i study american politics - especially what happens when citizens who've been disenfranchised acquire and exercise political power.
this page covers my current research and work in progress - see below for links to articles
SURVEYING & RACE
my new book - here's a synopsis - draws on american history, contemporary opinion surveys and democratic theory to explain how political surveying became "privatized" and segregationist.
it argues that american public opinion must now be considered interracial public opinion
if all goes well, look for
interracial opinion in a divided democracy
on the university of chicago's 2005 list.
check back here
for book-related links to
- data files for WPA analysis
- analysis files for WPA tables
- data files for pooled NES
- analysis files for NES tables
- links to "Negro Digest" images
links to
Sanders, Lynn M. 1997. "Against Deliberation." Political Theory, v25 n3 pp 347-377. (link is through JSTOR)
Sanders, Lynn M. 1999. "Democratic Politics and Survey Research." Philosophy of the Social Sciences. v29 i2 pp 248-280. (pdf)
RACIAL INJURY & DIALOGUE
the "reparations dialogue project" is in its earliest stages
in collaboration with other scholars - faculty and students - we will be asking
- what might move white americans to see and be sorry for the past?
- will slavery ever be forgiven?
MENTAL HEALTH & POLITICS
as a robert wood johnson foundation scholar in health policy research from 1998-2000, i began investigating links between politics and mental health.
my book-in-progress is tentatively titled
mad citizens & enlightened witnesses
i'm studying the relationships between state actors, advocacy groups, citizens (both "mad" and "not") and therapists.
here's a march 2004 blurb about some of this work
