Nelson W. Polsby

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Nelson W. Polsby is affiliated with the following schools: University of California, Berkeley, Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, Wesleyan University

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According to Wikipedia, Nelson Woolf Polsby was an American political scientist. He specialized in the study of the United States presidency, the United States Congress and how governmental policies and practices evolve. Polsby was the Heller Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the editor of the American Political Science Review from 1971–77 and the founding editor of the Annual Review of Political Science from 1998 until his death in 2007.

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The Fifth Branch: Science Advisers as Policymakers. (1991) (1808)
Case Study and Theory in Political Science (1975) (1772)
Handbook of political science (1975) (758)
The Institutionalization of the U.S. House of Representatives (1968) (661)
Community power and political theory (1964) (442)
Political Innovation in America: The Politics of Policy Initiation (1984) (266)
The Growth of the Seniority System in the U. S. House of Representatives (1969) (139)
Public Opinion and the War in Vietnam (1967) (139)
Consequences Of Party Reform (1983) (136)
How to Study Community Power: The Pluralist Alternative (1960) (124)
Congress and the Presidency (1971) (121)
Strategies of inquiry (1975) (106)
Presidential Elections: Strategies and Structures of American Politics (1995) (61)
The last half-century : societal change and politics in America (1979) (60)
Community Power and Political Theory: A Further Look at Problems of Evidence and Inference (1980) (58)
The Rand Corporation: Case Study of a Nonprofit Advisory Corporation. (1966) (54)
Presidential Elections: Strategies of American Electoral Politics (1964) (53)
The Sociology of Community Power: A Reassessment (1959) (47)
Elections at Home and Abroad. (1995) (43)
Why Americans Don't Vote. (1988) (41)
Media and momentum : the New Hampshire primary and nomination politics (1987) (39)
New Perspectives on the House of Representatives (1969) (38)
How Congress Evolves: Social Bases of Institutional Change (2003) (36)
Home Style and Washington Work: Studies of Congressional Politics (1990) (35)
Presidential elections : contemporary strategies of American electoral politics (1988) (35)
Three Problems in The Analysis of Community Power (1959) (33)
Presidential Cabinet Making: Lessons for the Political System (1978) (31)
Where Do You Get Your Ideas? (1993) (26)
Towards an Explanation of McCarthyism (1960) (26)
SOCIAL SCIENCE AND SCIENTIFIC CHANGE: A Note on Thomas S. Kuhn's Contribution (1998) (25)
Politics and social life : an introduction to political behavior (1965) (24)
17. Nelson W. Polsby. 1968. “The Institutionalization of the U.S. House of Representatives.” American Political Science Review 62 (March): 144–68. Cited 287 times (2006) (22)
How Congress Evolves (2003) (19)
Decision-Making at the National Conventions (1960) (19)
Reapportionment in the 1970s (1972) (18)
Political science, scope and theory (1975) (16)
Community Power: Some Reflections on the Recent Literature (1962) (14)
The Era of Big Government Is Over (1998) (14)
Governmental institutions and processes (1975) (12)
Studying Congress through Time: A Comment on Joseph Cooper and David Brady, “Toward a Diachronic Analysis of Congress” (1981) (11)
British government and its discontents (1981) (11)
New Federalist papers : essays in defense of the Constitution (1997) (10)
Political Opposition in the United States (1997) (10)
Jimmy Carter as president : leadership and the politics of the public good (1989) (10)
Empirical Investigation of the Mobilization of Bias in Community Power Research (1979) (10)
Contemporary Transformations of American Politics: Thoughts on the Research Agendas of Political Scientists (1981) (7)
The 1896 Election and Congressional Modernization: An Appraisal of the Evidence (1981) (6)
Power in Middletown: Fact and Value in Community Research (1960) (6)
Political Change and the Character of the Contemporary Congress (1990) (6)
Prospects for pluralism (1985) (5)
Impact of reapportionment on the thirteen Western States (1972) (5)
Constitutional mischief : what's wrong with term limitations (1991) (5)
American Political Institutions after Watergate--A Discussion (1974) (5)
Legitimacy in British Policy-Making: Functional Alternatives to the Civil Service (2001) (4)
Constitutional angst: Does American democracy work? (1996) (4)
Review Article: the British Science of American Politics (1972) (4)
Ideological cohesion in the American two-party system (1996) (4)
Explorations in the Evolution of Congress (1998) (3)
On Parties: Essays Honoring Austin Ranney (1999) (3)
The Impeachment and Trial of President Clinton: A Review (1999) (3)
The Contributions of President Aaron Wildavsky (1985) (3)
13. Herbert McClosky. 1964. “Consensus and Ideology in American Politics.” American Political Science Review 58 (June): 361–82. Cited 345 times (2006) (3)
1972 Congressional Campaign Finances . 10 Volumes. (Washington, D. C.: Common Cause, 1973. Unpaged. $60.00.) (1975) (3)
The modern Presidency (1973) (3)
Policies and policymaking (1975) (3)
Political Science and the Press: Notes On Coverage of a Public Opinion Survey on the Vietnam War (1969) (3)
Holy Cow: Preliminary Reflections on the 2000 Election (2002) (3)
Hawks, doves, and the press (1967) (2)
The Reform of Presidential Selection and Democratic Theory (1983) (2)
British Administrative Reform: The Need for Incentives@@@Policy and Politics in Britain-The Limits of Consensus@@@The Administrative Revolution in Whitehall@@@In Search of the Constitution: Reflections on State and Society in Britain@@@Policy and Practice-The Experience of Government@@@British Gover (1984) (2)
JFK Through Russian Eyes (1975) (2)
Preface by Nelson W. Polsby (1998) (2)
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences: Bilgraphical Supplement , Vol. 18. Edited by Sills David L.. (New York: Free Press, 1979. Pp. xxxvii + 820. $75.00.) (1981) (2)
Reviews: Surveying the Sociology Journals (1972) (2)
Questions of Bias. (Book Reviews: The Brain Bank of America. An Inquiry into the Politics of Science) (1975) (2)
Tracking Changes in the U.S. Senate (1989) (2)
American democracy in world perspective and what to do about it (1988) (1)
The Coming to Power: Critical Elections in American History. Edited by Schlesinger Arthur M. Jr. (New York: Chelsea House in association with McGraw-Hill: 1972. Pp. xxi, 550. $12.50.) (1972) (1)
INSTITUTIONALIZED PLURALISM: ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION INVOLVEMENT IN NATIONAL POLICYMAKING (2006) (1)
Policy and Practice: The Experience of Government, Royal Institute of Public Administration, 1980, 103 pp. £5.50. (1981) (1)
Ideological politics (1980) (1)
The Contributions of President Richard F. Fenno, Jr. (1984) (1)
Modernization of the U.S. Senate (1988) (1)
Political Science: Overview (2001) (1)
Response to Michael K. Briand (1993) (1)
A Critical Introduction (1976) (1)
Politics and Social Life, an Introduction to Political Behaviour (1965) (1)
McAdams: Power and Politics in Labor Legislation (1964) (1)
Political promises: Essays and commentary on American politics (1974) (1)
Introduction: The Judicial Regulation of Political Processes- In Praise of Multiple Criteria (1991) (1)
Dilemmas of Air Traffic Control Operators (1961) (1)
On Intersections between Law and Political Science (1968) (1)
SAP volume 3 Cover and Front matter (1989) (0)
Rejoinder to Newton (1979) (0)
Consequences: Toward a More Responsible Two-Party System? (2005) (0)
Aaron B. Wildavsky 1930–1993 (1994) (0)
Systematic Knowledge and Presidential Selection (2001) (0)
Mr. Republican: A Biography of Robert A. Taft . By James T. Patterson. (Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1972. Pp. xvi, 749. $12.50.) (1973) (0)
The Washington Community 1800–1828 . By Young James Sterling, (New York: Columbia University Press, 1966. Pp. xiv, 307. $7.95.) (1967) (0)
The Theory of Democratic Elitism: A Critique. By Bachrach Peter. (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1967. Pp. xiv, 109.) (1967) (0)
13. Herbert McClosky. 1964. American Political Science Review 58 (June): 361 82. Cited 345 times (2006) (0)
An Apology to Alexander L. George (1977) (0)
American History and the Social Sciences. Edited by Edward N. Saveth. New York: The Free Press of Glencoe, 1964. 599 pp. $9.95 (1965) (0)
Rejoinder to Piers (1975) (0)
LOW COST GROUP INSURANCE AVAILABLE TO APSA MEMBERS (2012) (0)
Aaron B. Wildavsky (1993) (0)
L.B.J. Failed, But did J.F.K.? (1968) (0)
Harold D. Lasswell on Political Sociology.Harold D. Lasswell , Dwaine Marvick (1980) (0)
Peasant at the Creation: Some Highlights of an Eventful Life as if Told by Mr. Acheson (1971) (0)
The Decision-Makers: The Power Structure of Dallas . By Carol Estes Thometz. (Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1963. Pp. xiii, 141. $4.00.) (1964) (0)
Books in review (1998) (0)
100th APSA Annual Meeting Attendees Offer Evaluations and Suggestions (2005) (0)
Nominating Presidential Candidates: Rules and Strategies title page and authors (1983) (0)
Fred I. Greenstein y Nelson W. Polsby (eds.). Strategies of inquiry : handbook of political science, v. 7. Reading, Mass : Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1975. 458 p. (1976) (0)
Annual Report of the Managing Editor, American Political Science Review, 1972–73 (1973) (0)
A Symposium: Is This Any Way to Pick a President? (1989) (0)
PSC volume 7 issue 4 Cover and Front matter (1974) (0)
What's wrong with American political institutions? : personal summary reflections (1991) (0)
Herbert McClosky (2007) (0)
Political Promises: Essays and Commentary on American Politics. (1975) (0)
No quiche, no spinach in curriculum construction (1996) (0)
Book reviews (1969) (0)
Social Science Quotations, Volume 19 of the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. (1992) (0)
Preface by the Editor (2004) (0)
American Presidential Elections: The Last One and the Next One (2002) (0)
U.S. Congressional Directories, 1798–1840 . Edited by Perry M. Goldman and James S. Young. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1973. Pp. 417. $20.00.) (1974) (0)
Report of the Managing Editor, The American Political Science Review, 1970-71 (1971) (0)
Report of the 1986 APSA Nominating Committee (1986) (0)
Does Who Governs Matter? Elite Circulation in Contemporary Societies.Moshe M. CzudnowskiPolitical Elites and Social Change: Studies of Elite Roles and Attitudes.Moshe M. Czudnowski (1985) (0)
Book reviews (1968) (0)
The Resurrection of Publius (1998) (0)
DAVID J. ROTHMAN. Politics and Power: The United States Senate, 1869-1901. Pp. x, 348. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1966. $6.95 (1966) (0)
American governmental institutions : a reader in the political process (1968) (0)
The House in Sam Rayburn’s Time (2005) (0)
Campaign Management in Transition or "The Party's over"@@@The Management of Election Campaigns@@@The New Style in Election Campaigns@@@The Art of Politics: Electoral Strategies in Campaign Management@@@Yorty: Politics of a Constant Candidate@@@Election Campaign Handbook@@@Lyndon Johnson and the Amer (1978) (0)
Interpreting the presidental victory (1966) (0)
Annual review of political science (1998) (0)
Stress Physiology of Man and Other Mammals. (Book Reviews: Introduction to Environmental Physiology. Environmental Extremes and Mammalian Survival) (1967) (0)
Book Review:The Boys of Boise: Furor, Vice and Folly in an American City. John Gerassi (1967) (0)
The Institutionalization of the U.S. House of Representatives (1968) (0)
Annual Report of the Managing Editor, American Political Science Review 1973–1974 (1974) (0)
SAP volume 2 Cover and Front matter (1987) (0)
The American election of 1988 : outcome, process and aftermath (1989) (0)
17. Nelson W. Polsby. 1968. American Political Science Review 62 (March): 144 68. Cited 287 times (2006) (0)
Declaration of Nelson W. Polsby in Badham v. Eu (1985) (0)
How to Spin the 2002 Election (2003) (0)
A Yank at the Court of King Hugh (1979) (0)
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution . 4 vol. Edited by Leonard W. Levy and Kenneth L. Karst with Dennis J. Mahoney (New York: Macmillan, 1986. 2,196p. $320.00). (1988) (0)
Feedbackfrom our readers (1969) (0)
Mayor Daley and the Bishop (1980) (0)
Report of the Managing Editor, The American Political Science Review, 1971–1972 (1972) (0)
Postwar Science Policy:: Three Innovations (1984) (0)
Book reviews (1969) (0)
Foreign Policy and Congressional Activity or, Can Congress Survive the Solicitude of Its Friends? (1963) (0)
Kennedy Justice. By Navasky Victor S. (N.Y.: Atheneum, 1971. Pp. xx, 482. $10.00.) (1972) (0)
Community Power and Political Theory: A Further Look at Problems of Evidence and Inference, Second, Enlarged Edition. (1980) (0)
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Book Review:Reflections on Community Studies. Arthur J. Vidich, Joseph Bensman, Maurice Stein (1965) (0)
What To Do with What We Know: Knowledge and Power . Essays on Science and Government. Sanford A. Lakoff, Ed. Free Press, New York, 1966. 512 pp. $9.95. (1967) (0)
Questions of Bias: The Brain Bank of America . An Inquiry into the Politics of Science. Phillip M. Boffey. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1975. xxiv, 312 pp. $10.95. (1975) (0)
Foreign Policy Innovation (1984) (0)
Our Quadrennial Drama (2016) (0)
A Note on the President's Modest Proposal (1966) (0)
A Life Examined? (1996) (0)
The American election of 1988 (2010) (0)
The evolution of an American establishment : Congress, the president, and the contemporary foreign policy community (1996) (0)
Such, such were the masters (1971) (0)
Overview: How Congress Evolves (2005) (0)
Book reviews (1969) (0)
James W. Fesler (1981) (0)
Report of the Managing Editor of the American Political Science Review, 1975–1976 (1976) (0)
DON'T BLAME TWEEDLEDUM (1984) (0)
Book reviews (1969) (0)
Political scientists on the political process (1973) (0)
Austin Ranney (2006) (0)
Causes of Liberalization (2005) (0)
The president in the legislative Arena, by Jon R. Bond and Richard Fleisher. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1990, 259 pp. Price: $47.00 cloth, $16.95 paper (1991) (0)
Does Congress Work (1993) (0)

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