• MPSA: Papers presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 25-28, 2002, Chicago, Illinois.
• SWPSA: Papers presented at the Southwestern Political Science Association Annual Meeting,  March 27-30, 2002, New Orleans,  Louisiana.
• WPSA: Papers presented at the Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting,  March 22-24, 2002, Long Beach, California.

MPSA

“Allies and Adversaries: The War of Words,” Christine A. DeGregorio.

“Artisans and Artistes in the Senate: On the Patterns of Pre-Senatorial Political Experience,” Geoffrey M. Vaughan and Thomas F. Schaller.

“Bringing Content to the Analysis of Roll Call Votes,”  Brian L. Lawson.

“Building Coalitions for Women’s Issues: An Analysis of Cosponsorship in the 103rd and 104th Congresses,” Michele L. Swers.

“Campaign Contributions by Member so Congress: The Spiraling Costs of the Permanent Campaign,” Eric S. Heberlig and Bruce Larson.

“Campaign War Chests in Senate Elections,” Jay Goodliffe.

“Campaigns and Issue Uptake in the U.S. House,” Tracy E. Sulkin.

“Can Challengers Push Incumbents Around (or Out)? Jeff L. Lazarus.

“Caucus and Conference: Legislative Party Organization in the U.S. House of Representatives,” Ronald M. Peters.

“Choosing Your Playing Field: Abortion Politics and Committee Referrals,” Scott Ainsworth and Thad E. Hall.

“Coalition Building in Transportation Policy: The Politics of Geography in the U.S. House of Representatives,” Frances E. Lee.

“Conditional Party Voting: House Voting Reforms and Aggregate Voting Measures,” Steven S. Smith and Jason M. Roberts.

“Congress, Change, and the Constitution: The Institutional,” Arnold F. Shober.

“Congress, the President and Legislation,” John S. Lapinski, Daniel Galvin, Matthew Glassman.

“Congressional Partisanship in Practice,” Richard G. Forgette.

“Cooperation and conflict in Executive-Legislative Relations,” Juan Andréa Moraes.

“Cracking the Whip: Participation on House Roll Call Votes in Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1870-1932,” Timothy P. Nokken.

“The Decline of Committee Seniority,” Russell D. Renka and Daniel E. Ponder.

“Does Sex Matter? Examining Distributive Differences Between Women and Men-Sponsored Legislation,” Gregg D. Adams, Dena Levy, Christina Fastnow.

“The Enlightened Rationality of Business Campaign Contributors and Recipients: How business Contributions Influence Congressional Votes,” Matthew C. Fellows and Patrick Wolf.

“The Expanded Party in Campaigns and in Congress,” Jonathan Bernstein and Justin Buchler.

“Experience Counts: The Emergence of Congressional Leaders,” Ron Vogel and Phillip Ardoin.

“Explaining Committee Outliers in State Senates,” David W. Prince and L. Marvin Overby.

“Explaining Congressional Voting on Ethics Reform: Why Senators Voted to Limit Honoraria, 1981-1983,” Beth A. Rosenson.

“Explaining Legislative Party Cohesion in America’s Party Period, 1841-1917,” Scott C. James.

“Follow the Money: Conditional Party Government and the Appropriations Process,” Brad T. Gomez, John H. Aldrich, Jennifer L. Merolla.

“Ghost coalitions and economic reforms: Dollarization in Ecuador,” André Mejia-Acosta.

“Giving Advice: Congressional lobbying in Supreme Court Selection,” Christine L. Nemacheck and Rachel P. Caufield.

“House Members and Partisan Polarization in the House: How Demographics Effected Partisanship, 1964-1994,” DeWayne L. Lucas.

“How Senators Decide Under Cross Pressure,” Larry Evans.

“The Impact of Legislative Behavior on Candidate Emergence in House and Senate Elections,” Jamie L. Carson.

“The Impact of Redistricting on Legislative Roll-Call Behavior,” Marvin P. King, Jr. and Johanna L. Dunaway.

“The Influence of Senator’s Electoral Strength on the Differentiation in Roll Call Voting,” Jang S. Kim.

“Institutional Change, Party Discipline, and the House Democratic Caucus, 1911-1919,” Matthew N. Green.

“Interest groups DO influence Congress (but it’s not about money), Jennifer N. Victor.

“Investigating the Electoral Roots of Conditional Party Government,” Jamie L. Carson, Jeffrey J. Jenkines, Erick Shickler.

“The Job of Representation: Public Expectations for Members of Congress,” J. Tobin Grant and Thomas J. Rudolph.

“Legislative Agendas in the American States,” Kellie N. Sims Butler.

“Legislative System Performance in Civil Democracy,” Stuart E. Hartger.

“Making Rain in Congressional Elections: The Motives and Mobilization of Individual Campaign Contributors,” Peter L. Francia, John C. Green, Paul S. Herrnson, Lynda W. Powell, Clyde Wilcox.

“Making the Most of a Dollar: How Interest Groups Choose Between Spending Hard Money, Soft Money, and Lobbying,” Dorie Apollonio.

“Member-To-Member Campaign Contributions in the U.S. House of Representatives,” Kristin Kanthak.

“Minority Rights in the Senate and Property Rights in Slaves: The Importance of Dilatory Tactics in Maintaining Political Stability in the Antebellum Era,” Gregory J. Wawro.

“Modes of Moderation: Representational Styles of Ideological Moderates in the U.S. House,” Stanley P. Berard.

"National or Federal: Structuring Senatorial Preferences in the Early American Congress,” David W. Putz.

“Obstruction and Majority Rule in the Senate, 1913-1921,” Gregory Koger.

“Partisan and Strategic Considerations in Conferee Selection in Congress,” Jamie L. Carson and Ryan J. Vander Wielen.

“Partisan Competition for Media Coverage in Congress,” Patrick J. Sellers.

“Partisan Differences in Earmarking and Vote-Buying in the Senate Appropriations Committee,” Diana Evans.

“Partisan Influences on Roll-Call Voting in the U.S. House,” William Hixon and Bryan W. Marshall.

“Party and the Structure of Roll Call Voting in the State Legislatures,” Gerald C. Wright.

“Party Apostasy: The Case of Richard C. Shelby,” Martin Gruberg.

“Party Politics and the Growth of Judicial Power,” Scott J. Basinger.

“Perspectives on Amateurs and Professionals in the House of Representatives: 1970-1978,” Jacob R. Straus.

“The Pluralist Chorus in State Legislatures: Business versus Labor,” Adam H. Hoffman.

“The Political Geography of Nuclear Waste Disposal,” Lawrence A. Becker and Vincent G. Moscardelli.

“Political Strategy and Institutional Choice: Congressional Redistricting in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries,” Erik J. Engstrom.

“The Politics of Geography in Congress,” Wendy J. Schiller.

“The Politics of the Electoral Connection and the Changing Structure of Federal Aid,” Kenneth N. Bickers, Robert M. Stein, Barry S. Rundquist, Thomas M. Carsey, E. Scott Adler.

“Position Change in the Antebellum House of Representatives,” Scott R. Meinke.

“Preferences, Partisanship, and Whip Activity in the House of Representatives,” Barry C. Burden and Tammy Frisbee.

“The Processes of Drawing District Lines: Configuring Constituencies after Reapportionment,” James L. McDowell.

“Presidents, Senates, and Judges: The Politics of Judicial Selection,” Sarah A. Binder and Forrest Maltzman.

“Redistricting of the Texas Legislature 2001,” Gary M. Halter.

“Reform Politics as Public Policy: Towards Better Scholarly Analysis of Constitutional and Political Reform Proposals,” John D. Nugent.

“Representation Despite Ignorance: Subconstituency Influence on Foreign Policy,” Benjamin G. Bishin.

“Representing Women: Consensus and Complexity,” Debra L. Dodson.“Speaking as Women: Women and the Use of Floor Speeches in Congress,” Tracy L. Osborn and Jeanette L. Morehouse.

“Republicans Play Musical Chairs: Determinants of Committee Chair Selection in the 107th Congress,” Christopher J. Deering and Paul J. Wahlbeck.

“Responding to Challenges: The Electoral Connection in the antebellum Congresses, 1830-1862,” Craig Goodman.

“Rewarding Party Loyalty in the U.S. Congress: Party Leaders’ Use of Selective Campaign Incentives,” Kathryn L. Pearson.

“Rhetoric on Representation: What Members of Congress Tell Constituents About Representational Roles,” Daniel W. Lipinski.

“Senators Going Public During Supreme Court Confirmations,” Michael S. Rocca and Stephen R. Routh.

“Strange Bedfellows: Strategic Voting and the Conservative Coalition in Congress in the 1930's,” Brian Sala and Brian D. Humes.

“Struggling to Set the Campaign Agenda: Candidate Strategy and Campaign Dialogue in Elections,” Kristin L. Campbell.

“Sunk Costs, Political Ambition, and Repeat Bids for Congress,” Robert G. Boatright and Andrew J. Taylor.

“Term Limits, State Legislators, and the U.S. House of Representatives,” Gretchen S. Carnes.

“A Test of Ideological Bias on House Subcommittees, 1979-2000,” J. Mark Wrighton.

“Testing Competing Teories of Policy Productin, 1894-1946,” Garry Young and Valerie Heitshusen.

“Testing Theories of Congressional Organization: Committee Assignments form 1789-1946,” David T. Canon and Charles Stewart, III.

“War for the Floor: Agenda Control and the Relationship Between Conditional Party Government and Cartel Theory,” Charles J. Finocchiaro, David W. Rohde, Robert Erikson.

SWPSA

“Campaign Spending and Psychological Engagement in Election Campaigns,” Robert K. Goidel, Don Gross, and Todd Shield.

“Candidate Quality in State Legislative Elections,” Robert E. Hogan and Trevor A. Williams.

“Congressional Response to the Terrorist Attacks Beginning September 11th, 2001,” Margaret F. Klemm and Albert C. Ringelstein.

“The Decision to Craft Agencies: State Legislators’ Attitudes toward ex ante Agency Design,” Sara Poggione and Chris Reenock.

“Delegation in the Devolution Era: State Legislatures and Bureaucratic Discretion,” Michael Bitzer.

“Do Amateur Legislators Make Good Public Policy?” Daniel Franklin.

“Economic Tides and Candidate Emergence: From the Potential Candidate’s Perspective,” Denis Rey.

“Estimating Candidate Quality in the U.S. House Elections,” Ben Arnold and Larycia Hawkins.

“Federal Agency--Congressional Relations: The Federal Communications Commission,” Ronald Peters and Michael Avery.

“The Full Court Press: The Executive Branch and the Legislative Process,” Ken Collier.

“Gender Gap and Candidate Emergence,” Marla Southerland.

“Hispanic Ascendancy, Black Empowerment and Anglo Representation on Local Councils in Miami-Dade County, Florida (circa 1952 to the present),” Allen Brierly.

“Legislative Leadership and Legislative Language: Using Media to Shape the Conditions of Conditional Party Government,” Douglas B. Harris.

“Legislative Leadership in the States; Is Sinclair’s Model Applicable?” Kathleen M. Dalton.

“Occupational Segregation in State and Municipal Bureaucracies: Glass Walls among Latinas, African-American Women, and White Women,” Brink Kerr, Margaret Reid, and Will Miller.

“Parties, Issues and the War of Words: Promoting Policies in the 107th Congress,” Christine DeGregorio.

“Politics in the New South: African Americans in the Florida State Legislature,” Steven C. Tauber.

“The Replacements: Gender,  Party and the Impact on Policy,” Dennis Simon and Barbara Palmer.

“Representation of African American Interests in the Contemporary Mississippi Legislature,” Charles E. Menifield and Stephen D. Shaffer.

“Representing Districts: Women in Congress,” Richard Herrera and Michael Yawn.

“Soft Money and the 2000 Election: Democrats and Republicans Compared,” Dave Wiltse and Alison Dagnes.

“Strategic Behavior of House Members: Post-Census, Pre-Redistricting,” Joe Howard and Jeff May.

“Ten Years After: Assessing State Legislative Term Limits,” Rob Kurfirst.

WPSA

“Congressional Options in the Face of the Supreme Court’s New Federalism: The Role of Federal Enforcement Agencies,” Mary McThomas.

“Congressional Scorecards and Elections: An Untapped Resource,” Matthew Jarvis.

“The Consent Myth and Its Implications for Representative Legislative Bodies,” Eric Prier.

“The Consequence of a Change in Government on Contribution Strategies of Political Action Committees,” Marvin King, Jr.

“Defining the Terms of Debate: How Presidents, Party Leaders and Committees Influence the Decisions of the House Rules Committee,” Alan Rozzi.

“Distributive Theory and Republican Committee Assignments: Are Republicans Preference Outliers?” Scott A. Frisch and Sean Q. Kelly.

“Does Legislative Diversity Lead to Good Government?” Gary W. Copeland and Courtney Cullison.

“The Impact of Redistricting on Legislative Roll-Call Behavior,” Johanna Dunaway and Marvin P. King.

“The Influence of Polling in Congressional Candidate Recruitment and Emergence,” Quin Monson.

“Legislative Procedures as Instruments of Political Control,” Ben Webster.

“Legislator Responsiveness to Constituent Views on Low Information Issues,” Benjamin G. Bishin.

“Obstruction and Majority Rule in the Senate, 1991-2000,” Gregory Koger.

“Predicting Gridlock: A Multivariate Analysis of Roll Call Voting in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1789-1998.” Ryan Claasen.

“Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Legislative Participation: The Role of Political Parties in the U.S. and Britain, 1970-2000,” Miki C. Kittilson and Katherine Tate.

“What’s a Nice Heterosexual Like You Doing With a Bill Like This?” Nicholas P. Ray.