzi, (De Gruyter, The Forum 2021); 19(3): 365–393.
"The Pathways of Policy Feedback: How Health Reform Influences Political Efficacy and Participation," with Lawrence R. Jacobs, Suzanne Mettler, and Ling Zhu, (Policy Studies Journal, 2021), Vol. 0, No. 0.
“What Health Reform Tells Us About American Politics,” with Lawrence R. Jacobs, Journal of Health Policy, Politics, and Law, 45, 4, August 2020, 581-593.
“Revealing the ‘Hidden Welfare State’: How Policy Information Influences Public Attitudes about Tax Expenditures,” with Matt Guardino. Journal of Behavior Public Administration. Vol. 3 (1): 2020.
“The Paradox of the Earned Income Tax Credit: Appreciating Benefits But Not Their Source” with Delphia Shanks-Booth. Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 47 (2): 2019.
"The Trump Presidency and American Democracy: A Historical and Comparative Analysis." with Robert C. Lieberman, Thomas B. Pepinsky, Kenneth M. Roberts, and Richard Valelly. Perspectives on Politics (2018)
“When and How New Policy Creates New Politics: Examining the Feedback Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Public Opinion.” With Lawrence R. Jacobs. Perspectives on Politics. Forthcoming, 2018, Vol. 16 (2).
“The Policyscape and the Challenges of Contemporary Politics to Policy Maintenance,” Perspectives on Politics, June 2016, Vol. 14, #2, pp. 369-390.
“Liking Health Reform But Turned Off by Toxic Politics,” with Lawrence R. Jacobs. Health Affairs. Online in April 2016, in print in May 2016, Vol. 36, #2, pp. 915-922..
“From Pioneer Egalitarianism to the Reign of the Superrich: How the U.S. Political System Has Promoted Equality and Inequality Over Time,” Tax Law Review, New York University School of Law, Vol. 68, (2015) #3.
“Twenty Years On: Paul Pierson’s Dismantling the Welfare State,” Symposium, PS: Political Science and Politics, April 2015, forthcoming, 48:2.
“Why Public Opinion Changes: The Implications for Health and Health Policy,” with Lawrence R. Jacobs, Journal of Health Policy, Politics and Law Vol. 36, No. 6 (December 2011): 917-34.
“Reconstituting the Submerged State: The Challenges of Social Policy Reform in the Obama Era.” Perspectives on Politics Vol. 8, No. 3 (2010): 803-824.
A revised version published in Obama at the Crossroads, ed. by Lawrence R. Jacobs and Desmond King, Oxford University Press, 2012.
“On Race and Policy History: A Dialogue About the G.I. Bill,” with Ira Katznelson. Perspectives on Politics. Vol. 6, #3 (2008): 519-37.
"Government Program Usage and Political Voice.” with Jeff Stonecash. Social Science Quarterly. Vol. 89, Issue #2 (2008): 273-93.
“American Political Development from Citizens’ Perspective: Tracking Federal Government’s Presence in Individual Lives over Time,” with Andrew Milstein, Studies in American Political Development, Vol. 21, No.1 (2007): 110-30.
“The Creation of the G.I. Bill of Rights of 1944: Melding Social and Participatory Citizenship Ideals.” Journal of Policy History 17 (2005): 345-74.
“The Only Good Thing Was the G.I. Bill:’ Program Effects on African American Veterans’ Political Participation,” Studies in American Political Development, 19 (Spring 2005): 31-52.
“Civic Generation: Policy Feedback Effects of the G.I. Bill on Political Involvement Over the Life Course,” co-authored with Eric Welch. British Journal of Political Science Vol. 34, Issue 3, (July 2004): 497-518.
“The Consequences of Public Policy for Democratic Citizenship: Bridging Policy Studies and Mass Politics,” co-authored with Joe Soss. Perspectives on Politics, Vol. 2, #1 (March 2004): 55-73. [Honorable Mention for Heinz Eulau Award, APSA, 2005]
“Bringing the State Back In to Civic Engagement: Policy Feedback Effects of the G.I. Bill for World War II Veterans,” American Political Science Review, Vol. 96, No. 2 (June 2002): 351-65.
“States’ Rights, Women’s Obligations: Contemporary Welfare Reform in Historical Perspective,” Women & Politics Vol. 21, #1 (2000): 1-34.
“The Stratification of Social Citizenship: Gender and Federalism in the Formation of Old Age Insurance and Aid to Dependent Children,” Journal of Policy History Vol. 11 (1999): 31-58.
“Dividing Social Citizenship by Gender: The Implementation of Unemployment Insurance and Aid to Dependent Children, 1935-1950,” Studies in American Political Development 12 (Fall 1998): 303-342.
“More a Distinction of Words than Things: The Evolution of Separated Powers in the American States,” co-authored with Rogan Kersh, Grant D. Reeher, and Jeffrey M. Stonecash, Rogers Williams University Law Review 4 (Fall 1998): 5-49.
“Federalism, Gender and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.” Polity 26 (Summer 1994): 635-654.
“Making What Government Does Apparent to Citizens: Policy Feedback Effects, Their Limitations, and How They Might Be Facilitated,” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, “New Policies, New Politics? Policy Feedback, Power-Building, and American Governance,” Special Editors: Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson, Vol. 685 (1): 2019.
“Public Policy and Political Dysfunction: The Policyscape, Policy Maintenance, and Oversight,” with Claire Leavitt, Can America Govern Itself? edited by Frances E. Lee and Nolan McCarty (Cambridge University Press 2019).
“Introduction,” with Richard Valelly, for Oxford Handbook of American Political Development, edited by Richard Valelly, Suzanne Mettler, and Robert Lieberman (Oxford University Press 2016), pp. 1-23.
“Citizenship,” with Alexis Walker, for Oxford Handbook on the American Welfare State, edited by Daniel Beland, Christopher Howard, and Kimberley Morgan (Oxford University Press, 2015), 623-640.
“Policy Feedback,” with Mallory SoRelle, invited chapter for Theories of the Policy Process, 3rd ed. Edited by Paul Sabatier (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2014) 151-82.
“Obama and the Challenge of Submerged Policies,” commentary on lectures by Theda Skocpol, in Obama’s New Deal, Tea Party Reaction, and America’s Political Future (Harvard University Press, 2012), pp. 123-144.
“Foreword,” Veterans' Policies, Veterans' Politics edited by Stephen R. Ortiz (University Press of Florida, 2012).
“Eliminating the Market Middle-Man: Redirecting and Expanding Support for College Students,” Reaching for a New Deal: Ambitious Governance, Economic Meltdown, and Polarized Politics in Obama's First Two Years, edited by Theda Skocpol and Lawrence R. Jacobs. (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2011), pp. 105-38.
“Promoting Inequality: The Politics of Higher Education Policy in an Era of Conservative Governance,” The Unsustainable American State, edited by Lawrence Jacobs and Desmond King. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009), pp. 197-222.
“The New Politics of Inequality and Poverty: How Policies are Transforming American Citizenship,” with Jacob Hacker and Joe Soss, in Remaking America: Democracy and Public Policy in an Age of Inequality, edited by Jacob Hacker, Suzanne Mettler and Joe Soss. (New York: Russell Sage Foundation Press, 2007), pp. 3-23.
“The Development of Democratic Citizenship: Toward a New Research Agenda,” Democratization in America: American Political Development as a Process of Democratization, edited by Desmond King, Robert Lieberman, and Gretchen Ritter ( Johns Hopkins University Press), 2009, pp. 233-246. .
“The Transformed Welfare State and the Redistribution of Political Voice,” For The Transformation of American Politics: Activist Government and the Rise of Conservatism, volume edited by Paul Pierson and Theda Skocpol (Princeton University Press, 2007), pp. 191-222.
“Inequality and Public Policy,” with Jacob Hacker and Dianne Pinderhughes, for Inequality and American Democracy: What We Know and What We Need to Learn, volume edited by Lawrence R. Jacobs and Theda Skocpol. (New York: Russell Sage, 2005), pp. 156-213.
“Policy Feedback Effects for Collective Action: Lessons from Veterans’ Programs,” Routing the Opposition: Social Movements, Public Policy, and Democracy in America, ed. Helen Ingram, Valerie Jenness, and David Meyer. (University of Minnesota Press, 2005), pp. 211-235.
“Social Citizens of Separate Sovereignties: Governance in the New Deal Welfare State,” chapter in The New Deal and the Triumph of Liberalism, edited by Sidney M. Milkis and Jerome M. Mileur (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2002), pp. 231-71.
“Public Policy and Political Dysfunction: The Policyscape, Policy Maintenance, and Oversight,” with Claire Leavitt, Can America Govern Itself? edited by Frances E. Lee and Nolan McCarty (Cambridge University Press 2019).
“Introduction,” with Richard Valelly, for Oxford Handbook of American Political Development, edited by Richard Valelly, Suzanne Mettler, and Robert Lieberman (Oxford University Press 2016), pp. 1-23.
“Citizenship,” with Alexis Walker, for Oxford Handbook on the American Welfare State, edited by Daniel Beland, Christopher Howard, and Kimberley Morgan (Oxford University Press, 2015), 623-640.
“Policy Feedback,” with Mallory SoRelle, invited chapter for Theories of the Policy Process, 3rd ed. Edited by Paul Sabatier (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2014) 151-82.
“Obama and the Challenge of Submerged Policies,” commentary on lectures by Theda Skocpol, in Obama’s New Deal, Tea Party Reaction, and America’s Political Future (Harvard University Press, 2012), pp. 123-144.
“Foreword,” Veterans' Policies, Veterans' Politics edited by Stephen R. Ortiz (University Press of Florida, 2012).
“Eliminating the Market Middle-Man: Redirecting and Expanding Support for College Students,” Reaching for a New Deal: Ambitious Governance, Economic Meltdown, and Polarized Politics in Obama's First Two Years, edited by Theda Skocpol and Lawrence R. Jacobs. (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2011), pp. 105-38.
“Promoting Inequality: The Politics of Higher Education Policy in an Era of Conservative Governance,” The Unsustainable American State, edited by Lawrence Jacobs and Desmond King. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009), pp. 197-222.
“The New Politics of Inequality and Poverty: How Policies are Transforming American Citizenship,” with Jacob Hacker and Joe Soss, in Remaking America: Democracy and Public Policy in an Age of Inequality, edited by Jacob Hacker, Suzanne Mettler and Joe Soss. (New York: Russell Sage Foundation Press, 2007), pp. 3-23.
“The Development of Democratic Citizenship: Toward a New Research Agenda,” Democratization in America: American Political Development as a Process of Democratization, edited by Desmond King, Robert Lieberman, and Gretchen Ritter ( Johns Hopkins University Press), 2009, pp. 233-246. .
“The Transformed Welfare State and the Redistribution of Political Voice,” For The Transformation of American Politics: Activist Government and the Rise of Conservatism, volume edited by Paul Pierson and Theda Skocpol (Princeton University Press, 2007), pp. 191-222.
“Inequality and Public Policy,” with Jacob Hacker and Dianne Pinderhughes, for Inequality and American Democracy: What We Know and What We Need to Learn, volume edited by Lawrence R. Jacobs and Theda Skocpol. (New York: Russell Sage, 2005), pp. 156-213.
“Policy Feedback Effects for Collective Action: Lessons from Veterans’ Programs,” Routing the Opposition: Social Movements, Public Policy, and Democracy in America, ed. Helen Ingram, Valerie Jenness, and David Meyer. (University of Minnesota Press, 2005), pp. 211-235.
“Social Citizens of Separate Sovereignties: Governance in the New Deal Welfare State,” chapter in The New Deal and the Triumph of Liberalism, edited by Sidney M. Milkis and Jerome M. Mileur (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2002), pp. 231-71.