The Logic of American Politics, 5th Edition
Samuel Kernellis professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego, where he has taught since 1977. Previously, he taught at the University of Mississippi and the University of Minnesota. Kernell's research interests focus on the presidency and American political history. His books includeGoing Public: New Strategies of Presidential Leadership, 4th edition,Principles and Practice of American Politics: Classic and Contemporary Readings, 3rd edition (edited with Steven S. Smith), an edited collection of essays,James Madison: The Theory and Practice of Republican Government, and, with Gary C. Jacobson,The Logic of American Politics, 3rd edition.Gary C. Jacobsonis professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego, where he has taught since 1979. He previously taught at Trinity College, the University of California at Riverside, Yale University, and Stanford University. Jacobson specializes in the study of U.S. elections, parties, interest groups, and Congress. He is the author ofMoney in Congressional Elections,The Politics of Congressional Elections, 6th edition, andThe Electoral Origins of Dividend Government: Competition in the U.S.House Elections, 1946-1988, and is coauthor with Samuel Kernell ofStrategy and Choice in Congressional Elections, 2nd edition. Jacobson is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.Thad Kousseris associate professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego who has served as a legislative aide in the California, New Mexico, and United States Senates. His publications include work on term limits, the initiative process, voting by mail, reapportionment, campaign finance laws, the blanket primary, health care policy, and European Parliament elections. He is the author ofTerm Limits and the Dismantling of State Legislative Professionalism, which won the APSA Legislative Studies Section's Alan Rosenthal Prize, and the co-editor ofThe New Political Geography of California. He has been awarded the UCSD Academic Senate's Distinguished Teaching Award, and serves as co-editor of the journalState Politics and Policy Quarterly.