David Brady

INCOME AND WEALTH AS SALIENT GRADATIONAL ASPECTS OF STRATIFICATION

2022-07-19 · 2 citations

This chapter argues income and wealth are two paramount gradational measures of social stratification. The chapter makes this case while reviewing recent social science on income and wealth. First, I begin by explaining how income and wealth are essential for purchasing well-being. Second, I review the definition and measurement of income and wealth. This section is particularly critical because one of my overarching themes is that measurement is absolutely essential to studying income and wealt…

Studying Members of the United States Congress

2025-05-01 · 1 citations

The United States Congress is fundamentally different from contemporary European legislatures; as a consequence, the questions political scientists have asked about it and the methods they have used to study it are also different. The governmental structure specified by the United States Constitution, particularly the separation of powers between legislature and executive, and the relatively weak party system have resulted in Congress maintaining for itself an important decision-making role in t…

The Demography of Conservative and Liberal Populism in the US

2025-01-01

The Heterogeneities of Immigrant Poverty in the U.S.

2025-06-03

Immigrants are now more than one-fifth of the poor in the U.S. Yet, despite some valuable literature, immigrant poverty remains arguably understudied. This study builds on the larger literatures on immigrant attainment and poverty, and the smaller literature on immigrant poverty. Using the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), we provide an improved descriptive demographic portrait of immigrant poverty from 1993-2023, across 51 states (including D.C.), and within 2019-2024 (N=760,026). There is conside…

From Dominance to Parity

Stanford University Press eBooks · 2025-11-05

At the time Jimmy Carter was inaugurated as the 39th president of the United States, the Democratic Party had been enjoying a half-century of sustained electoral advantage. It had long controlled Congress and dominated measures of party identification. When Carter defeated Gerald Ford in 1976, 40% of Americans called themselves Democrats and another 12% told survey takers they leaned towards the party. To win the election of 1976, Carter just needed to hold the voters that started out on his sid…