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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. Papers are organized by topic:
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| LEGISLATIVE RECRUITMENT, CAREERS, TURNOVER
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APSA: "Candidate Emergence in U.S. House Elections," Walt Stone, University of Colorado, Boulder; L. Sandy Maisel, Colby College; Kendra Amman, Colby College; Sean Evans, University of Colorado, Boulder; Cherie Maestras, University of Colorado, Boulder. "Changing Patterns of Recruitment to the Norwegian Storting, 1814-1989," Donald Matthews, University of Washington; Henry Valen, Norwegian Institute for Social Research. "Class and Community in the U.S. House: Class of 1974 Democrats and Class of 1994 Republicans," Burdett A. Loomis, University of Kansas; Tim Barnett, University of Kansas. "Congressional Careers in Time," John Hibbing, University of Nebraska. "Constrained Challengers vs. Free Incumbents?: The Incumbent Moderation Hypothesis Revisited," Brian Krueger, University of Notre Dame. "Economic Considerations and Political Evaluations," Michael G. Hagen, Harvard University. "Effects of Term Limits on the Quality of Members of the US House: Testing the Modak Model," Steven R.L. Millman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Evaluating the Impact of Term Limits on Adaptive Subgovernment Systems," C.F. Larry Heimann, Carnegie Mellon University. "Exploitation, Competition, and the Incumbency Advantage," Terry Moe, Stanford University; Sean M. Theriault, Stanford University. "Gateways to the Statehouse: Recruitment Patterns Among State Legislative Candidates," Gary Moncrief, Boise State University; Peverill Squire, University of Iowa; Karl Kurtz, National Conference of State Legislatures. "Home Style and Reputation Building in Politics and Economics," Glenn Parker, Florida State University. "Home Styles in the 1990s: Are Members Still Running Against Congress in the Postreform Era?" Daniel Lipinski, Duke University. "Home Style Revisited: A Narrative Case Study of Representational Change," Richard F. Fenno, Jr., University of Rochester. "Incumbency in Comparative Perspective: Is the United States Really Unique?" Geoff Peterson, University of Iowa; David Hogberg, University of Iowa. "Legislative Term Limits' Impact on Minority Candidates," Stanley Caress, State University of West Georgia. "Party Recruitment of State Legislative Candidates: Does It Make a Difference?" Jonathan P. Euchner, Missouri Western State College. "Political Culture, National Challenges, and the U.S. Senate Community," Allen D. Hertzke, University of Oklahoma. "Political Party Recruiting of State Legislative Candidates," Malcolm E. Jewell, University of Kentucky; Sarah Morehouse, University of Connecticut. "Strategic Retirements in the U.S. House, 1944-1996: The Effects of Scandal, Individual Electoral Performance, and Party Prospects," John Swain, University of Alabama; Stephen Borrelli, University of Alabama; Brian Reed, University of Alabama. "The Contours of Legislative Professionalism," Donald Ostdiek, Rice University; Margaret R. Ferguson, Indiana University, Indianapolis. "The Electoral Disconnection? A Comparative Examination of Political Incentives and Constraints and their Effects on Incumbency," Daniel Nielson, Brigham Young University; Scott Morgenstern, Duke University; Stephen Swindle, Brigham Young University. "The Electoral Effects of Incumbency: Cabinet Decision-Making and Electoral Performance in Parliamentary Democracies," Randolph T. Stevenson, Rice University. "The Lost Sixth: Disappearing White Democrats in Southern Democratic Elections," Charles S. Bullock, III, University of Georgia; Keith Gaddie, University of Oklahoma; Scott Buchanan, University of Oklahoma. "Recruitment of Quality Candidates: State Legislator's Decisions to Run for Congress," Lynda W. Powell, University of Rochester; Richard G. Nieme, University of Rochester; John M. Carey, Washington University. "Recruitment, Resources, Mobilization, and Campaign Contributions: The Dynamics of Participation in 1992, 1994, and 1996," Paul R. Abramson, Michigan State University; William Clagett, Florida State University. "Who's Asking Whom? Recruitment, Race and Political Participation," Cindy Kam, University of Michigan; Anna Maria Ortiz, University of Michigan. NPSA: "An Embarrassment of Riches? Term Limits and Electoral Competition for the U.S. Congress," Richard J. Powell, Hamilton College. "Re-election Strategies, Challenger Campaigns, and Mobilization Against Incumbents in 1998 Congressional Elections," Joel Lefkowitz, State University of New York-New Paltz. SPSA: "Changing Home Styles: Legislators in Their Districts When Not Seeking Reelection," Anthony LoBianco, University of Kentucky. "Frustration with Congress and Political Reform: Efforts to Restore Political Support," Stephen J. Farnsworth, Mary Washington College. "Legislative Term Limits and the Electoral Opportunities for Women: Is There a Linkage?" Stanley M. Caress, State University of West Georgia. "Self-Perceived Career Orientation of North Carolina Legislators," Ethan M. Bernick, Florida State University. "Support Building in Parliamentary Movements: Results from a Field-test in Northern Ireland," Daniel Masters, University of Tennessee. "The Electoral Consequences of Incumbent Quality," Stephen R. Hanna, Texas A&M University. WPSA: "The Road Less Traveled: The Recruitment of Women and Minority Candidates for State Legislative Office," Peverill Squire, University of Iowa; Gary Moncrief, Boise State University. "Exploitation, Competition, and the Incumbency Advantage," Terry Moe, Stanford University; Sean M. Theriault, Stanford University. "Women Incumbents and Challenger Quality in US House Elections," Neil Berch, West Virginia University. "Risk or Uncertainty? Measuring Incumbent Insecurity," Cherie
Maestas, University of Colorado, Boulder.
LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS BACK TO TOP APSA: "Candidate Responses to Mixed Electoral Systems," Regina Smyth, Pennsylvania State University. "Chilling Competition? Self-Financers and the Candidate Pool in 1996 House Elections," Jennifer A. Steen, University of California, Berkeley. "Congressional Campaign Spending and Political Community," John J. Coleman, University of Wisconsin, Madison. "Consultant Attitudes Toward the Improvement of Campaign Conduct," James Thurber, American University; Candice J. Nelson, American University. "Effects of Negative Campaigning on Turnout and Election," Richard R. Lau, Rutgers University; Gerald M. Pomper, Rutgers University. "Election Laws, Political Interests, and Minor Parties," Elisabeth R. Gerber, University of California, San Diego; Rebecca B. Morton, University of Iowa. "Electoral Considerations and Congressional Voting on the National Voter Registration Act," Mitchell Sanders, Florida State University. "Electoral Laws, Disproportionality and the Left-Right Dimension: Implications for Two Visions of Democracy," G. Bingham Powell, Jr., University of Rochester; Georg Vanberg, University of Rochester. "Electoral Reform, Electoral Outcomes, and Party System Change in Italy," William Garber, Northwestern University. "Electoral System Choices in New Democracies: The Case of Mixed PR-Plurality Election Law in Russia," Marat Akopian, Rutgers University. "Electoral Uncertainty and Democratic Legitimacy," Robert Grafstein, University of Georgia. "Explaining the Republican Victory in the 1996 U.S. Congressional Elections," Alan Abramowitz, Emory University; Kyle L. Saunders, Emory University; Jonathan Williamson, Emory University. "Issue Voting, Projection and Persuasion Effects in U.S. Senate Elections: The Impact of Political Advertising on Vote Choice," Carole Chaney, University of Wyoming. "Latino Participation in State Legislative Elections: An Examination of Context and Institutions," John Halpin, University of Colorado, Boulder; Patricia Jaramillo, University of Colorado, Boulder. "Modeling Campaign Effects: Does Attack Advertising Depress Turnout?" John G. Geer, Vanderbilt University; Richard R. Lau, Rutgers University. "Party Loyalty and Midterm Elections: Assessing the Effect of Presidential Support on Electoral Success, 1954-1994," Brian Gaines, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Timothy Nokken, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "Running on their Own: The Electoral Success of Appointed U.S. Senators," James D. King, University of Wyoming. "Split Ticket Voting in the 1993 and 1995 Russian Duma Elections," Ian McAllister, Australian National University; Stephen White, University of Glasgow. "Split Voting in German Federal Elections 1960-1990," Juergan Falter, University of Mainz; Harald Schoen, University of Mainz. "Structural Determinants of Voting Patterns: Legislative Election Outcomes in Post Vandemer Indiana," John D. Cranor, Ball State University. "Testing Models of Political Accountability: The 1994 Elections," William T. Bianco, Pennsylvania State University; Daniel Lipinski, Duke University. "The Art of Persuasion: Consultants and the Rise of Direct Democracy," David B. Magleby, Brigham Young University; Kelly Patterson, Brigham Young University. "The Declining Salience of the U.S. House Candidates, 1958-1994," Gary C. Jacobson, University of California, San Diego. "The Effects of Campaigns on Americans' Political Participation," Dorie Apollonio, University of California, Berkeley; Laurel Elms, University of California, Berkeley. "The Effects of Economic Fluctuations in House Elections," Kevin B. Grier, Tulane University. "The Electoral Consequences of Ideological Discrepancy," Jon R. Bond, Texas A&M University; Stephen Hanna, Texas A&M University; Kristin L. Campbell, Texas A&M University. "The Electoral Effects of Campaign Spending in House Elections," Jeffrey Milyo, Tufts University. "The Homogenization of Political Advertising: Implications from the Ohio Senatorial Campaigns," Marilyn Roberts, University of Florida; Stephen Brooks, University of Akron. "The Myth of Non-Competitive U.S. House Districts," Tom Brunell, University of California, Irvine. "The Political Landscape of Competition: A Multilevel Model of U.S. House Elections," Richard Witmer, University of Arizona. "The Relationship between Negative Information and Turnout in Senate Elections," Kim F. Kahn, Arizona State University; Patrick J. Kenney, Arizona State University. "The Rules -- How Electoral Systems Affect the Impact of Advertising, Credit Claiming, and Position-Taking on Incumbent Reelection Chances," Michelle M. Taylor, Texas A&M University; Michelle L. Chin, Texas A&M University. "Unseating a Speaker: Speaker of the House Thomas S. Foley's 1994 Reelection Race and the Transition Between Old and Modern Campaigning," Jeffrey R. Biggs, American Political Science Association. "Videostyles of Women and Men Candidates in U.S. Senate Campaigns in the 1990s," Dianne Bystrom, Iowa State University. "Vote Choice in Senate Elections: The Role of Campaigns and Candidate Gender," Carole Chaney, San Diego State University. "When Do Congressional Candidates Act Like Ladies and Gentlemen?" Lynn Sanders, University of Chicago; Robert Boatright, University of Chicago. SPSA: "Amateur Candidate Quality in Congressional Elections, 1992-1996," Stephen C. Roberds, University of North Alabama; Jason M. Roberts, University of North Alabama; Darren Kennemer, University of North Alabama. "A Tale of Two Decades: Southern House Elections in the 1980s and 1990s," Donald W. Beachler, Ithaca College. "Black Faces, White Districts: An Appraisal of the 1996 Congressional Elections in Georgia and Florida," D. Stephen Voss, University of Kentucky. "Campaign War Chests and Challenger Emergence in State Legislative Elections," Robert E. Hogan, Rice University. "Dividing the Pie: The Role of Candidate Transfers in State Legislative Elections," David Breaux, Mississippi State University; Anthony Gierzynski, University of Vermont. "Economics and Senate Elections: Two Different Conceptualizations of the Vote," Brian Harpuder, Ohio State University. "Electoral Marginality in U.S. Senate Elections, 1914-1992," Kenneth A. Wink, Western Carolina University. "Gender and House Candidacy: Asset or Liability?" Rosalyn Cooperman, Vanderbilt University. "Majority-Minority Districts and Campaign Finance: An Equal Playing Field?" James W. Corey, Florida State University. "N.C.'s Most Contested 1998 House Elections Seat: Explaining the Success (or Failure) of Dem. Rep. Price's Bid for Reelection," John A. Altman, High Point University. "Political Consultants in Open Seat Races," Stephen K. Medvic, Purdue University. "The Election of Women to Russian National and Regional Legislatures: Testing Conventional Explanations," Dawn Nowacki, Linfield College. WPSA: "Kerrey's Millionaires vs. Kerrey's Pols: Democratic Party Strategies and Success Rates in Senate Races, 1996 and 1998," Joel David Bloom, Willamette University. "State-Level Casualties, Candidate Positions, and Senate Election during the Korean and Vietnam Wars," Scott Sigmund Gartner, University of California, Davis; Gary M. Segura, Claremont Graduate University. "The 1997 French Legislative Elections: A Turning Point for Women in Politics?" Katherine A. R. Opello, New York University. "Gender Effects in Candidate Emergence in U.S. House Elections," Sara Alan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Walter J. Stone, University of Colorado, Boulder; Sandy Maisel, Colby College. "Campaign Spending and its Effects in the 1996 California Legislative
Elections," Jeffrey M. Cummins, Claremont Graduate University; Nathan D.
Woods, Claremont Graduate University.
REDISTRICTING AND REPRESENTATION BACK TO TOP APSA: "Alternative Voting Systems and Alternative Models of Representation," Shaun Bowler, University of California, Riverside; David Brockington, University of Washington. "Asian-American and Hispanic Representation in the U.S. House of Representatives," Charles Tien, Hunter College, CUNY; Dena B. Levy, SUNY, Brockport. "Black Representation Does Matter: The Impact of Black Mayors on the Racial Attitudes and Policy Preferences of White Voters," Zolton Hajnai, University of California, San Diego. "Conservative Bias in Proportional Representation Elections," Burt L. Monroe, Indiana University. "Geographic and Partisan Bases of Representation: Testing the Neoclassical Approach to Distributive Politics," Robert J. Franzese, Jr., University of Michigan. "Information, Strategy and Representation: A Strategic Actor Model of Representation," Michael Bailey, Georgetown University. "Media Coverage of African Americans in Congress," Jeremy Zilber, College of William and Mary; David Niven, Florida Atlantic University. "Minority Redistricting and Voter Attitudes," Margaret Ellis, James Madison University; Valerie Sulfaro, James Madison University. "Partisan Representation Under Republican Rule: A Comparison of the 104th to the 103rd Congress," Patricia A. Hurley, Texas A&M University. "Preparing for Redistricting in 2001: Communities Define their Interest," Karin Mac Donald, University of California, Berkeley. "Redistricting, Dealignment and the Political Homogenization of Congressional Districts," Michael P. McDonald, University of California, San Diego. "Representation, Ethnicity and Congress: Black and Hispanic Representatives and Constituencies," James Endersby, University of Missouri; Charles Menifield, Murray State University. "Respect for Traditional Districting Principles: A Computer-Intensive Evaluation of Congressional Redistricting in Louisiana and Virginia and A Look Ahead," Timothy G. O'Rourke, University of Missouri, St. Louis; Carmen Cirincione, University of Connecticut; Thomas Darling, University of Baltimore. "Taxation without Representation? Citizens, Congress, and Oversight of the IRS," Michael J. Nickelsburg, SUNY, Stony Brook. "The Politics of Place: Congressional Representation of Suburban and Urban Interests," Juliet Gainsborough, University of Miami. "The Two Faces of Representation: Implications for the Design of Electoral Systems," Richard Matland, University of Bergen. "Yes, Institutions Matter: The Impact of Institutional Reform on Political Representation," Reuven Y. Hazan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. "Women's Political Representation in Latin American and Caribbean Parliaments," Jacqueline Polanco, John Jay College, CUNY. NPSA: "Beyond Descriptive Representation: Gender and Influence in U.S. Legislatures," Laura R. Winsky Mattei," State University of New York-Buffalo. SPSA: "What's the Count? Descriptive Representation in America's Legislatures," Keesha M. Middlemass, University of Georgia. "Whose Choice is Representation?: A Test for the Delegate versus Rational Voter Models of Representation," Marcus D. Allen, Binghamton University. WPSA: "Identity Politics and Representational Strategies: Mohawks, Iroquois, Native Americans, and Indigenous Peoples," Danielle LaVaque-Manty, University of Michigan. "The Effect of Term Limits on the Representation of Women: An Analysis of Evidence from Eight States," Susan J. Carroll, Rutgers University; Krista Jenkins, Rutgers University. "When Does the Level of Female Representation become Critical?"
Valerie O'Regan, North Dakota State University.
LEGISLATIVE ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR BACK TO TOP APSA: "A Mechanism Design Approach to Legislative Design," Jonathan Katz, California Institute of Technology. "Attitudes on Abortion and Voting in Senate Elections: The Role of Gender and Religious Identity," Vincent L. Hutchings, University of Michigan. "Citizen Awareness of Roll Call Votes: A Review of the Evidence" Paul Gronke, Duke University; J. Matthew Wilson, Duke University. "Congressional Leadership a la Mode," William Koetzle, University of California, Irvine; Bernard Grofman, University of California, Irvine. "Do Members of Congress Have Asymmetric Preference Distributions?: A Look at Poole and Rosenthal's D-Nominate Scores," Mark Berger, Duke University. "Electoral Representation and Legislative Bargaining," Dimitri Landa, University of Minnesota; Catherine Hafer, University of Rochester. "Explaining Institutional Change: The Use of Omnibus Legislation in Congress," Glen S. Krutz, Texas A&M University. "First Year House Members and their Staffs: Implications for Governance and Elections," David Leal, SUNY, Buffalo. "Free Riding in Legislation: Theory and State Legislative Evidence," James R. Rogers, Texas A&M University. "Gender and Credit-Claiming Among Legislators," Matthew DeBell, Georgetown University. "Gendered Lawmaking: An Analysis of Bill Authorship by Gender in the United States Congress," Amy Stewart, University of Virginia. "Hip Pocket Votes," Tim Groseclose, Ohio State University; James Snyder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Issue Trespassing and Perceptions of Candidates' Issue Positions: Abortion in the 1996 House Elections," Jeffrey Koch, SUNY, Geneseo. "Leaders, Legislators, and the Media," Douglas B. Harris, Colgate University. "Legislative Ethics in the Fifty States: Explaining Variation in States' Efforts to Regulate Conflicts of Interest," Beth Rosenson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Legislative Scheduling: A Case of the Japanese Diet," Mikitaka Masuyama, University of California, San Diego. "Legislative Signaling and the Resulting Outcome Biases in the Senate," Laura W. Arnold, Southern Illinios University; Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University; Christopher J.W. Zorn. "Making a Difference: Legislative Behavior and the Meaning of Women's Political Representation," Beth Reingold, Emory University. "Newt Gingrich and the House Republican Freshmen of 1994," Linda Killian, Former Editor of "All Things Considered." "Paradoxes of Peruvian Congressional Behavior: A ‘Nested Games' Interpretation," Gregory D. Schmidt, Northern Illinois University. "Participation and Abstention on Roll Calls in Congress," Richard Forgette, Miami University; Brian J. Gaines, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Brian R. Sala, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. "Party vs. Constituency Interest in Votes for the Tariff, 1880-1930," David Brady, Stanford University; Judith Goldstein, Stanford University; Dan Kessler, Stanford University. "Political Ideology, Gender Consciousness, and Power Feminism Among Midwestern State Legislators," Elizabeth A. Bennion, University of Wisconsin, Madison. "Predicting Legislative Outputs in the First ‘100 Days': A Longitudinal Analysis, 1896-1996," Raymond Tatalovich, Loyola Unversity, Chicago; John P. Frendreis, Loyola University, Chicago; Jon Schaff, Loyola University, Chicago. "Reputation and Recognition: The Dynamics of Competition and Cooperation Among Senators from the Same State," Wendy Schiller, Brown University. "Roll Call Votes as Image of Concern for Constituents' Actual Opinions," Robert L. Boucher, Jr., American University. "Roll Call Voting in the Confederate Congress," Jeffrey A. Jenkins, University of Illinois. "Rules and Workload: Examining the Connection Between Rules and Workload in Four Historical Periods of the U.S. House of Representatives," Evelyn C. Fink, University of Nebraska; Brian D. Humes, University of Nebraska. "The Effects of Place on Legislative Roll-Call Voting: The Case of Central City Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives," Harold Wolman, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Lisa Marckini, Wayne State University. "The Origins and Effects of Congressional Abstention: A Historical Perspective," Mitchell Sanders, Florida State University; Lawrence Rothenberg, University of Rochester. "Manipulating the Message in the U.S. Congress," Patrick Sellers, Indiana University. "The Politics of Gridlock, 1947-1996," Sarah A. Binder, The Brookings Institution. "Understanding Defection in the European Parliament," Joanne Brzinski, Emory University; Holly Gunning, Emory University; Moshe Haspel, Emory University; Kyle L. Saunders. "Voting Behavior of Progressively Ambitious Legislators," Steven Dreifach, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. NPSA: "African-American Women and State Legislatures: Power Perceptions, Influence, and Legislative Effectiveness in Gendered Institutions," Wendy S. Smooth, University of Maryland-College Park. "Differences Between Women and Men in Bill Sponsorship in the 103rd and 104th Congress, Michelle Swers, Harvard University. "Information Flows Within Legislatures," Peg Clement, State University of New York-Albany; Sean F. Reed, State University of New York-Albany; Chris Grill, State University of New York-Albany. "Leaders and Learning in the House of Representatives," Aaron E. Wicks, University of Rochester. "The Impact of Women Officeholders in Massachusetts: A Case Study of Creating a Women's Commission," Anne Marie Cammissa, Suffolk University. "To Filibuster, Or Not To Filibuster: Norms, Parties, and Policy Preferences," David R. Jones, City University of New York, Baruch College. SPSA: "Approaching the Median: Ideological Adjustment in the U.S. Senate," Tracy McKay, University of Kentucky. "Factors Influencing the Political Relationships of Same-State Senators," Ross K. Baker, Rutgers University. "Measuring Constituent Ideology in Sixty-eight Congressional Districts: 1972-1992," Jean-Philippe Faletta, Wayne State University. "Pathways to Legislative Effectiveness in American State Legislatures: A Gender Comparison," Donald E. Whistler, University of Central Arkansas; Mark C. Ellickson, Southwest Missouri State University. "Plurality Electoral Formula in Georgia: Roll Call Voting on HB 1529," John Hickman, Berry College. "Procedural and Policy Partisanship in the House: A Longitudinal Analysis of Special Rules," Bryan Marshall, Michigan State University. "Special Sessions: Explaining Their Use," E. Lee Bernick, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. "The Ideological and Institutional Conditions for Coalition Formation in the U.S. House," Michael D. McDonald, Binghamton University; Kimberly Maslin-Wicks, Hendrix College. "The Implications of Majority Rule Instability for Models of Congressional Reform," Scott Ainsworth, University of Georgia; Itai Sened, Washington University; Patrick Fett. "To Filibuster, Or Not to Filibuster: Norms, Parties, and Policy Preferences in the U.S. Senate," David R. Jones, Baruch College. WPSA: "The Changing Face of Congressional Leaders: Speakers, Committees Chairs, and the Media," Gary Lee Malecha, University of Portland; Daniel J. Reagan, Ball State University. "Congressional Responses to Cyberspace: Slowing Down Big Brother," Charles L. Mudd, Jr. "Partisanship and Lawmaking in the 1990s," Barbara Sinclair, University of California, Los Angeles. "Multidimensional Patterns in Information Acquisition at Congressional Hearings on Comprehensive Health Care Reform, 1947-1993," John Hardin, University of North Carolina. "Competing Models of Roll Call Voting," Michael P. Bobic, Emmanuel College; William Eric Davis, University of California at Riverside. "Member Characteristics or Constituency Effects: What Determines a Legislator's Vote?" Nathan D. Woods, Claremont Graduate University; Jeffrey M. Cummins, Claremont Graduate University. "The Effect of State Size on Senatorial Behavior and Constituency Relations," Louis J. Ayala, Stanford University; Robert A. D'Onofrio, Stanford University. "The Filibuster: An Effective Veto," Jerry Calvert, Montana State University.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES BACK TO TOP APSA: "Ain't Nobodies Business if I Do: Turf Control in Congressional Committees," Jeff Worsham, West Virginia University. "Conference Committees in Germany and Russia," Robyn B. Wornall, University of California, Los Angeles; Samuel C. Patterson, Ohio State University. "Determining Legislative Outcomes: The Effects of Committee Specialization on Legislative Committee Performance," Keith E. Hamm, Rice University; Ronald D. Hedlund, Northeastern University; Nancy A. Martorano, Rice University. "Immigration Reform in the House Judiciary Committee: A Multidimensional Analysis of Committee Cleavages 1985-1996," James G. Gimpel; James R. Edwards, Jr., University of Maryland. "Informational and Demand-Side Theories of Congressional Committees: Evidence from the House and Senate, 1789-1993," David T. Canon, University of Wisconsin; Martin J. Sweet, University of Wisconsin. "Organizing State Legislatures: Testing Theories of Legislative Committees at the State Level," James S. Coleman Battista, Duke University. "Parties and Committees in State Legislatures: How Women Get Things Done," Sarah Poggione, Pennsylvania State University. "Revolution and Change in the House Appropriations Committee: Does the Appropriations Train Still Run on Time?" Bryan W. Marshall, Michigan State University; Brandon C. Prins, Michigan State University; David W. Rohde, Michigan State University. "Speaker Cannon and the Committee Assignment Process: 1903-1911," Eric D. Lawrence; University of California, Riverside; Forrest Maltzman, George Washington University; Paul J. Wahlbeck, George Washington University. "The Development of the Senate Committee System, 1789-1947," David T. Canon, University of Wisconsin; Charles Stewart, III, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "The Distribution of Senate Committee Positions: Change or More of the Same," Laura W. Arnold, Southern Illinois University. "The House Rules Committee: A Test of the Three Theories of Legislative Organization," Greg Thorson, University of Minnesota, Morris. "Transforming Leadership in Senate Comittees," Vincent G. Moscardelli, Emory University. SPSA: "A Participation Theory of Freshman Committee Assignments," Jeffrey L. Bernstein, Eastern Michigan University. "The Growth of the Nineteenth Century Committee System: A Transaction Cost Analysis," Keith Fitzgerald, New College of the University of South Florida. "The Use of Seniority in the Selection of State Legislative Committee Chairs: An Examination of a National Phenomenon at the State Level," David Prince, University of Mississippi. WPSA: "Do Specialists Control the Committee Agenda? Evidence from State Legislative Committees Throughout the Twentieth Century," Keith Hamm, Rice University; Ron Hedlund, Northeastern University. "Home Cooking: Venue Change, Participation at Hearings, and Legislative Outputs," Jeff Worsham, West Virginia University. "Getting Rolled on the House Floor: Why Do Majority Party Committee Contingents Lose Their Bills? The Case of Ways and Means," Alan Rozzi, University of California, Los Angeles. "Race and the Committee Assignment Process in the House," Michael D. Cobb, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jeffery Jenkins, Michigan State University. "Communists, Congressional Committees, and the Rise of the Administrative Welfare State," Daniel L. Levin, Boise State University.
POLITCAL PARTIES, NON-PARTY CAUCUSES AND INFORMAL GROUPS BACK TO TOP APSA: "American Party Platforms and Dynamic Representation," Michael D. McDonald, SUNY, Binghamton; Richard I. Hofferbert, SUNY, Binghamton; Ian Budge, University of Essex. "An Agent-Based Model of the Exchange Theory of Interest Groups," Paul E. Johnson, University of Kansas. "Constraints, Choices and Opportunities: Feminist Organizational Response to Political Crisis," Maryann Barakso, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Cyber-Pluralism: Congress, Interest Groups, and the Internet in the Late 20th Century," John P. Messmer, Illinois State University. "Cycles or Catastrophes: A Schumpetarian View of Party Competition in the American States," Allen Brierly, University of Northern Iowa. "Easy Issues in the Party System: Gender, Race, and Abortion," Kira Sanbonmatsu, Harvard University. "Ersatz Parties? Interest Groups as Election-Seekers in Congressional Races," Alison Gail Keleher, University of California, Santa Barbara. "Explaining Membership in the Party Whip System: A Multivariate Model," Philip J. Ardoin, Southern University. "Explaining Party Aggregation in SMSP Electoral Systems," Pradeep Chhibber, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Ken Kollman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. "Factional Competition and the Development of Seniority System in the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan," Sadafumi Kawato, University of Tohoku. "Factionalism in the Southern States: The Republican View, 1950-1990," John Francis Ryan, University of North Texas. "Federal Funding and Interest Group Lobbying Behavior," Beth L. Leech, Texas A&M University. "Firms' Investment in Lobbying for Private and Public Goods: Results From a Game-Theoretic Model," Barry Seldon, University of Texas, Dallas; Kenneth Godwin, University of North Texas. "Guardin' Party: Projecting Majority Status in a Legislative Bargaining Model," Kristin Kanthak, University of Iowa. "Integrating Parties and Groups in the United States: Business and Labor Groups, Party Dynamics, and State Policy," Victor R. Mendiola, Jr., Harvard University; Steven Yonish, University of Wisconsin, Madison. "Interest Groups and Gridlock," Jeffrey M. Berry, Tufts University. "Joining the Party: Black Incorporation, Democratic Party Reform, and the new Race Politics, 1960-1975," Robert W. Mickey, Harvard University. "Leaders, Followers, and Party Identification: The Partisanship of Interest Group Leaders and Their Constituents," Amy E. Black, Franklin and Marshall College. "On Top of Horizontal Federalism: State Legislative Leaders' Involvement in National Organizations," Thomas H. Little, University of Texas, Arlington. "Partisan Change in Southern Legislatures, 1946-1995," Aubrey W. Jewett, University of Central Florida. "Party Leaders and Followers: Information and Bargaining in the U.S. House," William Hixon, University of Rochester. "Party Leaders in the U.S. House and Institutional Appointments: Comparing Gingrich's Strategies to those of O'Neill, Wright and Foley," John L. Mason, Rhodes College. "Party Voting in the Illinois Legislature," Vrian D. Posler, Millikin University. "Playing to the Gallery? Partisan Politics in the Pre- and Post- Televised House of Commons," Mark Shephard, University of Houston. "Republican Newcomers to the U.S. House of Representatives: A Resource to Party Leaders," Christine DeGregorio, American University; Kevin J. Conway, American University. "Roll Tide Roll: Republican Party Growth in Southern State Legislatures," David Leal, SUNY, Buffalo; Frederick Hess, University of Virginia. "Setting the Table: A Theory of Preemptive Lobbying," Michael Ting, Stanford University. "The Allocation of Resources by Interest Groups: Legislation, Litigation, and Administrative Regulation," Rui de Figueiredo, University of California, Berkeley; John M. de Figueiredo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "The Changing Role of Political Parties in the U.S. Senate in the 104th and 105th Congress," Nicol C. Rae, Florida International University; Colton C. Campbell, Florida International University. "The Congressional Progressive Caucus and the Policy Process," William F. Grover, Saint Michael's College. "The Impact of Women's State Legislative Caucuses and Networks," Elizabeth Williams, University of Florida. "The Party Operative-Political Consultant Continuum," David Farrell, University of Manchester; Robin Kolodny, Temple University; Steven Medvic, Old Dominion University. "The Rise of New Egalitarian Parties and Women's Parliamentary Participation," Pia Kaiser, University of California-Los Angeles. "Transitional Parties of Parliamentary Origin," Mikhail Filippov, Washington University; Olga Shvetsove, Washington University. SPSA: "Congressional Caucuses and the Logic of Congressional Organization," Gary J. McKissick, Emory University. "Congressional Party Unity, 1947-1996," Rhonda Callaway, University of North Texas; Frank B. Feigert, University of North Texas. "Legislative Leadership and Partisan Change in the South," John McGlennon, College of William and Mary. "Party Campaign Support and Member Loyalty in the Florida Legislature," David M. Hedge, University of Florida; David Schecter, University of Florida. "Party Leaders and Followers in the U.S. House, William Hixon, University of Rochester. "Party Voting in Southern State Legislatures: Revisiting Malcolm Jewell's 1955 Estimations of State Legislative Voting," R. Bruce Anderson, Hastings College. "Republican Factions in the House: Wreckers of the Revolution," John Carhart, Texas A&M University of Galveston. "The Caucus Re-election Requirement and the Transformation of House Committee Chairs, 1959-1996," Fiona M. Wright, University of Florida. "The Consequences of Party Organization in the House Theory and Evidence on Conditional Party Government," John H. Aldrich, Duke University; David W. Rohde, Michigan State University. "The Emerging Republican Majority in the South: Party Competition in U.S. House Elections in the 1990s," Jonathan O. Knuckey, University of New Orleans. WPSA: "The Institutional Effects of Electoral Tides: Party Voting in the Electorate and in Congress," Richard Forgette, Miami University; Glenn Platt, Miami University. "From Homogenization to Polarization: Changing District Partisanship and Ideological Polarization in Congress," Bernard Grofman, University of California, Irvine; Michael McDonald, Harvard-MIT Data Center. "Incumbent Decisions and District Choices: Candidate and Party Survival in U.S. Congressional Districts," Bradford S. Jones, University of Arizona; Richard C. Witmer, University of Arizona.
LEGISLATIVE STRUCTURES AND ORGANIZATION BACK TO TOP APSA: "Campaign Finance and the Institutional Power of the House and the Senate," Stephen Ansolabehare, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Committees, Officers, and Party Leaders: Emergence of Senate Organization," Steven S. Smith, University of Minnesota; Gerald H. Gamm, University of Rocherster. "Disjointed Pluralism and Congressional Development in 1890-1910: An Experiment in Party Government," Eric Schickler, University of California, Berkeley. "Economic Globalization, Cabinet Stability, and Institutional Reform in Parliamentary Democracies," William T. Bernhard, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. "Institutional Context and the Power of State House Speakers," Richard A. Clucas, Portland State University. "Institutional Response to New Political Issues in the U.S. Congress," Eric D. Lawrence, University of California, Riverside. "No Reelection, Divided Government, and the Organization of the Mexican Congress," Benito Nacif-Hernandez, CIDE. "Social Cleavage and Electoral System Structure as Determinants of Multipartism in the Japanese Lower House," John C. Hickman, Berry College. "Teaching the Art of Politics by ‘Making Sausage': Using Congressional Simulation in an Introductory American Government Class," Thomas J. Baldino, Wilkes University; James Yoho, Wilkes University. "The New England Town Meeting: A "De Facto" Representative Assembly," Joseph F. Zimmerman, SUNY, Albany. "U.S. Models and Latin American Legislatures: An Institutional Analysis of Latin American Legislatures," Scott Morgenstern, Duke University. WPSA: "Reforming the Congressional Budget Process: Framing Spending Decisions or a Futile Exercise?" Bill Heniff Jr., University of Maryland, College Park. "The Senate Reorganization of 1921," David R. White, University of Arizona.
LEGISLATIVE-EXECUTIVE RELATIONS BACK TO TOP APSA: "Congress and the Future of NATO," David Auerswald, George Washington University. "Congressional Decision Making and the Separation of Powers," Andrew D. Martin, Washington University. "Cooperation and Conflict Before the Coup: An In-Depth Case Study of Executive-Legislative Relations in Fujimori's Peru 1990-92," Charles Kenney, University of Oklahoma. "Delegation and Discretion under Separate Powers," Sharyn O'Halloran, Stanford University. "Divided Governments and Budgets in Mexico: 1917-37 and 1997-2000," Jeff Weldon, ITAM. "Divided Parliaments: The Budgetary Effect of Inter-Cameral Partisan Differences in Bicameral Legislatures," William B. Heller, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. "Do Advisory Committees Facilitate Congressional Control of Bureaucracy?" Steven J. Balla, George Washington University; John R. Wright, George Washington University. "German Bicameralism: Divided Government of Federal Gridlock?," Thomas Koenig, University of Mannheim. "Helping Friends of Wooing Enemies? Discerning Patterns and Principles in the Distribution of Presidential Favors in Congress," Cary R. Covington, University of Iowa; Kedron Bardwell, University of Iowa. "Italian Divided Government: Veto Players in Executive-Legislative Interaction," Francesco Zucchini, University of Milan. "Legislative Responsiveness in Authoritarian Brazil," Scott W. Desposato, University of California, Los Angeles. "Politics of Coalition Formation and Survival in Multiparty Presidential Democracies: Building a Rational Choice and Neo-Institutional Theory," David Altman, University of Notre Dame. "Presidential Agenda Setting in Congress," George C. Edwards, III, Texas A&M University; Andrew Barrett, Texas A&M University. "Presidential Agenda Setting in Congress, 1979-1996," Roger Larocca, University of Chicago. "Proposal and Counter-Proposal in Presidential Congressional Relations," Wayne P. Steger, DePaul University. "Rethinking Presidential Veto Threats: Agenda Control, Vetoes, and Overrides in the Policy Process," Brian R. Sala, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. "The Deadlock of Democracy Revisited: A Model of Executive-Legislative Relations in Separation-of-Power Regimes," Eric Magar, University of California, San Diego. "The Division of Bureaucratic Control: A Model of Executive Appointments and Legislative Oversight," Rose Ragzaghian, Columbia University. "The Effect of Policy Content upon Presidential Success in Congress," Russell Renka, Southeast Missouri State University, "The Evolution of Executive-Legislative Professionalization: Does an Institutional Rivalry Exist?" George A. Krause, University of South Carolina. "The Interaction of Proposal and Veto Power in Legislative Institutions," Nolan McCarty, Columbia University. "The Multi-Institutional Model Meets the Real World: The Case of Monetary Policymaking in the U.S.," Irwin L. Morris, Texas Tech University. "The President as Opposition Leader," David A. Crockett, University of Texas, Austin. "Three Views of the Advantages of Divided Government: Toward a Unified Analysis of Presidential and Parliamentary Governments," Richard Jankowski, SUNY, Fredonia. "Veto Players and the American Constitution," George Tsebelis, University of California, Los Angeles; Jih-wen Lin, Academia Sinica, Tiawan. "When Presidents and their Congressional Party Disagree: Public Competition to Communicate a Party," Tim Groeling, University of California, San Diego; Samuel Kernell, University of California, San Diego. NPSA: "Budgets and Deficits: The Public's Assessment of Responsibility and Blame," Diane Hollern Harvey, George Mason University. "Members of Congress as Commentators on Presidential Policy," Krista R. Ketterer, State University of New York-Albany. "Studying Congress and Delegation to the Executive: Good Questions, Incomplete Answers," R. Eric Petersen, Syracuse University. SPSA: "Congressional Leadership and Legislative-Executive Relations in a New Era of Divided Government," Craig Williams, University of Oklahoma. "Going Public and Playing Defense: President Clinton and the 1995-1996 Budget Showdown," Matthew Corrigan, University of North Florida. "The Legislative Veto and Divided Government," Mark D. Lawhorn, Florida State University; Carl M. Dasse, Florida State University. "The Line Item Veto in Reverse, Only More Powerful: The Omnibus Change and Presidential-Congressional Relations," Glenn S. Krutz, Texas A&M University. "The President, Congress, and Foreign Policy: Changing Agendas and Alignments, 1953-1996," Dennis M. Simon, Southern Methodist University. "The Separation of Powers Puzzle in Ukraine: Sorting Out Responsibilities and Relationships between President, Parliament, and Prime-Minister," Vladmir Pigenko, Indiana University; Charles R. Wise, Indiana University. WPSA: "Partisan Theory, Divided Government, and Macroeconomic Outcomes in the United States, 1947-1998," Adrian D. Pantoja, The Claremont Graduate University. "Re-Examining the Effects of Presidential Approval on the Success of the President in the Legislative Arena," Jon Bond, Texas A&M University; Richard Fleisher, Fordham University; B. Dan Wood, Texas A&M University. "Congress and the Presidential Veto," John B. Gilmour, College of William and Mary. "The Paradox of Presidential Approval: The Mixed Blessing of Divided Government to Presidential Success," Stephen P. Nicholson, Santa Clara University. "Determining the Scope of Gubernatorial Legislative Agendas," Margaret Ferguson, Indiana University at Indianapolis; Donald Ostdick, Rice University. "Serving the Public Good: Congress and the Oversight of the IRS," Michael J. Nickelsburg, SUNY at Stony Brook. "Determinants of Presidential Support in Congress," Rhonda Callaway,
University of North Texas; Frank Feigert, University of North Texas.
LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC POLICY BACK TO TOP APSA: "An AARP Letter a Day Keeps the Budget Cutters Away (?): Medicare, Congress, and the Aged Constituency," Thomas Schlesinger, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. "Assessing the Impact of Legislative Organization on Levels of Statutory Control across Policy Dimensions," Jason MacDonald, George Washington University. "Back to the Basic Question: Explaining the Success and Failure of Bills in Committees and on the Floor," Okiyoshi Takeda, Princeton University. "Congressional Committee Makeup and Foreign Policy: 1919-1980," W. Alexander Vacca, Rutgers University. "Do Majority-Minority Mandates Cause Conservative Policy Outcomes? Policy Preferences of Southern Representatives in the 1980s and 1990s," Ken Shotts, Stanford University. "Global Rules, Local Interests, and National Institutions: Fast Track in the House of Representatives," Hellmut Lotz, University of Maryland, College Park. "Immigration Politics: Allocation of Visas by Congress," Carolyn Wong, Stanford University. "International Capital Mobility and Monetary Politics in the U.S. Congress, 1995-97," Lawrence Broz, Harvard University. "Legislative Policymaking in a Federal System," Kimberly Johnson, Columbia University. "Legislative Support for Punitive Criminal Justice Policy," Fred Meyer, Ball State University; Ralph Baker, Ball State University. "Oversight of Monetary Policy: How Do Members of Congress Respond to and Influence Interest Rates?" J. Kevin Corder, Western Michigan University. "Party Factors in the U.S. Senate and National Policy Responsiveness," Angela Hinton Andersson, Loyola University, Chicago; Nick Bauroth, Loyola University, Chicago. "State Legislatures and Our Fifth Amendment Privilege: Preserving Constitutional Authority Outside Traditional Federal Structures," David A. Yalof. "Security and Trade: Congressional Issue Linkages and the Foundations of U.S. Trade Policy," Michael Bailey, Georgetown University. "The Impact of Turnout and Ticket-Splitting on Policy Responsiveness in the Senate," Angela Hinton Andersson, Loyola University, Chicago; Doug Roscoe, Loyola University, Chicago. "The Politicization of Fast Track: Have Members of Congress Become More Ideological or are Ideological Newcomers Driving Trade Politics?" Martha L. Gibson, University of Connecticut; Stephen Carter, University of Conneticut. "Women's Representation and Gender Policies in South Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines," R. Jungia Lee, Guandong University. NPSA: "Federalism in the 105th Congress," Paul Neal, Center for the Study of Federalism; J. Wesley Leckrone, Temple University; Joseph Marbach, Seton Hall University. SPSA: "Adopting Property Rights Legislation in the American States: An Explanation," Alfred M. Olivetti, Jr., West Virginia University. "Competition, Conflict and Congressional Policymaking," Girish J. Gulati, University of Virginia. "Gubernatorial, Legislative, Judicial, and Bureaucratic Influence Over State Agency Activities: A Test of Competing Measures of Influence," Donald A. Gross, University of Kentucky; Michael Baranowski, University of Evansville. "Information, Legislative Structures and Legislative Influence on Foreign Policy," Steven D. Bos, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "Legislative Organization and Policy Outputs: Is Pork Multidimensional?" Jeffery Talbert, University of Kentucky; Matthew Potoski, University of Kentucky. "State Legislative Responses to the Regulatory Takings Issue," William W. Laverty, Indiana University. "The War Powers Resolution 25 Years Later: Congressional Conflict, Compromise, and Concession," Timothy S. Boylan, Winthrop University; Glenn Phelps, Northern Arizona University. WPSA: "Turnout, Legislative Composition and Public Policy: Mediators of African-American Turnout on Welfare Spending," Brian S. Krueger, University of Notre Dame; Paul D. Mueller, University of Notre Dame. "Is Crime Control Policy Another form of Pork Barrel Politics?" John C. Kilwein, West Virginia University; Kevin M. Leyden, West Virginia University; Willard Oliver, Glenville State College. "Shadowboxing at the Borders: Strategic Uses of Policy Images by State and Congressional Players in U.S. Immigration Policy," Valerie F. Hunt, University of Washington. "Issue Ownership and Committee Activity in Congress," Gary McKissick, Emory University. "Bill Introductions as Indicators of Issue Salience in Health Policymaking," John Wilkerson, University of Washington. "The Reemergence of Gun Control Support Within the California Legislature," Marcia Godwin, Claremont Graduate University; Lee Kersten, Claremont Graduate University; Jean Schroedel, Claremont Graduate University. "Mothers, Infants, Doctors, and Insurance Agents: The Diffusion of ‘Drive-through
Delivery' Legislation in the States," John David Rausch, West Texas A&M.
LEGISLATURES AND COURTS BACK TO TOP APSA: "An Empirical Test of Congressional Control of Judicial Review," Joseph L. Smith, Univeristy of Texas, Austin. "Has the Modern Senate Confirmation Process Affected the Quality of the U.S. Supreme Court Justices and Nominees?" Michael Comiskey, Pennsylvania State University, Fayette. "Judicial Review and Lawmaking: Legislative Responses to the Supreme Court's Federalism Cases," J. Mitchell Pickerill, University of Wisconsin, Madison. "Public Policy, the Supreme Court, and the Separation of Powers," Andrew D. Martin, Washington University. "The Changing Roles of Political and Institutional Factors in Judicial Confirmation Hearings from 1969 to the Present," Lisa Holmes, University of Georgia; Roger E. Hartley, Roanoke College. "The Supreme Court as an Independent Policy maker: Statutory Interpretation and the Separation of Powers," Virginia Hettinger, Emory University. WPSA: "Judicial Review and the Separation of Powers in the Antebellum Period," Francene Engel, University of Southern California.
INTEREST GROUPS, PACS AND LOBBYING BACK TO TOP APSA: "A Broader Conception of Parties-in-Elections: PAC Contributions in House Elections," Joseph W. Doherty, University of California, Los Angeles. "Changing Bases of Representation in Congressional Party Switching: The Interest Group Factor," Andree Reeves, University of Alabama, Huntsville. "PAC Contributions to State and National Candidates: An Exploration
of Strategies Across
"PAC Strategies: Going Outside," Gary Johnson, University of Kansas; Robert Yowell, University of Kansas. "The Contribution of Lobbying Strategies of PAC Sponsors in Committee," Marie Hojnacki, Pennsylvania State University; David C. Kimball, Ohio State University. "The Ratings Game: Ideology, Interest Groups and the United States Senate," Suzanne M. Robbins, SUNY, Stony Brook. NPSA: "Labor at Work: Union Campaign Activities and Legislative Payoffs in the U.S. House of Representatives," Paul S. Herrnson, University of Maryland-College Park; Peter Francia, University of Maryland-College Park; Peter Burns, University of Maryland-College Park. SPSA: "Getting out the Vote: Mobilization by Interest Groups for Congressional Elections," Elizabeth Matto, George Washington University. "Lobbying State Legislators: When Does Gender Make a Difference," Heather Foust, Emory University. "The Influence of the NRA in the 1996 House Elections," Christopher Kenny, Louisiana State University; Michael McBurnett, Abacus Direct. WPSA: "Environmentalist Groups and the New Rules of Campaign Finance," Robert Duffy, Rider University. "Representation of Interests and the Survival of PACS," Dorie Appollonio, University of California-Berkeley. "Like Godzilla: Size Does Matter. Minority Community Interest Groups: Do the Same Rules of Participation Apply?" Jeff A. Harmon, University of North Texas. "New Perspectives on Political Party/Interest Group Relationship in the States," Clive S. Thomas, University of Alaska-Southeast; Ronald Hrebenar, University of Utah. "Comparative Interest Group Research," Bert Pijinburg, Erasmus University.
CREATION AND LEGITIMATION OF ASSEMBLIES BACK TO TOP APSA: "Democratic Consolidation: A Study of Party Formation and Electoral Coordination," Jakub Zielinski, University of Chicago. "Provincial Power, Parliamentary Development, and Political Pluralization:
The Case of Turkey, 1800-1950," Michele Penner, Princeton University.
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