All fields share an interest in the character of the American regime.
National government and politics includes American thought, institutions, elections, and political history. Public law and judicial behavior includes constitutional law and civil liberties, judicial behavior includes constitutional law and civil liberties, judicial institutions and process, jurisprudence and interpretation. Public administration includes organization, budgeting, personnel, and ethics. Public policy includes approaches, both positive and normative, analytical methods, and substantive areas like environmental regulation and telecommunications policy. State and local government includes institutions, politics, federalism, and intergovernmental relations.