American Grand Strategy and the Rise of Offensive Realism
Ionut Popescu outlines the principles of a new American grand strategy grounded in an offensive realist theoretical framework. He argues that offensive realism is better suited to the new era of geopolitical competition with China and Russia.

Beyond Likely Voters: An Event Analysis of Conservative Political Outreach
Angie M. Bautista-Chavez and Sarah E. James look at the constituency-building strategies of three politically conservative organizations designed to reach veterans, millennials, and Latinos. They show how these organizations vary their outreach tactics to align the target audience with the political right.

Hazy Accountability in a Federal System: The Role of Air Quality in Gubernatorial Performance Evaluation
Bradford H. Bishop and Jason A. Kalmbach discuss whether citizens hold state governors accountable for local air quality. They argue that their findings suggest that the public holds the president accountable for air quality, but not the governor.

A Prologue to Manifest Destiny: Why Britain Allowed the United States’ Unchallenged Rise in North America, 1836–1848
Dong Jung Kim analyzes why Britain did not respond militarily to the United States’ massive territorial expansion during the period of 1836–1848. Building on leading theories of great power politics, he argues that three considerations constrain a leading power’s military behavior against a rising power.

Political Groups, Coordination Costs, and Credible Communication in the Shadow of Power
BRANDON K. YODER, KURT TAYLOR GAUBATZ and Rachel A. Schutte argue that when political actors adopt public discourse that misrepresents their preferences, they risk hindering the effectiveness of private discussion required for them to meet their goals.

The Government-Citizen Disconnect, Suzanne Mettler
Reviewed by Christopher Wlezien

Prius or Pickup? How the Answers to Four Simple Questions Explain America’s Great Divide, Marc Hetherington and Jonathan Weiler
Reviewed by Christopher M. Federico

Southern Nation: Congress and White Supremacy after Reconstruction, David Bateman, Ira Katznelson and John S. Lapinski
Reviewed by Paul E. Herron

Why Journalism Still Matters, Michael Schudson
Reviewed by Benjamin Toff

Grand Improvisations: America Confronts the British Superpower, 1945–1957, Derek Leebaert
Reviewed by Richard Immerman

Russia’s Military Revival, Bettina Renz
Reviewed by Matthew J. Schmidt

Responsible Parties: Saving Democracy from Itself, Frances McCall Rosenbluth and Ian Shapiro
Reviewed by Jacob R. Neiheisel

Handcuffs and Chain Link: Criminalizing the Undocumented in America, Benjamin Gonzalez O’Brien
Reviewed by R. Andrés Guzmán

Welcoming New Americans? Local Governments and Immigrant Incorporation, Abigail Fisher Williamson
Reviewed by George Hawley

Political Corruption and Scandals in Japan, Matthew M. Carlson and Steven R. Reed
Reviewed by Saadia M. Pekkanen

Enchanted America: How Intuition and Reason Divide Our Politics, J. Eric Oliver and Thomas J. Wood
Reviewed by Adam M. Enders

Migrants and Political Change in Latin America, Luis F. Jiménez
Reviewed by Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz

Religious Statecraft: The Politics of Islam in Iran, Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar
Reviewed by Günes Murat Tezcür

Dynasties and Democracy: The Inherited Incumbency Advantage in Japan, Daniel M. Smith
Reviewed by Carlos Velasco Rivera

Blaming China: It Might Feel Good But It Won’t Fix America’s Economy, Benjamin Shobert
Reviewed by Ka Zeng

Campaign Finance Complexity: Before Campaigning Retain an Attorney, Mary Jo McGowan Shepherd
Reviewed by David L. Wiltse

Child Labor in America: The Epic Legal Struggle to Protect Children, John A. Fliter
Reviewed by Elisabeth Anderson

Empire of the People: Settler Colonialism and the Foundations of Modern Democratic Thought, Adam Dahl
Reviewed by Michael Gorup

Our Frontier Is the World: The Boy Scouts in the Age of American Ascendancy, Mischa Honeck
Reviewed by Michael Rosenthal

From Politics to the Pews: How Partisanship and the Political Environment Shape Religious Identity, Michele F. Margolis
Reviewed by Matthew D. Luttig

Standoff: How America Became Ungovernable, Bill Schneider
Reviewed by Kristen Coopie

We Decide! Theories and Cases in Participatory Democracy, Michael Menser
Reviewed by Hollie Russon Gilman

Indecision in American Legislatures, Jeffrey J. Harden and Justin H. Kirkland
Reviewed by Adam Cayton

California Greenin’: How the Golden State Became an Environmental Leader, David Vogel
Reviewed by Leah C. Stokes

People Must Live by Work: Direct Job Creation in America, from FDR to Reagan, Steven Attewell
Reviewed by Stephen Pimpare