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Amos, Andy, 'n' the APSA: Political Scientists, the Public and the Origin of Commercial Broadcasting |
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Written by Matt
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Monday, 16 April 2007 |
 APSA on the air In recent years, many have called for political science to engage more strongly with the public. In his 2004 APSA presidential address, Robert Putnam declared that "attending to the concerns of our fellow citizens is... an obligation as fundamental as our pursuit of scientific truth." Other scholars (and other APSA presidents) have echoed this theme. APSA committees on inequality, and on civic education and engagement, have recently striven to make their work more accessible and more "relevant." There is a strange omission in these debates. In calling for political science to have a "stronger public presence" (in Putnam's words), scholars have ignored the historical period when the public presence of political science was at its zenith. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 09 June 2007 )
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We Don't Need No Stinkin' Parties |
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Written by Matt
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Friday, 23 March 2007 |
 Party discipline ? Legislative scholars have long argued about the role that political parties play in shaping how legislators vote. Some claim that parties just reflect members' preexisting preferences. Others suggest that the highly-structured voting patterns seen in the U.S. congress are due to the "bonding effects" parties provide.This conference paper (coauthored with Rodolfo Espino) looks at the "parties v. preferences" debate using an unusual data source: roll call voting data from the Arizona Territorial Legislature. Party organizations were slow to arrive in Arizona; when they finally did emerge, they were weaker and more divided than in nearly any other area of the U.S. The five decades of territorial voting data help disentangle the influence of partisanship, and suggest that neither side in the "parties v. preferences" debate has it quite right. Click here for a .pdf file of the paper. Full citation and abstract below the fold. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 09 June 2007 )
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Voice, Equality, and the Internet |
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Written by Matt
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Saturday, 09 June 2007 |
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The book manuscript is finally off to reviewers. I'm glad to have the project off of my desk, and onto the desks of others. But it also means that I have a relatively polished book manuscript ready for general perusal. Click here if you would like to read it. (Warning--the link is to a 650 KB .pdf file.) I would love to hear comments and criticisms. I'm also offering a $.10 bounty for every typo found. First come, first served. |
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