Reflections on the Achievements of Sidney Verba
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Kristi Andersen
Kristi Andersen is a Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University, where she has been a member of the Maxwell School faculty since 1984. Her research has focused on political parties, women and politics, and the political incorporation of immigrants.
Abstract
Sidney Verba’s distinguished career, particularly his books, demonstrate a talent for finding superb collaborators, a deep normative concern about the health of civil society, and a commitment to using social science methods to understand the working of democratic systems. A re-reading of these books shows the development of an increasingly complex theory of political participation undergirding a complex portrait of American representative democracy, with all its flaws and strengths.
About the author
Kristi Andersen is a Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University, where she has been a member of the Maxwell School faculty since 1984. Her research has focused on political parties, women and politics, and the political incorporation of immigrants.
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- Frontmatter
- Introduction Spring 2016 Issue
- After Obama
- Obama and Race in America
- White Populism and the Transformation of the Silent Majority
- Race, Party, and American Voting Rights
- African Americans and Contemporary Southern Politics
- Race, Class, Religion and the Southern Party System: A Field Report from Dixie
- Reflections on the Achievements of Sidney Verba
- Book reviews
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