A couple years ago, Steve Smith and I were idly discussing the origins of committee exclusivity, which we were pretty sure was an invention of the LRA. Investigating that question turned into a project and real story that spanned over a century and archives across the country

#OpenAccess from Studies in American Political Development (SAPD) - The Making and Unmaking of Progress: A Two-State Comparison of Organized Educators, Politics, and Fiscal Policy-Reform, 1880s - 1920s - cup.org/4i67psM - Joan Malczewski (University of California) & Nancy Beadie (UW College of Arts & Sciences) #FirstView

#OpenAccess from Studies in American Political Development (SAPD) - Washington Representative Careers and the Institutionalization of the Civil Rights Movement - cup.org/43PtCb7 - Shamira Gelbman #FirstView

#OpenAccess from Studies in American Political Development (SAPD) - The Climate Crisis and the American Road - cup.org/4jPyGkt - Katherine M. Johnson (University of Northern Colorado) #FirstView

New at SAPD! John Dearborn on the origins of the unitary executive theory during the Reagan Administration

#OpenAccess from Studies in American Political Development (SAPD) - Redrawing Democracy: Quantifying House District Continuity and Change, 1789–2024 - cup.org/3YMhxQG - Ursula Hackett #FirstView

#OpenAccess from Studies in American Political Development (SAPD) - Divine Intervention: Catholicism, Abortion, and the Construction of Health Care in the United States and Canada - cup.org/3SCLM8X - Angela Elissa Kothe (Cornell University) #FirstView

The articles in the latest issue of Studies in American Political Development (SAPD) are published #OpenAccess - Studies in American Political Development - Volume 39 - Issue 1 - cup.org/437MJLw

Thanks to Donald Moynihan for the opportunity to write this piece (drawing on my recent Studies in American Political Development (SAPD) article) about the connection between conflicts over affirmative action and the unitary executive theory in the Reagan administration. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-reagan-e…

Link to the open access article from Studies in American Political Development (SAPD): cambridge.org/core/journals/…

NEWS - From the 1st of July 2025 all articles accepted for publication in Studies in American Political Development (Studies in American Political Development (SAPD)) will be #OpenAccess; published with a Creative Commons licence and freely available to read online. Find out more - cup.org/4lyt92v

NEWS - From the 1st of July 2025 all articles accepted for publication in Studies in American Political Development (Studies in American Political Development (SAPD)) will be #OpenAccess; published with a Creative Commons licence and freely available to read online. Find out more - cup.org/4lyt92v

#OpenAccess from Studies in American Political Development (SAPD) - Redrawing the South: County Creation as a Partisan Tool during Reconstruction - cup.org/4maPiUJ - Michael Greenberger (University of Denver) #FirstView

#OpenAccess from Studies in American Political Development (SAPD) - Intensity, Geography, and Time: Three Controversies Indexed by Major Repeal Drives - cup.org/40GIqWZ - David Mayhew & Ethan Yan (both Yale University) #FirstView

Suddenly thinking about quorum requirements in state legislatures? Here's a useful piece on the history of quorum politics: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

As is often the case, contemporary American politics is illuminated by its development.

New at #firstview with open access, David Mayhew David Mayhew and Ethan Yan!

Probably relevant for today's democracy battles over gerrymandering (see Texas). Michael Greenberger, new in SAPD at first view and with open access

New in Firstview and with open access! Sarah Anzia and Jessica Trounstine "The Growth of Public-Sector Unions in Early Twentieth-Century America"

#OpenAccess from Studies in American Political Development (SAPD) - Air Pollution Control in New Jersey and Ohio: Institutional Legacies and State Building, 1954–1970 - cup.org/41JQ2Zg - Ann-Marie Szymanski (University of Oklahoma) #FirstView