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How to Write a BA Thesis, Second Edition How to Write a BA Thesis is the only book that directly addresses the needs of undergraduate students writing a major paper. This book offers step-by-step advice on how to move from early ideas to fin...

This by Charles Lipson is a good starting place: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Washington, D.C deserves democratic equality – and that means statehood | USAPP D.C. residents should be afforded the democratic rights enjoyed by most other Americans.

Washington, D.C deserves democratic equality – and that means statehood writes @emamet.bsky.social of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

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#OpenAccess from the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics -

Federal Enforcement and Black Political Representation: Evidence from Reconstruction and the Voting Rights Act - cup.org/4drlmAz

- @michaelgreenberger.bsky.social & Jasmine Carrera Smith

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CFP Fellows taking an informative tour of Richmond State House

From one Capitol to another! 💡 Our Congressional Fellows explored the Richmond State House, gaining insights from Delegate Pugh Kent, Senator VanValkenburg, Cal Whitehead, Dr. Lauren Bell (CFP '97-'98), & Elizabeth Beyer (CFP '22-'23). Grateful for the opportunity to learn from the best! #APSACFP

Presidential Strategies in Statements of Administration Policy Presidents routinely employ Statements of Administration Policy (SAPs) to inform Congress about the executive's thoughts and position on pending legislation. Such statements are used for a variety of...

Not exactly an answer, but see Ostrander and Sievert (2022) here on the rhetorical use of SAPs: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @jsievert.bsky.social

Thanks so much!

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!

#Democratic #Equality for #Washington, D.C.!

By @emamet.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...

Amid ongoing debates about Washington, D.C.'s autonomy, I have a new article out arguing that democratic equality for D.C. is only possible via statehood. @poppublicsphere.bsky.social

We Choose You Cambridge Core - American Studies - We Choose You

Just ordered @profjw.bsky.social’s new book, We Choose You. Looks like tmrw is drop day.

It explores what shapes Black voters’ candidate choices beyond race, highlighting how signals of group commitment matter most. Can’t wait to dive in. Congrats, Prof. Wamble!

www.cambridge.org/core/books/w...

Promoting Bipartisanship in an Era of Polarization: The House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, by @mbcoven.bsky.social & @emamet.bsky.social successfulsocieties.princeton.edu/publications...

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Thanks for reading, Daniel — and agree with both. Some of these ideas were percolating for a long time before the 116th Congress. Appreciate your engaging with it.

Congress bluesky: excited to have published this case study on the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress with Martha Coven. The Committee made real changes to improve Congress—and modeled a way of working together across differences.

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Glad you don’t have to be a ‘dissident minority’ (per a great paper I remember…)

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Thrilled to share this article, with Austin Bussing, on race, democracy, and the creation of four new seats in Congress in the 1970s. The story conveys an enduring political inequality for residents of Washington D.C. and the U.S. territories. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

"Delegates to the House of Representatives: Who Are They and What Do They Do?" Happy to share this episode of the Understanding Congress podcast. Listen here: www.aei.org/podcast/dele...

Thrilled to have this piece with Cameron Dehart now in print in State Politics & Policy Quarterly. We study the nonvoting tribal delegates in Maine’s state legislature, and ask about what it means for them to have a voice, but not a vote.

Available open access here: cambridge.org/core/journal...

me too please, thanks!

Would you be able to add me as well? thank you!