Post: University Lecturer in Politics and Balfour Fellow in Politics, St Anne’s College

Appointed: 1988

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Introduction:

Lecturer in Politics, Oxford University, 1988-

Research Activities and Interests:

American government and political history;

The Presidency in the Twentieth Century;

Research News

• Sep 2008, Dr Nigel Bowles to take over as director of Rothermere American Institute, Read more


• Nov 2006, Dr Nigel Bowles awarded Richard E Neustadt Prize, Read more

Teaching Responsibilities:

Undergraduate Papers: Prelims; British Politics and Government; Comparative Government; Government and Politics of the United States.

Previous Posts Held:

Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, 1983-1988

Publications:

The White House and Capitol Hill, 1987.

The Government and Politics of the United States, 1993.

Government and Politics of the United States, 1997.

"The Presidency and Congress:A Trifocal Approach", in Singh, Robert, American Politics and Society Today (Cambridge, Polity Press, 2002), pp. 118-145.

"Comparing the Core Executive in Britain, France, and the United States", in Nelson, Michael, The Presidency and the Political System, CQ Press, 2003, pp. 29-47.

"Economic Policy" in Singh, (ed), Governing America, OUP, 2003, pp. 249-266.

Nixon's Business: Authority and Power in Presidential Politics, 2005.

“Political Centralization and Policy Constraint in British Executive Leadership: Lessons from American Presidential Studies in the Era of Sofa Politics,” (with D S King and Fiona Ross)
British Politics (2007) vol 2 no 3.