Posts by Steven L. Taylor
About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog). Follow Steven on Twitter and/or BlueSky.
Institutional Design and Governance
A piece at Foreign Policy provides a chance to give some thought to institutions.
Ingraham’s Immigration Policy Prescriptions
Discussions about immigration policy are, unfortunately, very much like Groundhog Day.
A Quick Note on Voters (MS Primary Edition)
Parties do not own voters, and the job of campaigns is to attract voters.
The Anti-Federalist Impulse
Many who speak with great passion about the Constitution rather frequently make anti-Federalist arguments.
The Government-Liberty Connection: Hobbes
An ongoing set of considerations on the relationship between liberty and government.
The Government-Liberty Connection: Looking to the Founding Documents
The “Founders” founded a government and the “Framers” were framing the basic structure thereof. This should be obvious.
Cliven Bundy on Race
Not only does the headline-making rancher have unique views on the nature of both grazing fees and the federal government, he has some positively retro (to use a kind word) views on race.
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