The Struggle for Democracy gives you the tools to decode the American political system and to identify opportunities to make a difference. Taking a fresh approach to American government, senior authorEdward Greenberg and co-authors David Doherty, Scott Minkoff, and Josh Ryan present an accessible framework of evidence-based research that shows how government, politics, and the larger society are intertwined. Encouraging critical judgments about how well our government works, the authors pose the questions How democratic are we? and Can government do anything well? The 2020 Presidential Election Edition offers new narrative coverage of the major issues from today's headlines, including the 2020 presidential and congressional elections and the coronavirus pandemic.
About the Author: About our authors Edward S. Greenberg, senior author, is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Research Professor of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Ed's research and teaching interests include American government and politics, domestic and global political economy, and democratic theory and practice, with a special emphasis on workplace issues. His multi-year longitudinal panel study, funded by the NIH, examining the impact of technological change and the globalization of production on Boeing managers and employees, is reported in more than a dozen journal articles and in his book Turbulence: Boeing and the State of American Workers and Managers (Yale University Press, 2010, co-authored with Leon Grunberg, Sarah Moore and Pat Sikora). He is currently doing research on the global competition between Boeing and Airbus and its impact on people who work in these firms.
David Doherty, co-author, is Associate Professor of Political Science at Loyola University Chicago. David's research and teaching interests focus on the role the public plays in the political process and how people want political processes to work. His research has appeared in top political science journals including the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics and other venues. He is currently completing work on a book that examines the role local party organizations play in the electoral process.
Scott L. Minkoff, co-author, is Associate Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York, New Paltz. Scott teaches courses on American government, public policy and research methods. His research interests focus on the geography of American politics and policy. His work has appeared in American Politics Research, Urban Affairs Review and Political Geography. Scott is also co-author of Politics on Display: Yard Signs and Politicization of Social Spaces, which was published by Oxford University Press in 2019.
Josh M. Ryan, co-author, is Associate Professor of Political Science at Utah State University. Josh's research focuses on American institutions, especially Congress, the president, state legislatures and executives, as well as electoral institutions. He teaches courses on American politics and research methods. His research has appeared in The Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly and other venues. He is also the author of the book, The Congressional Endgame, published by the University of Chicago press in 2018.
