Mark J. Rozell
Professor of Public Policy
School of Public Policy
George Mason University
3401 North Fairfax Drive
Arlington, Virginia 22201

Web : http://mason.gmu.edu/~mrozell
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS


 

Executive Privilege

BOOKS:

Executive Privilege: Presidential Power, Secrecy and Accountability. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas (revised 2nd edition), 2002.

Executive Privilege: The Dilemma of Secrecy and Democratic Accountability. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994.

LAW REVIEWS

“Executive Privilege and the Bush Presidency”, Journal of Law and Politics, forthcoming (with Mitchel A. Sollenberger).

"Executive Privilege Revived? Secrecy in the Bush Presidency", Duke Law Journal, Vol. 52, No. 2 (November 2002), pp. 403-421.

"Restoring Balance to the Debate Over Executive Privilege", The William and Mary Bill of Rights Law Journal, Vol. 8, No. 3 (April 2000), pp. 541-582.

"Executive Privilege and the Modern Presidents: In Nixon's Shadow", Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 83, No. 5 (May 1999), pp. 1069-1126.

CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY

U.S. Congress, House Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations. Hearing: "H.R. 4187, The Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2002". April 24, 2002, 2154 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Congress, House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Hearing: "Withholding Information from Congress". February 6, 2002, 2157 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Congress, House Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations. Hearing: "The Implementation of the Presidential Records Act of 1978". November 6, 2001, 2154 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.

ARTICLES/BOOK CHAPTERS

“Executive Privilege and the Bush Legacy”, American Review of Politics, forthcoming (with Mitchel A. Sollenberger).

“Executive Privilege and the U.S. Attorneys Firings”, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 38, No. 2 (June 2008), pp. 315-328 (with Mitchel A. Sollenberger).

“Pro: Executive Privilege is Necessary to a Strong Presidency”, in Richard Ellis and Michael Nelson, eds., The Presidency Debated. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2006, pp. 127-132. 

“Executive Privilege in an Era of Polarized Politics”, in Chris S. Kelly, ed., Executing the Constitution: Putting the Presidency Back Into the Constitution. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006, pp. 91-108.

“Executive Privilege”, in Harry Jeffrey and Thomas Maxwell-Long, eds., Watergate and the Resignation of Richard Nixon: Impact of a Constitutional Crisis. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2005, pp. 63-76.

“Executive Privilege in the Bush Presidency”, in G. Gregg and M. Rozell, eds., Considering the Bush Presidency. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 125-140.

"The Clinton Legacy: An Old (or New) Understanding of Executive Privilege?", in David Gray Adler and Michael Genovese, eds. The Presidency & the Law: The Clinton Legacy. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2002, pp. 58-74.

"Executive Privilege from Washington to Clinton", in Philip Henderson ed., The Presidency: Then and Now. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000, pp. 31-45. 

"Executive Privilege in the Clinton Scandal", in M. Rozell and C. Wilcox, eds., The Clinton Scandal and the Future of American Government. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2000, pp. 81-99.

"George Washington and the Origins of Executive Privilege", in M. Rozell, W. Pederson, and F. Williams, eds., George Washington and the Origins of the American Presidency. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2000, pp. 145-154.

"Executive Privilege: Definition and Standards of Application", Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 4 (December 1999), pp. 568-580.

"Something to Hide: Executive Privilege in the Clinton Scandal", PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 32, No. 3, (September 1999), pp. 550-553.

"Executive Privilege in the Lewinsky Scandal: Giving a Good Doctrine a Bad Name," Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Fall 1998), pp. 816-820.

"Raoul Berger on Executive Privilege," Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Summer 1998), pp. 687-692 (with Louis Fisher).

"Executive Privilege in the Ford Administration: Prudence in the Exercise of Presidential Power," Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 2 (Spring 1998), pp. 286-298.

"Executive Privilege in the Reagan Administration: The Battle for Information Control," Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 4 (Fall 1997), pp. 760-772. Reprinted in E. Schmertz, N. Datlof and A. Ugrinsky, eds., Ronald Reagan's America. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997, pp. 431-445. 

"Executive Privilege in the Carter Administration: The 'Open' Presidency and Secrecy Policy," Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Spring 1997), pp. 272-283.

"President Nixon's Conception of Executive Privilege: Defining the Scope and Limits of Executive Branch Secrecy," Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Spring 1992), pp. 323-335. Reprinted in W. Levantrosser and L. Friedman, eds., Watergate and Afterward: The Legacy of Richard M. Nixon. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992, pp. 163-176.

"Executive Privilege: A Bibliographic Essay," Journal of Law and Politics, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Winter 1988), pp. 639-651.


Religion and Politics/Interest Groups

BOOKS

Catholics and Politics: The Dynamic Tension Between Faith and Power. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2008, edited volume (with Kristin Heyer and Michael Genovese).

Religion and the Presidency. New York: Palgrave/MacMillan Press, 2007, edited volume (with Gleaves Whitney).

Religion and the Bush Presidency. New York: Palgrave/MacMillan Press, 2007, edited volume (with Gleaves Whitney).

The Values Vote?: The Christian Right and the 2004 Elections. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2006, edited volume (with John C. Green and Clyde Wilcox).

Interest Groups in American Campaigns: The New Face of Electioneering. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2006, revised 2d edition (with Clyde Wilcox and David Madland).

The Christian Right in American Politics: Marching to the Millennium. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2003, edited volume (with John C. Green and Clyde Wilcox).

Prayers in the Precincts: The Christian Right in the 1998 Elections. Washington, D.C: Georgetown University Press, 2000, edited volume (with John C. Green and Clyde Wilcox).

Interest Groups in American Campaigns: The New Face of Electioneering. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1999 (with Clyde Wilcox).

God at the Grass Roots, 1996: The Christian Right in American Elections. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1997, edited volume (with Clyde Wilcox).

Second Coming: The New Christian Right in Virginia Politics. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996 (with Clyde Wilcox).

God at the Grass Roots: The Christian Right in the 1994 Elections. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1995, edited volume (with Clyde Wilcox).

ARTICLES/BOOK CHAPTERS

“Religion and the American Presidency”, in L. Kellstedt and C. Smidt, eds., The Oxford Encyclopedia on Religion and Politics. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008, forthcoming (with Harold Bass).

“The Christian Right in American Politics”, in D. Johnson, ed., The Routledge Handbook of Political Management. London: Routledge Press, 2008, forthcoming.  

“Faith and Finances: Religion and Giving”, in A. Cooper, J. Green, M. Munger, M. Rozell, and C. Wilcox, eds., The Changing Presidential Donor. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2008, forthcoming (with J. Green, C. Larsen, and C. Wilcox).

“The Political Mobilization of the Christian Right in the U.S.”, in Jurgen Gebhardt and David Martin, eds., Religious Cultures: Communities of Belief. Munich, Germany: Bavarian-American Academy, 2008, forthcoming.

“Political Marriage of Convenience?: The Evolution of the Conservative Catholic-Evangelical Alliance in the Republican Party”, in K. Heyer, M. Rozell and M. Genovese, eds., Catholics and Politics. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2008, forthcoming.

“Introduction: Catholics and Politics”, in ibid (with Kristin Heyer).

“Introduction: Religion and the Presidency in Historical Perspective”, in M. Rozell and G. Whitney, eds., Religion and the American Presidency. New York: Palgrave/MacMillan Press, 2007, pp, 1-8 (with Gleaves Whitney).

“Introduction: Religion and the Bush Presidency”, in M. Rozell and G. Whitney, eds., Religion and the Bush Presidency. New York: Palgrave/MacMillan Press, 2007, pp. 1-10.

“Bush and the Christian Right: The Triumph of Pragmatism”, in ibid, pp. 11-28.

 “A Values Campaign?: Moral Issues in the 2004 Elections”, in J. Green, M. Rozell ,and C. Wilcox, eds., The Values Vote?: The Christian Right and the 2004 Elections. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2006 (with Debasree Das Gupta), pp. 11-21.

“The March Continues: The Christian Right in the 2004 Elections”, in ibid (with John C. Green and Clyde Wilcox), pp. 3-10. 

“The Christian Right in Virginia”, in Glenn Feldman, ed., Politics and Religion in the White South. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2005 (with Clyde Wilcox), pp. 255-270.

“Interest Groups and Advocacy Organizations After BCRA”, in Michael Malbin, ed.,  The Election After Reform: Money, Politics and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006 (with R. Boatright, M. Malbin, and C. Wilcox), pp. 112-139.

"Interest Groups in the 2000 Congressional Campaigns", in Paul Herrnson, Ron Shaiko, and Clyde Wilcox, eds., The Interest Group Connection, 2d ed. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly, 2005, pp. 75-88 (with Richard J. Semiatin).

Virginia: The Birthplace of the Christian Right”, in J. Green, M. Rozell and C. Wilcox, eds., The Christian Right in American Politics: Marching to the Millennium. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2003, pp. 41-58 (with Clyde Wilcox).

“The Christian Right’s Long Political March”, in ibid, pp. 1-20 (with John C. Green and Clyde Wilcox).

“The Meaning of the March”, in ibid, pp. 277-281 (with Clyde Wilcox and John C. Green).   

"The Christian Right in the 2000 GOP Presidential Campaign", in Mary C. Seegers, ed., Piety, Politics, and Pluralism. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002, pp. 57-74.

"Michael Farris: Baptist Social Movement Organizer", in Jo Renee Formicola and Hubert Morken, eds., Religious Leaders and Faith Based Politics. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2001, pp. 141-158.

"Social Movements and Party Politics: The Case of the Christian Right", Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 40, No. 3 (September 2001), pp. 413-426 (with John C. Green and Clyde Wilcox).

"Uneasy Alliance: Conservative Catholics and the Christian Right", Sociology of Religion, Vol. 62, No. 1 (Spring 20001), pp. 45-58 (with Mary Bendyna, John C. Green and Clyde Wilcox).

"Catholics and the Christian Right: A View from Four States", Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 39, No. 3 (September 2000), pp. 321-332 (with Mary Bendyna, John C. Green, and Clyde Wilcox).

"Helping Women to Run and Win: Interest Groups, Candidate Training, and Recruitment", Women & Politics, Vol. 21, No. 3 (2000), pp. 101-116.

"The Press v. the Pulpit: State and Local Coverage of the Religious Factor in Politics", in Mark Silk, ed. Religion and the Media. Hartford, CT: Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life, 2000.

"Virginia: Prophet in Waiting?" in J. Green, M. Rozell, and C. Wilcox, eds., Prayers in the Precincts: The Christian Right in the 1998 Elections. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2000 (with Clyde Wilcox), pp. 77-92.

"Conclusion: The Christian Right in Campaign '98", in ibid (with Clyde Wilcox), pp. 287-298.

"WISH LIST: Pro-Choice Women in the GOP Congress", in R. Biersack, P. Hennson, and C. Wilcox, eds., After the Revolution: PACs, Lobbies, and the Republican Congress. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1999, pp. 184-191.

"Religious Constituencies and Support for the Christian Right in the 1990s," Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 79, No. 4 (December 1998), pp. 815-827 (with John C. Green and Clyde Wilcox).

"A GOP Gender Gap? Motivations, Policy, and Candidate Choice," Women & Politics, Vol. 19, No. 1 (1998), pp. 91-106 (with Clyde Wilcox).

"Pragmatism and Its Discontents: The Evolution of the Christian Right in the United States", in Madeleine Cousineau, ed., Religion in a Changing World: Comparative Studies in Sociology. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998, pp. 193-202 (with Clyde Wilcox).

"Growing Up Politically: The New Politics of the New Christian Right," in Corwin E. Smidt and James M. Penning, eds., Sojourners in the Wilderness: The Christian Right in Comparative Perspective. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1997, pp. 235-248.

"Virginia: When the Music Stops, Choose Your Faction," in M. Rozell and C. Wilcox, eds., God at the Grass Roots, 1996: The Christian Right in American Elections. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1997, pp. 99-114 (with Clyde Wilcox).

"Conclusion: The Christian Right in Campaign '96," in ibid (with Clyde Wilcox), pp. 255-269.

"Second Coming: The Strategies of the New Christian Right," Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 111, No. 2 (Summer 1996), pp. 42-65 (with Clyde Wilcox).

"Religious Coalitions in the New Christian Right," Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 77, No. 3 (September 1996), pp. 543-558 (with Clyde Wilcox).

"Joining the Mainstream: The New Christian Right in Virginia," Spectrum: The Journal of State Government, Vol. 69, No. 1 (Winter 1996), pp. 26-32 (with Clyde Wilcox).

"The Christian Right in the Old Dominion: Resurgent Republicans or Holy War?" PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 28, No. I (March 1995), pp. 15-18 (with Clyde Wilcox and J. Bradford Coker).

"Virginia: God, Guns, and Oliver North" in M. Rozell and C. Wilcox, eds., God at the Grass Roots: The Christian Right in the 1994 Elections. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1995, pp. 109-131 (with Clyde Wilcox).

"The Past as Prologue: The Christian Right in the 1994 Elections", in Ibid, pp. 253-263 (with Clyde Wilcox).  


The Presidency

BOOKS

Power and Prudence: The Presidency of George H.W. Bush. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2004 (with Ryan Barilleaux).

Considering the Bush Presidency. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2004, edited volume (with Gary L. Gregg II).  

The Clinton Scandal and the Future of American Government. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2000, edited volume (with Clyde Wilcox).

George Washington: Foundation of Presidential Leadership and Character. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2001, edited volume (with Ethan Fishman and William D. Pederson).

George Washington and the Origins of the American Presidency. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2000, edited volume (with William D. Pederson and Frank Williams).

FDR and the Modern Presidency: Leadership and Legacy. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1997, edited volume (with William D. Pederson).

ARTICLES/BOOK CHAPTERS

“Lincoln and the Prerogative Presidency”, in Karl Deutche and Joseph Fornieri, eds., Abraham Lincoln’s American Dream. Dulles, VA: Brassey’s Press, pp. 304-310 (with Jeffrey Crouch). 

"Finding His Voice: Bush’s Pre and Post-9/11 Rhetoric", in Lori Cox Hahn and Diane Heath, eds., In the Public Domain: Presidents and the Challenge of Public Leadership. Albany: SUNY Press, 2005, pp. 207-226 (with Jeremy Mayer).

“Reagan and the Courts”, in Paul Kengor and Peter Schweizer, eds., The Reagan Presidency: Assessing the Man and His Legacy. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005, pp. 93-114 (with Mitch Sollenberger and Jack Rossotti).

“Filling in the Blanks: George Washington and the Origins of Presidential Power”, in Gary Gregg II, ed., Thinking About the Presidency. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005, pp. 41-53.

"Bush, Thatcher, and Managing the End of the Cold War", in Alexej Ugrinsky, ed., The Thatcher Legacy. London: Politicos Press, 2004, pp. 141-156 (with Ryan Barrilleaux).

"The Bush Presidency: Transition to Crisis Leadership", Act Politica, Vol. 37 (Fall 2002), pp. 243-261 (with Jeremy Mayer and Clyde Wilcox).

"The Two Sides of the Clinton Legacy", in M. Rozell and J. White, eds., Contemporary Readings in American Government. New York: Prentice-Hall, 2002, 326-336.

"The Press and the Presidency: Then and Now", in The Presidency: Then and Now. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000 (with Graham Dodds), pp. 139-160.

"Introduction: The Politics of Scandal", in M. Rozell and C. Wilcox, The Clinton Scandal and the Future of American Government. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2000 (with Clyde Wilcox).

"George Washington and the Origins of Presidential Power", in Gary Gregg and Matthew Spalding, eds., Patriot Sage: George Washington and the American Political Tradition. Wilmington, DE: Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2000.

"Introduction: Washington and the Origins of the Presidency", in M. Rozell, W. Pederson, and F. Williams, eds., George Washington and the Origins of the American Presidency. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2000 (with W. Pederson and F. Williams).

"The Clinton Scandal in Retrospect", PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 22, No. 3 (September 1999), pp. 538-540 (with Clyde Wilcox).

"In Reagan's Shadow: Bush's Anti-Rhetorical Presidency," Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. I (Winter 1998), pp. 128-139. Reprinted as "The Bush Presidency and the Media", in Leslie Feldman and Rosanna Perotti, eds., Honor and Loyalty: Inside the Politics of the Bush White House. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003.

"FDR and the Prerogative Presidency," in M. Rozell and W. Pederson, eds., FDR and the Modem Presidency: Leadership and Legacy. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1997, pp. 133-146.

"Introduction: The Roosevelt Legacy," in Ibid (with William D. Pederson), pp. 1-9.

"Chief Executive," in Michael Nelson, ed., Congressional Quarterly Guide to the Presidency, 2d ed. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1996, pp. 467-550 (with W. Craig Bledsoe and Christopher J. Bosso). Reprinted in Congressional Quarterly, The Powers of the Presidency. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1997, pp. 1-84. Revised for 3rd edition, 2003.

"Presidential Image-Makers on the Limits of Spin Control," Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. I (Winter 1995), pp. 67-90.

"Executive Prerogative, Abraham Lincoln, and American Constitutionalism," in Frank J. Williams and William D. Pederson, eds., Abraham Lincoln, Contemporary: An American Legacy. Campbell, Ca.: Savas/Woodbury Pub., 1995, pp. 135-156.

"President Ford's Pardon of Richard M. Nixon: Constitutional and Political Considerations," Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. I (Winter 1994), pp. 121-137.

"Carter Rehabilitated: What Caused the 39th President's Press Transformation?," Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Spring 1993), pp. 317-330. Reprinted in H. Rosenbaum and A. Ugrinsky, eds., Jimmy Carter: His Foreign Policy and Post Presidential Years. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.

"The Limits of White House Image Control," Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 108, No. 3 (Fall 1993), pp. 453-480.

"In Defense of President Ford's Pardon of Richard M. Nixon," in Bernard Firestone and Alexej Ugrinsky, eds., Gerald Ford and the Politics of Post-Watergate America. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993, pp. 39-5 1.

"President Carter and the Press: Perspectives from White House Communications Advisers," Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 105, No. 3 (Fall 1990), pp. 419-434.

"The Presidential Pardoning Power: A Bibliographic Essay," Journal of Law and Politics, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Winter 1989), pp. 459-467.


Media and Politics

BOOKS

Media Power, Media Politics. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008 (edited volume), revised second edition (with Jeremy Mayer).

Media Power, Media Politics. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003 (edited volume).

In Contempt of Congress: Postwar Press Coverage on Capitol Hill. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1996.

The Press and the Bush Presidency. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1996.

The Press and the Ford Presidency. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1992.

The Press and the Carter Presidency. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1989.

ARTICLES/BOOK CHAPTERS

“Congress and the News Media”, in J. Mayer and M. Rozell, eds., Media Power, Media Politics, 2d ed. Lanham. MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008 (with Richard J. Semiatin).

“Evolutia lui George Bush ca Orator”, Jurnalism & Comunicare (Romania), Vol. 2, No. 4 (Fall 2003), pp. 40-43.

"Congress and the Media", in M. Rozell, ed., Media Power, Media Politics. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003, pp. 25-44.

"The Press and Congress", Perspectives on Political Science (Spring 2000).

"When Women Lose: A Study of Press Coverage of two Gubernatorial Campaigns", Women & Politics, Vol. 20, No. 4 (1999), pp. 1-21 (with John David Rausch and Harry Wilson).

"The Press and the Presidency," in Roger Davidson and James Pfiffner, eds., Understanding the Presidency. New York: Longman, 1997, pp. 88-99. Revised and updated for second edition (2000), pp. 109-119 and third edition (2006), pp. 161-172.

"Press Coverage of Virginia's 1993 Gubernatorial Campaign," State and Local Government Review, Vol. 28, No. I (Winter 1996), pp. 28-37 (with Harry Wilson).

"The Virginia Capitol Press Corps: Home Grown Liberals," Spectrum: The Journal of State Government, Vol. 67, No. I (Winter 1994), pp. 42-50. Reprinted in Thad Beyle, ed., State Government: 1995-1996, Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1995, pp. 79-81.

"Press Coverage of Congress: 1946-1992," in Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein, eds., Congress, the Press, and the Public. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution/American Enterprise Institute, 1994, pp. 59-129.

"Issues in Media Coverage of the War," in Marcia Lynn Whicker, Raymond A. Moore, and James P. Pfiffner, eds., The Presidency and the Persian Gulf War. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993, pp. 153-175.

"Local v. National Press Assessments of Virginia's 1989 Gubernatorial Campaign," Polity, Vol. 24, No. I (Fall 1991), pp. 69-89.


State and Southern Politics

The New Politics of the Old South: An Introduction to Southern Politics. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, edited volume (with Charles S. Bullock III). Third edition revised, 2006 (second edition revised 2002; originally published 1998).

"Virginia: The New Politics of the Old Dominion," in C. Bullock and M. Rozell, eds., The New Politics of the Old South. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1998, pp. 123-140. Revised, updated version in second and third editions.

"Southern Politics at Century's End", in ibid (with Charles S. Bullock 111), pp. 3-21. Revised and updated for second and third editions.

"Virginia: The Politics of Concealed Weapons," in John Bruce and Clyde Wilcox, eds., The Changing Politics of Gun Control. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1998, pp. 125-138 (with Harry Wilson).


Conservatism

“The Republican Party, 1968-2008”, in M. kazin, ed., The Princeton Encyclopedia of U.S Political History. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, forthcoming (with Kyle Barbieri). 

"George F. Will and Contemporary American Conservatism," Modern Age, Vol. 35, No. 1 (Fall 1992), pp. 51-60.

American Conservative Opinion Leaders, Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1990, edited volume (with James Pontuso).

"Norman Podhoretz's Polemical Commentaries," in ibid., pp. 119-134.

"Jeane Kirkpatrick's Public Philosophy and Rhetoric," Ibid., pp. 135-152.

"George F. Will's 'Tory' Conservatism," Ibid., pp. 13-28.

"Civic Virtue and the Gods: Plato's 'Apology of Socrates' and Nietzsche's 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra,"' Modern Age, Vol. 31, No. 3-4 (Summer/Fall 1987), pp. 252-260 (with J. Pontuso).


Other Publications

Contemporary Readings in American Government. New York: Prentice-Hall, 2002, edited volume (with John Kenneth White).

Invited book reviews appearing in American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, Social Science Quarterly, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Congress and the Presidency, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Perspectives on Political Science, among others.

Op-ed essays appearing in Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor,  USA Today, Houston Post, Baltimore Sun, Atlanta Journal & Constitution, Legal Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, The Politico, among others.

Instructor's Guide to American Government: Origins, Institutions, and Public Policy. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984.

"Michael Farris" and "The Christian Right in Virginia", in Encyclopedia of Religion and Politics (2003).

"William Jefferson Clinton," Encyclopedia Americana, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,1998, 1999, 2000. "George W. Bush", in ibid (2001, 2002).

"Conservatism," The Encyclopedia of Women in American Politics, 2000.


International Conferences and Presentations

“Immigration, Integration and the Political Process: Presented at the Deutsche Gesellschaft (Intercultural Summer School), August 18, 2008, Berlin, Germany.

“The Race for the Presidency: Candidates, Platforms, and Voters” and “The Role of the Media in American Politics”. Presented at the Wittenberg Summer School Program on “The 2008 U.S. Elections” (program faculty). Martin Luther University, August 10-16, 2008, Wittenberg, Germany.

Invited participant, interfaith and intercultural program sponsored by Rumi Forum, May 15-23, 2008, Istanbul, Izmir, Efesus, Sanliurfa, Kayseri, and Cappedoccia, Turkey.

“The Role of Religion in the Public Arena in the U.S.” Presented at the Islamic Research Center (ISAM), May 12, 2008, Istanbul, Turkey.

“Separation of Religion and State in the U.S”. Presented to students and faculty of the International Relations Department, Fatih University, May 12, 2008, Istanbul, Turkey.

“The Religious Right and Contemporary Politics”. Presented at the conference “The Future of the American Conservative Movement”, American Studies Institute, Oxford University, May 8-10, 2008, Oxford, England.

“The U.S. Christian Right and the Politics of Abortion”. Presented at the conference “In God They Trust?: Religion and Politics in the U.S. and Germany”, Freidrich Ebert Stiftung, June 21-22, 2007, Berlin, Germany.

“Religion and the Bush Presidency.” and “Demystifying the Christian Right”. Presented at the Wittenberg Summer School program, “Religion in the U.S.” (program faculty), Martin Luther University, July 31- August 5, 2006, Wittenberg, Germany.    

“The Christian Right in Comparative Perspective”. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Institute of Sociology, July 5-9, 2005, Stockholm, Sweden

Program fellow, Salzburg Seminar, “East Asia and the United States: A Search for Common Values”, June 13-18, 2005, Scloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg, Austria.

“Religion and U.S. Politics”, forum sponsored by U.S. Consulate, June 13, 2005, Munich, Germany (with Clyde Wilcox).  

“Will Bush Win?: A View from Washington”. Presented at the Finnish Business and Policy Forum, October 15, 2004, Helsinki, Finland.

“The Christian Right and Interest Group Politics in the U.S.” Presented at the University of Turku, October 14, 2004, Turku, Finland.

“The Christian Right and Interest Group Politics in the U.S.” Presented at the North American Studies Program, University of Helsinki, October 13, 2004, Helsinki, Finland.

“The U.S. Presidential and Congressional Elections”. Presented at the German Council on Foreign Affairs, June 24, 2004, Berlin, Germany.

“The U.S. 2004 Elections”. Presented at the Amerika House, June 22, 2004, Munich, Germany.

“Religion, Politics, and the American Elections”. Presented at the University of Eichstaett, June 21, 2004, Eichstaett, Germany.

“Religious Pluralism and Fundamentalism in the U.S.”. Presented at the conference “Religious Cultures: Communities of Belief”, sponsored by the Bavarian-American Academy, June 16-18, 2004, Munich, Germany.

“The Religious Right in the 2004 Presidential Election”. Presented at the conference “U.S. Elections 2004: Personalities, Policies and Perspectives” at the Center for the Study of the Americas, Copenhagen Business School, May 4-5, 2004, Frederiksberg, Denmark

“A Preview of the 2004 U.S. Elections”. Presented at the U.S. Embassy, May 3, 2004, Copenhagen, Denmark.

“In God They Trust: The Fundamentalist Right in the U.S.”. Presented at the Einstein Forum, November 21, 2003, Potsdam, Germany.

The 2004 U.S. Presidential Campaign: What’s in the Cards?” Presented at the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Berlin, Germany, November 20, 2003.

“Religion and Politics in the U.S.” Presented at the Amerika Haus, November 20, 2003, Cologne, Germany.

“The 2004 U.S. Presidential Campaign: What’s in the Cards?” Presented at Das Amerika-Institut, Munich University, Munich, Germany, November 19, 2003.

“The 2004 U.S. Presidential Campaign: What’s in the Cards?” Presented at the U.S. Consulate General Munich, Germany, November 19, 2003.

“Religion and Politics in the U.S.” Presented at the graduate program in Kulturhermeneutik, Universitat Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, November 18, 2003.

“Religion and Politics in the U.S.” Presented at the German-American Institute, November 17, 2003, Stuttgart, Germany.

"The New Politics of the Christian Right in the U.S." Presented at the conference on Extremism and Democracy, September 2003, Marburg, Germany.

Program Fellow, Salzburg Seminar on "Professional Responsibility in the News Media", March 19-26, 2003, Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg, Austria.

"The Evangelical Politics in the U.S." Presented at the Multi-Ethnic Studies in Europe and the Americas (MESEA) Conference, June 25-29, 2002, Padua, Italy.

"Religious Group Political Mobilization in the U.S." Presented at the 35th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, July 11-16, 2001, Krakow, Poland.

"The Two Sides of the Clinton Legacy". Presented at the annual meeting of the British Association of American Studies, April 2001, Keele, England.

"The Christian Right in the 2000 Elections". Presented at the 50th annual conference of Americanists, July 10-14, 2000, Warsaw, Poland.


U.S. Conferences and Presentations

“Executive Privilege in the Modern Era”. Presented at the conference in honor of Lloyd Cutler at University of Virginia School of Law, November 11, 2006, Charlottesville, VA.

“The Christian Right and the Politics of Abortion”. Presented at the conference “Fundamentalism and the Rule of Law” at Cardozo School of Law, March 14-15, 2006, New York, N.Y. (with Debasree Das Gupta). 

“The Media and Civic Engagement.” Presented at the Urban Affairs Association annual conference, March 31-April 3, 2004, Washington, DC.

“History Tells All, Or Does It?: Executive Privilege and the Presidency”. Presented at the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism conference “Government Secrecy: Local, State, National”, September 8, 2003, College Park, MD.

“Executive Privilege Revived: Secrecy and Conflict during the Clinton and Bush Presidencies”. Presented at the Duke Law Journal 32nd Annual Administrative Law Conference, March 29-30, 2002, Durham, N.C. 

"Interest Groups Innovations in Response to BCRA". Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 29-September 1, 2002, Boston, MA (with Michael Malbin, Clyde Wilcox, Rob Boatright, and Richard Skinner).

"Religious Conservative Contributors in the 2000 GOP Presidential Campaign". Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association, April 2002, Chicago, Illinois.

"Interest Group Innovations and Adaptations in the 2000 Elections". Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, November 2001, Atlanta, Georgia (with Michael Malbin, Clyde Wilcox, and Richard Skinner).

"Executive Privilege: Time to Move Beyond Berger". Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2000, Chicago, Illinois.

"Catholics and the Christian Right: A View from Four States". Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 2-5, 1999, Atlanta, Ga. (with John C. Green, Mary Bendyna, and Clyde Wilcox).

"Executive Privilege: 25 Years After Nixon". Presented at the University of Minnesota Law School Forum, "U.S. v. Nixon 25 Years Later". University of Minnesota Law School, October 24, 1998, Minneapolis, MN.

"George Washington and the Origins of Executive Privilege". Presented at the conference "Washington's Life, Times, and Legacy." Louisiana State University - Shreveport, September 18-19, 1998, Shreveport, La.

"Catholics in the Christian Right". Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 3-6, 1998, Boston, MA (with John C. Green, Mary Bendyna and Clyde Wilcox).

"Media Coverage of Women Gubernatorial Candidates." Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, November 6-8, 1997, Norfolk, VA (with John David Rausch).

"The Media and the Bush Presidency." Presented at the Tenth Presidential Conference "George Bush: 41st President of the U.S.," Hofstra University Cultural Center, April 17-19, 1997, Hempstead, New York.

"Christian Right Mobilization in the 1996 Virginia Elections." Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, March 13-15, 1997, Tucson, Arizona.

"The 'Congressionalization' of State Legislative Races." Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, November 7-9, 1996, Atlanta, Ga. (with G. Patrick Lynch).

"The Political Maturation of the New Christian Right." Presented at the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship conference, "The Politics of the Christian Right," October 4-5, 1996, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

"Secrecy in the Bush Presidency." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 29-September 1, 1996, San Francisco, California.

"The Public Presidency of George Bush." Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, March 14-16, 1996, San Francisco, California.

"Religious Coalitions in the Christian Right: The Decline of Religious Particularism." Presented at the Tenth Citadel Conference on Southern Politics, March 7-8, 1996, Charleston, S.C. (with John C. Green and Clyde Wilcox).

"A GOP Gender Gap?" Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, November 1-4, 1995, Tampa, Florida (with Clyde Wilcox).

"FDR and the Prerogative Presidency." Presented at the conference, "FDR After 50 Years," September 14-16, 1995, Louisiana State University-Shreveport.

"Faith, Hope and Conflict: Religious and State Republican Activists in 1994." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 18-22, 1995, Washington, D.C. (with John C. Green and Clyde Wilcox).

"Religious Coalitions in the New Christian Right." Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, August 18-20, 1995, Washington, D.C. (with Clyde Wilcox).

"The Christian Right and the Virginia GOP: Holy Alliance or Marriage of Convenience?" Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, March 16-18, 1995, Portland, Oregon (with Clyde Wilcox).

"Local v. National Press Coverage of Virginia's 1993 Gubernatorial Campaign." Presented at the Ninth Citadel Conference on Southern Politics, March 4-5, 1994, Charleston, South Carolina (with Harry Wilson).

"Executive Privilege in the Post-Watergate Era: President Ford and the Nixon Legacy." Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, November 36, 1993, Savannah, Georgia.

"Press Coverage of Congress: 1946-1992." Presented at the Conference, "Congress, the Press, and the Public," Sponsored by the Renewing Congress Project of the American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., May 13, 1993.

"Executive Privilege in the Reagan Administration." Presented at the Ninth Presidential Conference - "Ronald Reagan: 40th President of the United States," Hofstra University Cultural Center, Hempstead, New York, April 22-24, 1993.

"Presidential Exercise of Executive Privilege in the Post-Watergate Presidency." Presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 17-20,1993.

"Professional Objectivity: Where Do Virginia's Political Journalists Draw the Line?" Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia, November 5-8, 1992.

"Executive Prerogative and American Constitutionalism: In Defense of the Lincolnian View." Presented at the conference, "Lincoln's Life, Times, and Legacy," Louisiana State University, Shreveport, Louisiana, September 17-18, 1992.

"Press Freedom v. Governmental Secrecy in the Persian Gulf War." Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, March 19-21, 1992, San Francisco, California.

"Press Coverage of a Local Campaign: The 1991 Fairfax County (Virginia) Board of Supervisors Chairman Election." Presented at the Eighth Citadel Conference on Southern Politics, March 5-6, 1992, Charleston, South Carolina.

"The Dilemma of Executive Privilege." Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, November 7-10, 199 1, Tampa, Florida.

"The Press Strategies of Presidents Ford, Carter and Reagan." Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, March 21-23, 1991, Seattle, Washington.

"Carter Rehabilitated: What Caused the 39th President's Press Transformation?" Presented at the Eighth Presidential Conference - "Jimmy Carter: Keeping Faith," November 14-17, 1990, Hofstra University Cultural Center, Hempstead, New York.

"Press Coverage of Abortion and Race in the 1989 Virginia Gubernatorial Campaign." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 30 September 2, 1990, San Francisco, California.

"So Who Changed? Jimmy Carter or the Press?" Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, March 20-22, 1990, Long Beach, California.

"Local v. National Press Assessments of Virginia's 1989 Gubernatorial Campaign." Presented at the Seventh Citadel Conference on Southern Politics, March 9-10, 1990, Charleston, South Carolina.

"Presidential Journalism During the Ford-Carter Years." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 29 - September 1, 1989, Atlanta, Georgia.

"In Defense of President Ford's Pardon of Richard M. Nixon." Presented at the Seventh Presidential Conference - "Gerald R. Ford: Restoring the Presidency," April 6-8, 1989, Hofstra University Cultural Center, Hempstead, New York.

"Presidential Prerogative During Wartime and the Public's 'Right-to-Know."' Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 1-4, 1988, Washington, D.C.

"President Nixon's Conception of Executive Privilege: Defining the Scope and Limits of Executive Branch Secrecy." Presented at the Sixth Presidential Conference - "Richard Nixon: A Retrospective on His Presidency," November 19-21, 1987, Hofstra University Cultural Center, Hempstead, New York.


Media Appearances and Interviews

National/International. PBS “Jim Lehrer News Hour”, ABC "Nightline," ABC "World News Tonight," ABC "World News Sunday," ABC “Good Morning America”, NBC "Today Show," NBC "Nightly News," CBS "Evening News," CNN "Inside Politics," CNN "Headline News," NPR "All Things Considered," BBC, CBC, Religion and Ethics News Weekly (PBS), Reuters, Reuters America TV, Associated Press, Knight-Ridder, Gannet News Service, ABC Radio, CBS Radio, NBC Radio, Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, National Journal, Legal Times, National Law Journal, The Hill, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, L.A. Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Milwaukee Journal, St. Petersburg Times, Houston Chronicle, Newsday, Charlotte Observer, Atlanta Journal & Constitution, Philadelphia Inquirer, Minneapolis Tribune, Detroit News, U.S. News & World Report, Des Moines Register, London Independent, London Financial Times, Toronto Globe & Mail, Le Presse, Tokyo Shinbun, National Post of Canada, among others.


Updated: June 1, 2008

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