Nicholas Carnes, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Faculty Affiliate, DeWitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy, Duke Population Research Institute  

Office Location: 137 Sanford Bldg
Office Phone: 919-613-7330
Duke Box: 90245
Email Address: nicholas.carnes@duke.edu
Web Page: http://www.duke.edu/~nwc8

Areas of Expertise

  • American Government and Politics
    • Congressional Decision-making and Reform
    • Political Participation

Education:
PhD, Politics and Social Policy, Princeton University, 2011
MA, Politics, Princeton University, 2008
BA, Political Science, University of Tulsa, 2006

Research Categories: American Government and Politics; Economic and Social Class Inequality; Legislative Politics; Representation and Political Accountability

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Nicholas Carnes. "Book Review: The Not-So-Special Interests: Interest Groups, Public Representation, and American Governance." American Review of Politics  (Accepted, 2013)
  2. Nicholas Carnes. Which Millionaire Are You Voting For?.  The New York Times Sunday Review (October 13, 2012).
  3. R. Douglas Arnold and Nicholas Carnes. "Holding Mayors Accountable: New York's Executives from Koch to Bloomberg." American Journal of Political Science 56.4 (October, 2012): 949-963.  [abs]
  4. Nicholas Carnes. "Economic Inequality and White-collar Government." States, Power, and Societies 17.2 (July, 2012).
  5. Nicholas Carnes. "How Government by the Privileged Distorts Economic Policy." SSN Key Findings (January, 2012).

Curriculum Vitae

Bio/Profile

Nick Carnes joined the faculty at the Sanford School in July 2011. He is a political scientist whose research focuses on American politics, economic and social class inequality, political representation, legislative decision making, and urban politics.

Carnes is currently working on a book that examines how the shortage of people from working-class backgrounds in American legislatures skews the policymaking process towards outcomes that are more in line with the upper class's economic interests. He is also beginning a large-scale investigation of the factors that discourage working-class citizens from holding political office and the programs that could help to address longstanding inequalities in the class composition of American policymaking institutions.

Nicholas Carnes