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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award
  • 2012 - William H. Riker Prize for Political Science For advancing the scientific study of politics by systematically linking formal and empirical inquiry into the enduring features of legal and representative institutions.
  • 1988 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1985 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1981 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

John Ferejohn is affiliated with New York University in the United States and works primarily within the field of Social Sciences. Their research contributions extend notably into several subfields, including Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Demography, Anthropology, and Law.

Their research topics cover diverse aspects of political and social dynamics, with publications addressing:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Media Influence and Politics
  • Social and Cultural Dynamics
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
  • American Constitutional Law and Politics

Ferejohn's recent papers include the following:

  • "Cookbook Politics" (2021), published in Political Science Quarterly
  • "SPQ volume 21 issue 3 Cover and Back matter" (2021), published in State Politics & Policy Quarterly

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • David Brady
  • Aldo Paparo
  • Brett Parker
  • Roderick M. Hills
  • William N. Eskridge

Their publications are frequently found in venues such as:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • American Politics Research
  • Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica
  • Political Science Quarterly
  • State Politics & Policy Quarterly

John Ferejohn has received multiple awards including the William H. Riker Prize for Political Science in 2012 for contributions linking formal and empirical inquiry in political science. They have been recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1988, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1985, and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation since 1981.

Best Publications

  • Incumbent performance and electoral control

    John Ferejohn

  • Bargaining in Legislatures

    David P. Baron;John A. Ferejohn

  • The personal vote

    Bruce Cain;John Ferejohn;Morris Fiorina

  • The Personal Vote: Constituency Service and Electoral Independence

    Bruce E. Cain;John A. Ferejohn;Morris P. Fiorina

  • Democracy, accountability, and representation

    Adam Przeworski;Susan Carol Stokes;Bernard Manin

  • Pork Barrel Politics: Rivers and Harbors Legislation, 1947-1968

    John A. Ferejohn

  • The Paradox of Not Voting: A Decision Theoretic Analysis*

    John A. Ferejohn;Morris P. Fiorina

  • The Personal Vote: Constituency Service and Electoral Independence.

    William H. Flanigan;Bruce Cain;John Ferejohn;Morris Fiorina

  • The Personal Vote

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  • Congressional Influence on Bureaucracy

    John Ferejohn;Charles Shipan

  • Designing deliberative democracy : the British Columbia Citizens' Assembly

    Mark E. Warren;Hilary Pearse

  • Judicializing Politics, Politicizing Law

    John A. Ferejohn

  • On the Decline of Competition in Congressional Elections

    John A. Ferejohn

  • Rational Choice and Social Theory

    Debra Satz;John Ferejohn

  • A positive theory of statutory interpretation

    John A. Ferejohn;Barry R. Weingast

  • The law of the exception: A typology of emergency powers

    John Ferejohn;Pasquale Pasquino

  • The Article I, Section 7 Game

    William N. Eskridge Jr.;John Ferejohn

  • Information and democratic processes

    John A. Ferejohn;James H. Kuklinski

  • Rationality and Interpretation: Parliamentary Elections in Early Stuart England

    John Ferejohn

  • Democracy and social choice

    Jules L. Coleman;John Ferejohn

  • The Constituency Service Basis of the Personal Vote for U.S. Representatives and British Members of Parliament

    Bruce E. Cain;John A. Ferejohn;Morris P. Fiorina

  • The budget process and the size of the budget

    John A. Ferejohn;Keith Krehbiel

  • Democracy, Accountability, and Representation: Accountability and Authority: Toward a Theory of Political Accountability

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  • A political theory of federalism

    Jenna Bednar;William N. Eskridge;John Ferejohn

  • Presidential Coattails in Historical Perspective

    John A. Ferejohn;Randall L. Calvert

  • Coattail Voting in Recent Presidential Elections

    Randall L. Calvert;John A. Ferejohn

  • Pork Barrel Politics: Rivers and Harbors Legislation, 1947-1968

    Ross R. Rice;John A. Ferejohn

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Brady
David J. Brady University of Arizona
Jon Elster
Jon Elster Columbia University
Tom Ginsburg
Tom Ginsburg University of Chicago
Jules L. Coleman
Jules L. Coleman New York University

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