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Progressive familial socialization and white partisans’ racial attitudes
Progressive familial socialization and white partisans’ racial attitudes

Scholars have correlated the racial attitudes of White partisans with a number of explanatory variables, including ingroup favoritism and outgroup prejudice. Notwithstanding the importance of these variables, scholars have neglected other cons [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21565503.2021.1932529
Type: Journal Articles
Do Americans perceive diverse judges as inherently biased?
Do Americans perceive diverse judges as inherently biased?

Although women and minorities hold an increasing share of judgships in the United States, they remain underrepresented. We explore Americans’ perceptions of the bias of women and minority judges – one of the possible challenges to creating a d [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21565503.2021.1960867
Type: Journal Articles
Cultural attributions for racial inequality
Cultural attributions for racial inequality

How do people explain persistent inequality between whites and blacks? Research has focused on two dimensions of explanation, or attribution: internal (regarding shortcomings in black motivation and capability); and external (regarding the soc [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21565503.2022.2061361
Type: Journal Articles
Ascriptive Characteristics and Perceptions of Impropriety in the Rule of Law: Race, Gender, and Public Assessments of Whether Judges Can Be Impartial
Ascriptive Characteristics and Perceptions of Impropriety in the Rule of Law: Race, Gender, and Public Assessments of Whether Judges Can Be Impartial

Abstract Perceptions of procedural fairness influence the legitimacy of the law and because procedures are mutable, reforming them can buttress support for the rule of law. Yet legal authorities have recently faced a distinct challenge: accusa [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12599
Type: Journal Articles
The Effect of Gender on Interruptions at Congressional Hearings
The Effect of Gender on Interruptions at Congressional Hearings

Abstract Women in Congress are highly effective legislators. Yet, if women are more likely than men to be interrupted during committee work, they may face a gender-related impediment. We examine speech patterns during more than 24,000 congress [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055422000260
Type: Journal Articles
Gender Quotas and International Reputation
Gender Quotas and International Reputation

The global spread of electoral gender quotas has been characterized as one of the most significant institutional developments of the last 30 years. Many of the countries that have adopted these laws designed to increase women's political repre [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12557
Type: Journal Articles
To Emerge? Breadwinning, Motherhood, and Women’s Decisions to Run for Office
To Emerge? Breadwinning, Motherhood, and Women’s Decisions to Run for Office

Abstract: Women’s underrepresentation in American politics is often attributed to relatively low levels of political ambition. Yet scholarship still grapples with a major leak in the pipeline to power: that many qualified and politically ambit [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055420000970
Type: Journal Articles
A Research Agenda for the Study of Policy Entrepreneurs
A Research Agenda for the Study of Policy Entrepreneurs

Abstract: The study of policy entrepreneurs as agents of change has developed greatly in recent years, supported by increasingly more sophisticated theoretical and empirical research. In this article, we first consider how the concept of the p [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12405
Type: Journal Articles
The Growth of the Evaluation Tree in the Policy Analysis Forest: Recent Developments in Evaluation
The Growth of the Evaluation Tree in the Policy Analysis Forest: Recent Developments in Evaluation

Abstract: The practice and profession of evaluation is continually evolving. From its early origin in the Great Society years of the 1960s, through its golden years of the 1970s, its transformation under the fiscal conservatism of the Reagan e [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12387
Type: Journal Articles
Tracing Process to Performance of Collaborative Governance: A Comparative Case Study of Federal Hydropower Licensing
Tracing Process to Performance of Collaborative Governance: A Comparative Case Study of Federal Hydropower Licensing

Abstract: Despite collaborative governance's popularity, whether collaboration improves policy performance remains uncertain. This study assesses the link between collaborative decision making and licensed environmental management protocols in [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12096
Type: Journal Articles
Family Matters: How Immigrant Histories Can Promote Inclusion
Family Matters: How Immigrant Histories Can Promote Inclusion

Abstract: Immigration is a highly polarized issue in the United States, and negative attitudes toward immigrants are common. Yet, almost all Americans are descended from people who originated outside the country, a narrative often evoked by th [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055420001057
Type: Journal Articles
Syllabus, Writing Assignment, and Rubric for Inequalities in Participation and Representation Course
Syllabus, Writing Assignment, and Rubric for Inequalities in Participation and Representation Course

In this course, Inequalities in Participation and Representation Course, students explore inequalities in political participation and representation in the United States. Special attention is paid to African Americans, as well as inequalities [...]

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DOI: https://educate.apsanet.org/resource/11-20-2020/syllabus-writing-assignment-and-rubric-for-inequalities-in-participation-and-representation-course
Type: Assignments and Rubrics