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Personalization and de‐institutionalization: Our common conceptual framework Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Robert Harmel, Lars Svåsand, Hilmar Mjelde
Though parties serving as “personalist vehicles” have been known to exist for some time in less well-established democracies, they are certainly less commonplace in well-institutionalized democracies where parties are normally expected to make decisions by routinized, democratic procedures and maintain substantial value in their own right. And yet, even highly institutionalized parties in such settings
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Bad times keep us together: Policy priorities and economic shocks Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Christine S. Lipsmeyer, Andrew Q. Philips, Amanda Rutherford, Guy D. Whitten
ObjectiveWe analyze how economic shocks affect the partisan nature of budgetary trade‐offs and use data from the U.S. Census Annual Survey of Government Finance to illustrate it.MethodsWe propose a compositional approach to model trade‐offs among 10 budgetary categories across both time and space in U.S. states.ResultsWe find support for the notion that partisanship drives the allocation of budgetary
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Since you put it that way… Gender norms and interruptions at Supreme Court oral arguments Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Shane A. Gleason
ObjectiveAt U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments, female attorneys are more likely to be interrupted than their male counterparts under some conditions. This makes it difficult for women to effectively construct a narrative and substantively impact case law. While existing work conceptualizes gender as a binary, I draw on recent work stressing gender is performative to deesentialize gender and explore
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Public sector corruption is fertile ground for conspiracy beliefs: A comparison between 26 Western and non‐Western countries Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Laurent Cordonier, Florian Cafiero
ObjectiveResearch on conspiracy theories has mainly focused on psychosocial and sociodemographic factors associated with conspiracy beliefs. Little is known about factors at the nation level that provide a breeding ground for conspiracist thinking. However, an interesting finding emerges from recent international comparisons: people living in countries with a highly corrupt public sector seem to be
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Look over there. Where? A compositional approach to the modeling of public opinion on the most important problem Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Steven Jokinsky, Christine S. Lipsmeyer, Andrew Q. Philips, Laron K. Williams, Guy D. Whitten
ObjectiveThis study aims to test whether the American public is polarized and/or parallel in its assessments of the most important problem.MethodsWe use compositional time series models and new data on public opinion to test for differences between subgroups.ResultsWe find inconsistent evidence of polarization for some issue areas but not others and remarkably robust evidence of parallel reactions
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Individual legal action as minority activism: Romani Germans in 1950s West Germany Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Claire Greenstein
ObjectivesSocial movement theory argues that activist movements emerge when the political opportunity structure is favorable. This article contributes to the literature on social movements and minority activism by showing that individual‐level activism happens even without a favorable opportunity structure.MethodsThe legal journal Rechtsprechung zum Wiedergutmachungsrecht (Case Law on Reparations Legislation)
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Achieving electoral equity after Brnovich: A case study of Native activism in Nevada Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Jean Schroedel, Joseph Dietrich, David Lindgren, Melissa Rogers
ObjectiveWe examine the role of local election officials in voter suppression of Native Americans and opportunities for legal redress using state law.MethodsWe present a case study of the Shoshone and Paiute Tribal leaders, Native activists, and lawyers in Elko County, Nevada, to provide electoral access on the Duck Valley Reservation.ResultsWe document the successful legal strategy against Elko County
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How Latinos’ perceptions of environmental health threats impact policy preferences Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Edward D. Vargas, Barbara Gómez‐Aguiñaga, Gabriel R. Sanchez, Matt A. Barreto
ObjectiveThis article examines the relationship between environmental health threats, personal experiences with climate change, and their association with attitudes toward global warming and willingness to pay for clean energy.MethodsUsing a nationally representative survey of Latino adults (n = 1200), we use categorical regressions to examine the relationship between environmental health threats and
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The prosecutor gender gap in Texas death penalty cases Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-03-24 David Niven, Mallory Rock
ObjectiveWe examine the degree to which sentencing patterns in Texas capital cases vary by the gender of the prosecutor. In so doing, we explore the possibility that a factor unrelated to the crime influences whether the death penalty is sought and whether it is imposed.MethodsAcross more than 14,000 capital cases prosecuted in Texas between 1978 and 2018, we use bivariate data and logistic regression
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Public opinion on reforming U.S. primaries Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Robert G. Boatright, Caroline J. Tolbert, Nathan K. Micatka
ObjectiveFew studies have measured public attitudes about reform proposals for changing direct primaries. Despite strong public support over the past century for holding primaries, does the public want to change the direct primary, given its very low voter turnout and its potential role in fostering political polarization?MethodUsing a unique nationally representative survey of 3000 U.S. adults conducted
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The impact of voter confusion in ranked choice voting Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Lonna Rae Atkeson, Eli McKown‐Dawson, Jack Santucci, Kyle L. Saunders
ObjectivesElection observers have expressed concerns about voter “confusion” under ranked choice voting (RCV) since the 1890s. What is the meaning of “confusing,” and how does it affect behavior? We argue (with much of the literature) that ranking candidates for public office is a cognitively complex task because of a lack of information.MethodsWe explore some observable implications of this perspective
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The Dynamics of Inequality and Mobility: A Panel Data Analysis of the Spanish Income Tax Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Juan Ignacio Martín‐Legendre, Pablo Castellanos‐García, José Manuel Sánchez‐Santos
ObjectiveThis article aims to analyze the evolution of income inequality and mobility in Spain during the period 1999–2011 by exploiting data from personal income tax returns.MethodsTo assess the evolution of inequality over the period analyzed, we have used some of the many metrics developed for this purpose, each of which offers a different approach depending on the segment of the income distribution
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Evaluating the pinnacle of football match key statistics as in‐play information for determining the match outcome of Europe's foremost leagues Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Fan Xiaoyu, Wang Shasha
ObjectivesThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the pinnacle of football match key statistics as in‐play information for determining the match outcome of Europe's foremost leagues, namely those in England, Scotland, Spain, Germany, Italy, France, Portugal, Belgium, Turkey, the Netherlands, and Greece. The study analyzed a sample of 98,849 matches across all sports leagues from the 2002/2003 to 2023/2024
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Challenges and promising practices in background check systems for firearm purchases Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Rose Kagawa, Ayush Patel, Alex Kwong, Garen Wintemute
AimThe U.S. prohibits firearm purchase among individuals with specific risk factors. These prohibitions are operationalized using background checks for firearm purchase. Despite these restrictions, prohibited persons have obtained firearms after passing background checks, sometimes with devastating effects.Materials and MethodsWe conducted a mixed‐methods, descriptive study of the records and record‐keeping
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Impact of opponents’ race, gender, and party on U.S. congressional fundraising Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Dennis Halcoussis
ObjectiveA donation for a candidate can be motivated by support for that candidate or by opposition to the candidate's opponent. This study tests the impact that race, gender, and party affiliation of the candidate and the candidate's opponent have on the candidate's fundraising.MethodsThis study uses data from the 2016, 2018, and 2020 U.S. congressional elections to estimate a regression model where
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The normatively troubling impact of attitudes toward the role of money in politics on external political efficacy Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Katherine Haenschen, Jessica R. Collier, John C. Tedesco
ObjectiveWe explore whether Americans’ attitudes about the role of money spent on political campaigns and separately their attitudes about the influence of corporations impact their external political efficacy (EE) or perception that the government is responsive to them.MethodsWe conduct three independent sample surveys (total N = 2789) to measure individuals’ attitudes toward the role of money in
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All aboard? An analysis of public opinion regarding high‐speed rail Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Sara Johnson, Euel Elliott
ObjectiveHigh‐speed rail is not well utilized in the United States. This study examines public interest in high‐speed rail and the role the apparent urban–rural political divide may play in its establishment.MethodsData from a sample of 1648 U.S. residents and 515 Texas residents surveyed in Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 were analyzed to determine their likelihood of choosing high‐speed rail if it was
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“Churchill's Party”: A necessary experiment in personalization Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Kit Kowol
AimThis article aims to determine the extent of “personalization” and “de‐institutionalization” within the Conservative Party in Britain during the period 1940–1945 when the Party was under the leadership of Winston Churchill.Materials and methodsThe article examines the different dimensions of “personalization” and “de‐institutionalization” as defined by Harmel, Svåsand, and Mjelde in this special
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The decline of the non‐Hispanic white population in the United States of America Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Richard R. Verdugo, David A. Swanson
ObjectivesThe question of a declining non‐Hispanic white (NHW) population has sparked debate in the United States. In examining this question, three bodies of research have emerged. One group reports that the decline is real, a second argues that it is an illusion, and the third provides evidence that the decline is concentrated within socio‐economic segments of the NHW population. We use the third
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Erecting monuments and making meanings: Analysis of the Statue of Peace using actor‐network theory Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Jieheerah Yun
ObjectiveThis article analyzes the monument‐building and meaning‐making processes in the construction of the Statues of Peace erected to commemorate the Korean “Comfort Women.” The tensions surrounding the erection of the Statues of Peace did not stop with their installation, as people then started to place different objects on the statues. This article uses actor‐network theory (ANT) to shed light
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Citizens’ perceptions of the quality of democracy in the American states Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Patrick Flavin, Gregory Shufeldt
ObjectiveWe examine the relationship between citizens’ evaluations of democratic performance in their state of residence and demographic, political, and institutional factors.MethodsWe fielded two original surveys (summer 2021 and summer 2022) that asked respondents to evaluate democratic performance in their state both in general and for specific metrics.ResultsCitizens who identify with the political
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Racial differences in feelings of distress during the COVID‐19 pandemic and John Henryism Active Coping in the United States: Results from a national survey Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Samaah M. Sullivan, Jas M. Sullivan, D'Andra Orey, Najja Kofi Baptist
ObjectiveTo examine whether John Henryism Active Coping (JHAC) is a protective risk factor for distress during the COVID‐19 pandemic and whether this association differs by race/ethnicity.MethodsData were collected as part of the 2020 National Blair Center Poll. Higher scores on JHAC measured a greater behavioral predisposition to cope actively and persistently with difficult psychosocial stressors
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Race and democratic decline in the United States: How minority population growth affects election administration Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Joseph A. Coll, Elizabeth Maltby, Rene R. Rocha
We ask whether counties with growing black and Latino populations have reduced the number of poll workers and polling sites. We argue that the association between changing racial demographics and election infrastructure has been exacerbated by the release of certain jurisdictions from the Voting Rights Act's (VRA) “preclearance” requirement under Section 5.
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Translating interdisciplinary knowledge for gender equity: Quantifying the impact of NSF ADVANCE Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-02-25 Alexander J. Gates, Jessica R. Gold, Laura K. Nelson, Kathrin Zippel
Interdisciplinarity is often hailed as a necessity for tackling real-world challenges. We examine the prevalence and impact of interdisciplinarity in the NSF ADVANCE program, which addresses gender equity in STEM.
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Travel to allies or adversaries? A compositional analysis of U.S. diplomatic visits Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Jonghoon Lee, James D. Kim
ObjectiveWhen and why do U.S. leaders visit their allies or adversaries? Much of the literature on diplomatic visits treats each visit as an independent observation. In this article, we analyze high‐level diplomatic visits as compositional data based on the assumption that they are scarce political resources.MethodsWe conduct a compositional analysis of U.S. high‐level officials' diplomatic visits
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Leveraging the insights of depth: A staged strategy for building qualitative case studies of American state-level policy Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Joshua A. Basseches, Michael C. Campbell, Heather Schoenfeld
This article identifies and explains the need for qualitative case studies of U.S. state-level public policy and politics before providing researchers with a practical roadmap for how to proceed.
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The party of Reagan: External (but not internal) personalization Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Robert Harmel, Leon B. Kockaya
ObjectiveThe purpose of this article is to assess whether the relationship that existed between Ronald Reagan and the Republican Party could reasonably be characterized as one of personalization/de‐institutionalization of the party.1MethodsThe authors employ the common conceptual framework developed for this special issue. Evidence is drawn from both popular journalism and scholarly sources.Results
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The Trumpization of the Grand Old Party Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Robert Harmel, Hilmar Mjelde, Lars Svåsand
BackgroundThe purposes of this article are to (1) detail the extent to which the Republican Party personalized in the period from Donald Trump's first becoming a presidential candidate through 2022 and the process by which it occurred, (2) suggest plausible explanatory factors, and (3) speculate as to possible consequences.MethodsThe authors employ this special issue's common conceptual framework and
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The ‘Euphoria’ effect: A popular HBO show, Gen Z, and drug policy beliefs Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Anthony Gierzynski, Madeleine Blaber, Marjorie Brown, Sophie Feldman, Hannah Gottschalk, Peninah Hodin, Emma Hoechner
Can a fictional show affect its audience's perspectives on the issue of drug use and addiction in society? This article aims to answer that question.
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Premigratory experiences with Civil War violence and social trust Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Gabriela Okundaye, John Ishiyama
Do experiences with civil war violence affect an individual's level of social trust? The literature on this topic suggests that being a victim of violence or being involved in violence has a profound effect on an individual's political behavior in the new host country. However, what has not been explored is how experiences with civil war and violence impact levels of social trust among immigrants.
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Exploring citizen perceptions and values for a responsible society Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Kiril Zelenkovski, Jana Prodanova, Ljupco Kocarev
Citizens’ perceived values play a decisive role in shaping a responsive society, driving social and political attitudes and behaviors. Understanding these values, influenced by cultural, historical, and personal experiences, is essential for comprehending public perspectives on social, economic, and ecological aspects crucial for sustainable societies. This study investigates perceived values as indicators
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Participant-driven salient beliefs regarding abortion: Implications for abortion attitude measurement Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Kristen N. Jozkowski, Xiana Bueno, Kathryn LaRoche, Brandon L. Crawford, Ronna C. Turner, Wen-Juo Lo
Guided by the Reasoned Action Approach, we used a salient belief elicitation (SBE) to elicit participant-generated beliefs regarding abortion. SBE is a formative research technique used to elicit people's control (i.e., perceived facilitators and barriers associated with a behavior), behavioral (i.e., perceived positive and negative consequences of doing a behavior), and normative (i.e., influence
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Trust, institutional quality, and the protection of property rights: A cross-regional study of East Asia and Western countries Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Kee Hoon Chung, Hyeok Yong Kwon
This article explores the conditions under which social trust enhances institutional performance, specifically the protection of property rights in Western versus East Asian countries over time.
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All politics are national: Partisan defection in national and subnational elections Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Joel Sievert, Kevin K. Banda
While they were once viewed as largely local or candidate-centered contests, recent American elections have come to be dominated by national forces such as presidential politics and partisanship. Prior research on voter behavior in this new era of nationalized politics, however, has largely focused on more high-profile contests and has not examined voter decision making across multiple levels of government
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Investigating the relationship between gender equality and citizen trust: Evidence from Latin America Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Yunsoo Lee, Mattias Ottervik
Previous research has shown a relationship between social and economic equality and trust, but the relationship between gender equality and trust has received relatively little attention. This study addresses that lacuna and analyzes the relationship between gender equality and political trust as well as social trust.
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More than the Second Amendment: Liberal gun owners, citizenship, and emancipatory democracy in the United States Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Jennifer Hubbert, Hannah Eaton
This study seeks to understand how liberal gun owners configure the rights and responsibilities of ethical gun citizenship in the face of a dominant public narratives that rejects guns as markers of liberal belonging.
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Correction to “Community-oriented policing (COP): An empirical study of its effectiveness on fear of crime” Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-01-05
Lee, J. S., Lee, H. D., & Zhao, J. S. (2023). Community-oriented policing (COP): An empirical study of its effectiveness on fear of crime. Social Science Quarterly, 104(5), 988–1005. In the “Abstract,” the letter “T” is missing in the beginning of the “Objective” section. The current text “his study attempts to disclose…” was incorrect. This should have read: “This study attempts to disclose…” In the
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Are retrospective evaluations of local governments moderated by perceptions of influence? Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Richard Burke
I examined whether retrospective evaluations of local governments were influenced by perceptions of local governments’ influence.
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Justice Bork, or, be careful which supreme court nominees you choose to fight Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Mikel Norris
This study uses counterfactual analysis to assess whether a hypothetical Supreme Court with Robert Bork as a member would have decided cases differently than the actual Supreme Court.
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The heterogeneous impact of college education on happiness by gender Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Haeil Jung, Jung-ah Gil
This study examines the heterogeneous impacts of college education on happiness by gender.
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Does sticking close to home make for better research? In-state authorship and citation rates in public administration journals Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Dalten Fox, Luke Fowler
Although other social science disciplines have considered researcher positionality, whether a researcher belongs to the communities they study (insider) or does not (outsider), public administration scholars have yet to examine this aspect of scholarly production nor its impacts on perceptions of research quality.
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Subjective economic insecurity and attitudes toward immigration and feminists among voters on the Right in Canada Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Matthew Polacko, Peter Graefe, Simon Kiss
The recent success of far-right populism has led to a wave of public attention to its causes. Drawing on novel survey items from the Canadian Election Study, we investigate how economic insecurity, mediated by immigration and feminist attitudes, affects voting behavior. While economic distress has been linked to far-right voting in Europe, we find support that subjective measures of economic distress
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How the media framed the COVID-19 crisis on Native Nations: A case comparison of The New York Times and the Navajo Times Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2023-12-30 Earlene Camarillo, Stefanie Kunze, Charlie Pollard
This article examines how the limited national media reporting covered the pandemic in American Indian communities across the United States, specifically the Diné (Navajo) Nation, and whether and how this coverage differs from American Indian news sources.
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Franklin Roosevelt, the “Third New Deal,” and the transformation of partisanship Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Sidney M. Milkis
This article focuses on Franklin Roosevelt's influence on the Democratic Party. It brings to light the significant, but underexamined “Third New Deal,” the controversial program Roosevelt pursued during his second and third terms. Shortly after his landslide 1936 re-election, Roosevelt pursued three polarizing initiatives: the Court-Packing Plan, the 1937 executive reorganization bill, and the 1938
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The personalization of the Likud in the era of Netanyahu Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Ofer Kenig, Gideon Rahat
Under the leadership of Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud—Israel's most successful political party in the past 50 years—transformed from a highly institutionalized leader party into a personal party. This study explores the personalization of Likud and its various manifestations and analyses the causes of this process and its consequences.
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Predicting competitive integrated employment outcomes of Asian American vocational rehabilitation Clients: A national study Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Cahit Kaya, Jina Chun, Ayse Torres, Roy K. Chen
The current study investigated the relationships between demographic variables, cash benefits, vocational rehabilitation (VR) services, and employment outcomes of Asian Americans VR clients.
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Concept and measurement: Exploring foreign policy similarity Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Sukwon Lee
This paper aims to evaluate existing measurements and propose new ones for foreign policy similarity in international politics, emphasizing the importance of measurement in social science. The indicators designed must align with theoretical concepts and data characteristics to ensure consistency and validity.
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Hold your fire! Influence of female legislators on gun legislation in the United States Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Rajeev K. Goel, Michael A. Nelson
This article considers the influence of female legislators on gun legislation across U.S. states. Females have behavioral differences with males and likely different exposure to gun-related violence.
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Christian nationalism, religious struggles, and the structural amplification of emotional distress Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Laura Upenieks, Terrence D. Hill
Although studies have linked Christian nationalist beliefs with greater emotional distress, little is known about the potential underlying mechanisms or subgroup variations. Informed by the strain-struggles-distress model and the concept of structural amplification, we tested whether religious/spiritual (R/S) struggles mediate and moderate the association between Christian nationalist beliefs and emotional
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Public perceptions of pollsters in the United States: Experimental evidence Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Timothy P. Johnson, Henning Silber, Jill E. Darling
Anecdotal evidence suggests that the term “pollster” has, in recent years, become stigmatized in the United States. We explore this and a subsequent question as to whether negative perceptions of pollsters affect people's perceived trustworthiness of survey findings.
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The determinants of voting for Republican congressional candidates in the Texas borderlands Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Thomas Longoria, Lynne L. Manganaro
A shift of Latino voters to Republican Party candidates has been observed in recent years. Past research on presidential elections supports the idea that borderlands counties vote differently than other counties in borderlands states and tend to favor Democratic Party candidates. This study explores congressional voting patterns in the Texas borderlands.
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Gerald Ford: A minority legislator promoting New Right Lite Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Matthew Gritter
As President Gerald Ford drew on his experience as House minority leader to promote what can be characterized New Right Lite. New Right Lite rejects both the increasing conservatism of the Republican Party after 1964 and the continued creation of large federal programs favored by Democrats.
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Gender and institutions moderate the relationship between conditional cash transfers and political participation Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2023-11-12 Neil S. Williams
In the last 25 years, conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have become popular assistance policies across Latin America, Africa, and Asia for combating poverty and building human capital. Despite some success in reaching these goals, questions remain about the wider political effects of CCTs on individuals and communities, especially when considering gendered relationships and the institutions
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Physical attractiveness and intergenerational social mobility Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Alexi Gugushvili, Grzegorz Bulczak
Physical attractiveness is often studied in relation to various life outcomes, but there is a lack of research on its links to intergenerational educational, occupational, and income mobility. Individuals may use physical attractiveness as one of the channels for experiencing upward or avoiding downward social mobility.
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Medicaid expansions and private insurance “crowd-out” (1999–2019) Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2023-10-29 Jason Semprini
Recent Medicaid expansions have rekindled the debate around private insurance “crowd-out.” Prior research is limited by short-time horizons and state-specific analyses. Our study overcomes these limitations by evaluating 20 years of Medicaid expansions across the entire United States.
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Government revenue composition and forest loss: A cross-national study of low- and middle-income nations Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Marion C. Harper, Jamie M. Sommer, John M. Shandra
We draw on social contract theory and resource curse literatures to assess the relationship between government revenue composition and forest loss in low- and middle-income nations that collect higher levels of revenues from a broad base of individuals and companies should have less forest loss.
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Religious liberties or reading rainbows? The partisan implications of religious liberties frames in education attitudes Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2023-10-15 Brooklyn Walker, Donald P. Haider-Markel
Many state legislatures have moved to restrict LGBT students’ rights, and the Supreme Court has veered toward greater protection of religious free exercise protection over LGBT nondiscrimination policies. Some studies have found that rights framings are associated with heightened affective and attitudinal polarization, while others have argued that rights framings lead to greater tolerance. Do religious
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Objective conditions, political knowledge, and perceptions of electoral competition in U.S. mayoral elections Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Thomas M. Holbrook, Amanda Heideman, Aaron Weinschenk
This article investigates the extent to which perceptions of the competitive context of mayoral elections reflect actual levels of competition and how that relationship is shaped by political expertise.
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Do Cooperative credit unions reduce or increase poverty in Cameroon? Social Science Quarterly (IF 1.781) Pub Date : 2023-10-02 Chi Aloysius Ngong, Ishaku Prince Abner, Charles Ogechukwu Ugbam, Josaphat U. J. Onwumere
This study looks at whether credit unions, a type of microfinance, increase or decrease poverty in Cameroon from 2004 Q1 to 2021 Q4.