Scholarly research on the diffusion of policies across state governments focuses
predominantly on the pathways of information between the states. Absent from this research …

US cities are limited in their ability to set policy. Can these constraints mute the impact of
mayors' partisanship on policy outcomes? We hypothesize that mayoral partisanship will …

Employing a theoretical framework derived from the policy innovation and diffusion
literature, this research examines how variations over time and across state sociopolitical …

Data on the state-level ERA ratification process are used here to address leading theoretical
debates about the role of social movements, public opinion, and political climate on policy …

Ehrenberg, 2006; Hearn, 2006; Heller, 2001). Analysts have warned, however, that while
there are many potential benefits to the new entrepreneurialism in higher education, state …

State support of public higher education has rapidly declined relative to total state spending.
Much of this decline in support is due to the rapid growth in spending on such things as …

Federal law allows states to create new welfare policies determining who can receive
welfare, what types of clients are exempted from new welfare work requirements, and the …

Studies of how social movements impact policy outcomes typically treat policy change as a
dichotomous phenomenon; a governmental unit either adopts or does not adopt a particular …

In so far as legislators value re-election, electoral institutions are said to shape their strategic
behavior. Yet, the empirical evidence linking legislators' behavior to electoral institutions is …

The seventeenth edition of Party Politics in America continues the comprehensive and
authoritative coverage of political parties for which it is known while expanding and updating …