Specialties
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Political representation
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Presidential Politics
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Public opinion and polling
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Health care policy and politics
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Social welfare policy including retirement and education
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Elections and campaigns
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American political development
Publications
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Inequality and American Democracy: What We Know and What We Need to Learn. Jacobs, Larry, Theda Skocpol, Russell Sage Foundation, 2005, Co-Editor, 2005.
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Healthy, Wealthy, and Fair: Health Care and the Good Society. Jacobs, Larry, with James Morone, Oxford University Press, Co-Author, 2005.
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Politicians Don't Pander: Political Manipulation and the Loss of Democratic Responsiveness. Jacobs, Larry, University of Chicago Press, 2000.
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The Health of Nations: Public Opinion and the Making of Health Policy in the U.S. and Britain. Jacobs, Larry, Cornell University Press, 1993.
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The Medicare Approach: Political Choice and American Institutions: Jacobs, Larry, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 2007.
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Who Influences U.S. Foreign Policy?: Jacobs, Larry, Benjamin I. Page, American Political Science Review, 99 107-124, 2005.
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Lumpers and Splitters: The Public Opinion Information That Politicians Collect and Use: Jacobs, Larry, James Druckman, Public Opinion Quarterly, 453-476, 2006.
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Candidate Strategies to Prime Issues and Image: Jacobs, Larry, James Druckman and Eric Ostermeier, Journal of Politics, 66 1205-1227, 2004.
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Issues, Candidate Image and Priming: The Use of Private Polls in Kennedy's 1960 Presidential Campaign: Jacobs, Larry, Robert Y. Shapiro, American Political Science Review, 88 527-540, 1994.
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Institutions and Culture: Health Policy and Public Opinion in the U.S. and Britain: Jacobs, Larry, World Politics, 44 179-209, 1992.
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The Recoil Effect: Public Opinion and Policymaking in the U.S. and Britain: Jacobs, Larry, Comparative Politics, 24 199-217, 1992.
Professional Activities
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Chair, American Political Science Task Force on Inequality and American Democracy: ongoing
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Director, Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, Humphrey Institute: ongoing
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Co-Editor of special issue of Public Opinion Quarterly on polls and campaigns: December 2005
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Grants and evaluations with National Science Foundation, Ford Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, and other funders: Ongoing
Awards
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Robert Wood Johnson Investigator Award in Health Policy Research
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Richard E. Neustadt Award, American Political Science Association
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Best Paper Award, American Political Science Association, Presidency
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Distinguished Book Award, American Sociological Association, Political Sociology Section
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Goldsmith Book Prize, Harvard University
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Distinguished Essay Award, International Communication Association, Political Communications Division
Courses Taught
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Pol 1001 - American Democracy in a Changing World
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Pol 1065 - Government and Medicine
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Pol 4306 - Presidential Leadership and American Democracy
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Pol 5306 - Presidential Leadership and American Democracy
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Pol 8313 - Executive Process
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Pol 8337 - Welfare State Theories and American Social Policy
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PA 5012 - Politics of Public Affairs
Alternative Output Formats