University of Chicago Press 2024 Political Science and Legal Studies Brochure

POLITICAL SCIENCE AND

LEGAL STUDIES

FROM CHICAGO

An eye-opening account of how Americans came to revere the Constitution and what this reverence has meant domestically and around the world.

A deep and thought-provoking examination of crisis politics and their implications for power and marginalization in the United States.

A sobering portrait of the United States’s divided racial politics.

A deep examination of why respect is in short supply in politics today and why it matters.

An unflinching examination of the effects and boundaries of partisan animosity.

An eye-opening examination of the ties between American gun culture and white male supremacy from the American Revolution to today.

The story of how the First Amendment became an obstacle to campaign finance regulation—a history that began much earlier than most imagine.

A data-rich examination of the US Supreme Court’s unprecedented detachment from the democratic processes that buttress its legitimacy.

The story of how a biologically driven understanding of gender and sexuality became central to US LGBTQ+ political and legal advocacy.

A troubling portrait of democracy in US state legislatures.

An essential look at how and why backlash movements are inherent to US policymaking.

A political history of the rise and fall of American debt relief.

An unprecedented account of social stratification within the US legal profession.

A profound analysis of the factors underlying the 2021 invasion of the US Capitol, arriving as the nation looks ahead to another tumultuous presidential election in 2024.

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The University of Chicago Press’s titles in political science and legal studies are acquired

by Senior Editor Sara Doskow. For book proposal submissions, write to sdoskow@uchicago.edu.