Gerard S Gryski
Biographic Data
| ID | 1088500 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gerard S Gryski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gerard S |
| FAMILY NAME | Gryski |
| SIGNATURE | GRYSKI G S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Auburn University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 72 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A Bench That Looks Like America? Representation of African Americans and Latinos on the Federal Courts
We explore whether political and socioeconomic determinants identified in research on state and local representation help to explain the political incorporation of African Americans and Latinos to appointive positions in national politics, namely, federal judgeships. We find somewhat different results for the two minority groups. Whereas the recruitment of African Americans is attributed primarily to political and demographic factors, Latino repr…
The Influence of Committee Position on Federal Program Spending
It is widely believed that Members of Congress seek committee assignments congenial to the interests of their districts. But is there a real return in federal dollars to states whose representatives sit on committees with jurisdictions over important home-state interests? Using regression analysis on federal data, this article examines the relationship between congressional committee assignments and program funding for the Members' states. The au…
Models of State High Court Decision Making in Sex Discrimination Cases
This paper examines state high court decision making on sex discrimination cases for the period 1971-81. Using logistic regression, several policy models drawn from the comparative state policy and judicial behavior literatures are employed to predict court votes on sex discrimination appeals. The final model emphasizes the importance of policy type, selection system, court reputation, sex of the appellent, and the presence of at least one woman …
Social Backgrounds as Predictors of Votes On State Courts of Last Resort
HE VIABILITY of the social background approach as a means by which to explain judicial behavior has been an issue of considerable scholarly debate. The internal logic of the theory remains sound: shared social and political traits reflect similar socialization processes and life experiences, which in turn produce similar attitudes and ultimately behavior (votes). Several different kinds of criticisms of this approach have been levied. For one thi…
A note on factors precipitating job-related tension among public employees
Concern with job-related tension has intensified in recent years with evidence linking it to lower levels of employee job satisfaction and organizational productivity. With a random sample of 459 State of Georgia public employees, our data suggest the importance of the role concepts of conflict and ambiguity and certain organization environmental factors for explaining variations in job-related tension or stress.
The Influence of Bureaucratic Factors on Welfare Policy Implementation
The authors argue that previous welfare policy research has suffered from its neglect of bureaucratic factors, as well as a tendency to exclude policy-making arenas above and below the state level. Using several measures of organizational structure, administrative professionalism, and within-state need, they attempt to relate these variables to within-state variations in welfare policy implementation. While certain socio-economic conditions were …
Models of State High Court Decision Making in Sex Discrimination Cases
This paper examines state high court decision making on sex discrimination cases for the period 1971-81. Using logistic regression, several policy models drawn from the comparative state policy and judicial behavior literatures are employed to predict court votes on sex discrimination appeals. The final model emphasizes the importance of policy type, selection system, court reputation, sex of the appellent, and the presence of at least one woman …
A Bench That Looks Like America? Representation of African Americans and Latinos on the Federal Courts
We explore whether political and socioeconomic determinants identified in research on state and local representation help to explain the political incorporation of African Americans and Latinos to appointive positions in national politics, namely, federal judgeships. We find somewhat different results for the two minority groups. Whereas the recruitment of African Americans is attributed primarily to political and demographic factors, Latino repr…
Social Backgrounds as Predictors of Votes On State Courts of Last Resort
HE VIABILITY of the social background approach as a means by which to explain judicial behavior has been an issue of considerable scholarly debate. The internal logic of the theory remains sound: shared social and political traits reflect similar socialization processes and life experiences, which in turn produce similar attitudes and ultimately behavior (votes). Several different kinds of criticisms of this approach have been levied. For one thi…
The Influence of Committee Position on Federal Program Spending
It is widely believed that Members of Congress seek committee assignments congenial to the interests of their districts. But is there a real return in federal dollars to states whose representatives sit on committees with jurisdictions over important home-state interests? Using regression analysis on federal data, this article examines the relationship between congressional committee assignments and program funding for the Members' states. The au…
The Influence of Bureaucratic Factors on Welfare Policy Implementation
The authors argue that previous welfare policy research has suffered from its neglect of bureaucratic factors, as well as a tendency to exclude policy-making arenas above and below the state level. Using several measures of organizational structure, administrative professionalism, and within-state need, they attempt to relate these variables to within-state variations in welfare policy implementation. While certain socio-economic conditions were …
A note on factors precipitating job-related tension among public employees
Concern with job-related tension has intensified in recent years with evidence linking it to lower levels of employee job satisfaction and organizational productivity. With a random sample of 459 State of Georgia public employees, our data suggest the importance of the role concepts of conflict and ambiguity and certain organization environmental factors for explaining variations in job-related tension or stress.
Models of State High Court Decision Making in Sex Discrimination Cases
This paper examines state high court decision making on sex discrimination cases for the period 1971-81. Using logistic regression, several policy models drawn from the comparative state policy and judicial behavior literatures are employed to predict court votes on sex discrimination appeals. The final model emphasizes the importance of policy type, selection system, court reputation, sex of the appellent, and the presence of at least one woman …
Social Backgrounds as Predictors of Votes On State Courts of Last Resort
HE VIABILITY of the social background approach as a means by which to explain judicial behavior has been an issue of considerable scholarly debate. The internal logic of the theory remains sound: shared social and political traits reflect similar socialization processes and life experiences, which in turn produce similar attitudes and ultimately behavior (votes). Several different kinds of criticisms of this approach have been levied. For one thi…
The Influence of Committee Position on Federal Program Spending
It is widely believed that Members of Congress seek committee assignments congenial to the interests of their districts. But is there a real return in federal dollars to states whose representatives sit on committees with jurisdictions over important home-state interests? Using regression analysis on federal data, this article examines the relationship between congressional committee assignments and program funding for the Members' states. The au…
A Bench That Looks Like America? Representation of African Americans and Latinos on the Federal Courts
We explore whether political and socioeconomic determinants identified in research on state and local representation help to explain the political incorporation of African Americans and Latinos to appointive positions in national politics, namely, federal judgeships. We find somewhat different results for the two minority groups. Whereas the recruitment of African Americans is attributed primarily to political and demographic factors, Latino repr…
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