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Overview

Frances E. Lee is a scholar affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with a specialized concentration in political science and international relations. They have contributed to areas such as electoral systems and political participation, fiscal policies and political economy, social policy and reform studies, political conflict and governance, and populism, particularly right-wing movements.

Their recent publications demonstrate engagement with various aspects of political science and governance. These include:

  • One Obstacle among Many: The Filibuster and Majority Party Agendas, 2021, The Forum
  • ADVICE FOR WOMEN AND FOR THEIR COLLEAGUES AND MENTORS: AN INTERVIEW WITH FRANCES E. LEE, 2020, PS Political Science & Politics
  • Learning from Loss: The Democrats, 2016-2020. By Seth Masket. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020. 256p. $24.95 cloth., 2021, Perspectives on Politics
  • Replication Data for: Populism, Democracy, and the Post-2020 Republican Party in Congress, 2023, Harvard Dataverse
  • Kurt Weyland, Democracy's Resilience to Populism's Threat: Countering Global Alarmism Cambridge University Press, 2024, pp. xx + 312, 2025, Journal of Latin American Studies

Frequent co-authors in their work include James M. Curry, SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, and Richard H. Pildes, indicating collaborative research relationships within their academic network.

Their scholarly output appears in several publication venues, reflecting a range of audiences and scholarly contexts. These venues include:

  • The Forum
  • PS Political Science & Politics
  • Perspectives on Politics
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Journal of Latin American Studies

The main fields of study associated with their work include:

  • Social Sciences

Subfields show a more detailed focus:

  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Sociology and Political Science

Their investigations cover several main research topics:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Fiscal Policies and Political Economy
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements

Best Publications

  • Insecure Majorities: Congress and the Perpetual Campaign

    Frances E. Lee

  • Sizing Up the Senate: The Unequal Consequences of Equal Representation

    Frances E. Lee;Bruce Ian Oppenheimer

  • Beyond Ideology: Politics, Principles, and Partisanship in the U. S. Senate

    Frances E. Lee

  • The Check Is in the Mail: Interdistrict Funding Flows in Congressional Elections

    James G. Gimpel;Frances E. Lee;Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz

  • Senate Representation and Coalition Building in Distributive Politics

    Frances E. Lee

  • The Political Geography of Campaign Contributions in American Politics

    James G. Gimpel;Frances E. Lee;Joshua Kaminski

  • Geographic Politics in the U.S. House of Representatives: Coalition Building and Distribution of Benefits

    Frances E. Lee

  • Representation and Public Policy: The Consequences of Senate Apportionment for the Geographic Distribution of Federal Funds

    Frances E. Lee

  • How Party Polarization Affects Governance

    Frances E. Lee

  • Dividers, Not Uniters: Presidential Leadership and Senate Partisanship, 1981-2004

    Frances E. Lee

  • Making Deals in Congress

    Sarah A. Binder;Frances E. Lee

  • Geographic Politics in the U.S. House of Representatives: Coalition Building and Distribution of Benefits

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  • Party Competition and Conflict in State Legislatures

    Kelsey L. Hinchliffe;Frances E. Lee

  • Agreeing to Disagree: Agenda Content and Senate Partisanship, 1981–2004

    Frances E. Lee

  • Bicameralism and Geographic Politics: Allocating Funds in the House and Senate

    Frances E. Lee

  • Patronage, Logrolls, and “Polarization”: Congressional Parties of the Gilded Age, 1876–1896

    Frances E. Lee

  • The Oxford Handbook of the American Congress

    Eric Schickler;Frances E. Lee

  • Non-Party Government: Bipartisan Lawmaking and Party Power in Congress

    James M. Curry;Frances E. Lee

  • Populism and the American Party System: Opportunities and Constraints

    Frances E. Lee

  • Geographic Distribution of the Federal Stimulus of 2009

    James G. Gimpel;Frances E. Lee;Rebecca U. Thorpe

  • Strategic Party Government: Why Winning Trumps Ideology

    Frances E. Lee

  • The Political Ecology of Opinion in Big-Donor Neighborhoods

    Brittany H. Bramlett;James G. Gimpel;Frances E. Lee

  • The Limits of Party: Congress and Lawmaking in a Polarized Era

    James M. Curry;Frances E. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

James G. Gimpel
James G. Gimpel University of Maryland, College Park
Terry M. Moe
Terry M. Moe Stanford University
William G. Howell
William G. Howell Johns Hopkins University
Eric Schickler
Eric Schickler University of California, Berkeley
Douglas L. Kriner
Douglas L. Kriner Cornell University
Sarah A. Binder
Sarah A. Binder George Washington University

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