James Morone (born 1951) is an American

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and

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, noted for his work on health politics and policy and on popular participation and

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in American politics and political development. Morone graduated with a

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from Middlebury College in 1973, where he studied under Professor Murray Dry, and then attended

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at the

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, where he completed an

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in 1976 and a PhD degree in

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in 1982. His doctoral dissertation examined "The dilemma of citizen action: representation and bureaucracy in local health politics." Morone has taught at Brown University since 1982 and is a

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and

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. He has also been a

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, the

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, and the

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. Morone's book ''Hellfire Nation'' (2003) is nonfiction. ''The Democratic Wish'' (1990) was awarded the Gladys M. Kammerer Award for the best book on American national policy by the American Political Science Association (APSA). Morone edited the ''Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law'' from 1989 to 1994. He was president of the Politics and History Section of APSA for 1999–2000 and of the

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Political Science Association for 2002-03. Along with Rogan Kersh, Morone completed a college textbook on American government titled "By the People" with

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in 2012.

Selected publications

*''The Devils We Know: Us and Them in America's Raucous Political Culture.'' 2014.

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. *''By the People: Debating American Government''. 2012.

. (written with Rogan Kersh) *''The Heart of Power: Health Politics in the Oval Office.'' 2009.

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. (written with David Blumenthal). *''Wealthy, Healthy and Fair: The Politics of Health Care for a Good Society''. 2005.

. (edited with Lawrence Jacobs). *"Storybook Truths about America". 2005. '' Studies in American Political Development'' 19(2): 216-226. *''Hellfire Nation: The Politics of Sin in American History''. 2003.

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. *''Health Care Policy in the USA and Germany: Market Forces in Cross National Perspective''. 1996. NOMOS Verlang. (edited with Bernard Braun, Johann Behrens, and Deborah Stone). *"The Struggle for American Culture." 1996. ''PS: Political Science and Politics'' 29(3): 424-430. *''The Politics of Health Care Reform: Lessons from the Past, Prospects for the Future''. 1994.

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. (edited with Gary Belkin). *''The Democratic Wish: Popular Participation and the Limits of American Government''. 1990. Basic Books. *''The Politics of Innovation: The Evolution of Hospital Regulation in New Jersey''. 1983. Health Research and Education Trust. (written with Andrew Dunham).

References

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