Electoral Engineering: Voting Rules and Political Behavior
... engineering’. The end of the Cold War, the global spread of democracy, and new thinking about development spurred this process. During the late 1980s and early 1990s the flowering of transitional and consolidating third wave democracies around the globe generated a wave of institution building. Inte ...
... engineering’. The end of the Cold War, the global spread of democracy, and new thinking about development spurred this process. During the late 1980s and early 1990s the flowering of transitional and consolidating third wave democracies around the globe generated a wave of institution building. Inte ...
Negotiating Agreement in Politics
... The recent gridlock in Congress may well be a metaphor for the erosion of cooperation in contemporary political life.1 We often value cooperation at the community level, but our national public space is dominated by endless bickering and stalemate, and our national political institutions seem to bet ...
... The recent gridlock in Congress may well be a metaphor for the erosion of cooperation in contemporary political life.1 We often value cooperation at the community level, but our national public space is dominated by endless bickering and stalemate, and our national political institutions seem to bet ...
political trust and trustworthiness
... Stokes used these data to categorize survey respondents according to whether they held favorable or unfavorable evaluations of government. The concepts of trust in government or of political trust never figured into his analysis. It was subsequent developments that prompted work on political trust, ...
... Stokes used these data to categorize survey respondents according to whether they held favorable or unfavorable evaluations of government. The concepts of trust in government or of political trust never figured into his analysis. It was subsequent developments that prompted work on political trust, ...
Economic voting and the Great Recession in Europe
... conditions (Key 1961; Fiorina 1981; van der Brug, van der Eijk and Franklin 2007; Duch and Stevenson 2008). This simple idea is so well established that it has been described as ‘virtually a social science law’ (Duch 2007, 805). Nonetheless, there are still open questions about economic voting. As t ...
... conditions (Key 1961; Fiorina 1981; van der Brug, van der Eijk and Franklin 2007; Duch and Stevenson 2008). This simple idea is so well established that it has been described as ‘virtually a social science law’ (Duch 2007, 805). Nonetheless, there are still open questions about economic voting. As t ...
Political Polarization as a Social Movement Outcome: 1960s Klan
... organizational presence in a particular local setting should make it more likely a movement will affect the community, even in ways that may not be fully intended or may not be a primary goal of the movement. The political context in which movements operate can also shape outcomes. Amenta and collea ...
... organizational presence in a particular local setting should make it more likely a movement will affect the community, even in ways that may not be fully intended or may not be a primary goal of the movement. The political context in which movements operate can also shape outcomes. Amenta and collea ...
Collective Bargaining Laws as Agents of Political Mobilization
... teachers‟ own minds between political participation and their occupational interests. Indeed, the growing “policies make citizens” literature provides evidence supporting this explanation (e.g., Campbell 2002, 2003). However, another possible explanation that has received less scholarly attention10 ...
... teachers‟ own minds between political participation and their occupational interests. Indeed, the growing “policies make citizens” literature provides evidence supporting this explanation (e.g., Campbell 2002, 2003). However, another possible explanation that has received less scholarly attention10 ...
The Effects of Repression, Political Violence, and Pain and Loss on
... consequences unintended by those who employ it. At the system level, heavy state repression may promote rather than discourage the mobilization of opposition to a regime (Booth 1991). Other evidence suggests that repression=s effect on individual-level civil society involvement and social capital fo ...
... consequences unintended by those who employ it. At the system level, heavy state repression may promote rather than discourage the mobilization of opposition to a regime (Booth 1991). Other evidence suggests that repression=s effect on individual-level civil society involvement and social capital fo ...
Divide and Conquer: Political Decentralization and
... sovereignty-related strategy of decentralization as the “Big Bang” approach, given its necessarily comprehensive nature and extraordinarily rapid implementation.19 In the Indonesian case, the threat to state sovereignty was not external, but rather, internal, as the state struggled to calm ethnic co ...
... sovereignty-related strategy of decentralization as the “Big Bang” approach, given its necessarily comprehensive nature and extraordinarily rapid implementation.19 In the Indonesian case, the threat to state sovereignty was not external, but rather, internal, as the state struggled to calm ethnic co ...
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
... & Sulloway, 2003) to respond generally more negatively to Obama. In addition, to the extent that perceiving Obama as darker skinned reflects stronger associations of him as Black, we anticipated that these perceptions would predict a lower likelihood of voting for him in the election by White voters ...
... & Sulloway, 2003) to respond generally more negatively to Obama. In addition, to the extent that perceiving Obama as darker skinned reflects stronger associations of him as Black, we anticipated that these perceptions would predict a lower likelihood of voting for him in the election by White voters ...
Party Politics and Preferences for CAFTA in Costa Rica
... they did so. Using the referendum results and various public opinion surveys in Costa Rica, we consider whether political parties had an effect on voting independent of economic sources of preferences. Doing so requires that we delve not only into the details of Costa Rican party politics, but also ...
... they did so. Using the referendum results and various public opinion surveys in Costa Rica, we consider whether political parties had an effect on voting independent of economic sources of preferences. Doing so requires that we delve not only into the details of Costa Rican party politics, but also ...
The Origins of Mexico`s Municipal Usos y
... the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Hegemonic rule, however, began to break down in the 1980s when opposition groups began to challenge this party’s control over national government. The PRI was seriously challenged in presidential elections in the late 1980s, lost control over congress lat ...
... the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Hegemonic rule, however, began to break down in the 1980s when opposition groups began to challenge this party’s control over national government. The PRI was seriously challenged in presidential elections in the late 1980s, lost control over congress lat ...
Curriculum Vitae - Georgetown University
... The Christian Right in American Politics: Marching to the Millenium (with John C. Green and Mark J. Rozell). Georgetown University Press, 2003. "Introduction: The Christian Right's Long Political March: Epilogue and Prologue. (with John C. Green and Mark J. Rozell). "Virginia: Birthplace of the Chri ...
... The Christian Right in American Politics: Marching to the Millenium (with John C. Green and Mark J. Rozell). Georgetown University Press, 2003. "Introduction: The Christian Right's Long Political March: Epilogue and Prologue. (with John C. Green and Mark J. Rozell). "Virginia: Birthplace of the Chri ...
Raymond Tatalovich - Loyola University Chicago
... Policy Studies Review (with S. Mezey and M. Walsh) 13 (Spring/Summer, 1994), 111-126. "Who Sponsors Official English Language Legislation?: A Comparative Study of Fourteen States," Southeastern Political Review XXI (Fall 1993), pp. 721-735. "The Lowi Paradigm, Moral Conflict, and Coalition-Building: ...
... Policy Studies Review (with S. Mezey and M. Walsh) 13 (Spring/Summer, 1994), 111-126. "Who Sponsors Official English Language Legislation?: A Comparative Study of Fourteen States," Southeastern Political Review XXI (Fall 1993), pp. 721-735. "The Lowi Paradigm, Moral Conflict, and Coalition-Building: ...
Vol.2 No.1 (Fall 2004) - Department of Government | Georgetown
... more definitively the relationship between electoral systems and real prices—a relationship with profound consen a recent article, Rogowski and Kayser (2002) introquences for the social welfare implications of institutional duced a claim to the political economy literature that design. Purely cross-s ...
... more definitively the relationship between electoral systems and real prices—a relationship with profound consen a recent article, Rogowski and Kayser (2002) introquences for the social welfare implications of institutional duced a claim to the political economy literature that design. Purely cross-s ...
public opinion
... that claims to be democratic should not rely just on elections to ensure that politicians are doing the people’s will. Elections are not held very often. Further, elections give signals, but not directions. For example, the electoral success of the Democrats in the 2006 midterm elections was hailed ...
... that claims to be democratic should not rely just on elections to ensure that politicians are doing the people’s will. Elections are not held very often. Further, elections give signals, but not directions. For example, the electoral success of the Democrats in the 2006 midterm elections was hailed ...
Mark scheme - Edexcel
... and party to party, but the ‘classic’ caucus proceeds not by conventional voting, but by attendees grouping themselves at the beginning of the event to indicate their support for a candidate; groups which do not meet a viability threshold have to disperse and other groups try to persuade their membe ...
... and party to party, but the ‘classic’ caucus proceeds not by conventional voting, but by attendees grouping themselves at the beginning of the event to indicate their support for a candidate; groups which do not meet a viability threshold have to disperse and other groups try to persuade their membe ...
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... Abstract: While the public blames the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC for the outsized political influence of the superwealthy, experts in the field know that the constitutional constraints on our ability to limit the political influence of moneyed elites long-predat ...
... Abstract: While the public blames the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC for the outsized political influence of the superwealthy, experts in the field know that the constitutional constraints on our ability to limit the political influence of moneyed elites long-predat ...
Curriculum Vita - American University
... paper on “The Political Influence of African American Clergypersons: A Legacy of West African Culture” American Political Science Association (August 2002, Boston, MA), Presented the paper on “The Political Influence of African American Clergypersons: A Legacy of West African Culture,” also presente ...
... paper on “The Political Influence of African American Clergypersons: A Legacy of West African Culture” American Political Science Association (August 2002, Boston, MA), Presented the paper on “The Political Influence of African American Clergypersons: A Legacy of West African Culture,” also presente ...
Oxford Handbooks Online APD and Rational Choice APD and Rational Choice
... scholarship over the years has been informal (i.e., logic-based), the deductive nature of the RC enterprise led to various formal (mathematical) representations. Decision- and game-theoretic models became popular, while the spatial model of decision making—where, in its simplest form, actors (voters ...
... scholarship over the years has been informal (i.e., logic-based), the deductive nature of the RC enterprise led to various formal (mathematical) representations. Decision- and game-theoretic models became popular, while the spatial model of decision making—where, in its simplest form, actors (voters ...
Winter 2010 - Comparative Politics Newsletter
... sizing national public goods, in called “units” – may be individuals, mobilizing electoral support? Does villages, polling stations, or even the presence of election monitors more highly aggregated phenomereduce election-day fraud? Are na, such as states or ethnic police officials more likely to sol ...
... sizing national public goods, in called “units” – may be individuals, mobilizing electoral support? Does villages, polling stations, or even the presence of election monitors more highly aggregated phenomereduce election-day fraud? Are na, such as states or ethnic police officials more likely to sol ...
Jim Crow 2.0? - ScholarWorks at UMass Boston
... Exclusionary reforms are nearly universally enacted for partisan advantage, a temptation enabled by state responsibility for the administration and regulation of elections.iii The struggle to shape access to the vote has intensified once again as the volume of legislation impacting electoral access ...
... Exclusionary reforms are nearly universally enacted for partisan advantage, a temptation enabled by state responsibility for the administration and regulation of elections.iii The struggle to shape access to the vote has intensified once again as the volume of legislation impacting electoral access ...
Do Party Systems Matter?
... macroeconomic policy outputs and consequent economic performance of the Indian states. Explanations related to the strength of the state apparatus argue that the performance of governments is related either to the strong-soft state distinction (Myrdal 1968; Rudolph and Rudolph 1987) or the extent of ...
... macroeconomic policy outputs and consequent economic performance of the Indian states. Explanations related to the strength of the state apparatus argue that the performance of governments is related either to the strong-soft state distinction (Myrdal 1968; Rudolph and Rudolph 1987) or the extent of ...
BurkhalterWPSA 14 Paperfinal
... contemporary Congress, individual MCs and parties, who are assumed to be rational, spend substantial amounts of organizational resources on developing and disseminating messages (Cook 1989; Harris 1998, 2005; Sinclair 2006). This holds true for majority and minority parties and in times when within ...
... contemporary Congress, individual MCs and parties, who are assumed to be rational, spend substantial amounts of organizational resources on developing and disseminating messages (Cook 1989; Harris 1998, 2005; Sinclair 2006). This holds true for majority and minority parties and in times when within ...
american political thought
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