LSS Newsletter, July 2005, Dissertations

Volume 28, Number 2, July 2005

Dissertations Completed

This section is meant to provide LSS members with the basic citation information about recently completed dissertations dealing with legislatures. The source for this information is Cambridge Scientific Abstracts' database, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, using the query: KW= congress OR parliament OR legislative. The report is arranged in alphabetical order by author name.

Author Name	Title of Dissertation
Aleman, Eduardo	Legislative Institutions, Presidents and Partisan Majorities: Agenda Control and the Struggle for Policy Change in Latin America
Arenas Alegria, Cristina	The Expropriation Cause: Evolution, Limits and Control
Atkinson, Chad C	Domestic Politics and Conflict among Rivals: Domestic Incentives for Conflict or Cooperation
Banks, Catherine	The War Powers Resolution: Asserting Congress's Role over the Use of Military Force
Bartosch, William J	Congress, Problem Definition, and the Inattentive Publics: An Analysis of Disability Policymaking for Alcoholics and Drug Addicts
Brake, Richard Alan	Who's in Charge: The Impact of Term Limits on State Legislative Budgeting
Buelna, Gabriel	Information Technology and the Latina/o Community: The Vision of California Latino Legislators toward Information Technology
Campbell, Debra Jane	Taking Democracy Seriously: A Proposal for Citizen Lawmaking
Carson, Jamie L.	The Electoral Consequences of Position Taking in Congress: The Impact of Roll Call Behavior on Electoral Fortunes
Comock, Edward	The Political Mobilisation of the Working Class in Post-Devolution Scotland: A Case Study of the Scottish Socialist Party
Cook, Christopher Robert	Stepping Back, Muddling Through or Taking Decisive Steps: The Power of International Commitments and American Humanitarian Intervention in the Post Cold War
Corrado, Joseph Andrew	Ideology Matters: Business Preferences for National Health Case Reform, 1990-1994
D'Onofrio, Robert Alfio	All Politics Is Local? Nationalization and Incumbency in U.S. House Elections, 1984-2000
Darmofal, David Christopher	Voter Participation across Space and Time: Institutions, Contexts, and Citizens, 1828-2000
Davies, Peter Raymond Alexander	The European Union: A Study in the Accountability of Supranatural Institutions
Delgado, Laura L	Legislative Organization in the American States: The Role of Executive Reorganizations
Den Hartog, Christopher F	Limited Party Government and the Majority Party Revolution in the Nineteenth-Century House
Diz Mendez, Jordi	Political Change and Environmental Policymaking in Mexico
Ferraiolo, Kathleen Grammatico	Popular "Medicine": Policymaking by Direct Democracy and the Medical Marijuana Movement of the 1990s
Finocchiaro, Charles Jeffrey	Setting the Stage: Party and Procedure in the Pre-Floor Agenda Setting of the U.S. House
Ford, Pearl K	The Impact of Race on Electoral Outcomes of African American Congresspersons following Redistricting
Forestiere, Carolyn	Opposition Strength in Parliamentary Democracies
Goldberg, Brian David	Proposition 140: A Study of the Impact of Term Limits on the California Assembly
Golder, Matthew Richard	The Modifying Effect of Electoral Institutions
Golder, Sona Nadenichek	The Logic of Pre-Electoral Coalition Formation
Grant, Paul D	Representing the Majority: How Racial Crossover State Legislators Run, Win, and Govern in a Racially Polarized America
Hahn, April Diane	Congress, Domestic Values and U.S. Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
Harpuder, Brian Eric	The Third Candidate in American Senate Elections, Turnout: A Simultaneous Choice Model
Heaney, Michael T.	Identity, Coalitions, and Influence: The Politics of Interest Group Networks in Health Policy
Hogberg, David William	Parties or Committees? An Analysis of the Bolling Committee Reforms in the House of Representatives
Holyoke, Thomas T.	A Clash of Interests: Competition and Strategic Decision-making by Organized Interests
Hora, Jennifer J	The Art of Political Persuasion: A Study of How Presidents Informally Influence Outcomes
Jacobi, Tonja	The Judiciary's Strategic Interactions with the Elected Branches in the American Political System
Jenkins, Shannon	The Context of Legislative Choice: Variations in the Relative Importance of Roll Call Voting Explanations
Jermano, Jill Louise	The Domestic Politics of Economic Coercion: Nonproliferation Sanctions in U.S. Foreign Policy
Johnson, Lori Ann	Who Governs the Guardian? The Politics of Policymaking for Federal Courts
Karch, Andrew Jonathan	Democratic Laboratories: The Politics of Innovation in the American States
Khmelko, Irina S	Assessment of Committee Centrality to the Parliamentary Legislative Process: The Case of the Ukrainian Parliament
Krejci, Daniel Thomas	The Fragmentation of Social Welfare: The Characteristics of State Legislatures and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Ladewig, Jeffrey Wayne	Party Development and the Depoliticization of Interests
Laney, Eugene, Jr	"Dollars and Sense": The Contest for the Aviation Trust Funds in the Congressional Arena, 1998-2000
Larson, Geoffrey D.	Presidential Use of Force Abroad: Historical Reliance on Congressional Authorization
Lee, Jiho	Party Politics in South Korea, 1952-1997: Electoral Cleavages and Ideological Dimensions
Leib, Ethan J	A Proposal for a Popular Branch
LeRoy, Lisa	Defining Moments: The Politics of "Partial-Birth" Abortion
Liang, Wei	Regime Type and International Negotiation: A Case Study of US/China Bilateral Negotiations for China's Accession to GATT/WTO
Luke-Vanzego, Vivian Elaine	The Computer Security Enhancement Act and Presidential Decision Directive 63: Congressional and Presidential Attempts to Protect the Nation's Critical Infrastructures
Lynch, Timothy John	Turf War: The Clinton Administration and Northern Ireland
Mapps, Mingus Ulysses	Should Congress Reauthorize Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act? Evidence from State Legislative Elections, 1968-2000
Masket, Seth Everett	A Party by Other Means: The Rise of Informal Party Organizations in California
McDonald, Jason A	A Bureaucratic Window on Congress: Ex Ante Controls, Institutional Choice, and Policy Process
McElroy, Gail	In Pursuit of Party Discipline: Committees and Cohesion in the European Parliament
Mejia-Acosta, J. Andres	Ghost Coalitions: Economic Reforms, Fragmented Legislatures and informal Institutions in Ecuador (1979-2002)
Miler, Kristina Cipera	Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Legislative Perceptions and Congressional Representation
Miller, Michael J	Legislating Sustainable Development Costa Rican Style
Moestrup, Anna Sophia Nyholm	Semi-Presidentialism in Comparative Perspective: Its Effects on Democratic Survival
Monroe, Nathan W	Partisan Dividends: The Policy Impact of Partisan Turnover
Montezemolo, Markus Kugler	The Causes of Divided Government: The Role of Roll-Off
Morin, Robert P.	The Intergovernmental Relation, Politics and Policy of Indian Gaming in the United States
Nalder, Kimberly Love	Democracy and the Electoral Consequences of Term Limits: Much Ado about Nothing?
Outwater, Mary Elizabeth	The Effect of Education and Media Coverage on Public Opinion of the Supreme Court and Congress
Pope, Jeremy Clayne	The Electoral Foundations of Congressional Party Organization
Reed, Sean Frank	Deliberation in the United States House of Representatives
Rocca, Michael Stephen	On Washington Time: The Allocation of Legislative Time in the House of Representatives
Rosenwasser, Jon Jason	Governance Structure and Weapon Innovation: The Case of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Russell, Brian Edward	The Work and Role Orientations of Personal Staff in Four State Senates
Saiegh, Sebastian	Government Defeat: Coalitions, Responsiveness, and Legislative Success
Sanders, Christina D E A	The Hyde Amendment: A Case Study of the Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Movements' Efforts in the United States Congress, 1990-2000
Settich, John F.	Need and Politics: A Study of Federal Highway Funding and State Road Status Data between 1983 and 2000
Singer, David Andrew	Domestic Politics, Global Regulation: Setting Standards for the International Financial System
Skinner, Richard McGrath	Beyond the Limits: Direct Action by Interest Groups in Congressional Elections
Stokes, Atiya Kai	The Quest for the Multiracial Mandate: African-American Candidates, White Voters, and Campaign Strategies in State Legislative Elections
Thomas, Aparna	Formal and Informal Institutions: Gender and Participation in the Panchayati Raj
Trayhan, John Melvin	A Leadership Dilemma: Interest Ground Effects on State Legislative Roll Call Votes
Treier, Shawn	Explaining Policy Change: Conversion and Replacement
Trippel, Heather Coleman	The Politics of Breast Cancer: Discursive Practices in the Making of Two Breast Cancer Policies
Van Houweling, Robert Parks	Legislators' Personal Policy Preferences and Partisan Legislative Organization
Wand, Jonathan Nigal Allen	The Value of Money in Elections
Wheeler, Darren A.	INS v. Chadha: A Study in Judicial Implementation
Woods, Nathan D	The Influence of Legislative Term Limits on Voter Turnout
Zierler, Matthew Curtis	Failing to Commit: The Politics of Treaty Non-ratification
Zook, Nathan	Human Rights Groups as Political Actors in the Shaping of U.S. Foreign Policy: The Case of the Cuban Embargo