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Robert S. Erikson
Robert S. Erikson is a political scientist who specializes in American politics. He is a professor of political science at Columbia University. Biography Erikson received his M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Univers .... He joined the faculty of Florida State University before moving to the University of Houston in 1978. He was appointed Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Houston in 1991 and joined the Columbia University faculty in 1999. He was also a visiting professor at Washington University in St. Louis and the California Institute of Technology. Erikson's research focuses on political behavior and elections and quantitative methodology. He is the author of the popular textb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Politics
The politics of the United States function within a framework of a constitutional federal republic and presidential system, with three distinct branches that share powers. These are: the U.S. Congress which forms the legislative branch, a bicameral legislative body comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate; the executive branch which is headed by the president of the United States, who serves as country's head of state and government; and the judicial branch, composed of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts, and which exercises judicial power. Each of the 50 individual state governments have the power to make laws within their jurisdictions that are not granted to the federal government nor denied to the states in the U.S. Constitution. Each state also has a constitution following the pattern of the federal constitution but differing in details. Each have three branches: an executive branch headed by a governor, a legislative body, and judicial bran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
