Larry Martin Bartels

Werthan Shayne Professor of Public Policy and Social Science, Vanderbilt University. Scholarly work focuses on American democracy, including public opinion, electoral politics, public policy, and representation. Current work includes an examination of democratic accountability, a study of political attitudes of wealthy Americans, and a cross-national investigation of responses to the Depression. His most recent book, Unequal Democracy, won the Gladys M. Kammerer Award for the year’s best book on U.S. national policy and appeared on David Leonhardt’s list of “economics books of the year” in the New York Times.