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Issue Voting: An Empirical Examination of Individually Necessary and Jointly Sufficient Conditions
(American Politics Research, 1979-01-01)
This paper argues that six conditions must be met to conclude that issue voting exists: (1) candidates must take different positions on the issues of the day; (2) the campaign issues must be salient to the voter; (3) voters ...
I've Seen Fire and I've Seen Rain: Public Management and Performance After a Natural Disaster
(Administration & Society, 2010-01-01)
Kenneth J. Meier is the Charles H. Gregory Chair in Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University. He also directs the Project for Equity, Representation and Governance, the Texas Educational Excellence Project, and the Carlos Cantu ...
Measuring Organizational Power: Resources and Autonomy of Government Agencies
(Administration & Society, 1980-11-01)
Although power is a major concern of organization theory, little research has focused on the horizontal dimension of power between organizations at relatively equal hierarchical levels. This study attempts to fill that ...
Pass the Biscuits, Pappy
(American Politics Research, 1984-01-01)
This article examines the congressional allocation of federal grant funds. Reflecting the decision processes and norms of Congress, federal grant funds are allocated almost completely on the basis of population (or equal ...