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This section contains a listing of papers in the area of
legislative studies that have been presented at professional conventions in
recent months. Entries were taken either from preliminary or official
convention programs. The following meetings are represented:
- MPSA: Papers presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 3-6, 2003, Chicago, Illinois.
- SWPSA: Papers presented at the Southwestern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 16-19, 2003, San Antonio, Texas.
- WPSA: Papers presented
at the Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, March 27-29,
2003, Denver, Colorado.
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Author |
Paper Title |
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Abbee,
Owen |
Soft
Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2002 Maryland 8th Congressional District
Election |
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Adams,
Kimberly S. |
Taking
it to the Floor: The Effects of Descriptive Representation Upon State
Legislative Agendas |
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Anglund,
Sandy; Morehouse, Sarah |
Soft
Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2002 Connecticut 5th Congressional
District Election |
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Austen-Smith,
David; Feddersen, Timothy J. |
Deliberation
and Voting Rules |
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Baldez,
Lisa |
Elected
Bodies: Gender Quota Laws for Legislative Candidates
|
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Basinger,
Scott J.: Ensley, Michael J. |
Candidate
Quantity in Congressional Elections: Malapportionment, Selection Bias,
and Uncontested Elections |
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Basinger,
Scott J.; Lebo, Matthew |
Congressional
Election Forecasting: Some Time-Serial and Micro-Foundational Considerations |
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Battista,
James S. C. |
Explaining
Variation in Committee Representativeness |
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Baughman,
John |
To
the Sponsor the Spoils: Preferences, Partisanship, and Legislative
Success |
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Becker,
Lawrence A. |
Re-Opening
the Who Wins Debate: An Individual-Level Analysis of Conference Committee
Performance |
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Benoit,
Kenneth R.; Marsh, Michael |
A
Fistful of Euros: Campaign Spending Effects under the Single-Transferable
Vote Electoral System |
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Bergan,
Daniel E.
|
Voting
on the Soft Money Ban in the House of Representatives |
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Bernstein,
Jeffrey L. |
An
Individual-Level Study of Committee Transfers in the House of Representatives |
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Bishin,
Benjamin G. ; Dow, Jay |
Issue
Representation and Descriptive Diversity in Senate Elections
|
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Boles,
Janet K. |
Congresswomen,
Creativity and Support for the National Endowment for the Arts |
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Bond,
Jon R.; Durham, Brandy M.; Cohen, Jeffrey E.; Fleisher, Richard |
The
Effects of Changes in State Level Presidential Approval on Support
in the Senate |
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Brady,
David W.; McAdam, Doug; Han, Hahrie |
American
Political Parties in the Post-New Deal Era: An Electoral Explanation
of Historical Convergence and Polarization |
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Brunell,
Thomas L. |
Testing
the Effects of the Redistricting Revolution on the Incumbency Advantage:
Assessing the Cox and Katz Argument |
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Buchler,
Justin M. |
Alternative Strategies: Leadership PACs and Party Inactivity |
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Burns, Burns; Evans, Laura; Gamm, Gerald H.; McConnaughy, Connie |
Politics
without Professionals |
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Busch,
Andrew E. |
Members
of Congress and Constitutional Issues
|
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Cain,
Sean A. |
Changes
in Competitive Context, Redistricting, and Political Consultants in
U.S. House ElectionsÑRisk-seeking vs. Risk-averse Strategies |
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Campbell,
Andrea C. |
The
Scope of Senate Partisan Agenda Control
|
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Campbell,
Kristin L. |
Struggling
to Set the Campaign Agenda: The Effectiveness of Interest Group Advertisements
Campaigns |
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Carlisle,
Julie E.; Knecht, Thomas |
The
Rise of the Millionaire Candidate |
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Carman,
Christopher J. |
Public
Preferences for Political Representation
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Carne,
Margaret A.; Apollonio, Dorie |
Independent
Expenditures and Interest Group Strategy |
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Carroll,
Celia M. |
Does
Ideology Influence the Level of Deliberation in the U.S. House of
Representatives? Evidence from the Western Caucus and the Northeast-Midwest
Coalition |
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Carson,
Jamie L.; Crespin, Michael H.; Finocchiaro, Charles J.; Rodhe, David
W. |
Redistricting,
Constituency Influence, and Party Polarization in Congress |
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Carson,
Jamie L.; Roberts, Jason M. |
The
Historical Context of Congressional Elections: Candidate Emergence
in 19th and Early 20th Century U.S. House Elections |
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Chambers,
Paul W. |
Factions,
Parties and the Durability of Cabinets and Coalitions in Thailand:
1980-2000 |
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Chin,
Michelle L.; Robbins, Suzanne |
Two
to Tango: How Interest Groups and Legislators Maximize Political Access
and Campaign Contributions |
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Cho,
Wonbin |
Party
Leadership Vs. Rank and File: The 105th House Cosponsored
Bills |
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Choi,
Eunjung |
Appealing
Images or Begging Votes?: Comparing Media Effects With Canvassing
Effects on Turnout in Presidential and House Elections |
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Clinton,
Joshua D. |
Senators,
States and Constituencies: Constituency Influences on Senatorial Roll
Call Voting |
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Cody,
Scott |
Party
and Profession in the State Legislatures
|
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Comiskey,
Michael C. |
The
Senate Confirmation Process and the 'Quality' of U.S. Supreme Court
Justices in the Twentieth Century |
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Cooper,
Joseph; Hering, Martin |
Proximity
Voting versus Party Effects: A Revised Theory of the Importance of
Party in Congressional Decision Making |
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Cooperman,
Rosalyn |
All
in Favor? Examining Ideological Compatibility Among Women Congressional
Candidates, Party Elites and Masses |
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Covington,
Cary R.; Bargen, Andrew |
The
Effects of Divided Government on Policy Change in the House of Representatives,
1953-1996 |
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Davison,
Donald L.; Krassa, Michael |
Ambition,
Accomplishment, and Institutional Change: The Consequences of Rule
Change on Career Goals, Expectations, and Attitudes |
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DeSart,
Jay A.; Patterson, Kelly D. |
Campaign
Messages and Voter Information in Congressional Elections |
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Diermeier,
Daniel; Merlo, Antonio; Eraslan, Hulya |
Bicameralism
and Government Formation |
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Dodson,
Debra L. |
The
Evolving Awareness of the Gendered Dimensions of Policy: Women in
Congress, Substantive Representation, and Reproductive Health |
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Dolan,
Julie; Kropf, Jonathan S. |
Credit
Claiming from the U.S. House: Gendered Communication Styles? |
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Engstrom,
Erik J. |
Stacking
the States, Stacking the House: The Partisan Consequences of Congressional
Redistricting in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries |
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Eshbaugh-Soha,
Matthew; Nicholson-Crotty, Sean |
Presidential
Campaigning during Midterm Elections |
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Eshbaugh-Soha,
Matthew; Peake, Jeffrey S. |
A
Lack of Presidential Influence: The 'Going Public' Assumption Revisited |
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Espino,
Rodolfo |
Electoral Influences on Latino Representation in Congress
|
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Evans,
C. Lawrence Evans; Ng, Stephen M. |
Presidential
Veto Threats and the Lawmaking Process |
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Ferguson,
Margaret R.; Funyan, Joshua D. |
Public
Support, Crisis Events and the Separation of Powers |
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Finocchiaro,
Charles J. |
Suspensions,
Special Rules, and Selection Effects: A Unified Model of Agenda Setting
in the U.S. House |
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Flowers,
Julianne F. |
Institutional
Restraints on Legislative Oversight
|
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Forestiere,
Carolyn |
Opposition Empowerment and Constitutional Amendments |
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Francia,
Peter L. |
Learning
from the Professionals: CandidateÕs Perspectives on Negative
Campaigning |
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Franzese,
Robert J., Jr.; Nooruddin, Irfan |
The
Effective Constituency in Distributive Politics |
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Fulton,
Sarah A. |
Becoming
a Woman of the House
|
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Gershtenson,
Joseph |
Candidates,
Competitiveness, and Spatial Voting in U.S. Senate Elections |
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Ghandi,
Jennifer; Gochal, Joseph; Saiegh, Sebastian M. |
A
Bayesian Analysis of Legislatures and Government |
|
Goodman,
Craig |
Congressional
Elections and Legislative Responsiveness in the Populist Era |
|
Green,
Daniel R. |
District
Size, Campaign Spending, and Competition in U.S. House Elections |
|
Green,
Matthew N. |
Leadership
in Legislative Institutions: Speakers of the House of Representatives
and 'Acts of Power' |
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Grose,
Christian R. |
Is
It Rational to Switch Parties?: Long-term versus Short-term Electoral
Effects of Legislative Party Switching |
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Grynaviski,
Jeffrey D.; Munger, Michael C. |
Ideal
Point Estimates in the Antebellum North and South Carolina Legislatures:
Was there Widespread Anti-Slavery Sentiments in the American South? |
|
Gunning,
Matthew L. |
Putting
Party Back into Politics: The Development of Electoral and Legislative
Partisanship in the Georgia House 1960-2000 |
|
Haider-Markel,
Donald P. |
Political
Representation or Backlash? The Positive and Negative Influence of
Symbolic Representation in State Legislatures |
|
Hansen,
John C. Barron, John M. Barron |
A
Model of Electoral Competition with Two-Year Terms |
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Harker,
William R.; Unger, Daniel |
Leadership,
Vote-Choice and Government Stability in Thailand |
|
Hartog,
Chris Den |
Revolution
in the U.S. House: The Rise of the Rules Committee and Majority Government
in the 1880's |
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Hasecke,
Edward B. |
Balancing
the Legislative Agenda: Scheduling in the U.S. House of Representatives |
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Heaney,
Michael T. |
Lobbyist
Networks and Interest Group Strategy
|
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Heath,
Roseanna Michelle; Schwindt-Bayer, Leslie
A.; Taylor-Robinson, Michelle M. |
Women
on the Sidelines: The Rationality of Isolating Tokens |
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Heberlig,
Eric |
Soft
Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2002 North Carolina 8th Congressional
District Election |
|
Heller,
William B.; Mershon, Carol A. |
Party
Switching and Political Careers in Spain, 1982-2000 |
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Heller,
William B.; Weldon, Jeffery A. |
Legislative
Rules and Legislative Coherence in the Mexican Chamber of Deputies
since 1997 |
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Herrick,
Rebekah; Fisher, Samual |
Citizen
Legislators in the Modern U.S. House of Representatives |
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Herrnson,
Paul S.; Stokes, Atiya K. |
Campaigning
on the Internet: Constituency Characteristics and the Diffusion of
Innovations in Election Politics |
|
Hicken,
Allen |
Parties,
Parliaments and Pork: Budgetary Politics in Thailand and the Philippines |
|
Hirano,
Shigeo |
Supporting
the Reformers: Evidence About the Response to Japanese Voters to Legislators
Reputations for Being Reformers |
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Humes,
Brian D. |
Electoral
Rules and Party Discipline: Political Careers and Party Coherence
in the U.S. House of Representatives |
|
Jacobson,
Gary C. |
Terror,
Terrain, and Turnout: Explaining the 2002 Congressional Elections |
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Jarvis,
Mathew G. |
On
the Record: Partisan Campaigns on Legislative Production |
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Jenkins,
Jeffery A.; Stewart III, Charles |
Party,
Section, and Voting on the Gag rule, 1836-1844 |
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Jensen,
Jennifer M. |
Ambition
Theory and the Career Patterns of Congressional Staff Members |
|
Jones,
David R. |
Divided
Government and Legislative Failures: Disaggregating the Evidence |
|
Jun,
Kyung-Jin |
Committee,
Political Party and Agenda Setting Power
|
|
Kada,
Naoko; Westerling, Anthony |
Information
Matters: The Role of Information in Impeachment Processes in Six Countries |
|
Kalandrakis,
Anastasias |
Revisiting
the Role of Structure on the Induction of Equilibrium
|
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Karol,
David |
Do
District Size and Heterogeneity Affect Policy Preferences?: The Case
of U.S. Trade Policy |
|
Katz,
Jonathan N.; Cox, Gary W. |
Gerrymandering
Roll-Calls: Votes, Decisions, and Partisan Bias in Congress, 1877-2000 |
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Katz,
Jonathan N.; King, Gary; Gelman, Andrew |
A
New Approach to Measuring the Racial Fairness of Redistricting |
|
Kim,
Dong-hun |
Politics
without the Rules Committee: The Fast-Track Procedure and Legislative
Politics |
|
Kim,
Jangsu |
Electoral
Strength and Cue Taking from the Same State-the Same Party Partner
in the U.S. Senate |
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Kloha,
Philip A. |
Far
from a Mirror Image: Evidence of Majority Party Stacking on House
Committees |
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Koger,
Gregory |
Institutions
and Parties in the U.S. House and Senate, 1789-2000
|
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Krehbiel,
Keith;Meirowitz, Adam; Romer, Thomas R. |
Parties
in the Electorate, Parties in Government, and Policy Centrism |
|
Krook,
Mona Lena |
Promoting
Female Parliamentary Presence: Dynamics of Reform
|
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Krutz,
Glen S. |
Issues
and Institutions: Winnowing in the U.S. Congress
|
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Lampinski,
John S.; Springer, Melanie Jean |
Bringing
Policy Back In: An Analysis of Policy Content, Macro-politics and
Legislative Behavior, 1946-1998 |
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Larsen,
Heather A.; Jones, Bryan D. |
Congressional
Macroeconomics Attention and Agenda-Setting |
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Lawless,
Jennifer L.; Fox, Richard L. |
The
Gender Gap in Candidate Emergence: Sex Differences in Political Ambition |
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Lawless,
Jennifer L.; Theriault, Sean M. |
Will
She Stay or Will She Go? Women's Retirement from the U.S. Congress |
|
Lazarus,
Jeff; Monroe, Nathan |
The
Speaker's Discretion: Selection of House Delegates to Conference Committees |
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Leal,
David L.; Hankinson, Chad A. |
The
Personal and Political Determinants of Tenure in the U.S. Congress |
|
Londregan,
John B. |
Constitutional
Power Sharing and Policy Lock-In
|
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Lyons,
Michael ; Galderisi, Peter F |
Win,
Lose, or Draw: Reapportionment, Redistricting Strategy, and Electoral
Outcomes in U.S. House Elections 1972-2002 |
|
Maestas,
Cherie; Rey, Denis |
Tides,
Eddies, and Stagnant Pools: Potential Candidate Perceptions of Political
and Economic Conditions and the Choice to Run for the U.S. House |
|
Marshall,
Bryan W. |
Staring
Down the Barrel of the Veto Pen: Veto Threats and Presidential Influence
in Congress |
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Martgin,
Andrew D.; Lindstaedt, Rene |
Discharge
Petition Bargaining in the House |
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Martin,
Paul S. |
Voter
Turnout and Congressional Representation: How Higher Participation
is Rewarded with Better Representation |
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Mayes,
Rick |
Causal
Chains and Cost-Shifting: Congress, Medicare, and the Federal Budget,
1983-1997 |
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McAtee,
Andrea; Sullivan, Terry; Hora, Jennifer J. |
Changing
Their Minds? Congress Members' Decisions, Presidential Approval, and
New Information |
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McDermott,
Monika L.; Jones, David R. |
Congressional
Election Outcomes and Retrospective Evaluations of Government |
|
McElroy,
Gail M. |
Party
Switching and the European Parliament: Why do MEP's Defect? |
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McGhee,
Eric M. |
Reconsidering
National Forces in Congressional Elections
|
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McKee,
Seth C.; Turgeon, Mathieu; Teigen, Jeremy M. |
The
Electoral Effects of Redistricting on Party Competition: Analysis
of the 2002 Texas Congressional Elections |
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Meier,
Kenneth J.; Juenke, Eric J.; Wrinkle, Robert D.; Polinard, J.L. |
Structural
Choices and Representational Biases |
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Mickey,
Robert W. |
Parties,
Leaders and the Transition from Authoritarian Rule in the South |
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Miller,
Geralyn M.; Murphy, Linda; Stucky, Thomas |
Gender,
Guns, and Legislating: An Analysis of State Legislative Policy Preferences |
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Milstein,
Andrew E. |
Challenging
Cabinet Nominations: Competing for Institutional Influence in Congress
and the Executive |
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Minta,
Michael D. |
Minority
Representatives and Substantive Representation in Agency Rule-Making |