Beyond Town and Gown: Universities, Territoriality and the Mobilization of New Urban Structures in Canada
In: Territory, politics, governance, Volume 3, Issue 1, p. 27-50
ISSN: 2162-268X
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In: Territory, politics, governance, Volume 3, Issue 1, p. 27-50
ISSN: 2162-268X
In: Territory, politics, governance, Volume 3, Issue 2, p. 147-166
ISSN: 2162-268X
In: American politics research, Volume 43, Issue 1, p. 144-169
ISSN: 1552-3373
Using original survey data from the Cooperative Congressional Election Survey (CCES), we examine variation in racial and ethnic group and partisan attitudes toward legislators and representation. Respondents were asked about their views on descriptive representation, its importance for their own elected official, and whether it was important to have more descriptive representatives in general. Using respondents' personal characteristics such as education, partisanship, race, ethnicity, income, and race and ethnicity of their House of Representatives member, we analyze the impact of these variables on attitudes toward representation. We find that Latino and Black respondents place a high level of importance on having descriptive representatives in their own districts in addition to articulating a high degree of importance to having more representatives from their respective group. However, Latino Republicans place less importance on descriptive representation overall than Latino non-Republican respondents. Non-Latino Republicans also place importance on more legislators of their same race or ethnicity. The findings have implications for democratic governance as the demographics of the United States rapidly changes.
In: American politics research, Volume 43, Issue 1, p. 59-82
ISSN: 1552-3373
How effective is unilateral presidential power? Recent developments have shifted presidential scholarship in the direction of a more institutional approach, and one of the most important tenets of this work holds that the president has the ability to make policy on his own. However, there is significant anecdotal evidence suggesting that agency responsiveness to executive orders is not at all guaranteed. This study leverages a unique data set tracing the implementation of executive orders across 10 government agencies, and the results indicate that despite conventional wisdom, presidential directives are not universally implemented, and a host of factors come to bear on an agency's decision as to whether they will respond. This project represents among the first quantitative empirical assessments of the utility of unilateral power and suggests that the field may benefit most from shifting toward a bargaining-based model similar to those used in legislative scholarship.
In: American politics research, Volume 43, Issue 1, p. 83-108
ISSN: 1552-3373
The U.S. Supreme Court is traditionally thought to hold little influence over social or political change; however, recent evidence suggests the Court may wield significant power, especially with regard to criminal justice. Most studies evaluate judicial power by examining the effects of individual rulings on the implementation of specific policies, but this approach may overlook the broader impact of courts on society. Instead, I adopt an aggregate approach to test U.S. Supreme Court power. I find that aggregate conservative decision making by the Court is positively associated with long-term shifts in new admissions to U.S. federal prisons. These results suggest the Court possesses significant power to influence important social outcomes, at least in the context of the criminal justice system.
In: Contemporary Italian politics, Volume 6, Issue 2, p. 195-198
ISSN: 2324-8831
In: Territory, politics, governance, Volume 2, Issue 2, p. 218-237
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In: Contemporary Italian politics, Volume 6, Issue 2, p. 199-201
ISSN: 2324-8831
In: Contemporary Italian politics, Volume 6, Issue 2, p. 192-194
ISSN: 2324-8831
In: Contemporary Italian politics, Volume 6, Issue 2, p. 147-158
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In: Territory, politics, governance, Volume 2, Issue 2, p. 173-193
ISSN: 2162-268X
In: Contemporary Italian politics, Volume 6, Issue 2, p. 115-130
ISSN: 2324-8831
In: Contemporary Italian politics, Volume 6, Issue 2, p. 198-199
ISSN: 2324-8831
In: Contemporary Italian politics, Volume 6, Issue 2, p. 178-190
ISSN: 2324-8831
In: Contemporary Italian politics, Volume 6, Issue 2, p. 191-192
ISSN: 2324-8831