UVA Press Books on Democracy and Threats to It
A list of books compiled for the Association of University Presses
- The Peaceful Transfer of Power: An Oral History of America’s Presidential Transitions by David Marchick and Alexander Tippett with A. J. Wilson
- Watchdogs: Inspectors General and the Battle for Honest and Accountable Government by Glenn A. Fine
- Year Zero: The Five-Year Presidency by Christopher P. Liddell
- Constitutional Powers and Politics: How Citizens Think about Authority and Institutional Change by Eileen Braman
- Fighting Political Gridlock: How States Shape Our Nation and Our Lives by David J. Toscano
- The Elections of 2020 edited by Michael Nelson
- Forthcoming: The Elections of 2024 edited by Michael Nelson
- The Poisoning of the American Mind edited by Lawrence M. Eppard, Jacob L. Mackey, and Lee Jussim (Distributed for George Mason University Press)
- The Silent Prologue: How Judicial Philosophies Shape Our Constitutional Rights by Ofer Raban (Distributed for George Mason University Press)
- The Trials of Rasmea Odeh: How a Palestinian Guerrilla Gained and Lost U.S. Citizenship by Steven Lubet (Distributed for George Mason University Press)
Be sure also to check out two of our series that relate directly to these issues:
Miller Center Studies on the Presidency
Advancing innovative scholarship on the American presidency, this series seeks to ask timeless and novel questions about the institution and its role in a constitutional democracy, to re-invigorate its study across disciplines, and to publish its findings through novel vehicles and formats. Through a capacious approach to the field, it seeks to highlight the relevance of historical developments to current affairs and to explore the evolution of the office over time.
Constitutionalism and Democracy
This series publishes outstanding titles on constitutional politics, legal culture, and the historical relationship between democratic government and the social and economic forces that shape it. The editors seek manuscripts on constitutional development and legal history as well as both qualitative and quantitative analyses of judicial politics. At the same time, they aim to encompass a broader set of topics, including comparative law and courts, new institutionalism, and the theory of democratic principles and legal institutions.








