Gary W. Cox

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Gary Walter Cox (* 1955 ) is an American political scientist . His research focuses on legislative processes and elections.

Career

Cox studied history and social sciences at the California Institute of Technology . In 1982 he received the Ph.D. with his dissertation Party and Constituency in Victorian Britain with Bruce E. Cain and J. Morgan Kousser . After positions as junior professor and later as associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin and Washington University in St. Louis , Cox joined the Department of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego in 1987 as an associate professor . There he received a professorship in 1990. From 2004 to 2008 he was dean of the department. In 2010, Cox moved to the Political Science Department at Stanford University , where he has worked ever since.

Gary Cox was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1995 and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1996 and of the National Academy of Sciences since 2005 . From 2005 to 2007 he was also Vice President of the American Political Science Association .

Works (selection)

  • The Efficient Secret: The Cabinet and the Development of Political Parties in Victorian England . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1987.
  • with Mathew D. McCubbins : Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the House . University of California Press, Berkeley 1993. [2nd edition published in 2007]
  • Making Votes Count: Strategic Coordination in the World's Electoral Systems . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1997.
  • with Jonathan N. Katz : Elbridge Gerry's Salamander: The Electoral Consequences of the Reapportionment Revolution . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2002.
  • with Mathew D. McCubbins : Setting the Agenda: Responsible Party Government in the US House of Representatives . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2005.
  • Marketing Sovereign Promises: Monopoly Brokerage and the Growth of the English State . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2016.

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personal data
SURNAME Cox, Gary W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cox, Gary Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 1955