Books
Authored & Co-Authored
Hometown Inequality: Race, Class, and Representation in American Local Politics
Brian F. Schaffner, Jesse H. Rhodes, and Raymond J. La Raja. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2021.
A comprehensive study of how race, class, and representation operate at the local level in American politics, drawing on a five-city study of local elections and policy responsiveness.
The Acceptance and Expression of Prejudice During the Trump Era
Brian F. Schaffner. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
An Elements in American Politics short book examining how Trump's rhetoric reshaped the public expression of racial and gender prejudice.
Campaign Finance and Political Polarization: When Purists Prevail
Raymond J. La Raja and Brian F. Schaffner. University of Michigan Press, 2015.
Winner of the 2016 Virginia Gray Best Book Award.
Argues that public financing and contribution limits have unintended consequences that empower ideologically extreme donors over moderating party organizations.
Edited
Winning with Words: The Origins and Impact of Framing
Patrick J. Sellers and Brian F. Schaffner, eds. Routledge, 2009.